Matt Bullard route vs Uthoff route

austinhawk

austinhawk

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Bullard chose Colorado over Iowa, then transferred to Iowa. Made immediate impact. Took Iowa far in NCAA tourney, had solid NBA career, and 2 more rings than LeBron has. Uthoff has made a great decision!
 
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austinhawk said:
Bullard chose Colorado over Iowa, then transferred to Iowa. Made immediate impact. Took Iowa far in NCAA tourney, had solid NBA career, and 2 more rings than LeBron has. Uthoff has made a great decision!
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I thought Bullard never had an Iowa offer? I don't remember for sure.
 






Looking at old newspaper articles, here's what I found

1983- Raveling takes over at Iowa before Bullard's junior year at Valley of West Des Moines

1985-86 Bullard leads Colorado in scoring and rebounding as a freshman

1986 Spring - Raveling leaves Iowa for USC;
Iowa hires Tom Davis;
Colorado hires Tom Miller

1986-87 Bullard leads Colorado in scoring and rebounding as a sophomore

1987 August- Bullard transfers to Iowa

1988 June- Bullard (and two others) say they left Colorado because of physical abuse by Tom Miller

1988 October- NCAA says Kentucky coach Dan Issel made illegal contact with Bullard when Bullard was looking to transfer from Colorado
 


1988 October- NCAA says Kentucky coach Dan Issel made illegal contact with Bullard when Bullard was looking to transfer from Colorado

Whaaaaaaaaaaa? Not Kentucky. Anybody but Kentucky. Is nothing sacred?
 


austinhawk said:
Bullard chose Colorado over Iowa, then transferred to Iowa. Made immediate impact. Took Iowa far in NCAA tourney, had solid NBA career, and 2 more rings than LeBron has. Uthoff has made a great decision!
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Huh? WTF? I'm at a loss how you're able to draw any sort of correlation between the two. However, given your definition of 'lead' and 'far in NCAA tourney' I probably shouldn't be too surprised by this head scratching post.

History lesson for ya Austin-
Matt came off the bench his JR year and averaged 9 PPG. Iowa lost in the 2nd round of NCAA. Neither one of those constitute leading or going far in NCAA tourney.
Matt started his SR year and averaged a shade over 11 PPG. Iowa went 12-16.

Oh, and he did not have an Iowa offer out of HS and, as you stated, he only had the one ring. Besides having inaccurate facts this was a solid post.
 
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Ronco said:
Matt came off the bench his JR year and averaged 9 PPG. Iowa lost in the 2nd round of NCAA. Neither one of those constitute leading or going far in NCAA tourney.
Matt started his SR year and averaged a shade over 11 PPG. Iowa went 12-16.
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My memory is getting a little foggy, but from what I remember, Bullard was basically a 3-point specialist.. If Uthoff can do what Bullard did - basically come in and hit 3 or 4 threes per game on average, I'd certainly take that.
 


1977Hawkeye said:
My memory is getting a little foggy, but from what I remember, Bullard was basically a 3-point specialist.. If Uthoff can do what Bullard did - basically come in and hit 3 or 4 threes per game on average, I'd certainly take that.
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Bullard was more than a 3 point specialist for and in fairness injuries derailed him quite a bit. However, If we get out of Uthoff what we got out of Bullard I would take that any day, especially if he did that coming off the bench. I'm not suggesting Uthoff isn't good enough to start because I wouldn't know, but I would like to see us have a guy off the bench give us consistent production.
 












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