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Inspired by Numbers - Greatest college players I ever saw

Duncan and Jason Williams are easily the two best I saw in person.
 
mebanedeac said:
The best I can recall:

David Thompson
Alcindor
Pistol Pete
Earl the Pearl
Durant

There was a guy at Western Carolina in the late '60s named Henry Logan. He was really fun to watch.

It is obviously difficult to compare because of differing levels of competition. As adverse as I am to admitting it, the Thompson teams at NC State were probably the teams I most enjoyed watching. That was especially true when they beat UCLA.
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Funny you should mention Henry Logan. Figured no one would have any idea who he was. Averaged 36.2 a game in '68.

There was a guy at Catawba back in the 60s named Dwight Durante. He had several 50 plus point games in his career. Saw him go for 49 one night in the Coliseum. He was a blur with the ball and completely unstoppable. Back then, it wasn't uncommon at all for teams to have one guy who put up astronomical scoring numbers.
 
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deacfreke2 said:
Funny you should mention Henry Logan. There was a guy at Catawba back in the 60s named Dwight Durante. He had several 50 plus point games in his career. Saw him go for 49 one night in the Coliseum. He was a blur with the ball and completely unstoppable. Back then, it wasn't uncommon at all for teams to have one guy who put up astronomical scoring numbers.
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I used to attend their conference tournament at the old Memorial Coliseum. If I recall correctly Gene Littles and Henry Logan had some big duels.
 
RJKarl said:
After he said he thought Danny Manning was white,I thought about it. This is about those I saw play.

FIRST TEAM

C- Bill Walton- He had the greatest game in college bball history versus Memphis State. I picked over Alcindor due to this, D & passing
F- Elvin Hayes - The first made for TV "Game of the Century", he won. Absolutely unstoppable
F- David Thompson - Supremely talented and elegant. His return with a bandaged head is the college version of Willis Reed.
G- Oscar Robertson -I was really young. I asked my dad "Why doesn't anyone stop him. He smiled, "Because they can't."
G- Pistol Pete Maravich- Had there been a three point shot, he would have averaged 50 ppg. The ultimate showman

SECOND TEAM

C- Lew Alcindor - He was so good they had to ban dunking to stop him.
F- Larry Bird - Too slow, couldn't jump, Bob Knight wouldn't play him. The forward version of Oscar.
F- Bill Bradley - Maybe the purest shot ever. He was a drawing card. If he was in the gym, he wan in range
G- Calvin Murphy- his game against LaSalle (52 points) was the second best college performance I ever saw- Unstoppable
G- Magic Johnson - His soph year was insane- he played a different game than anyone had ever seen.

Greatest Head- Head-to-Head Match up

LaSalle versus Florida State- Lionel Simmons versus George McCloud. - Simmons had 36 points, 10 boards, 5 assists and 4 blocks. McCloud had 36 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists with 10 threes. The final score of the game was 101-100 LaSalle

The greatest game ever was NC State/MD in the ACC Tourney- This is the game that created March Madness.
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Word up
 
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ilovecarpet said:
Are you someone who I should give a shit about? Does your opinion make a fuck?

Write this in your journal and hope your kids give half a shit what you think when you die. Don't post this. I would feel embarrassed for you, but you suck. Wow you suck.
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Chill out
 
ilovecarpet said:
Are you someone who I should give a shit about? Does your opinion make a fuck?

Write this in your journal and hope your kids give half a shit what you think when you die. Don't post this. I would feel embarrassed for you, but you suck. Wow you suck.
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Loves carpet and booze. Is mad at daddy, evidently.
 
bym051d said:
Not sure who all would be on my team besides Duncan, but Kidd vs. Paul would be tough for PG.

Be tough to keep the following off the list: Laettner, Jordan, Bias and Worthy.

I don't remember much about seeing Sampson, but I know I did.
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I went to HS with Ralph Sampson, so I saw him many, many times. The first time was when he was in 5th grade. He towered over everyone then. He was on back-to-back State Championship teams his junior and senior years. Junior year, he was very good but a 6'8" guy from R.E. Lee High (Mike Madden - he played at UNC) was able to push him around some. By senior year, Ralph was totally dominant. At UVA he was a 3x POY. His knees gave out in the pros and he never was able to dominate the same way he had before.

I always was more worried about Worthy than Jordan during my Wake years.
 
deacfreke2 said:
Funny you should mention Henry Logan. Figured no one would have any idea who he was. Averaged 36.2 a game in '68.

There was a guy at Catawba back in the 60s named Dwight Durante. He had several 50 plus point games in his career. Saw him go for 49 one night in the Coliseum. He was a blur with the ball and completely unstoppable. Back then, it wasn't uncommon at all for teams to have one guy who put up astronomical scoring numbers.
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My father has said many occasions that Logan was an amazing player.
 
DeaconChemist said:
I always was more worried about Worthy than Jordan during my Wake years.
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I agree about Worthy. Jordan didn't really become Michael Jordan until his ridiculous third year in the NBA. That's when all the jokes started about Dean Smith being the only guy who ever held him under twenty points. But Worthy was a monster in college.
 
David Thompson is the best college player I have seen. Bill Walton is a distant second. I have no memories of Alcindor.
 
Hey RJ. My memories of Calvin Murphy are that he basically could not dribble with his left hand so he went right always, and was unstoppable.
 
Wish I had seen Earl Monroe. I spent hours working on his spin move.
 
bobknightfan said:
BTW, the WF cheerleaders also struck up a friendship with the WSSU cheerleaders...and adapted some of their cheers. One that I remember the most was the one that went: "U...G...L...Y, you ain't got no alibi! You're UGLY, Carolina UGLY!"

That one originated that year (1967)...and came directly from the WSSU cheerleaders.
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Don't leave out jhmd's favorite second verse: D-A-D-D-Y, you don't even know that guy. Your daddy, your daddy, where is your daddy?
 
bobknightfan said:
My junior year at WF was Monroe's last year at WSSU. A group from my suite used to go over to tiny Whitaker Gym to watch him play. In February of that year, they had a game with Norfolk State when both teams were something like 24-0 or 23-1, and the demand for tickets was so great that they decided to move the game to Memorial Coliseum, which seated 8,200. Norfolk State had a great player, too...by the name of Bob "Stick" Dandridge (who I think later played with the Washington Bullits in the NBA). We went to that game, also. Monroe scored something like 58 or 60 points and WSSU won the game 117-113 in overtime.

BTW, the WF cheerleaders also struck up a friendship with the WSSU cheerleaders...and adapted some of their cheers. One that I remember the most was the one that went: "U...G...L...Y, you ain't got no alibi! You're UGLY, Carolina UGLY!"

That one originated that year (1967)...and came directly from the WSSU cheerleaders.
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Dandrige played with the Bucks at first and won a championship with them. Then he came to Washington where he won another.

The U-G-L-Y cheer was one of my favorites. Mike O'Koren was All-American Carolina Ugly.
 
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