Survey for Panther Hoops fans

[Marc Wigim]

1. Favorite player: I gotta go with Ben Jacobsen. He's a great player, and a good guy to boot. Although back in the day, Robbie Sieverding had a loyal following in the pep band.
2. Best player: Benny. Disagree with me if you must, but he is will probably end up being one of the anchor players of the Second Golden Age.
3. Favorite coach: I love Mac, but Eldon Miller is synonymous with UNI Basketball. He has done more than any human should be able to do.
4. Favorite team: 2003-04 MVC Champions, but the 1989-90 team takes a very close second.
5. Favorite assistant coach: I'm not really sure about this one. I'll have to get back to you all.
6. Most exciting moment: When Grant Stout dunks on Southern Illinois this last year to send the Dome into a frenzy that most didn't even think was possible. The place took on a life of its own. It had to be scary for those SIU players. Scary enough to have to call a time out.
7. Most underrated player: Maurice Newby
8. Best shooter: Ben Jacobsen. He's money. But Brooks McKowen's freshman year was something to behold. I hope he gets his touch back.
9. Best clutch performer: Tie between Ben Jacobsen and Eric Coleman last year. Both of them made things happen when it needed to.
10.Best defender: Someone said Jason Daisy, I've got to agree. He was one of the best UNI has had.
11.Best win: Beating Wichita State 67-66 last year. What a clutch win in such a dramatic fashion.
12.Most important win: Beating Iowa in 2001 was good, but doing it again in 2003 showed everyone that UNI was for real, and still is.
13.Lowest moment: I came to the Dome in 2000 to watch them get pasted (I can't remember who it was now) but the Dome couldn't have had more than 1,500 people in it.
14.Most improbable moment: "Jacobsen for three... OHHHHH!!!! OOHHHHH!!! GOOOD! Ben Jacobsen lets the three rain!"

[4N6]

Poll

1. Favorite player: I remember being in the Dome game after game with my two sons, getting autographs of all the players in the Sean McCullough(sp), Scott Shocha,, etc. era. Each boy had signed posters of the players on their walls (they were about eight and 4 yrs old.) So I’d have to say all the players in the beginning of the Eldon Miller era were favorites, as they set the tone for what was to come.
2. Best player: Jason Reese. Decided on the basis of what he did for the future.
3. Favorite coach: Eldon Miller, decided due to what he has continued to do after he left the bench.
4. Favorite team: ’89 – ’90 team. See #1through #3.
5. Favorite assistant coach: Sam Skarich. I had the pleasure to officiate games coached by him at N. Tama after he left UNI. He brought enthusiasm and his experience to the H.S. ranks.
6. Most exciting moment: The entire AMCU-8 Tourney in ’90. A win against UIC on day 1, followed by what is arguably the best game ever against SW Mo. (what and ending!), followed by the championship against Wisc. GB. Three nights of excitement. And to think that only about 5,500 showed for the championship game.
7. Most underrated player: I’d have to go with Cam Johnson. Anyone remember him bowling over Iowa defenders in the ’90 game on a breakaway and the camera catching him taunting the defender under the basket for a moment?
8. Best shooter: Ben Jacobsen.
9. Best clutch performer: Robbie Sieverding.
10.Best defender: Can’t anyone remember Steve Phyfe?
11.Best win: NCAA Tourney win against Missouri. Hands down. No further discussion. Followed closely by the first win against a Big 10 opponent: Wisconsin in the mid-80’s. The Wisconsin coach was quoted, (and I heard this in person) that they would NEVER play at the Dome again.
12.Most important win: Important in the aspect of how critical it was at the very moment was last year’s win at Wichita State on Jacobsen’s last second shot. It’s hard to tell where they would have been playing next had that shot not gone through.
13.Lowest moment: The last year of the Sam Weaver tenure. It was brutal.
14.Most improbable moment: It will happen on opening night of the new arena as fans file in.

[Panthers to the Bone]

1. Favorite player: David Gruber
2. Best player: Ben Jacobson
3. Favorite coach: Greg McDermott
4. Favorite team: 2003-2004 MVC Tournament Champs
5. Favorite assistant coach: Johnny Brown (does anyone else know the speedo story?)
6. Most exciting moment: Benny's buzzer beater 3 against Wichita State
7. Most underrated player: Ryan Paulsen
8. Best shooter: Ryan Paulsen
9. Best clutch performer: Erik Crawford
10.Best defender: John Little
11.Best win: NCAA Tourney win against Missouri
12.Most important win: UNI at Wichita State (even though it wasn't a big game that most Iowans tuned into, but it solidified our NCAA Tourney bid...becoming an NCAA at-large bid team proved to the state that the Panthers had arrived)
13.Lowest moment: The 2000-01 season
14.Most improbable moment: UNI coming back on the road in Terre Haute on Larry Bird Day. Seemed bleak until Erik Crawford stole it and layed it in with under 10 seconds.

[Hime_Peterson]

PTTB,

I almost forgot about Ryan Paulsen--one of the all-time great stories.

A kid who was asked to be the team manager but put in the extra hours and had some huge games for the Panthers his senior year.

[UNIAlum95]

Best Rebounder

.... Joe Breckenridge - worked as hard as anyone I have ever watch play the game.

[NJ Panther]

I also normally dislike posting, but this one peaks my interest.

1. Favorite player: Witchita's most wanted: Ben Jacobson.
2. Best player: Reese...until Jacobson completes his career
3. Favorite coach: Absolute no brainer: Mac. Especially if things go as planned this season
4. Favorite team: 2003-2004 MVC Tournament Champs
5. Favorite assistant coach: Watch out for coach Ben on this front. My belief is he has a heck of a career ahead of him
6. Most exciting moment: Benny's buzzer beater 3 against Wichita State and the threats made by Wichita state fans on my life for wearing a Ben shirt in St. Louis. Some people just can't handle the NIT well. Will be replaced by a Benny fade away three at the buzzer to go to the elite 8
7. Most underrated player: I hate to say it since I bashed him so much, but you gotta give it to Chris Foster. Kid went through a plethora of injuries, a coaching change, got benched for a Freshman, and still gave it 110%. If it was not for him backing up Brooks during that Sophmore slump there would have been no NCAA last year. Honorable mention to J. Little
8. Best shooter: Johnson...until Benny is done
9. Best clutch performer: Benny
10.Best defender: J Little
11.Best, biggest, and most gloat worthy win: Bring it on Wayne! Not only did it shut up Wayne, Curtis, cyclone fans, and wake up the Iowa media, which in itself makes it the best win (even over the NCAA tourney or MVC win) but it solidified the at-large birth thanks to its RPI value. Will be replaced by the win over Alford and the Big Three in the Dome, which will (I think) raise Mac's record against Steve the Hair to 3-2. That will be replaced by the 2006 Sweet 16 win
13.Lowest moment: Two words: Sam Weaver
14.Most improbable moment: The last two seasons.

[NJ Panther]

Oh... and greatest radio play by play man of all time: Gary Rima
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