Eric, please have a seat.
The man came to Ames with legitimate credentials. At Purdue Fort Wayne he led the entire nation in two point field goal percentage at 78.4 percent. Started 23 of 24 games. Averaged 8.4 points and 6.7 rebounds. A hometown kid from Oskaloosa, Iowa coming home to play Big 12 basketball.
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What followed was twenty appearances averaging 3.8 minutes per game. Roughly the time it takes to microwave a bag of popcorn. Albeit, a very large bag of popcorn.
In his limited time as a Cyclone, Mulder attempted exactly one three pointer and made it. His three point percentage at Iowa State is 100 percent. Eric Mulder retires from Iowa State as the most accurate three point shooter in program history if you do not ask any follow up questions.
Eric Mulder came home to Ames, cheered his teammates on from very close range, and never stopped being a good teammate. That matters more than minutes.
