DodgerHawki
Well-Known Member
Iowa has had far worse point guards than Cartwright...
on teams that won. The 1990-91 team went 21-11 and won a first-round NCAA game with Troy Skinner and Kevin Smith as the point guards. Cartwright is 5x the player either of them were. The next year Iowa went 19-11 and again won a first-round NCAA game with Skinner and Smith. Then in 92-93 Iowa went 23-9 with Smith playing most of the PG minutes and averaging a whopping 5.0 points per game. Smith was not a bad player, but he absolutely could not shoot and wasn't in Cartwright's league.
If our other positions had players of Cartwright's caliber, we'd be a tournament caliber team.
I never said Bryce wasn't good. I simply said that a player of Bryce's caliber is never going to lead a team in the Big 10 to 20 wins. And as a Hawkeye fan that is what I want, to win 20 games in a season again.
No doubt Bryce was our 2nd or 3rd best player last year. But guard is the most important position in college and we need to get better there. Missing on all these recruits is alarming
on teams that won. The 1990-91 team went 21-11 and won a first-round NCAA game with Troy Skinner and Kevin Smith as the point guards. Cartwright is 5x the player either of them were. The next year Iowa went 19-11 and again won a first-round NCAA game with Skinner and Smith. Then in 92-93 Iowa went 23-9 with Smith playing most of the PG minutes and averaging a whopping 5.0 points per game. Smith was not a bad player, but he absolutely could not shoot and wasn't in Cartwright's league.
If our other positions had players of Cartwright's caliber, we'd be a tournament caliber team.