The Vanilla Gorilla was a McDonalds AA as well.
Chris Kingsbury kids
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But wasn't the best male athlete in the area his senior year of HS. He tied with West Branch and Hawkeye great Marv Cook. I played against Cook. Ain't no way Al was better. Cook was 1st team all state or individual champ in 4 sports (FB, BB, BsB, and Track).
When you say. "Ain't no way Al was better" are you saying as an athlete? Just for clarity, you don't mean as a basketball player, right?
I remember watching him play during the state tournaments growing up. He was a beast!
I'm pretty sure McCausland led THE NATION in 3-point shooting, maybe his junior year. Pretty tough to diss a kid for leading the nation . . .
I enjoyed Kingsbury's cavalier shooting most of the time, and he was more than just a shooter too. But I believe McCausland may be one of the most underrated Iowa shooters of all time. Maybe he's the Kyle Hendricks of Iowa basketball. (Cubs pitcher Hendricks doesn't look like an athlete, doesn't throw hard, but he's been one of the best pitchers in MLB the last several years. Right now he's tied for the MLB lead in wins with 11, but once again did NOT make the all-star team. He never has despite having better stats than many who have, including this season. He hasn't lost a game for two months, for example.)
They were named CO Gazette Male Athletes of the year in 1984. Marvin's accolades far outweighed Al's at the time.
Al was a National top recruit….I think at least one had him as a top 10 player in the country. I don’t recall Marv getting that type of publicity at that point….Marv had a better career in both college and the pros….but coming out of high school Al was a top National player….was Marv rated as a basketball recruit?
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If only the topic was best all around athlete instead of McDonalds All Americans.
And Hendrix would feel honored and would attend unlike so many prima donna in the sport today. Before you know it, only bench players will agree to participate in the game. Definitely doesn't help the image of baseball which is having difficulty in bringing in new fans already. Heck if the stars aren't interested in the All-Star Game, why should the fans be? It's not as bad as the NFL Pro Bowl, but it's getting there.
That interview is really fun. But be forewarned: There is 85 minutes of garbage you have to fast-forward through to get to it.
Kevin Gambles fourth foul early in the second half cost us the UNLV game.
I recall a few missed shots at the basket especially in the second half as the reason we lost.
its amazing how that 1987 Elite 8 game continues to haunt Iowa fans, me included.
Yeah, but there was one before that one, Jacksonville 1970 that is stuck in our memories.
It sure did, that’s the year I became a Hawkeye Basketball Fan, from Chicago no less. 2 years before I enrolled there and have never looked back , although the Licklighter years were tough and Alford who I admit that I liked the hire at the time, really tarnished the school with the Pierre Pierce debacle. Still a big fan though over 50 years later, ahhh the Ronnie Lester years, that was some good stuff.
