I believe ISU had a player named Hercle Ivy back in the 70's when I first started following ISU. I think he was a guard, high scoring, could do anything. I always wondered what happened to him. Does anyone have any info?
I liked Art Johnson because he was from Indianapolis, where I spent quite a bit of time. He was a JC transfer I think. I remember running on the upstairs State Gym track all the time and one time the team was practicing there and for whatever reason they didn't kick anyone out. The thing that stuck in my mind was that about every other sentence out of Ken Trickey's mouth was "Get the ball to Hercle!!".
Hercle would of blown up the 3pt shot if it were allowed. Not sure if freshmen were eligible back then either, but he would of set a few records.
Jim Zabel! Yes, ol Zipper mouth actually called ISU games for WHO-AM in the 1970's. I kid you not
I wasn't really aware of ISU BB at the time but from what I have heard, you named the problem.