Best ISU Basketball Player Ever?

[cycloneryan]

Who is everone's choice as the best player to ever lace them up for the Cyclones? I have been thinking about it for a while and cannot decide between Gary Thompson, Fred Hoiberg, or Marcus Fizer.

 

[mt85]

Jamaal Tinsley. No single player had a greater impact on winning than JT.

 

[meganpeiffer]

I'm going to have to go with Fred Hoiberg....he wasn't called the Mayor for nothin'

 

[mt85]

cycloneryan a couple of other names that should receive consideration would be Jeff Hornacek and Jeff Grayer.

 

[sclotz]

Tinsley, without a doubt. Winning the close games makes the difference between good and great teams...he took over many close games and pulled out a W. Think about the 2000 season.

 

[Max]

My picks in this order:
1. Grayer
2. Tinsley
3. Fizer
4. Thompson
5. Don Smith

 

[thunderdave]

Barry Stevens paved the way for success with Johhny.
To me, that's what started Hilton Magic.

 

[PlymouthCy]

1- Fizer
2- Hoiberg
3- Thompson
4- Tinsley
5- Willoby (sp?)

 

[clonestotop]

1. Grayer (Olympian)
2.

 

[goldmember]

Jeff Grayer before the knee injury.

 

[wheels686]

fizer is, no other cyclone dominated games physically like he did

 

[clonestotop]

Sorry
1. Grayer (olympian)
2. Fizer (2nd in POY behind Martin)
3. Tinsley (even if he did blow the game against Hampton
4.

 

[thunderdave]

Remember when Fizer was a freshman with the "sports glasses/goggles"?
He sure matured while he was here, boy to man is an understatement.

 

[BigSkyCy2]

Remember when Fizer was a freshman with the "sports glasses/goggles"?
He sure matured while he was here, boy to man is an understatement.

haha...how can you forget those goggles? I remember thinking "How is this kid a McDonald's All-American?"

I think i had my answer three years later...

 

[Stumpy]

No Hornacek in the list? Maybe he wasn't such a power at Iowa State as some of these other players but he had a more than successful NBA career.

 

[Wesley]

Don Smith.

 

[Stumpy]

Don Smith.

There's another good pick; another solid pro career. Averaged a double-double with Seattle one season, if I remember correctly.

 

[Wesley]

Jeremy needs to add a basketball clock. The football one is almost over.

 

[Rapplegt]

Fizer, Hornacek (Hit a contested game winner in the NCAA from beyond the arc with no time left), Tinsley, Grayer, Stevens

 

[threemuch]

My top five, in no particular order:

Grayer

Hoiberg

Tinsley

Fizer

And just because I love the big guy....

Victor Alexander

I think all these guys were absolutely critical to the success of their teams. I can't really comment on smith, since I wasn't alive when he played at ISU.