Brockington deserves his own thread.
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Stuffed Murray into a locker with scouts from half the NBA in attendance. Guy is an absolute dog.
He tore Iowa apart. Best thing about it, when we started putting it on and maintaining the lead Brockington just kept player faster and harder. Relentless.
Jeff Grayer. To be fair, Brockington isn't in that conversation yet, but Jeff was 4 time All Big 8 defensive team, and was a scoring machine too.
They were a bit sloppy at the end but the whole team was still just relentless up to the final minute. Poking at the ball, up in their mugs.
Iowa's players looked relieved to be done with it.
When the game just started and Brockington started dominating on the Offensive End of the court....MY MIND WANDERED BACK TO THE LAFESTER RHODES GAME...Thanks Isiah for Imposing Your WILL on the hoks!!
I have always thought the birth of Hilton Magic was the THREE OVERTIME THRILLER WITH BARRY STEVENS & CO....
THE HOK FANS WERE REALLY PISSED OFF AFTER THAT GAME!!
There are players who have off the chart athletic abilities, and there are players who have motors that never stop, but there are very few players that have both. This guy is one of them.
When you add his humility to the mix, you have something really special. His incredible attitude is infectious and he's on the verge of making his team really special.
When you add his humility to the mix, you have something really special. His incredible attitude is infectious and he's on the verge of making his team really special.
Wikipedia was Wrong It WAS the IOWA game the first time Johnny Orr ever beat the hoks....I know because I LIVED IT!!
That was a more impressive win than No. 3 Missouri?
Were there fans talking about Hilton Magic after?
Yeah I think they (ISU) were just tired. They played really hard last night.
On another note I feel like Condit saw that coming. He was the first one out on the floor out of the locker room by about 50 yards. He got up off the bench during some rough times for us and got the crowd loud. That guy knew what Iowa had coming for them.
I try to resist comparing current players to former ones--but from a fan's perspective, I get it. I did, though, nod in agreement when I read Stansbury giving him Melvin Ejim comparisons. To me, that means he's tough as hell and is leading by example in practice, in games, off the court. We're lucky to have Mr Brockington in cardinal and gold.
I'm really surprised Ejim's name isn't brought up more. I think people just have young Ejim engrained in them and still don't appreciate how good he was when he was the CPOTY. Brockington has the advantage where his measurables are more in line with the position he is asked to play.
Thank goodness for ISU that Penn State fired Pat Chambers - or Brockington would still be there.
29 point. 10 rebounds. Shut down the nation's leading scorer while giving up 4 inches. The comparison is Jimmy Chitwood.
I think this team is very comparable to Floyd's second team in '95-'96. That team's top 5 scorers were all newcomers and played really really hard on the defensive end of the court (led defensively by Shawn Bankhead).
I think the best comp I can think of for Brockington is Dedric Willoughby. Dedric was more of a shooter and less of a driver/dunker and wasn't the defensive stopper that IZB is, but he's more similar than anyone else I can think of.
