Benny the best of all time?

[ejacobson]

sorry, what did you mean by this? i am new to this board so I dont know your conflict of interest. just curious

Ben is my little brother, so I think that I have a biased opinion on the matter, just wanted to say that before I wrote my vote out. I think Grube's and Kryanbrink (?), and Resse were all phenoms in thier time, but I think that with how competative the Valley is all around now, it would be tough to put guys from 10 years ago into the league now, I am sure those guys would probably still do very well, but its a different league now as well. I think that there are guys on the bench now and coming in who will over take Ben. Travo and Kwadzo will be great and Eric Coleman is going to be one of the best bigs UNI has ever had by the time he is done, I mean hes amazing and hes a true SOPH!! A lot of great past players, current, and a bright future for the team. Im just gald Ben went to UNI.

[Jonsoup]

Did you all know Bill McCoy's daughter played at UNI? I would have to agree Ben Jacobson is as well as the others mention.

[oldcat]

Now, here's some rambling from someone who's sat in the old West Gym (days of Super Soph Bill McCoy, Ken Huelman & Jerry Waugh), Cattle Congress (playing Southern Ill. with Clyde "the slide" Frazier) and into the Dome. Jason Reese was very good, along with Ron Lemons, Randy Kraayenbrink, Greg McDermott[?], Randy Blocker, Cam Johnson, and Jason Daisy. Jason Daisy would have been my favorite until Benny came along. As was mentioned earlier, we are playing in a lot better league than in the past. Benny has been a tremendous player all four of his years at UNI. It took Daisy a couple of years to get adjusted to the college game. Benny was playing at the top of his game from day one. Ben Jacobson is my choice!

How about best name for a UNI player.....................my choice is "Chicken" Jackson!!!!

[strike00]

Since i've been old enough to get into Panther Basketball the three that come to mind at the very top are Jason Reese, Jason Daisy, and Ben Jacobson.

Its hard for me to compare Daisy and Jacobson to Reese because of the completely different positions. But Comparing Daisy and Jacobson is interesting. Jacobson had an all around better career, IMO. Daisy, stats wise, had the better Junior and Senior seasons. Ben is doing everything more within the system while Daisy needed to place more of the scoring burden on his shoulders. I'd give Jacobson the slight edge.

[UNI92]

All things considered, I'd have to go with Benny.
Ben Jacobsen is a bad man.

[Marc Wigim]

Two words: MAURICE NEWBY.

Seriously though, if it's not Benny, then I'd go with Jason Daisy from back in the day.

Also it's great to hear stuff like that come from Ben Jacobsen. When he sees 7,000 fans in the stands for tonight's game, I hope that he feels his efforts were a success.