Who is the best hog BIG MAN of all time

[NoogaHog]

Hunter Mickelson

[Inhogswetrust]

So I'm a Denver Nuggets fan (insert your snarky insults here), and Scott is the color guy on Altitude Sports. He's really good and pretty funny to boot. I'll tweet at him every now ad again with a deep cut hog reference.

When you do say Hey NEIGHBOR!

[Hogimus Prime]

The Big O.  Nothig against Big Nasty, Joe Kleine, Andrew Lang or anyone else, but the Big O affected the game in so many ways. He was a great shotblocket, rebounder and could score inside, but then there was his passing.  He did so much.  As Big O went do did the Hogs

[hvsupastar]

Daniel Gafford, when it's all said and done. 

[East TN HAWG]

Scott Hastings has to be somewhere in the rankings.

You beat me to it.

I would consider Corliss and Bobby as power forwards and not centers.  Here are my top 4 centers: 1) Joe Kline, 2) Scott Hastings 3a) Andre Lang 3b) Oliver Miller

[El Puerco Grande]

He wasn't a center, or a big scorer, but when Roosevelt Wallace fouled you in the paint, it wasn't unusual for someone else to shoot the free throws while the shooter was getting medical attention

[FineAsSwine]

He wasn’t a center, or a big scorer, but when Roosevelt Wallace fouled you in the paint, it wasn’t unusual for someone else to shoot the free throws while the shooter was getting medical attention

Stephan Moore got his money's worth on fouls too.

[Hogeye_Pierce]

Steven Hill still has the best NBA FG percentage of all Razorbacks... :-)

I just...

[hawgball40]

i know he washed out to some degree, but michael washington was a pretty good big in my opinion. heart and soul of some bad razorback teams under smellphrey.

[k.c.hawg]

Hunter Mickelson

He holds the same distinction at KU just nudging out Wilt.

[cc]

Lot of guys that had different talents.  I would have loved to see Andrew Lang with more talent around him. Kliene, Hastings, Miller were all great. Williamson's numbers and National Championship speak for themselves.  Derek Hood was another really good PF/C Hybrid.

[upperdeck_hawg]

Corliss was the best offensive post player. Andrew Lang was the best defensive player. Oliver Miller was the best combination of both. Big O was also the best passing big man we had.

[hawkhawg]

Big O is the Best hog big man. 

[pigroots]

Who do I Want to give the ball to on the block for a basket with game on the line? Corliss all day. He was a beast against the best and in the biggest games. I do think Gafford could rival him in another 3-4 years but unfortunately for us he'll be wearing a different uni by then

[Iwastherein1969]

Who do I Want to give the ball to on the block for a basket with game on the line? Corliss all day. He was a beast against the best and in the biggest games. I do think Gafford could rival him in another 3-4 years but unfortunately for us he'll be wearing a different uni by then

agreed about Corliss as long as the opposing center isn't a  7' Czech with the first name of George and wears a sky blue and gold uniform

[sadhogfan]

i know he washed out to some degree, but michael washington was a pretty good big in my opinion. heart and soul of some bad razorback teams under smellphrey.

That was a fun game.

I know we are no longer Marcus Monk fans around here, but I think his being declared ineligible really changed that entire season.

[HawgnCorona]

A lot of good choices here but Dean Tolson was as good as any...

[McKdaddy]

Scott Hastings has to be somewhere in the rankings.

[apcapri]

I just Steven Hill!

[hawgdavis]

Freddie Childress! Oh wait, wrong sport.

I went to school with big Fred and played football with him s something most people probably didn't know about Freddie is he played multiple sports, he was a truly gifted athlete. His sr year Fred was 6' 4" weighed 298 ran a 4.5 40 and had if I remember remember right a 36" vertical leap. Fred could take 1 step and slam it with both hands and could shoot the ball. It must of been hell to play him in the low block.

[jusgtohogs]

with all due respect to opinions already posted, Corliss at 6'6" (generously) was not a big man in college.  The 2 best 'bigs' at U of A (all-time) are: Big 'O' and Joe Kleine.  Kleine didn't have the supporting cast that Miller had, though.

[Dominicanhog]

with all due respect to opinions already posted, Corliss at 6'6" (generously) was not a big man in college.  The 2 best 'bigs' at U of A (all-time) are: Big 'O' and Joe Kleine.  Kleine didn't have the supporting cast that Miller had, though.

I'm not sure about that.. Alvin Robertson and Darrell Walker were pretty good players...

[sowmonella]

Saw Big Joe from Slater, MO at church tonight. He was our best true center.

[thebignasty]

That was a fun game.

I know we are no longer Marcus Monk fans around here, but I think his being declared ineligible really changed that entire season.

That and if memory serves,  Washington had a bum back for the second half of the season.



Add in Courtney Fortson being a crazy fella off the court and that team was maybe always doomed to collapse. 

[Pigasaurus]

Remember in the Final Four when Corliss took Rasheed Wallace to school down low.

Wallace is still looking for Corliss.

[Beavthompson]

I'm just going to add Derek Hood for the sock.

[JenksHawg]

It was Jon Koncack.....

....and those were great years.  SMU, Arkansas, and Houston had good teams then.


Joe Kleine....he was the best BIG man.....although I remember Oliver Miller giving Shaq fits because O would play out on the perimeter...

If you're talking C....then Joe Kleine.


....and let's not forget Steve Schall and Jim Counce.

Gotta give some love to Scott Hastings too - is out him at 3 behind Klein's and Corliss.

[oldfart]

I went to college watching Joe Kleine battling Mike Concack (sp) of SMU (?).  It was like going to a J.Taylor fight and a basketball game breaking out!  Barnhill was a rocking!!

My favorite was Dwight Stewart - Put a dress on him and he could pass for the Aunt Jemima at the time.  Loved it when he would make those 3 point shots and the TV announcers wouldn't know what to say about our center making outside shots.

Jon Konkack... legs up to his shoulders

[SPAL]

Miller. I don't consider Corliss a Big.

I guess I should ask how we are defining it. When I hear Big man, I'm thinking center.

[Torqued pork]

Corliss may have not been a "Big" man , but he was the best we've had around the basket in a long time.

[Tejano Jawg]

Joe Kline was the only true good center that I remember.  All others have really been power and/or small forwards.

This is what I think too. When I hear "big man," I think the 5 position or a guy who plays the 4 and 5. Joe was a true center. Big O might have been too, but he was so versatile, Nolan had him moving all over the court. Same for what Eddie did with Scott Hastings.

I saw all these guys play, and man they were fantastic. Funny tidbit...several years ago one of my boys went to a weekend basketball camp. When the coaches were introduced, one of them was Texas Tech's center from 1981-85 (which is exactly when I was at the U of A). I went and talked to him at the end, we both got a rise reminiscing about all the good ol' SWC days. He said that JOE KLEINE—more than Akeem Olajuwon—was the hardest guy to play against...because he was so strong and WIDE.

[VBMark]

Joe Klein and Steve Schall. Joe has an Olympic medal.

Scott Hastings and Big O were actually PFs playing as a center. Same for Corliss.

Joe has an Olympic medal; the others do not.

[hvsupastar]

Shawn Andrews

[TushCrush]

Darrell Sausbury

Maybe not the best but one of the toughest.

[Inhogswetrust]

George Kok.

[Knot2brite]

Kleine, Oliver Miller and Mario Credit are the top three I have. Lang was mainly just a defensive guy and Hastings was a 6'10 small forward...Steven Hill was a less offensive minded version of Lang

[EastexHawg]

I don't really consider Corliss to be a true "big man" in basketball terms.  Given that, I'll go with Joe Kleine.

[pigture perfect]

I liked Scott Hastings. He may have been a 4 in the Association, but he played a true 5 in college. He was a great offensive rebounder and had a text book Up and Under move. Had a pretty good NBA career as well. He was a Pistons Bad Boy champion.

[hogsolutely]

Corliss, Balentine, Joe K., Hood in that order.