Luka Garza may go down as the greatest Hawkeye to ever play. He was clearly the best player in college basketball this season. If you’re an Iowa fan, you’ve known that for some time. The national media, however, missed the memo.
On Friday, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced the winners of their annual Naismith Awards and they, like everyone else, apparently valued high-flying dunks over quality offensive performances, high-caliber competition or one of the greatest single seasons in a generation. They, like the Associated Press before them, named Dayton’s Obi Toppin the Citizen Naismith Trophy Player of the Year - not Luka Garza
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