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

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CoKane

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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.

Is this the new Monte Morris and Mike Gesell is a wash post?
 

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Uthoff appears confident so maybe he'll turn it around

Compare and contrast to our players after a loss. They are confident to the point that sometimes I worry that they are delusional. But I'd rather have a group of guys that think they can win rather than a group of guys that sort of thinks they can win.
 

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And that may not be a good thing. They are capable of getting back to their late Jan run and if they do, they could easily be a S16 team
Well, any team in the tourney could get to the S16 game. Look at UCLA last year. They really "lucked out" by catching the upset winner (who shall not be named) in order to move on to the S16.

To the Hok's credit they have had a better season than I expected, but they still look like a very beatable team in the NCAAs right now.
 

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Uthoff appears confident so maybe he'll turn it around

[video=youtube;9QnkroTURG0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QnkroTURG0[/video]

Georges may be the far better player but there is no doubt Jared has the more likeable, charasmatic personality. It'd be a ton of fun to cheer for him.
 
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Uthoff appears confident so maybe he'll turn it around

[video=youtube;9QnkroTURG0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QnkroTURG0[/video]
Basically complained that people didn't pass him the ball down the stretch. LOL They already had a players only meeting and now this. Somebody is sleeping with somebody else's girlfriend again.
 

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Can we put this ridiculous debate about who is the better player...holy ****, you have to be a real Hawk homer to think Uhtoff even belongs in the discussion anymore. Please.
 

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Can we put this ridiculous debate about who is the better player...holy ****, you have to be a real Hawk homer to think Uhtoff even belongs in the discussion anymore. Please.

Uthoff beat up on Big 10 patsies. Niang has had to played a ranked team for basically two straight months.
 

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Basically complained that people didn't pass him the ball down the stretch. LOL They already had a players only meeting and now this. Somebody is sleeping with somebody else's girlfriend again.

Yikes. Probably better not talking to reporters.

In the last couple minutes had his guy isolated on the right side with a clear baseline path to the basket and dribbled once more, then passed it. Could have driven the ball, could have shot the three.
 

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A hawkeye friend a month ago said Uthoff is better than Niang, hands down. "It's not even close"

Unfortunately for Iowa fans there is the entire season to measure. Uthoff has been mediocre and diminished the last 3 weeks, while Niang keeps on producing
 

Hawkize31

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A hawkeye friend a month ago said Uthoff is better than Niang, hands down. "It's not even close"

Unfortunately for Iowa fans there is the entire season to measure. Uthoff has been mediocre and diminished the last 3 weeks, while Niang keeps on producing

Niang hasn't produced on the defensive end his entire career. Uthoff has. Yes, Uhtoff is slumping, but a really good 2 way player is better than a really great 1 way player.
 

Bigman38

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Niang hasn't produced on the defensive end his entire career. Uthoff has. Yes, Uhtoff is slumping, but a really good 2 way player is better than a really great 1 way player.

Uthoff had a real good month there where the more gullible people of the world thought it was close despite Niang being better in nearly every statistical category.

The best player in the state is, has, and always was Niang.
 

CyTwins

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Niang hasn't produced on the defensive end his entire career. Uthoff has. Yes, Uhtoff is slumping, but a really good 2 way player is better than a really great 1 way player.

If you think Woodbury is a great defender like most Hawk fans do you can't think Niang is a horrible defender. They both just stand their ground and are in the right spot at the right time.

Niang is so much more efficient offensively and rebounds at the same clip as Uthoff. I think the biggest difference is what Niang can do for his teammates. Uthoff is a good player but he doesn't get his teammates involved in anything. I think that's what separates them the most. I mean Uthoff has more turnovers than assists this year.
 
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