{"id":1582,"date":"2024-08-29T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/?p=1582"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:08:03","slug":"greatest-players-of-the-modern-era-7-nate-funk","status":"publish","type":"greatest-jays","link":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/greatest-jays\/greatest-players-of-the-modern-era-7-nate-funk\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Players of the Modern Era, #7: Nate Funk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n\nSioux City, IA\n\n\n\n10\n\n\n\n6&#8217;3&#8243;\n\n\n\n195 lbs\n\n\n\nArrived from: <br>High School\n\n\n\nDeparted: Graduate\n\n\n\nNBA Draft: N\/A\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2>Notable Moments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Jays 67, #11 Southern Illinois 61 <em>(Mar. 4, 2007)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Key numbers: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:34%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:38%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Jays 75, Missouri State 58<em> (Mar. 3, 2007)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Key numbers: 33 points, 10-15 FG, 8 rebounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:34%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:38%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Jays 77, Missouri State 74<em> (Dec. 30, 2006)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Key numbers: 23 points, 7 assists; 6-6 at line with two assists in final three minutes as Jays rally from down 11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:34%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:38%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nate Funk: Creighton Bluejays Highlight Reel\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bBmEPw6jRfQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Player statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-22\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-22\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Season<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Class<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Games<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Pts.<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Reb.<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Ast.<\/th><th class=\"column-7\">Stl.<\/th><th class=\"column-8\">Blk.<\/th><th class=\"column-9\">FG%<\/th><th class=\"column-10\">3PM<\/th><th class=\"column-11\">3P%<\/th><th class=\"column-12\">FT%<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2002-03<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">FR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">34<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1.1<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">1.8<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">0.8<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">49.2%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">0.6<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">35.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">62.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2003-04<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">SO<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">29<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11.1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3.4<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">2.7<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">0.9<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">41.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">1.7<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">42.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">77.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2004-05<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">JR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">33<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">17.8<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">5.1<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">2.3<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">0.7<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">0.3<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">51.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">2.0<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">46.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">82.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2006-07<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">SR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">33<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">17.7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3.5<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">3.0<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">1.2<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">47.8%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">1.7<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">36.4%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">86.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><b>Career Averages<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">32.3<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">13.0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3.3<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">2.4<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">0.9<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">0.2<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">47.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">40.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">81.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><b>Career Totals<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">135<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1,754<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">446<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">323<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">125<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">47.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">200<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">40.7%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">81.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><b>Career Totals Rank*<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">35<\/td><td class=\"column-9\"><\/td><td class=\"column-10\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-11\"><\/td><td class=\"column-12\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-22 from cache -->\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>*Among players from the modern era (1995-current)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Team Accomplishments (4 seasons)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-23\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-23\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><th class=\"column-2\">2002-03<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">2003-04<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">2004-05<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">2006-07<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wins<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">29<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">23<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wins vs. ranked<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Conf. Champ (Reg. Season)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Conf. Champ (Tourney)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">NCAAT Appearance<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">NCAAT Wins<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-23 from cache -->\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Career Accolades (4 seasons)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-24\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-24\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><th class=\"column-2\">2002-03<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">2003-04<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">2004-05<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">2006-07<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">National POY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">All-America team<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Conference POY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">All-Conference team<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">HM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1st<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1st<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Conference DPOY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Conference Newcomer\/ROY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-24 from cache -->\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Among players from the modern era (1995-current)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1907,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1582","greatest-jays","type-greatest-jays","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/greatest-jays\/1582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/greatest-jays"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/greatest-jays"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/greatest-jays\/1582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428,"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/greatest-jays\/1582\/revisions\/2428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}