Must be an April fool joke over my head I assume. Out of 1,450 FG attempts Roy only made 26 - 3 pointers. Shooting guard?
Your All-Iowa Team historically
- Thread starter LaQuintaHawkeye
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With due respect to the players before about 1968, I'm only including players I have actually seen play. Also, trying to pick an actual team vs the best players.
Ronnie Lester - PG
Roy Marble - SG
John Johnson - SF
Chris Street - PF
Luka Garza - C
Andre Woolridge - PG
Fred Brown - SG
Kenyon Murray - SF
Jess Settles - PF
Greg Stokes - C
BJ Armstrong - PG
Val Barnes - SG
Kevin Boyle - SF
Ed Horton - PF
Bruce King - C
Ronnie Lester - PG
Roy Marble - SG
John Johnson - SF
Chris Street - PF
Luka Garza - C
Andre Woolridge - PG
Fred Brown - SG
Kenyon Murray - SF
Jess Settles - PF
Greg Stokes - C
BJ Armstrong - PG
Val Barnes - SG
Kevin Boyle - SF
Ed Horton - PF
Bruce King - C
I am going to name my five starters only. They are;
Ronnie Lester
Fred Brown
Luka Garza
John Johnson
Chris Street
Ronnie Lester
Fred Brown
Luka Garza
John Johnson
Chris Street
If we are true Hawkeye fans, we would be proud of any of the lists posted. I am old enough to have seen almost every one on my list. I am also a distant cousin of Kevin Kunnert from Wahlert.
Street did enough in his 2 1/2 years as a Hawkeye to justify being on anyone's list, not just for "what might have been".
Ronnie Lester and Don Nelson are givens. Anybody who omits them from a GOAT list isn't to be taken seriously.
Add Fred Brown, Luka Garza and Sam Williams if you're building an actual team with two guards, two forwards and a center. It would be a very close decision between Super Sam and John Johnson for the small forward spot. And if you are prejudiced against Juco players, replace Fred Brown with BJ.
I am not old enough to have seen Murray Weir, but his achievements would give him a strong bid.
Not saying he wasn’t a great one....just saying his accomplishments were not enough to put him in MY Top 13.
Pretty much my list too. Folks can kind of tell the age of the posters by the names on this list. Here’s to the long time fans! 🍺
i always find it funny when someone trots these lists out. what are we trying to say? that our all time greats would make an un-approachable team that would compete for championships?
of course i'm assuming all the other teams would be building their own all times, too? msu, purdue, indiana, mich... not to mentions the ucla's, duke's, nc's and kansas's of the bb world.
yeah, we still finish 6th in the B1G and if we have dr. tom as head coach we might make it to the second round in the dance.
of course i'm assuming all the other teams would be building their own all times, too? msu, purdue, indiana, mich... not to mentions the ucla's, duke's, nc's and kansas's of the bb world.
yeah, we still finish 6th in the B1G and if we have dr. tom as head coach we might make it to the second round in the dance.
yeah, my comment came out kinda condescending and douche-y. however, i didn't say i don't enjoy thinking about what a great team we could field if we cherry-picked, just that if we are building our all time team and everyone else is too, iowa still stacks up probably right where we stack up historically.
After looking over many of the lists posted and doing a bit more research...
I think I could be convinced to remove Gatens and replace him with Freddy on the reserves.
I might also be persuaded to remove Acie from my list all together, move Settles to reserve, White to second team and place Johnny Johnson of my starting team.
Definitely lots of talent pre-80s to consider.
Very good and definitely deserving of Top 40, but not Top 13 worthy (IMO).
*Everyone has their favorites and metrics for making a list, so their aren’t really any wrong answers...unless you’re purposely making a list just to show off that you remember names of obscure players who never really made an impact.
