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I got a first hand look at Barnes last night in the state title game, along with Roy Williams (who was doing a lot of smiling throughout the game) and Iowa State coach Greg McDermott, who has a son playing on the team who will play for UNI next year, and I can honestly say that Barnes is by far the best player I've seen in nearly 50 years of watching Iowa high school basketball. Barnes has the most unbelievable tools of any HS player I've seen and will undoubtedly step in and make an immediate impact for North Carolina next year. The kid doesn't miss from 15-18' and can jump through the roof. Needless to say, I was impressed with his skills. The McDermott kid is also going to be a very good player for UNI. He's a 6'7" kid who can fire the 3-pointer and hit the boards. The one disappointing thing I saw last night was the McCabe kid from Sioux City who is heading to Iowa. Listed at 6'7"....he's probably 6'4" or 6'5"....and did very little to impress. Sioux City had a junior guard who looked to be far more athletic and talented than McCabe, and someone that I'd like to see headed to Iowa after next season.

Barnes better be able to do it all since Roy's roster is/will be struggling next year again...

buckeye_in_sc wrote:Barnes better be able to do it all since Roy's roster is/will be struggling next year again...

I don't know if he can "do it all" but he's bound to make them better.

Ames wasn't even trying last night, neither was Barnes. They just coasted to that win.

This team can beat any team in the country. Best high school team the state of Iowa has ever had.

Barnes is for real, no doubt about that. He's a freak of an athlete. Doug McDermott can play too. That kid is gonna have a very nice career at UNI. I bet he starts right away.

TheJON wrote:Ames wasn't even trying last night, neither was Barnes. They just coasted to that win.

This team can beat any team in the country. Best high school team the state of Iowa has ever had.

Barnes is for real, no doubt about that. He's a freak of an athlete. Doug McDermott can play too. That kid is gonna have a very nice career at UNI. I bet he starts right away.

McDermott is a very real offensive threat but will have to improve defense if he wants to play for Ben Jacobsen.

Mace wrote:I can honestly say that Barnes is by far the best player I've seen in nearly 50 years of watching Iowa high school basketball.

Denise Long couldn't carry Barnes' jock. I know you're joking by posting her pic, but Barnes is the real deal.

Better than Neil Fegebank AND Glenn Vidnovic?

Goober McTuber wrote:Better than Neil Fegebank AND Glenn Vidnovic?

Wow, Goobs, you're digging through the archives now. Fegebank was good, but no Harrison Barnes....not even close. Vidnovic wasn't an Iowa high schooler....I think he came to the U of I from Pennsylvania. Nick Collison, Raef LaFrentz, and Kirk Hinrich also don't compare with Barnes, and they all had successful careers at Kansas and went on to the NBA.

I'm digging through what's left of my memory. The 1969-70 Iowa team was outstanding and at the time I lived in southwestern Wisconsin and saw a lot of Hawkeye basketball. I knew Calabria was not an Iowa boy, he looked too smart. John Johnson and Freddie Brown were both out of Milwaukee, but I knew Fegebank was from Iowa and I thought Vidnovic looked geeky enough to be from there as well. My bad.

Yeah, the '70 Iowa team went 14-0 in the Big 10 and averaged almost 103 points a game for Ralph Miller. They might have been the best Iowa team ever....although the '80 final four team was pretty damn good too.

Goober McTuber wrote:I'm digging through what's left of my memory. The 1969-70 Iowa team was outstanding and at the time I lived in southwestern Wisconsin and saw a lot of Hawkeye basketball. I knew Calabria was not an Iowa boy, he looked too smart. John Johnson and Freddie Brown were both out of Milwaukee, but I knew Fegebank was from Iowa and I thought Vidnovic looked geeky enough to be from there as well. My bad.

Your cheerleaders are fat dude. I'm just sayin'.........