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Topic: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Topic: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

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bornacatfan
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Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/13/2015 9:58:17 AM

I found this fascinating from a perspective irrelevant of what they became as pros. Remember seeing almost all of these guys save for Gola and a couple of others. Interesting that guys like Elgin Baylor and a couple of others I can think of were left off and I am sure a few inmates here have salty memories of a certain ND scoring guard http://grantland.com/features/the-50-greatest-college-bas.../

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RE: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/13/2015 11:26:37 AM

bornacatfan wrote:

Interesting that guys like Elgin Baylor and a couple of others I can think of were left off and I am sure a few inmates here have salty memories of a certain ND scoring guard http://grantland.com/features/the-50-greatest-college-bas.../

Elvin Hayes comes to mind. They makes some reference on why he is not included in a footnote on Bill Walton's entry but my Monday morning brain is unable to figure out what the reasoning is.

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RE: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/13/2015 11:30:43 AM

Just figured it out. It says their college career must be more meaningful than their pro career. Stupid criteria.

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RE: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/13/2015 11:40:30 AM

John Lucas should be somewhere on that list.

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RE: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/13/2015 1:00:10 PM

David Thompson creating Michael Jordan made my day. Gotta love the Skywalker.

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RE: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/13/2015 2:10:59 PM

Two players from rival teams come to mind-jerry Lucas from the evil empire, but probably a little closer to home-Leo Byrd from Marshall in the 50's. He was the first Marshall player to lead the MAC in scoring, averaged 29.3 points as a senior, scored over 1700 in his 3 year career, was a second team all-American and was drafted 25th overall. He never played professionally. Two things that made his story a little special was that he had polio when he was 12 and he was the go to guy on a team that also had Hal Greer- a guy who ended up on the top 50 pros of the 20th century. I lived nearby and followed him, he was something special.

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RE: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/15/2015 12:42:45 PM

I couldn't find the article. I loved watching Elvin Hayes play. I copied his turnaround jump shot. From my knowledge I would say these guys would be tops:

Bevo Francis
Bob Petit
Pete Maravich
Bill Russell
Elgin Baylor
Jerry West
Elvin Hayes
Jerry Lucas
Lew Alcindor
Austin Carr
Bill Walton
Bob Lanier
Hal Greer
Howie Komives

You would have to put Gary Trent in here. Had he played his senior year he would have been a 4 time conference MVP and shattered scoring and rebounding records. I wonder if he wished he had stayed and did that.

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RE: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/15/2015 1:30:05 PM

This reminds me of a series ESPN did about a decade ago. They took the 64 teams with the most tourney success, fielded a starting 5 of the all-time greatest players for each school, and ran a fake tournament.

I wanna say the final four was UCLA, UNC, LSU, and Duke, of which LSU was my favorite because it was Maravich, Shaq, and 3 guys from waaaaay back when that I had never heard of.

EDIT: Found the article. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hoops/tou...

I was wrong. It was UCLA, UNC, LSU, and Georgetown in the final four, and LSU had a few more recent players than I remembered. Still, it was mainly the Maravich and Shaq show, which would have been fun to watch if it was real.

Last Edited: 7/15/2015 1:40:41 PM by C Money

OUVan
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RE: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/15/2015 2:49:54 PM

I grew up a Maryland fan but I'm having a hard time figuring out how they are seeded higher than Duke. Kentucky an 11 seed? Would love to know the seeding criterion.

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RE: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/20/2015 2:16:42 AM

The Pistol was a reasonably good college hoops player.

For you youngsters who don't know about him, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8qUZILi8IM He'll have you wearing your socks low and loose.

The shot making in the video is terrific--but check out the passing wizardry.

Unbelievable college stats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Maravich

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RE: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/20/2015 10:34:01 AM

I remember the coaching philosophy that helped Pistol Pete do so well in college. I could summarize it in one sentence: "Throw the ball to my son and let him shoot."

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RE: Interesting article. 50 greatest COLLEGE players of all time

Posted: 7/20/2015 12:43:02 PM

True dat.

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