All Time Starting 5

[monte2013]

I am bored this morning so I thought I would throw out my All Iowa High School Starting 5. This is based off high school only, college and pro has nothing to do with my starting 5. I will also put my runner-up next to starter.

1. Dean Oliver (Marcus Paige)
2. Fred Hoiberg (Ricky Davis)
3. Harrison Barnes (Peter Jok)
4. Nick Collison (Mike Davis) or (Al Lorenzen)
5. Raef Lafrentz (Wade Lookingbill)

 

[Greenway12]

Good list. Tough choices but I'd go with -

1. Kirk Hinrich (Paige, Gary Thompson)
2. Bobby Hansen (Hoiberg, Murray Weir)
3. Harrison Barnes (Jess Settles)
4. Neil Fegebank (Matt Bullard, Doug McDermott)
5. Nick Collison (LaFrentz)

 

[SSG T]

I honestly don't know who all I'd put on the list, but Brooks McKowen and Todd Berkenpas would both be on there.

 

[mylameusername]

Not sure where, if they would fit.
Might be more 2nd team??

Glenn Worley
Nick Nurse
Mike Born
Was Steve Krafcisin an Iowa HS?
Steve Waite
Todd Berkenpas (looks like someone beat me to it)
Chris Street
Hurl Beechem
Terry Woods

 

[Mr Deeds]

How about Joe Wieskamp

 

[sarcastico]

I think Wieskamp definitely has to be in the conversation already. A few other more recent players I think you could argue for that haven't been mentioned yet; Jason Bohannon, Jeff Horner, Adam Haluska, Brandon Myers, Daniel Tillo, Jordan Egleseder. All great players although probably just outside the top tier.

 

[oldeman67]

Ricky Davis has to be close top ten
Jarrod Uthoff should be mentioned
AJ Green?

 

[badben44]

I am bored this morning so I thought I would throw out my All Iowa High School Starting 5. This is based off high school only, college and pro has nothing to do with my starting 5. I will also put my runner-up next to starter.

1. Dean Oliver (Marcus Paige)
2. Fred Hoiberg (Ricky Davis)
3. Harrison Barnes (Peter Jok)
4. Nick Collison (Mike Davis) or (Al Lorenzen)
5. Raef Lafrentz (Wade Lookingbill)

i love Joks game and loved him at iowa but his high school career was not tue best with the injuries he had.

 

[iowa12]

I honestly don't know who all I'd put on the list, but Brooks McKowen and Todd Berkenpas would both be on there.

Lol

 

[PNation]

It's tough to just look at high school when so many we value on their college careers, I made a list of guys I would want on my team a starting 5 and a bench of guys from my life time who are through college.

Fred Hoiberg
Raef LaFrentz
Kirk Hinrich
Nick Collison
Ben Jacobson (player not coach)
Jordan Eglseder
Harrison Barnes
Doug McDermott
Marcus Paige
Jeremy Morgan

My thoughts on my list Hinrich and Paige at the point, we've had many great point guards in the last 25 years but to me these two stick out, but the 2 from Mason City were very close. Hoiberg is who I think about when I think of basketball in Iowa, Jacobson was one of the best big shot makers ever both in high school and in college Barnes was the #1 player in the nation and has had success in the NBA. I'm pretty sure I am the first person to have Morgan but I felt Iowa City West needed to be represented and for me he beat out Glen Worley. Collison was a great high school player who played forever in the NBA, McDermott was overshadowed in high school but a great player. Raef was a beast and Egleseder mostly because of how he would be such a matchup nightmare.

Like I said I can think of 30 others who you could easily put on a team of the last 25 years or so and I wouldn't argue a bit.

 

[monte2013]

i love Joks game and loved him at iowa but his high school career was not tue best with the injuries he had.

You are probably right on this, I could maybe replace Jok with Wieskamp as my backup.

 

[BayHawkeye]

The State of Iowa has produced five McDonald's All Americans.
1984: Al Lorenzen
(Russ Millard, Peter Jok, Clay Hargrave)
1994: Raef LaFrentz
(Kevin Kunnert, Neil Fegebank, Jordan Eglseder)
1999: Nick Collison
(Mark Gannon, Bobby Hansen, Jess Settles)
2011: Harrison Barnes
(Ricky Davis, Doug McDermott, Adam Haluska)
2012: Marcus Paige
(Kurt Hinrich, Fred Hoiberg, Jeff Horner)

What could have been at U of I if it wasn't for Roy Williams recruiting four of these five to his schools. That's a pretty solid starting five. From there I would back them up with the players in parentheses.

 

[buck_1006]

Nobody wants Troy Skinner?? 3 State Titles, 5th in Career Scoring

 

[iowa12]

Nobody wants Troy Skinner?? 3 State Titles, 5th in Career Scoring

Ahhh....no...

 

[HawkPT]

Nobody wants Troy Skinner?? 3 State Titles, 5th in Career Scoring

This is a situation where people remember him more for his college performance than his high school one, I would think.

Still, I would not put him in my top 15 (three-deeps), even though his statistics and team achievements were amazing. Being in such a small school definitely hurt his chances to be recognized at this level.

 

[EastIowaHawk]

Totally agree with BayHawkeye. He's got everybody in his lists.