If You Build It, They Will Come

   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...

 Welcome everyone to my blog!  I've been a card collector since 1988 when Santa left a pack of 1988 Topps football cards in my stocking and I pulled an Anthony Carter card (long time forlorn Vikings fan here) and I was hooked.  As a child I collected mostly Twins and Vikings, and as I reached high school/college my collecting habits slowly went as girlfriend/school/career all started to matter more.   However, one fateful when we moved to Ohio left me with a couple hours to burn and a card show available, and the bug was reinvigorated.  Only now, my focus changed.  Sure, I still collect those Twins and Vikings, but I really started to shift my focus to one of my great loves.  My home state Iowa.   First I started to collect Hawkeye and Panthers, and then started collecting Cyclones.  Then I'd discover a player that was born in Iowa and I would add them.  Then I started digging into the other colleges and community colleges....