Who's the best player in the State of Iowa...

[NATEizKING]

Glad to see the debate was finally settled

Cyclone Basketball ‏@CycloneMBB 1h1 hour ago
Georges Niang is one of 10 finalists for the Karl Malone Award, given annually to the nation's top power forward.


Scott Dochterman ‏@ScottDochterman 1h1 hour agoNorth Liberty, IA
Iowa's Jarrod Uthoff left off both Karl Malone (power forward) and Julius Erving (small forward) finalist lists.

Dear America, Uthoff doesn't care what you think

 

[JohnnyFive]

They must not take into account home losses.
Hilton magic: 2 home losses
Carver: no losses

LOL, one of these is not like the other

Gardner-Webb
Coppin St
Florida St
UMKC
Western Illinois
Tennessee Tech
10 Michigan St (without Denzel Valentine)
Nebraska
Michigan
18 Purdue
Northwestern
Penn St

vs

Chicago St
Chattanooga
North Dakota St
Buffalo
5 Iowa (With Karl Malone non-finalist Jared Uthoff and Bob Cousy non-finalist Mike Gesell)
Ark Pine-Bluff
Coppin St
Texas Tech
15 Baylor (With Taurean Price and Lester Medford)
1 Oklahoma (With Buddy Hield and Isaiah Cousins)
7 Kansas (With Perry Ellis and Frank Mason III)
14 West Virginia (With Jaysean Paige and Devin Williams)

 

[Gitwitit]

ISU plays in a real conference though so it doesn't really make sense to compare

Maybe lightning strikes this year and one of those teams makes a final four. It's been a few years since the greatest bball conference has had a team make it.

 

[Gitwitit]

Unfortunately for Uthoff, these awards also take into account for second half performances in games too.

That's not true. Georges and his 7 2nd half turnovers wouldn't have made the list.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Maybe lightning strikes this year and one of those teams makes a final four. It's been a few years since the greatest bball conference has had a team make it.

I don't get why you're so mad at us about it. You should be mad at Kenpom, the RPI, all the national talking heads etc.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I'd take Georges over Uthoff every time, but I do find it hard to believe he's not on the list.

And I'd never heard of this awards either. :twitcy:

 

[Hawkize31]

ISU plays in a real conference though so it doesn't really make sense to compare

Yeah, the Big Ten isn't good at basketball. Great point.

 

[CyTwins]

Yeah, the Big Ten isn't good at basketball. Great point.

It's nice Hawk fans are admitting it. It could be worse, at least they're better than the Atlantic 10 even though it's not by much.

 

[jbindm]

Maybe lightning strikes this year and one of those teams makes a final four. It's been a few years since the greatest bball conference has had a team make it.

I don't get why you're here.

FIFY. It's beyond me why a Hok fan would be a constant poster on an ISU message board. Unless that fan was crazy insecure about their own paper tiger....I mean, team.

 

[awd4cy]

They must not take into account home losses.
Hilton magic: 2 home losses
Carver: no losses

You might start losing at home once you get to the point in the season where you are done playing mid majors.

 

[Doc]

Not going to read the last couple pages, but I assume the Hawks are using Georges' performance with plantar fasciitis as a data point in this comparison. :dull:

 

[JohnnyFive]

Yeah, the Big Ten isn't good at basketball. Great point.

The first step is acknowledging there's a problem.

 

[NickTheGreat]

You might start losing at home once you get to the point in the season where you are done playing mid majors.

No, they're entering the easier part of their BIG schedule. :shocked:

 

[Kinnick80]

Ah yes, the resorting to conference strength and touting a league that hasn't won a sweet 16 game in half a decade. Iowa is the #1 team on kenpom, projected 1 seed, and favorite to win the B1G. Let this thread dissolve already.

 

[JohnnyFive]

Ah yes, the resorting to conference strength and touting a league that hasn't won a sweet 16 game in half a decade. Iowa is the #1 team on kenpom, projected 1 seed, and favorite to win the B1G. Let this thread dissolve already.

So Niang it is then. Thanks for stopping by.

 

[ISUcyclones11]

Bump.

 

[ISUTex]

Ah yes, the resorting to conference strength and touting a league that hasn't won a sweet 16 game in half a decade. Iowa is the #1 team on kenpom, projected 1 seed, and favorite to win the B1G. Let this thread dissolve already.

lost 4 out of 5? To four unranked teams.???Bwuaaaaaaahahahahaahahaha. The lone win over powerhouse Minnesota. Will Iowa even be a top 25 RPI team on Selection Sunday? :twitcy:

 

[jsb]

I will say this. I am glad that we've got guys that want to take the big shot. Our guys may not always make them (and no player does), but Uthoff disappears late in the game.

 

[CloneLawman]

Ah yes, the resorting to conference strength and touting a league that hasn't won a sweet 16 game in half a decade. Iowa is the #1 team on kenpom, projected 1 seed, and favorite to win the B1G. Let this thread dissolve already.

Well, gosh, since it got bumped, hmmm, let's see..

Iowa has dropped 10 spots in kenpom (not counting the choke job at THE Ohio State University)

Iowa is no longer projected as a #1 seed by anyone of any consequence

There is no chance in Hell that Iowa will win the Big 10 race

Iowa has lost 3 games in a row--all three to unranked teams and will fall from the top 10

Once again, Herr Uthoff disappears in a late season game...


now what were you saying? I"m sorry I forget...

 

[Spanky]

Iowa projected a #1 seed.
Such a tricky word, projected.