This year’s winner of the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award might not be as physically dominant as King Karl yet, but Keegan Murray (6’8”, 225 lbs) of Iowa certainly deserved the award and made a compelling case to be called the best college hooper of the season.
The 21-year-old Hawkeye is a statistician’s bonanza. He led the Big Ten in total points (822), points per game (23.5), field goals (307), field goal attempts (554), win shares (8.7), plus/minus (15.7), and offensive rating (134.6). He was second in total rebounds (303), third in rebounds per game (8.