If You Build It, They Will Come

 I think I have finished updating TCDB with my Iowa Connections for basketball now.  I say "I think" because I am constantly finding things I missed, and just writing this I remembered I need to look up Caitlin Clark ....... back, she's not in there yet.  I know I've seen the Sports Illustrated for Kids card online, but it has not made it to the database yet. Basketball Iowa Connections will fall under four categories...mostly.  There are some foreign league cards, 3x3 league cards, etc. that are scattered in here as well.  NBA players (Harrison Barnes, John Koncak, etc), WNBA players (Bridget Carlton, Michelle Edwards, etc),CBA players ( Nate Erdmann, Roy Marble, etc) and college basketball players and coaches (Lute Olsen, etc) make up a majority of the collection. I have 213 Iowa Connections currently in my spreadsheet, and of the 213, 171 of them have at least one card tracked in TCDB.  Ali Farokhmanesh is tracked in Beckett because of his Sports Illustr...

   Profile Randy Blocker was guard for the Panthers basketball team for two seasons (1992-93, 1993-94), earning All Missouri Valley Conference* recognition his senior year.  Blocker transferred to UNI after two years at Western Nebraska Community College.  Blocker was drafted** by the Hartford Hellcats*** of the CBA****. * Notable from team: Anthony Parker of Bradley  ** Iowa players from this CBA draft : James Winters (Iowa) *** Notable Hellcats that year: Les Jepsen (Iowa) and Bo Kimble **** Scrolling the draft class I saw this footnote. "Campos not eligible for draft and was picked for publicity purposes"  Jorge Campos was a Mexican goalkeeper, and I have no idea why the CBA drafted him, only that he is awesome, and who doesn't want that! Historical Significance Northern Iowa has a rich basketball history, most notably their Sweet 16 run in 2010.  However, they have yet to place a player in the NBA, which makes finding a player in his UNI jersey o...