Blum's all-time Cyclone lineup
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Did we watch the same Curtis Stinson? That Stinson/Blalock backcourt was flashy as hell.
Yep. I don't know about Blalock, but Stinson and Tinsley both had that New York streetball gene.
Agree. Cato was perfect for his role on those ISU rosters, but Big-Victa was more productive offensively and as you say, steady contributor.
This is obviously people's memories or reflections but if you take out Stevens and put in Hornacek you're real close.
This team would be like grown men abusing kids playing college basketball. Would probably outweigh a typical college bball team by 50 lb per player.
I think Fizer/Tinsley is pretty much a must and I almost think McGee off the bench as sixth man. I really can't think of a player better to come off the bench to score, throw out stats because if you watched him play the shots he took....he was the best shooter we've had. It's those other three starters I can't nail down.
Kind of surprised how many people putting White above Fizer...unless our board is a lot younger than I'd guess or if it was just like voting for fun players to watch.
I go back to about '95 with memories of guys who played (was a Hawkeye before that) and Fizer/Tinsley are 1 and 1A. Fizer was quite clearly the best NCAA basketball player in the tournament his junior year once KMart got injured.
I guess Tinsley is a no brainer because he was maybe our best player and also even more ridiculously fun to watch than Royce with the way he had the ball on a string.
I go back to about '95 with memories of guys who played (was a Hawkeye before that) and Fizer/Tinsley are 1 and 1A. Fizer was quite clearly the best NCAA basketball player in the tournament his junior year once KMart got injured.
I guess Tinsley is a no brainer because he was maybe our best player and also even more ridiculously fun to watch than Royce with the way he had the ball on a string.
It's really hard to narrow down to just 5. Heck, it would be hard to narrow down to 15 or 20 for that matter. There have been a lot of great Clones over the years.
However, at PG you must have Tinsley IMO, and it probably isn't all that close. I love Morris, but he isn't Tinsley, not yet anyway.
And I think you almost have to put Grayer and Fizer on there too. So that gives you Tinsley, Grayer, and Fizer as "givens" IMO.
Then, if you want to go with best lineup as far as being able to win games, you have to add some scorers, so give me Hoiberg and Stevens.
And my 6th man would have to be my favorite Cyclone MBB player of all time..... Georges Niang.
However, at PG you must have Tinsley IMO, and it probably isn't all that close. I love Morris, but he isn't Tinsley, not yet anyway.
And I think you almost have to put Grayer and Fizer on there too. So that gives you Tinsley, Grayer, and Fizer as "givens" IMO.
Then, if you want to go with best lineup as far as being able to win games, you have to add some scorers, so give me Hoiberg and Stevens.
And my 6th man would have to be my favorite Cyclone MBB player of all time..... Georges Niang.
I'm surprised Monte Morris is getting zero love on this list. C'mon man. The kid is likely to be a preseason All-American and best PG in the land this year. Just goes to show the run of talent we've had since the turn of the century.
My All-Century team:
Monte Morris
Jamaal Tinsley
Georges Niang
Royce White
Marcus Fizer
(You know you've had some absurd talent when you have a hard time throwing Big 12 POY and All-American Melvin Ejim in there).
That backcourt of Morris and Tinsley to set up that dynamic scoring frontcourt would be fun to watch.
I'll take that All-Century team against pretty much anyone else in the country outside of maybe the dominant blue bloods. Would be fun to see a list from Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, UNC fans to see how we stack up.
My All-Century team:
Monte Morris
Jamaal Tinsley
Georges Niang
Royce White
Marcus Fizer
(You know you've had some absurd talent when you have a hard time throwing Big 12 POY and All-American Melvin Ejim in there).
That backcourt of Morris and Tinsley to set up that dynamic scoring frontcourt would be fun to watch.
I'll take that All-Century team against pretty much anyone else in the country outside of maybe the dominant blue bloods. Would be fun to see a list from Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, UNC fans to see how we stack up.
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I guess I'm guilty of recency bias. Fizer was dominant, although you could also argue that Royce was the best player in the tournament in his one year, and that group included Anthony Davis and Andre Drummond.
