DSM Register asks "Who's the Greatest Big 4 basketball player ever"?

[spliff45]

They have it set up in a tournament bracket format. I had all of the top seeds winning this week. Next week sets up a matchup between Ronnie Lester and Freddie Brown.

Keeler THE BRACKET | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

 

[brett108]

How did Ben Jacobsen make this list? I would haev thought they would have put fred Hoiberg in the lower seats becasue of his new position at ISU. And the fact he was far better than Jacobsen.

 

[hawkfan2679]

How did Ben Jacobsen make this list? I would haev thought they would have put fred Hoiberg in the lower seats becasue of his new position at ISU. And the fact he was far better than Jacobsen.

Top of the page:

Welcome to "The Bracket." And it is what it says it is: We're going to be offering up one 16-team/person/thing field every month. We'll seed it and set it up, but here's the cool part — YOU get to decide who wins.
First up: The best Big 4 men's basketball player in Iowa history. In the interest of fairness, we've selected four entries each from Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Drake. (Before you gripe, are there 12-15 Cyclones who are/were better players than any Panthers or Bulldogs? Sure. But we wanted to give the little guy a shot in this thing, too. Remember: Just like in the NCAA tourney, some of the power conference teams get left out in favor of smaller leagues that fill the 13, 14, 15 and 16 seeds.) Vote early, vote often, and have fun!

 

[clicheusername3]

Where the F is Les Jepsen?

 

[Hawkeyefan]

Where the F is Les Jepsen?

don't dismiss him from the bracket.

 

[clicheusername3]

don't dismiss him from the bracket.

I guess they didn't bother to put the play in game of Les vs. Lad Brohaus on the printable bracket.

 

[JonDMiller]

Clone fans are dominating the voting on this.

 

[AHawk1]

Clone fans are dominating the voting on this.

Most of the farmers are out of the fields, they have a lot of spare time.

 

[Cyclones17]

Clone fans are dominating the voting on this.

They actually know how to use a computer!

 

[bws258]

Most of the farmers are out of the fields, they have a lot of spare time.

goddamn, another one

 

[OldAlum]

What a joke. No Marble, no Horton, no Gamble, no Wright. You mean to tell me none of them are in the class of guys like Tinsley or Jacobsen?

 

[bws258]

Where the hell are BJ & Marble?

 

[GoHawks24]

I think my computer may be messed up since I can't see it, but is Andre Woolridge not on that list???

 

[clicheusername3]

What a joke. No Marble, no Horton, no Gamble, no Wright. You mean to tell me none of them are in the class of guys like Tinsley or Jacobsen?

It would have been better to just leave the UNI and Drake players off of there. Indian Hills CC players have about as much of a shout to be on the list as they do.

 

[clicheusername3]

I think my computer may be messed up since I can't see it, but is Andre Woolridge not on that list???

OMG here we go. Woolridge didn't even make the NIT of this article's world. See the names mentioned previously not being on the list and you should know why.

 

[Hawkeyefan]

Clone fans are dominating the voting on this.

Maybe they will be disqualified like they were a couple years ago on some ESPN poll.

 

[MisterLucky]

This contest is obviously geared toward Clone fans. Even the instructions lend creedence to this. And the fact that at this point, Ben Jacobsen is even in the race with Ronnie Lester tells me that there is a lot of negative Clone voting going on here.

 

[Benddontbreak]

There ought to be a way to sort out the actual votes from the votes produced by programs created by isu engineering students.

 

[moebar]

This contest is obviously geared toward Clone fans. Even the instructions lend creedence to this. And the fact that at this point, Ben Jacobsen is even in the race with Ronnie Lester tells me that there is a lot of negative Clone voting going on here.

Thats because the majority of the best players have been at Iowa State.

 

[MisterLucky]

Thanks, moebar. I needed a good laugh!