And now MSU

[drh1150]

Jeremy Fears Jr. and Brock Harding.
These two were on a collision course in the Illinois HS tournament when both were seniors. Unfortunately Joliet West went out early and the game never happened.
Harding ended up the Illinois POY even though Fears was ranked the #1 recruit in the state and 27th in the nation by ESPN.

This will be their first meeting in college as Fears missed most of his freshman year, the result of gun violence.

Just wondering if one or either will be out to prove something.

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

Jeremy Fears Jr. and Brock Harding.
These two were on a collision course in the Illinois HS tournament when both were seniors. Unfortunately Joliet West went out early and the game never happened.
Harding ended up the Illinois POY even though Fears was ranked the #1 recruit in the state and 27th in the nation by ESPN.

This will be their first meeting in college as Fears missed most of his freshman year, the result of gun violence.

Just wondering if one or either will be out to prove something.

Prove what exactly?

 

[HawkBall23]

And even more importantly, who cares?!?

Iowa is gonna get embarrassed on Senior Night that night, who really cares if Brock "gets his" vs this other kid??

 

[QChawks]

 

[Beattheohiostate]

MSU - 99
Iowa --60

I know, but I'm an optimist.

 

[HawkBall23]

I predict that after MSU blows the Hawks out on Thursday night, Izzo will emotionally plead with the Iowa administration to retain Fran in his postgame presser.

Ala what he did when Lickliter was on the way out.

 

[BurgHawk87]

How bad has Illinois high school basketball become if Harding was player of the year?

 

[icwesthawk]

This will be their first meeting in college as Fears missed most of his freshman year, the result of gun violence.

and he wound up at MSU? shocking

 

[tweeterhawk]

and he wound up at MSU? shocking

I know, right?

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

MSU - 99
Iowa --60

I know, but I'm an optimist.

How dare you keep Michigan State under 100, you homer. Take off your damn sunglasses!!!!

 

[hawkjt]

How bad has Illinois high school basketball become if Harding was player of the year?

Pretty unprecedented for downstate player to get it.
It was a weak year but fears was legit and should have gotten it.
I suspect fears will have his way with Brock on Thursday nite.
Go Hawks...but gonna probably be ugly.

 

[Underscore2]

Jeremy Fears Jr. averaging 7 points, 2 rebounds a game. 40.4 field goal percentage. Harding 8.9 points, 2.2 rebounds a game. 44.5 field goal percentage. There, Brock wins.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Jeremy Fears Jr. and Brock Harding.
These two were on a collision course in the Illinois HS tournament when both were seniors. Unfortunately Joliet West went out early and the game never happened.
Harding ended up the Illinois POY even though Fears was ranked the #1 recruit in the state and 27th in the nation by ESPN.

This will be their first meeting in college as Fears missed most of his freshman year, the result of gun violence.

Just wondering if one or either will be out to prove something.

Good Lord, who wrote this, the guy who penned the ABC Wide World of Sports voice-over?

It'll be over five minutes in. Brock Harding as Illinois POTY just tells everyone it was a down year for Illinois HS b-ball talent.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

If any program has a tendency to lose to Iowa when it shouldn't... it's MSU.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

I haven't watch much of MSU this year. They run and attack the rim a ton. We might have a problem...

 

[Rambler Hawk]

MSU - 99
Iowa --60

I know, but I'm an optimist.

How ‘bout:
96 Sparty
69 Herky
😎

 

[AmericaNeedsMe]

Good Lord, who wrote this, the guy who penned the ABC Wide World of Sports voice-over?

It'll be over five minutes in. Brock Harding as Illinois POTY just tells everyone it was a down year for Illinois HS b-ball talent.

This season has been disappointing. I think we can all agree on that.

Can we also collectively agree to stop sh*tting on Harding and other Iowa players.

It is no player's fault that they accepted a scholarship offer from Iowa. All of us would have enthusiastically done the same thing. All these guys have committed and worked hard for the program. Yes, some are getting paid a lot. Yes, that means that it's fair to criticize them when warranted.

But there's no need to constantly denigrate players. The Harding discussion has been had ad nauseum here. Nobody is changing anyone's mind at this point.

 

[Rambler Hawk]

And even more importantly, who cares?!?

Iowa is gonna get embarrassed on Senior Night that night, who really cares if Brock "gets his" vs this other kid??

Don’t disagree with you at all, but at this point a ‘Harding v. JFJ’ marquee matchup card might just give me a reason to tune in….😉