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Top 10 Iowa Hawkeye Men’s Basketball Players of All-Time
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Mike Goodpaster
02/13/2025
The Iowa Hawkeyes have a long and storied Basketball history. No, they have zero National champions, but make no mistake, the men on this list are legends. Chris Street’s time with Iowa Basketball in the early 1990s was tragically cut short, but his legacy as an exceptional athlete and fierce competitor endures today. Renowned for his physicality and determined play, Street was a relentless rebounder and a tenacious defender. His ...
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Mike Goodpaster
01/12/2025
The State of Indiana’s Top 20 Basketball players of all time
This list will comprise anybody born in Indiana and went on to have a great career ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/01/2025
Top 10 Indiana Hoosiers of the 1980s
This was the Hoosiers' greatest decade, as they won two National Championships and pulled off an ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/24/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 12/24/24
Minnesota won their sole game last week ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/16/2024
Top 11 Big Ten Basketball Teams, since 1960
The Big Ten Conference has been one ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/11/2024
Top 8 Greatest Rivalries in College Basketball History
College Basketball is famous for its rivalries, ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/10/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 12/10/24
Minnesota is back at the bottom of ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/05/2024
Top 17 Dirtiest College Basketball Coaches of all time
Today we will look at the biggest ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/03/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 12/03/24!
This week's 71-36 loss to Saint Mary's ...
Mike Goodpaster
11/27/2024
Louisville humiliates Indiana 89-61: Coach Woodson strikes again
This was the year, and that's what all the Mike Woodson fanboys said. He has his ...
Mike Goodpaster
11/26/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 11/26/24
No bad records exist in the Big ...
Mike Goodpaster
11/23/2024
Top 10 Indiana Hoosiers to ever play in the NBA
The Indiana Hoosiers have won five National ...
Mike Goodpaster
11/07/2024
Top 10 College Basketball Players of all time
This list only considers college achievements and ...
Mike Goodpaster
10/31/2024
Top 14 Greatest Pure Shooters in Indiana High School Basketball History
When you think of high school basketball, ...
Mike Goodpaster
10/03/2024
Top 10 College Basketball Teams that didn’t win a National Championship
Today we will look at the greatest ...
Mike Goodpaster
10/01/2024
Top 10 Greatest IHSAA Boys State Basketball Championship Games in History
Once upon a time, the Indiana High ...
Mike Goodpaster
09/29/2024
Top 10 College Basketball Point Guards of All Time
You win in College Basketball with guard ...
Mike Goodpaster
09/12/2024
Top 10 College Basketball Programs of all time: Who is Number One?
Choosing the greatest college basketball program is ...
Mike Goodpaster
09/06/2024
Top 20 Indiana High School Basketball players of all time: Big O, Larry, Damon and more
This list is based solely on what ...
Mike Goodpaster
09/02/2024
Top-10 Indiana High School Basketball Teams of All-Time
Of course, nothing was better than Hoosier ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/27/2024
Top 10 Buzzer Beating Shots in NCAA Tournament History
Buzzer-beaters in March Madness never get old, ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/19/2024
Top 10 Big Ten Basketball Coaches of All Time: Who is the GOAT of Big Ten Basketball Coaches
The Big Ten has always been considered ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/16/2024
Bob Gibson almost Played Basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers
Everybody knows the name, Bob Gibson. He ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/13/2024
Bob Knight and Michael Jordan, the Summer of 84
Michael Jordan wasn't dressed in an expensive ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/01/2024
1952 Cuba Cubs the smallest school to win the Kentucky High School Basketball Championship
Sixty years ago, the Cuba Cubs, a ...
Mike Goodpaster
07/01/2024
Top 10 Guards in Big Ten Basketball history: Who is the GOAT?
The Big Ten has seen some incredible ...
Mike Goodpaster
06/13/2024
Larry Bird is the Greatest of All-Time
With all the "Greatest of All-Time" debates ...
Mike Goodpaster
06/08/2024
Top 20 Big Ten Basketball players of all time
There are many legends of Big Ten ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/27/2024
Top 10 White Point Guards in NBA History
Today, we will look at the top ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/22/2024
Top 10 Players in ABA History
The ABA didn't even last a decade, ...
Mike Goodpaster
05/06/2024
Top 10 NBA Draft Busts of All Time
The great thing about discussing a bust ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/25/2024
Top-20 Players in Duke Blue Devils History
The Blue Devils under Coach K was ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/22/2024
Top 10 Greatest Shooters in Indiana Hoosier Basketball History
Indiana is a state known for shooters ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/21/2024
Top 10 Most Scandalous College Basketball Programs of All Time
This list of the dirtiest basketball programs ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/08/2024
Top 10 NCAA Basketball Championship Games of All-Time
The most incredible month-long sports event is ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/07/2024
1988 USA Olympic Basketball: How John Thompson lost the Gold medal
The 1988 US Olympic delegation arrived at ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/07/2024
Bob Knight’s 1973-76 Indiana Hoosiers: What Might Have Been?
What if's are a huge talking point ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/06/2024
Top 10 Centers in College Basketball History: Alcindor, Russell, or Walton at Number one?
If you are under thirty, you might ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/05/2024
Top 10 Purdue Boilermaker Basketball Players of All Time
Current players are not eligible for this ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/04/2024
Top 15 College Basketball Coaches of All-Time: Can You Guess the #1?
Ranking the greatest college basketball coaches of ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/03/2024
Top 10 Indiana Hoosiers of All-Time: Who is the Greatest?
Today, we look at the greatest Indiana ...
Samuel Teets
04/03/2024
Top 12 big 3’s in NBA history, LeBron and Warriors claim spots
I’m defining a big three as three ...
Mike Goodpaster
04/02/2024
Top 10 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Fours of all time
You've probably seen lists of the best ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/25/2024
Top 10 Sweet 16 Upsets of all time: Michael Jordan is on the list!
Sweet 16 is where Cinderella mostly goes ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/24/2024
Dusty May Named Michigan Coach: While Indiana stands pat with Mike Woodson
Dusty May is what the Indiana Hoosiers ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/23/2024
March Madness Round One Takeaways: Refs save Kansas, SEC and Big Ten Overrated, Plus Much More!
The first round of the 2024 NCAA ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/22/2024
Top 10 Biggest What if’s in NCAA Tournament History: Kenyon Martin, Scott May, Rick Pitino and more
What-ifs are everywhere in life, and the ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/22/2024
Seven Reasons Why the NCAA Tournament has Become the Greatest Sporting Event in America
Up until the 1970's, the NCAA Tournament ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/21/2024
1976 Indiana Hoosiers: The greatest team in college basketball history
The topic of the GOAT comes up ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/20/2024
Top 10 Basketball Coaches of all time in Indiana(High School, College, and Pro)
Today, we will look at the greatest ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/18/2024
How Larry Bird and Magic Johnson Saved the NBA
The NBA today is somewhat of a ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/18/2024
Top 10 Greatest First Round Upsets in NCAA Tournament History
It's time for another year of March ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/12/2024
2024 Big Ten Tournament: Predicting every game!
This tournament appears destined for an  Illinois ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/11/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings: End of the Regular Season
The Big Ten Tournament is upon us ...
Randall Jamal
03/11/2024
The Double Dipper: The bond between Wilt and Kareem Part I In NBA history
There have been many game-changing superstars. Some ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/10/2024
Indiana University Basketball is a hot mess!
About 15 years ago, a hot younger ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/08/2024
Top 10 New York Knicks of All Time: Ewing, King, Clyde and More!
No current players are eligible for this ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/04/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings (03/04/24): Here Come the Hawkeyes and Buckeyes!
The Big Ten season is headed into ...
Mike Goodpaster
03/02/2024
How Corey Maggette maximized his one season at Duke
During the 1998-1989 season, Corey Maggette played ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/28/2024
NBA’s Best Perimeter Defenders of All Time: Top 10 Perimeter Defensive Specialist Ranked
Today, we will look at the most ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/26/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings (02/26/24)
The hard-charging Ohio State Buckeyes have turned ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/25/2024
Top 10 Greatest Single Game Performances in NBA Finals History
The biggest stage is a time for ...
bkmohr
02/24/2024
Indiana Basketball Eating their own?
So now we eat our own? The ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/23/2024
Top 10 NBA Players of the 1980s: Bird, Magic, or Jordan at Number one?
To me, the 1980s was the greatest ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/21/2024
Top 10 Back Courts in NBA History: Which Backcourt was the greatest?
Active players are not eligible on this ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/19/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings (02/19/2024)
Ohio State upset Purdue after firing Chris ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/12/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings (2/12/24)
Purdue cemented their hold on the number ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/07/2024
Top 10 Kentucky Wildcats of all time: Where does Jamal Mashburn Rank?
Today, we will look at the greatest ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/05/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings (02/05/24)
The Big Ten race looks clear right ...
Mike Goodpaster
02/05/2024
Mike Woodson: Doomed to Failure at Indiana
At first glance, it might seem unwise ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/30/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings (01/30/24)
This upcoming week will give us hopefully ...
Randall Jamal
01/28/2024
When Super Teams were cool in the NBA: The Mid-80s
Nowadays, the term "Superteam" carries extremely negative ...
Randall Jamal
01/27/2024
A Dailey reminder of the price of success: The case of Quintin Dailey
In the 1980s, as the National Basketball ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/26/2024
Top 10 Most Iconic Moments in Sports History: Which was the Greatest?
Sports bring people together, whether it's fathers ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/25/2024
The Story of the 1963 Loyola Ramblers who made History and Paved the Glory Road
Everybody should know the story by now ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/24/2024
Should the Hoosiers make a change? This is why you need to give Mike Woodson a chance
Indiana basketball fans must consider it inevitable ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/24/2024
Who was the Greatest: Michael Jordan or Larry Bird?
Which basketball star is the greatest of ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/23/2024
The Complexities of Bob Knight: The Greatest Coach of All-Time?
  Bob Knight, born in 1940 and ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/22/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings (01/22/24)
The Big Ten was more of the ...
M Sasala
01/21/2024
Stories You Should Know: Bill Russell in Game 7’s
Bill Russell: Winner The greatest winner in ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/17/2024
Top 10 Ball Handlers in the NBA: Who Has the Best Handles?
Who were the greatest ball handlers of ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/15/2024
Big Ten Power Rankings 01/15/24
The Big Ten is a mess right ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/14/2024
John Wooden: “The Wizard of Dishonesty”
John Wooden brought a squeaky-clean image to ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/14/2024
Legends of Hoosier Hysteria: The night a slow white kid became an Indiana legend
It might seem a little harsh to ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/10/2024
Indiana gets embarrassed at Rutgers: What should be done about Xavier Johnson?
Indiana lost 66-57 to the Rutgers Scarlet ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/07/2024
Legends of Hoosier Hysteria: 1954 Montezuma High School The David to Milan’s Goliath
  We all know the story of ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/04/2024
Why the Movie Hoosiers was Nowhere Near as Good as the True Story of Milan 1954
Hollywood always tries to sensationalize. In 1986, ...
Mike Goodpaster
01/02/2024
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 01/02/24
We are at the point of the ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/31/2023
Legends of Hoosier Hysteria: Marion Pierce the Henry County Hurricane
In the late 1950s and early '60s, ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/29/2023
Top 10 White Centers in the NBA: Ranking the Best White NBA Centers of All Time
Do you know by the headline this ...
Mike Goodpaster
12/27/2023
1986 Boston Celtics: The Greatest Basketball Team of All Time
Who was the greatest basket team of ...

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