Welcome one and all to the definitive tribute to the prowess of Peter Jok in an Iowa uniform. It fittingly comes to you on the very last day Jok will don that jersey, as he competes in the 3-point contest tonight at the Final Four in Phoenix (9:00 CT on ESPN). Oh yeah, and it’s his birthday—hooray for timeliness!
With the benefit of hindsight, Jok’s ascent may seem like it was inevitable, but his trek into the annals of Hawkeye history has been anything but straightforward.
Consider his high school career in Des Moines: once regarded as a top-10 recruit in his class as a freshman by Scout, Jok experienced a major setback when he suffered a knee injury at a Nike Top 100 camp in St.