SEC Basketball All-Time Teams during the Arkansas Era

jbcarol · June 24, 2015, 12:58:15 pm

All-Time Team Composed of Four Year Players for Mississippi State

Jeff Malone '79-83 State's all-time leading scorer (2,142), SEC POY, 3x All-SEC, 10th NBA pick, 2x NBA All-Star

Jim Ashmore '53-57 State's third all-time scorer, avg. over 28 ppg senior season, 3rd team AP All-American, 2x 1st Team, 1x 2nd Team All-SEC

Jarvis Varnado '06-10 Hon. Mention AP All-American, 3x SEC Defensive Player of Year, State's 2nd all-time rebounder with 1000+, 564 blocks is State's all-time leader with more than twice as many as second

Timmy Bowers '00-04 1st Team All-SEC, 3rd Team All-SEC, leader of State's SEC Championship team

Derrick Zimmerman '00-04 2x 3rd Team All-SEC, point guard on State's SEC championship team, 40th NBA pick, one of 13 State players to play in the NBA

Rickey Brown '76-80 Averaged over 17 and 10 for career as State's 4th all-time scorer, Citizen's Savings Bank All-American, 1x 1st Team, 2x 2nd Team All-SEC, State's 3rd leading rebounder with 1,000+

D Bost '08-12 State's 6th all-time scorer lost games due to NBA draft declaration "mix-up", 1st Team and 2x 2nd Team All-SEC

Greg Carter '87-91 AP Hon. Mention All-American, 1st Team All-SEC

Charles Rhodes '04-08 2x 2nd Team All-SEC

Ray White '75-79 State's 5th all-time scorer, 2nd Team and 3rd Team All-SEC

Wiley Peck '75-79 avg. 10.6 and 9.0 for career, 2nd Team All-SEC, State's 4th all-time rebounder

Barry Stewart '06-10 State's 7th all-time scorer, 280 3s most ever for State

Ravern Johnson '07-11 260 career 3-pointers in mostly 3 seasons, 2nd most ever for State with 4th highest 3P% at 39.8%.

EastexHawg · June 24, 2015, 04:26:03 pm

Not during Arkansas' time in the SEC necessarily, but if every school could put its all-time starting five in a time machine and make them 21 years old again LSU might be the best program in the country.

Shaquille O'Neal
Bob Pettit
Pete Maravich
Chris Jackson

I don't care if you plugged in jbcarol to play in the frontcourt with Shaq and Pettit, that would be an almost impossible lineup to beat.

jbcarol · June 25, 2015, 06:50:08 pm

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 11m11 minutes ago

Karl-Anthony Towns joins John Wall (2010) & Anthony Davis (2012) as only players in Kentucky history picked 1st overall. #NBADraft

jbcarol · June 26, 2015, 06:37:37 am

NBA draft picks from SEC teams '92 to present:

1992 (Eight)
Shaquille O'Neal, LS 1 [1] Orl
Todd Day, AR 1 [8] Mil
Robert Horry, UA 1 [11] Hou
Oliver Miller, AR 1 [22] Phx
Lee Mayberry, AR 1 [23] Mil
Latrell Sprewell, UA 1 [24] GS
Isaiah Morris, AR 2 Mia
Litterial Green, UG 2 Chi

1993 (4)
Jamal Mashburn, UK 1 [4] Dal
Allan Houston, UT 1 [11] Det
James Robinson, UA 1 [21] Port
Geert Hammink, LS 1 [26] Orl

1994 (4)
Wesley Person, AU 1 [23] Phx
Rodney Dent, UK 2 Mil
Jamie Watson, SC 2 Utah
Charles Claxton, UG 2 Phx

1995 (4)
Antonio McDyess, UA 1 [2] LAC
Corliss Williamson, AR 1 [13] Sac
Jason Caffey, UA 1 [20] Chi
Andrew DeClercq, UF 2 GS

1996 (13)
Antoine Walker, UK 1 [6] Bos
Erick Dampier, MS 1 [10] Ind
Tony Delk, UK 1 [16] Char
Walter McCarty, UK 1 [19] NYK
Dontae' Jones, MS 1 [21] NYK
Roy Rogers, UA 1 [22] Van
Steve Hamer, UT 2 Bos
Randy Livingston, LS 2 Hou
Terrell Bell, UG 2 Hou
Mark Pope, UK 2 Ind
Shandon Anderson, UG 2 Utah
Ronnie Henderson, LS 2 Wash
Darnell Robinson, AR 2 Dal

1997 (3)
Ron Mercer, UK 1 [6] Bos
Derek Anderson, UK 1 [13] Cle
Eric Washington, UA 2 Orl

1998 (3)
Jason Williams, UF 1 [7] Sac
Nazr Mohammed, UK 1 [29] Utah
Ansu Sesay, UM 2 Dal

1999 (3)
Jumaine Jones, UG 1 [27] Atl
Scott Padgett, UK 1 [28] Utah
Tyrone Washington, MS 2 Hou

2000 (Eight)
Stromile Swift, LS 1 [2] Van
Mike Miller, UF 1 [5] Orl
Jamaal Magloire, UK 1 [19] Char
Donnell Harvey, UF 1 [22] NYK
Mamadou N'Diaye, AU 1 [26] Den
Dan Langhi, VU 2 Dal
Jabari Smith, LS 2 Sac
Chris Porter, AU 2 GS

2001 (3)
Joe Johnson, AR 1 [10] Bos
Gerald Wallace, UA 1 [25] Sac
Jamison Brewer, AU 2 Ind

2002 (4)
Marcus Haislip, UT 1 [13] Mil
Tayshaun Prince, UK 1 [23] Det
Vincent Yarbrough, UT 2 Den
Rod Grizzard, UA 2 Wash

2003 (6)
Jarvis Hayes, UG 1 [10] Wash
Mario Austin, MS 2 Chi
Derrick Zimmerman, MS 2 GS
Keith Bogans, UK 2 Mil
Matt Bonner, UF 2 Chi
Maurice Williams, UA 2 Utah

2004 (3)
Justin Reed, UM 2 Bos
Matt Freije, VU 2 Mia
Rashad Wright, UG 2 Ind

2005 (3)
David Lee, UF 1 [30] NYK
Brandon Bass, LS 2 NO
Lawrence Roberts, MS 2 Sea

2006 (4)
Tyrus Thomas, LS 1 [3] Port
Ronnie Brewer, AR 1 [14] Utah
Renaldo Balkman, SC 1 [20] NYK
Rajon Rondo, UK 1 [21] Phx

2007 (Eight)
Al Horford, UF 1 [3] Atl
Corey Brewer, UF 1 [7] Minn
Joakim Noah, UF 1 [9] NY
Glen Davis, LS 2 Sea
Jermareo Davidson, UA 2 GS
Chris Richard, UF 2 Minn
Derrick Byars, VU 2 Port
Taurean Green, UF 2 Port

2008 (6)
Anthony Randolph, LS 1 [14] GS
Marreese Speights, UF 1 [16] Phila
Sonny Weems, AR 2 Chi
Richard Hendrix, UA 2 GS
Shan Foster, VU 2 Dal
Joe Crawford, UK 2 LAL

2009 (4)
Jodie Meeks, UK 2 Mil
Patrick Beverley, AR 2 LAL
Marcus Thornton, LS 2 Mia
Nick Calathes, UF 2 Minn

2010 (7)
John Wall, UK 1 [1] Wash
DeMarcus Cousins, UK 1 [5] Sac
Patrick Patterson, UK 1 [14] Hou
Eric Bledsoe, UK 1 [18] OKC
Daniel Orton, UK 1 [29] Orl
Terrico White, UM 2 Det
Jarvis Varnado, MS 2 Mia

2011 (7)
Brandon Knight, UK 1 [8] Det
Tobias Harris, UT 1 [19] Char
Trey Thompkins, UG 2 LAC
Chandler Parsons, UF 2 Hou
Josh Harrellson, UK 2 NO
Travis Leslie, UG 2 LAC
Vernon Macklin, UF 2 Det
DeAndre Liggins, UK 2 Orl

2012 (12)
Anthony Davis, UK 1 [1] NO
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, UK 1 [2] Char
Bradley Beal, UF 1 [3] Wash
Terrence Jones, UK 1 [18] Hou
John Jenkins, VU 1 [23] Atl
Arnett Moultrie, MS 1 [27] Mia
Marquis Teague, UK 1 [29] Chi
Festus Ezeli, VU 1 [30] GS
Jeffery Taylor, VU 2 Char
Doron Lamb, UK 2 Mil
Justin Hamilton, LS 2 Phila
Darius Miller, UK 2 NO

2013 (5)
Nerlens Noel, UK 1 [6]
Caldwell-Pope, UGa 1 [8]
Archie Goodwin, UK 1 [29]
Erik Murphy, UF 2
Alex Oriakhi, MU by way of UConn, 2

2014 (6)
Julius Randle, UK 1 [7]
James Young, UK 1 [17]
Jarnell Stokes, UT 2
Johnny O'Bryant, LS 2
Jordan Clarkson, MU 2
Jordan McRae, UT 2

2015 (10)
Karl-Anthony Towns, UK 1 [1]
Willie Cauley-Stein, UK 1 [6]
Trey Lyles, UK 1 [12]
Devin Booker, UK 1 [13]
Bobby Portis, AR 1 [22]
Jarell Martin, LS 1 [25]
Jordan Mickey, LS 2
Josh Richardson, UT 2
Andrew Harrison, UK 2
Dakari Johnson, UK 2

Six first rounders ties for second most from the SEC in any draft since 1992 (eight in 2012).

jbcarol · June 26, 2015, 09:11:01 am

SEC players chosen as first pick in the NBA draft all-time

Shaquille O'Neal, LS 1992

John Wall, UK 2010

Anthony Davis, UK 2012

Karl-Anthony Towns, UK 2015

jbcarol · June 28, 2015, 02:41:09 pm

Top NBA Draft Picks by School

Bailey Howell MS 1959 2nd
Clyde Lee VU 1965 3rd
Tom Boerwinkle UT 1968 4th
Gary Gregor SC 1968 8th
Neal Walk UF 1969 2nd
Tom Riker SC 1972 8th
Leon Douglas Bama 1975 4th
Sidney Moncrief ARK 1979 5th
Steve Stipanovich MU 1983 2nd
Dominique Wilkins UGa 1983 3rd
Chuck Person AU 1986 4th
Chris Morris AU 1988 4th
Gerald Glass OM 1990 20th
Shaq O'Neal LS 1992 1st
Acie Law IV A&M 2007 11th
John Wall UK 2010 1st
Anthony Davis UK 2012 1st
Karl Anthony-Towns UK 2015 1st

jbcarol · July 01, 2015, 08:49:53 am

The Most Famous One Year Player for Ole Miss and Some Other Guy

Johnny Neumann '70-71 Led nation in scoring averaging 40.1 ppg, scored 93 points in two games against Kentucky, SEC POY, 2nd Team Consensus All-American, one of the first players to declare for the NBA draft via hardship, ABA All-Rookie Team

Jelan Kendrick '11-12 5-star McD's All-American averaged 5 and 2 with 30% FG% for Ole Miss before transferring to UNLV after his freshman season

jbcarol · July 02, 2015, 10:33:17 am

All-Time Top Two Year Players for Ole Miss

Gerald Glass '89-90 All-America honorable mention, 2x All-SEC first team, transfer from Delta State, 26.1 point career scoring average is second on the Ole Miss charts and sixth in Southeastern Conference history, Finished his two-year career with 1,564 points, placing him eighth all-time at Ole Miss, 20th NBA Pick is tops in Ole Miss history, 2002 Ole Miss Athletics Hall of Fame inductee

Marshall Henderson '12-14 2x 2nd Team All-SEC, SEC-T MVP, 19.6 ppg career (6th all-time), helped Ole Miss get two trips to the NCAA-T and probably saved Andy Kennedy's job, broke Pat Bradley's record for consecutive games with a 3-point shot with 61 (ended with 66), 138 3PFG is most in one Ole Miss season, also has 2nd most, SG for Nift Al-Janoub in Iraq

Denver Brackeen '53-55 AP Honorable Mention All-American, 24.8 ppg career scoring, Helms Foundation second team All-America squad in 1955 after averaging 27.2 points and 13.9 rebounds per game, which still stand as fourth and second in Ole Miss history, SEC POY, 1,040 points is 29th-most in school history, Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Ole Miss Athletics Hall of Fame

Dave Shepherd G, '74-75 After transferring from Indiana University, Shepherd was the Rebel's top scorer in 1975 with a 20.7 average ... 1975 All-SEC second-team selection by UPI and third team by the AP while also earning Academic All-America accolades ... Became the highest scoring guard in a single season at Ole Miss in 1975 by tallying 537 points ... Second-leading scorer in the SEC after averaging 21.2 points per outing in league play.

John Billips F/G, '76-77 A transfer from Chipola Junior College in Florida, Billips started every game except one during his two-year career at Ole Miss ... 1977 All-SEC third-team selection as a senior ... Led the team with 17.3 points and 9.8 boards per contest that season, good for eighth and fifth in the conference, respectively ... Fifth-round pick of the Denver Nuggets in the 1977 NBA Draft.

Eric Smith F, '86-87 Consistent scorer and rebounder during his two seasons at Ole Miss ... Earned All-SEC third-team recognition in 1986 when he averaged 17.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game ... The next year, the forward led Ole Miss with an 8.0 rebounding average, which ranked him fifth in the SEC.

Charles Prater G, '87-88 Started every game during his two-year Rebel career ... In 1986-87, averaged 12.0 points and 5.2 rebounds per outing ... He also tallied a steal in all but six games during his first season, good for 42 that year ... In his final season, Prater posted 464 points, good for a 16.0 average, and was named to All-SEC third team.

Clarence Sanders G, '06-07 A junior college transfer from Okaloosa-Walton, Sanders led Ole Miss and ranked fifth in the SEC with 16.1 points per game in his final season en route to All-SEC second team honors from the league coaches and AP ... Set a then-school record with 96 three-pointers during his senior season, as well as leading the SEC with 56 treys in league play ... Collected 127 three-point shots in his career as well as knocking down four or more three-pointers in 12 games.

David Huertas G, '07-09 Averaged 18.5 ppg as a junior in 2009.

jbcarol · July 03, 2015, 08:25:11 am

Courtney Cronin ‏@CourtneyRCronin 19m19 minutes ago

Found this on the drive to Dallas this morning. You're welcome, America.

jbcarol · July 04, 2015, 09:49:20 pm

All-Time Team Composed of Three Year Players for Ole Miss

Coolidge Ball F, '72-74 The first black athlete to sign a scholarship with Ole Miss, Ball excelled as a starting forward for his three varsity years ... Earned a variety of All-SEC first-, second- and third-team selections by the AP, UPI and coaches in his three seasons ... Also voted team MVP by his teammates ... Averaged 16.8 points and 10.3 rebounds per contest as a sophomore, while also leading the team with 42 assists ... Still ranks 10th in season rebounds with 257, eighth in career rebounds with 754 and 26th in career scoring with 1,072 ... Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame 2008 inductee ... 1991 Ole Miss Athletics Hall of Fame inductee.

Country Graham '36-38 Ole Miss' first All-America selection as he was chosen to the Helms Foundation All-America squad after his 1938 senior season ... Also selected to the 1938 All-SEC first team after averaging almost 18 points per game. During his career, set 35 Southeastern Conference records and scored 1,259 career points ... Ole Miss' all-time winningest head coach with 145 wins from 1950-62 (later passed by Andy Kennedy) ... Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame 1963 inductee ... Named to the 1974 All-Time SEC Basketball Team

Don Kessinger G, '62-64 A six-time All-Star during his 15-year Major League Baseball career, Kessinger also starred on the hardwood, receiving All-America honors in both basketball and baseball for Ole Miss in 1964 ... The first Rebel sophomore to be named to the squad, he also earned All-SEC honors for both sports his junior and senior years ... During his career on the court, Kessinger broke 18 Ole Miss scoring records ... His 1,553 career points and 22.2 point scoring average still stand ninth and fourth best, respectively ... Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame 1984 inductee ... 1989 Ole Miss Athletics Hall of Fame inductee.

Jack Waters F/G, '59-61 Waters scored 1,384 points in three years with the Rebels while averaging 19.5 points, including 20.4 in his senior year ... Three-time All-SEC selection by the Associated Press and twice by league coaches ... As a rookie, Waters set three Ole Miss sophomore scoring records with 446 point in 24 games, averaging 18.6 points and scoring 33 points against Tennessee for a one-game high ... Ranked third in the SEC in scoring that year and earned first-team All-SEC honors by the AP and coaches ... 1990 Ole Miss Athletics Hall of Fame inductee.

Dwayne Curtis C, '06-08 After transferring from Auburn in 2004, Curtis finished his three-year Rebel career with the sixth-most rebounds (774) and 18th-most points (1,232) in school history ... Set the school record for highest career field-goal percentage at .584 ... His 34 double-doubles are third-most in the Ole Miss record books ... As a senior, posted averages of 14.9 points and 9.6 rebounds, established an Ole Miss record with 337 rebounds in a season and ranked first in the nation with 154 offensive rebounds en route to All-SEC second-team honors ... All-SEC honorable mention in 2006 when he put up 13.6 points and 7.6 boards per game.

Cob Jarvis F/G, '52-54 In three varsity seasons with the Rebels, Jarvis established 18 new Ole Miss records ... First Ole Miss player to gain first-team All-SEC recognition twice, as well as the first with All-SEC credentials in both basketball and baseball ... Barely missed leading the SEC in scoring his junior season, as he finished with a 23.2 average ... 1,313 career points ... Later became the Rebels' head coach from 1969-76 ... 1988 Ole Miss Athletics Hall of Fame inductee.

Jarvis Summers G, '11-14 1,233 career points, 2nd Team All-SEC

Fred Cox C, '71-1974 At 7-0, Cox is one of the tallest players in school history ... Posted 1,105 career points for an average of 14.5 per game ... Among the nation's top five field-goal shooters with a 62.8 percent average in 1974 ... Named as one of the top five freshmen in the conference in 1971 and landed on the SEC All-Freshman and All-Sophomore teams his first two seasons.

Ron Coleman G, '68-70 A 1970 All-SEC cecond team honoree by the AP and UPI, Coleman ended his career with 1,046 points and was just one shy of 500 points in his senior season ... Averaged 13.8 points in 52 career SEC games ... Selected to play in the East-West All-America basketball game at the end of his college career.

Irving Keller F, '38-40 Starting most games at forward during his Ole Miss career, Keller was the only member of the 1939 team to receive All-SEC recognition with his first-team selection ... Ranked second on the team in scoring in both 1939 (231 points) and 1940 (232 points).

Ivan Richmann C, '58-60 A 1960 All-SEC third team honoree, Richmann averaged 14.8 points per outing, good for second on the team ... His 16 points per game average as a junior ranked sixth among the league's leaders ... Shot 48.9 percent from the floor for a new Ole Miss record at the time ... Also led the team in rebounds with an average of 10.4 boards.

Carlton Garner F, '56-58 Averaged 18.0 points per game to lead the team as a senior in 1958 ... His scoring average ranked fifth among SEC leaders, and he was selected to the All-SEC third team

Ken Turner F/G, '67-69 During his time as a Rebel, Turner counted for 1,159 career points for a 15.9 average ... His senior season saw him average 19.5 points with 20.5 points in conference competition, which led the Rebels in scoring ... 1968 All-SEC honorable mention and 1969 All-SEC third team.

jbcarol · July 07, 2015, 03:18:15 pm

All-Time Team Composed of Four Year Players for Ole Miss

John Stroud '76-80 earned AP All-America third team honors in 1980. He was also selected to the John Wooden Award and Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation All-
America teams, and named SEC Player of the Year by the Tuscaloosa Tip-Off Club. Stroud was an AP All-America honorable mention selection in 1979 as well. He was named All-SEC first team and NABC All-District first team in 1979 and 1980. His 2,328 career points is the highest point total in Ole Miss history, and the third most in SEC history. Stroud led the SEC in scoring in 1979 and 1980 with 26.3 and 25.2 points per game, respectively. A first-round draft pick by the Houston Rockets in 1980, he was a member of the Houston team that played Boston in the 1981 NBA Finals...

Joe Harvell '89-93 Named to Ole Miss All-Century Team, 2nd leading career scored with 2,078 points (top 20 in SEC history), 3x All-SEC (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Teams)

Chris Warren '07-11 3rd leading Ole Miss scorer (2,021 points), 1st and 2nd Team All-SEC, 3rd all-time in assists with 452

Sean Tuohy '79-82 SEC's all-time leader in assists (830), his biggest would come 20 years after his playing career ended, Ole Miss All-Century Team, 2x All-SEC, led Ole Miss to 1981 SEC Tournament championship despite playing for insufferable Bob Weltlich

Ansu Seasy '94-98 consensus All-American in 1998. He was named to the John R. Wooden All-America team, and also earned All-America honors from Associated Press
(second team), Basketball Weekly (first team) and the Basketball Times, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and United States Basketball Writers
(USBWA) Association's (second team). He was a finalist for both the John R. Wooden and Oscar Robertson Player of the Year awards. Sesay led the Rebels in scoring (18.6 ppg) and rebounding (7.6 rpg). Sesay is one of two Rebels to ever record 1,000 points, 600 rebounds and 200 assists in a career. He scored in double figures in the last 53 games of his career, while leading the Rebels to two-straight SEC Western Division titles...

Keith Carter '95-99 AP All-America honorable mention status, 542 points and 77 three-pointers, senior season, the fourth-highest season total in Rebel history. His 1,682 career points is seventh all-time... 1st and 2nd Team All-SEC

Carlos Clark '79-83 Associated Press All-America honorable mention, 2x 1st Team All-SEC, 4th leading career scorer

Rod Barnes '84-88 All-America honorable mention pick by The Sporting News, All-SEC first team coaches, third in the balloting for SEC Player of the Year after averaging 19.0 points and 4.2 rebounds with 112 assists ... 2nd all-time in assists with 456 ... followed Rob Evans as Ole Miss head coach

Rahim Lockhart '97-01 2001 Basketball Times All-America third team, All-SEC (AP and Coaches) and SEC All-Tournament Team, A member of the winningest senior class in
Rebel history (88 wins), the 6-foot-8 forward scored 1,160 points (No. 18 on career
chart) and 780 boards (No. 5), posted 23 double-doubles in his career and is
Ole Miss' all-time field goal percentage leader at 56%. Led the 2000-01 Rebels to a school-record 27 victories and the program's first NCAA Tournament "Sweet Sixteen" appearance.

Justin Reed '01-04 4x All-SEC w/ 1st Team in '04, Ole Miss All Century Team

Joe Gibbon '53-57 1601 points is 8th all-time, 2x All-SEC, Ole Miss All Century Team

Elston Turner '77-81 1805 points is 5th all-time, 2x All-SEC, 4th all-time in rebounds, son Elston, Jr. scored 40+ points in Rupp leading A&M to an upset win over Kentucky

Murphy Holloway '08-13 Transferred from Ole Miss to South Carolina and transferred back, averaged 14 and 9 his senior season, undrafted free agent signee with the Baltimore Ravens, 12th all-time scorer at Ole Miss and the all-time leading rebounder with 1,093

Other notable players: Aaron Harper, Reginald Buckner, Jason Harrison, Zach Graham, Eric Laird, Tim Jumper, Walter Actwood, Todd Abernathy, Jason Smith

jbcarol · July 20, 2015, 09:51:26 am

Jerry Tipton: Who would be on UK basketball's Mount Rushmore?

Quote1. Adolph Rupp. The Founding Father of UK basketball. No Rupp, no Big Blue Nation.

2. Cliff Hagan. Like Rupp, a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A five-time NBA all-star, he later was UK's Director of Athletics.

3. Frank Ramsey. Like Rupp and Hagan, a Hall of Famer. He played on seven Boston Celtics teams that won NBA championships. The Celtics retired his No. 23 jersey.

4. Dan Issel. Like Rupp, Hagan and Ramsey, a Hall of Famer. The program's all-time leading scorer.

jbcarol · July 21, 2015, 06:49:09 am

http://www.sportingnews.com/list/4650281-best-kentucky-basketball-players-of-all-time-top-10-ranked-uk-wildcats

jbcarol · July 21, 2015, 07:02:03 am

Wilbekin getting NBA opportunity with 76ers

QuoteFormer Florida point guard Scottie Wilbekin is moving closer to making an NBA roster.

Wilbekin agreed to a four-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, opting out of a deal in Australia to attend training camp with the team.

The deal is non-guaranteed...

Wilbekin, the 2014 SEC player of the year, helped lead the Gators to their fifth Final Four appearance in school history and a school-record 30 straight wins. The former standout from The Rock School in Gainesville played four years at UF and ranks seventh on UF's all-time list in assists (419) and sixth in steals (167).

jbcarol · July 23, 2015, 09:33:20 am

Top One Year Players for Florida

http://www.gatorcountry.com/florida-gators-basketball/why-are-there-no-one-and-dones

Bradley Beal '11-12 1st Team All-SEC, 5x SEC FOW, 3rd NBA pick, All-NBA Rookie Team

Jason Williams '97-98 7th NBA pick, All-NBA Rookie Team

Donnell Harvey '99-00 Averaged 10 and 7; SEC All-Freshman, 22nd NBA pick

Jai Lucas '07-08 John Lucas II's son transferred to Texas after one season

jbcarol · July 25, 2015, 11:33:47 am

Terrance Harris ‏@TerranceHarris Jul 24

Memorable Superdome moments, No. 20: 'Pistol' Pete drops NBA-record 68 points on Knicks http://www.nola.com/pelicans/index.ssf/2015/07/top_superdome_moments_1.html ...

jbcarol · July 27, 2015, 07:50:18 am

Kevin Brockway ‏@gatorhoops 19h19 hours ago Fort Lauderdale, FL

How ignorant was Cowherd's stereotype -- 3 Dominican athletes are among smartest I've covered -- Jon Horford, Al Horford and Pedro Martinez...

jbcarol · July 28, 2015, 09:33:53 pm

Matt Jones ‏@KySportsRadio 8h8 hours ago

The Sports Illustrated profile of Rex Chapman is now online http://bit.ly/1IGU2xg

QuoteSeth Davis' profile of Rex Chapman for Sports Illustrated hit the newsstands, and now, it's finally online. Davis profiles Chapman's 15-year addiction to prescription pain killers and how that led him on a shoplifting spree which ended in his arrest in September.

Rex has since entered rehab and is opening up about his struggles...

Chapman admits that a lot of his problems began when people criticized him for dating an African American girl while he was at UK...

Eddie Sutton, the Wildcats' coach then, says, "I don't remember that happening. It was a long time ago, but I just don't remember that."

jbcarol · August 01, 2015, 09:10:55 am

Top Two Year Players for Florida

Mike Miller '98-00 South Dakota native has played more NBA minutes than any player in Gator history and is on track to pass Vernon Maxwell and become, at least temporarily, the leading scoring ex-Gator in the League.

Nick "The Greek' Calathes '07-09 First-Team All-SEC ... Led the team in scoring
and assists both years on campus...Named the 2007-08 SEC Newcomer of the Year

Vernon Maxwell '84-86* All-SEC, Left school as No. 2 scorer in SEC history behind Pete Maravich ...

*Florida would erase all the points Maxwell scored in his junior and senior seasons due to Maxwell taking money from agents and accepting a free round-trip ticket to go to that basketball camp.

Marreese Speights A reserve on UF's '07 national champion, Speights averaged 14.5 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game his sophomore season and declared for the NBA draft where he was drafted 16th overall. He has now played over 10,000 NBA minutes in his ninth season.

jbcarol · August 03, 2015, 02:29:12 pm

All-Time Team Composed of Three Year Players for Florida

Neal Walk '66-69 first All-American in UF history ('68, '69) ... Only Gator to have number retired (#41)... All-SEC AP, UPI and Coaches '68 and '69... Career records: scoring average (20.8 ppg), rebounds (1,181), rebound average (15.3)...Played in
the NBA for eight years with Phoenix, New Orleans and the Knicks...Was first-round NBA selection (second pick overall) ... UF's highest draft pick

Joakim Noah '04-07 Honorable Mention AP All-American '06 and AP Second-Team '07... 1st Team All-SEC '06 and '07... He was the Most Outstanding Player of both the Minneapolis Regional and the Final Four in 2006, setting an NCAA single Tournament record with 29 blocked shots, including a Championship game record (since broken) of six vs. UCLA... Helped the Gators to back-to-back NCAA titles...Ninth overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft

Corey Brewer '04-07 Most Outstanding Player at the 2007 Final Four, guiding the Gators to their second-straight national title...The 2006 SEC co-Defensive Player of the Year...Earned All-SEC honors both his sophomore and junior years and was an Honorable Mention AP All-American in 2007...The seventh overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves...Won an NBA title with Cuban's Mavericks.

Al Horford '04-07 MVP of the 2007 SEC Tournament, helping the Gators to their third straight title in the event...Second all-time in Florida history with 189 blocked shots...Second in UF history with 16 career double-doubles...Averaged nearly a double-double his junior year, with 13.2 points and 9.5 boards per game...The No. 3 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft... 2nd highest UF draft pick to Neal Walk.

Taureen Green '04-07 All-SEC '06, 07 and an Honorable Mention AP All-American in '07... MVP of the 2006 SEC Tournament and the Most Outstanding Player in the 2007 NCAA Midwest Regional...His 184 assists as a sophomore are the fourth-highest single-season total in school history, while his .856 career clip from the free-throw line is second-best in school history...Drafted in the second round of the 2007 NBA Draft

Anthony Roberson '02-05 Totaled over 1,500 points (Walk had 1,600)... First Team All-SEC and AP Honorable Mention All-America honors '04 and '05 ...Finished second in UF history in 3-pointers made (now fifth) and set a then-single season UF record
with 99 treys in 2003-04...The runner-up for SEC Player of the Year his junior season...His 17.9 points per game during his sophomore year at the time were the most ever by a Billy Donovan-coached player...Led the Gators in scoring in both 2003-04 and 2004-05... Entered NBA draft after junior season and played for RimRockers

Andy Owens '67-70 Helms Foundation All-American list '70... all-time single-season scoring average leader (27.0 in 1969-70)... All-SEC (AP & UPI) '68 and '70 ...Played in the American Basketball Association with the New Orleans Bucs...

Tony Miller '70-73 Led the SEC in scoring in '72 (26.7)... Scored the most points ever by a Gator in a single game with 54 ... AP All-SEC '72...

Joe Hobbs '55-58 2x 1st Team All-SEC... '58 Helms Foundation All-American... 9th round NBA pick

Matt Walsh '02-05 Over 42% 3P% two of three years at UF... fifth in both 3-pointers made and attempted (now eighth in both)... Second-Team All-SEC '04 and '05... Twice earned National Player of the Week honors, including his fi rst week as a collegiate athlete when he scored 26 points in his very first game...The MVP of the 2005 SEC Tournament after scoring 26 points in the Gators' victory over Kentucky in the title game (despite UK fan taunts), UF's first SEC Tournament Championship...Declared for the NBA Draft after his junior season and played for RimRockers... Currently in Turkey

Chip Williams '72-75 First-team All-SEC choice (AP & UPI) in '74...Second-team All-SEC choice in '73...Third-team All-SEC by UPI and AP honors in '75...Led team in scoring in '74...Grabbed 775 career rebounds, averaging 10.2 per game...Inducted into University of Florida Hall of Fame

Gary Keller '64-67 1st Team All-SEC squad (UPI) in '67...Earned AP All-SEC honors in '66 and '67......Earned Coaches' SEC honors in '66 & '67... '67 sixth-round NBA Draft selection by Lakers

Brooks Henderson '62-65 All-SEC Second-Team (AP & UPI) in '64...Earned Third-Team (AP) and second-team (UPI) honors in '65...Included on the SEC Coaches' Select Team in '65...Named a Helms Foundation All-American in '65 and was a First-Team All-SEC academic choice in 1964-65...Fifth in career free throw percentage (.830)...A 1965 fourth-round selection by Los Angeles

H/T: http://www.gatorzone.com/basketball/men/media/2014/media_guide.pdf

jbcarol · August 05, 2015, 09:53:30 am

All-Time Team Composed of Four Year Players for Florida

Chandler Parsons '07-11 1st Gator to win SEC Player of the Year ('11) and AP All-American honorable mention...The only man in UF history to register two true buzzer-beaters, hitting a 75-foot prayer to beat North Carolina State and hitting a spot-up three-pointer to beat South Carolina three weeks later.

David Lee '02-05 All-SEC honors in both his junior and senior seasons...'05 All-SEC Tournament team in 2005 after pulling down a UF SEC Tournament-record 17 boards against Kentucky in the title game, helping the Gators to their first tournament championship...Hit 58.1 percent from the floor for his career and played in four
straight NCAA Tournaments...Averaged a double-double in SEC play his senior year...A 1st-round pick of the Knicks... Highest NBA earnings of any ex-Gator to-date.

Ronnie Williams '81-84 Only player in Florida history to lead the team in scoring in four-straight years...4-time All-SEC...Scored 1,000 points quicker than any other Gator...Holds the "official" school record for points (2,090), mpg (35.43), field goals made (772) and free throws made (546)...'84 second-round NBA draft choice

Udonis Haslem '98-02 1st player in UF history to play on four consecutive NCAA Tournament teams...2nd player in UF history to be named to one of the first three AP All-America teams (joining Neal Walk)...1st player in school history to be named All-SEC by the league coaches four times (First Team in 2002 and 2001, Third Team in 2000 and 1999)... Ranks in the top 10 at UF in 11 career categories...One of two players in school history to score 1,700 or more points and grab 800 rebounds... 28 double-figure rebounding games and 25 double-doubles.

The late Dwayne Schintzius '87-90 All-American selection as deemed by AP, UPI and The Sporting News in 1989...Only player in SEC history to score over 1,000 points, grab 800 rebounds, deal 250 assists and block 250 shots...Led the 1988-89 Gators in scoring (18.0) and rebounding (9.7)...Member of Florida's first SEC Championship team (1988-89)...A 1990 first-round draft choice of the San Antonio Spurs (24th pick overall)... Business in front and party in the back.

Scottie Wilbekin '10-14 2nd Gator to be named SEC POY... Led Gators to '14 Final Four and 19-0 SEC record... The Sporting News' Third Team All-American.

Matt Bonner '00-03 3x All-SEC: earning 3rd-Team honors in '01, 2nd-Team honors in '02 and 1st-Team honors by both the AP and Coaches in '03...Honorable mention All-America by the AP twice...Two-time winner of the Verizon Academic All-American of the Year Award and a three-time Academic All-America ...Played in 131 games, more than any other player in school history at that time...Drafted by theBulls in the '03 2nd Round.

Kenny Boynton '09-13 3x All-SEC, 1st team '12...Became the second player in Florida history to hit over 100 3-pointers in a season with 110 in 2012...UF's all-time leader in 3-pointers made and attempted, minutes played and games started and second in games played...Ranked 10th on the school's career assists list when his career ended...Ranks sixth all-time in the SEC in 3-pointers made...Part of two outright SEC championship teams and three straight Elite Eight appearances.

Dan Cross '92-94 2x 1st-Team All-SEC selection 2-time AP All-America Honorable Mention ('94 and '95)...Named to '94 NCAA Tournament All-East Regional Team,
as he played a key role on Florida's first Final Four Team...Scored in double-figures in 72 career games... Led Florida in scoring as a junior and senior... 13 game-sealing performances (FGs, FTs, steals.)...During senior year made a UF-record 31 straight free throws, including record 16-16 at Kentucky. In that contest vs. Kentucky, scored a career-high 30 points.

Andrew Moten '83-87 83-84 SEC Freshman Player of the Year...Two-time All-SEC selection according to AP and three-time selection by UPI...Was a member of the 1985 SEC Tournament Team...Sixth in career steals with 165 and third in scoring (1,930)... 44.5% 3P% in the only season available...NBA 4th round in '87

Stacey Poole, Sr. '88-93 '92-93 AP Honorable Mention All-American and consensus 1st team All-SEC selection...At the conclusion of his career, ranked 3rd on Florida's all-time scoring list...Scored in double-figures in 88 career games and hit for 20-plus points 33 times during his career...One of college basketball's greatest comeback stories, as he rebounded from two torn Achilles tendons and a torn knee ligament during his career...His son signed with Kentucky.

Bob Emrick '53-57 Florida's all-time leading scorer until Neal Walk...All-SEC selection (AP) in '55 and '56...Captain of the 1956 and '57 clubs.

Erving Walker '08-12 2nd team All-SEC '10, '11 and '12 after earning SEC All-Freshman in '09...Florida's leading scorer as a junior (14.6 ppg)...Gators' all-time leader in assists and minutes played (since passed by Kenny Boynton)...Part of UF's 2011 SEC Championship team and helped the team to two Elite Eight runs... Celebrated first day as an ex-Gator by stealing a taco from a food truck.

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jbcarol · August 08, 2015, 07:29:12 am

Some of the top One Year players in Auburn basketball history

Isaac Okoro '19-20 Auburn's 1st one-and-done.
Okoro, a standout freshman announced his decision to remain in the NBA Draft

6-foot-6, 225-pounder averaged 12.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and two assists per game as a freshman while earning SEC All-Freshman honors and being named to the All-SEC second team as well as the league's All-Defense team. The former four-star recruit is a likely lottery pick and could become the program's highest-drafted player since Chris Morris was drafted fourth overall in the 1988 NBA Draft.

Moochie Norris '94-95 All-SEC 3rd Team... crowd favorite as he averaged 12.5 points, 4.9 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 1.8 steals ... team captain and named as the team's MVP ... played a team-high 1,009 minutes, averaging 34.8 per game as he started 27 of 29 contests ... tied for third in the SEC with 4.9 assists and tied for fifth in the league with 1.8 steals ... had a 1.93:1 assist-to-turnover ratio to rank sixth in the SEC ... was ranked in seven SEC stat categories ... played senior season at West Florida... 2nd round pick, 13-season NBA career

Toney Douglas '04-05 Transferred to Florida State to play point guard and set the ACC record for steals. 1st round NBA pick in '09.

Antoine Mason '14-15 Grad transfer led nation at scoring for Niagra. Son of the late Anthony Mason. Avg. 14.4 ppg for Bruce Pearl.

KC Ross-Miller '14-15 Son of Coach Tim Miller, gave a verbal to Billy Gillispie and UK; after coaching change signed with LSU; due to transcript discrepancy did not make the SEC until his grad transfer year to help Bruce Pearl.

jbcarol · August 10, 2015, 08:24:15 am

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QuoteMore than 70 former players from a half-century span returned to Memorial Gym for the event, and 21 took the court in the game.

Ryan French, from Manchester, was only 2 when Perdue was named SEC Player of the Year in 1988, but he stood in an autograph line to get a selfie with his grandfather's favorite player.

"I was super super young when he was at Vanderbilt, but he's a legend," French said. "To this day, if basketball is being talked about, my granddad has a story about Will Perdue. So seeing him today was important to me."

Billy McCaffrey, the 1993 SEC Co-Player of the Year, was a big draw at the autograph session...

"I wanted to come to the first one, but I just couldn't make it. But when (Vanderbilt director of basketball operations) Dan Cage called me this time, I jumped at the chance," McCaffrey said. "It feels really good to be back. They still love their hoops here."

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jbcarol · August 15, 2015, 06:25:05 pm

Some of the top Two Year players in Auburn basketball history

Chris Porter '98-00 '99 SEC Player of the Year, 2x All-SEC... lead Auburn to the SEC Championship with a 29-4 record and the school's only No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed ... led the Tigers to the 1999 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 ... One of only two first-team All-Americans in Auburn history ... named to the John Wooden Award, Basketball Times and College Hoops Insider All-American first-teams in 1999 ... selected to the Associated Press and U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-American second-teams in 1999. Porter reportedly accepted $2500 to save his mother from being evicted from her home and claimed he did not know the person was affiliated with any sports agency.

Shag Hawkins '40-42 SEC's original Shag, Auburn's first player to be on scholarship as Coca-Cola put a vending machine in the old Alumni Gym where drinks were sold for five cents, and the proceeds would go to Hawkins as his basketball scholarship ... the first Auburn Tiger to be named All-SEC Tournament as he was a first-team selection in 1942 as he helped lead the Tigers to wins over Vanderbilt (36-34) and Tulane (45-36) before falling to eventual SEC Tournament Champion Kentucky (40-31) in the semifinals (just like '15) ... "Hawkins is the most deadly piece of basketball machinery we have ever seen. We have yet to walk in when he couldn't do some entirely unconventional thing with a basketball-something we hadn't seen before. Shag's style of play is unique. It's either the most countrified version of Dr. Naismith's brain-child ever to appear in public circles -- or it's so metropolitan that New York isn't big enough for it yet." ... played professionally with the Birmingham Vulcans in the Southern Professional Basketball League for two seasons in 1947 and 1948 and in the American Basketball League with teams from Moline, Ill., and Wilkes-Barre, Pa... Back in the day there was no one better than Hawkins ... No one.

Frank Manci '40-42 Led the SEC in scoring in 1941-42 averaging 13.7 points as he and teammate Shag Hawkins (15.3 ppg in 1940-41) became the first teammates to lead the Southeastern Conference in scoring in back-to-back seasons ... helped the Tigers to two SEC Tournament wins before falling to eventual SEC Tournament Champion Kentucky (40-31) in the semifinals.

Jelly "Roll" Aiken '26-28 Lead '28 Southern Conference runner-up team that went 28-2 and lost to Ole Miss 31-30 in the Southern Conference Tournament Championship in Atlanta ... led the nation in scoring averaging 20 points a game ... both losses that season were to Ole Miss by one point ... "When we heard our 1928 team had reached the finals in Atlanta we made arrangements with railroad people in Montgomery to stop their fast freight train in Auburn. It did stop and had 25 or more extra empty box cars courtesy of the railroad and about 400 students (we had only 1500 total in school) got aboard. We arrived in Atlanta the next AM in time to clean up, storm the town and take the roof off the Tech Gym the next night (literally) when Ole Miss beat us. However, we won the battle of Atlanta that night."

Odell Mosteller '81-83 All-SEC second-team as a junior in 1981-82 after averaging a team-best 15.9 points and 3.1 rebounds while shooting 55 percent from the field ... finished his Auburn career ranked fifth on the career scoring average chart at 15.0 points per game and is currently 10th ... ranked eighth in the SEC in scoring and 10th in field goal pct. ... scored 21 points (10-of-15 fgs) at No. 3 Kentucky in Rupp Arena and got a standing ovation after fouling out because of his shooting exhibition ... hit 7-of-9 field goals in the second half, five of them from 3-point range ... scored 22 points vs. No. 9 Kentucky in an 83-81 overtime victory later that season as his shot with 1:08 left put Auburn up by two ... averaged 15.0 points and shot 49.3 percent from the field in his two-Year career and totaled 842 points in only two Years.

Bill Lynn '48-50 Third-team AP All-SEC selection in 1950 averaging 14.7 points per game ... led Auburn in scoring both his seasons at Auburn ... was cheif (sic, "i" b/4 "e") scout and freshman coach from 1951-59 when was was named varsity assistant coach ... coached Auburn to five wins in its last seven games of the 1962-63 season following head coach Joel Eaves' heart attack ... took over as head coach two weeks before the start of the 1963-64 season when Eaves became the athletic director at the University of Georgia ... he coached for 10 seasons from 1963-73 where he posted a 130-124 record overall, including an 84-88 mark in SEC play.

Rich Valavicius '78-80 transferring following his sophomore season at Indiana University ... was a captain both seasons for the Tigers ... averaged 14.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and an incredible 39 minutes per game while shooting 53.1 percent from the field as a junior in 1978-79 ... was a member of Indiana's undefeated 1976 National Championship team (who is the only former SEC player to play on an undefeated national championship team?) ... only played 17 games in his senior season in 1979-80 as he missed the final 11 games after sustaining his second head injury in a four-week period ...

Aubrey Wiley '91-94 led the SEC in rebounding, averaging 9.3 boards per game. He was the first Tiger to lead the conference in rebounding since Charles Barkley did in 1984. He also had fourth best field goal percentage (.574) as he almost averaged a double double in 1993-94 with 11.8 ppg and 9.3 rpg. (sic)... He finished sixth on Auburn's all time field goal percentage chart (.566) and seventh on the all-time three-point percentage list (.385).

Jamison Brewer '99-01 '01 3rd Team AP All-SEC ... 5 year NBA career

Keenan Carpenter '87-89 2nd-Team All-SEC... seventh in the SEC averaging 19.0 points and shot 41 percent from 3-point range ... seventh in the SEC in 3-point field goal pct. and was fourth in free throw pct. (.781) ... scored a career-high 44 points, the fifth-most in Auburn history, vs. LSU as a senior in 1989 ... led the SEC in 3-point field goals made per game (3.0) in 1988-89... Three of his former players--Derrick Dennison, Keenan Carpenter and Melvin Haralson--said [Sonny] Smith yielded to the pressure, favoring white players in practice and in playing time.

Adam Harrington '00-02 NC State transfer is one of fewer than 20 Auburn players to play in the NBA (19 games and 111 minutes in 2003 after leaving Auburn following his junior season). Averaged 15.5 points and 2.4 assists in 2001 for Auburn.

jbcarol · August 19, 2015, 06:52:14 pm

Some of the top Three Year players in Auburn basketball history

Charles Barkley '81-84 24th leading scorer in Auburn history; Avg. 9.6 career rebounds... Auburn retired jersey #34... One of the NBA's 50 All-Time Greatest, was a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, SEC Player of the Decade for the 1980s, All-American, SEC Player of the Year in 1984 and an All-SEC selection

Jon Mengelt '68-71 Avg. 24.8 ppg for career... first Tiger to have his Auburn jersey retired (#15), January 6, 2001. In three varsity years, left as Auburn's all-time leading scorer with 1,920 points (since passed). An All-American and All-SEC selection, Mengelt's 60 points vs. Alabama is still an AU record

Ralph 'Shug' Jordan '29-32 three-sport star as a captain of the basketball team, football center and the winning pitcher in the Southern Conference championship baseball game ... remained at Auburn as an assistant football coach and head basketball coach following graduation ... it was written that "as a basketball player, Jordan could be described as the Pete Maravich of the old Southern Conference, which stretched from Virginia to Louisiana. In 1929, he was the conference-leading scorer with 111 points." ... in his three-Year playing career at Auburn, the Tigers went 1-10 in his sophomore season, 9-6 as a junior and 12-3 as a senior in 1932 ... coached basketball at Auburn for 10 seasons from 1933-34 to 1941-42 and then from 1945-46 as he went 95-77 overall, including 61-56 in SEC play ... is the only coach other than the legendary Joel Eaves to have a winning career conference record ... coached football at Auburn for 25 Years from 1951-75 ... Auburn's all-time winningest football coach with a record of 176-83-6 ... head coach of the 1957 National Champion football Tigers. Only player in this thread with a stadium named for him.

Lee DeFore '63-66 Avg. 23.7 (led SEC) and 9.5 in '66; Helms Foundation (36-man roster) All-American; 3x 3rd Team All-SEC... left Auburn as the school's all-time scoring leader with 1,386 points ... ranks 5th on Auburn's all-time scoring average with 19.0 points ...

Layton Johns '60-63 2x 1st Team All-SEC... averaged a double-double two consecutive seasons and led the SEC in field goal percentage two-straight Years ... named MVP in the SEC in 1962-63 averaging a double-double with 15.0 points and 12.5 rebounds while leading the SEC shooting 56.7 percent from the field...

Henry Hart '57-60 Helms Athletic Foundation All-American (second-team) selection as a senior ... two-time All-SEC selection in 1958 and 1959 ... was team captain and averaged 15.5 points on the 1960 SEC Champion Tigers, the first in Auburn history.

Jimmy Fibbe '58-61 Frankfort SF, finished his Auburn career ranked fourth on the Tigers' all-time scoring chart with 838 points ... had a one-and-one free throw situation with Auburn down 59-58 with :04 left against Kentucky and made both to give the 17th-ranked Tigers a 61-60 victory the Wildcats en route to the SEC Championship... ranked third on Auburn's single-season free throw percentage chart making 86.5 percent in 1960-61 ... ranked fifth on Auburn's career free throw percentage list (.802) ... ranked ninth on Auburn's all-time field goal percentage chart (.548).

Rex Frederick '57-59 3x All-SEC, Helms Athletic Foundation All-American (second-team) selection ... Alabama Sports Hall of Fame member ... 1st in Auburn history with his all-time rebound average of 14.3 per game ... his total of 904 rebounds throughout his career ranks 5th as Auburn's all-time rebounder.

Porter Gilbert '59-61 Auburn's all-time leader in field goal pct. (.597) when he graduated and is currently third behind Charles Barkley and Aaron Swinson ... one of coach Joel Eaves' Seven Dwarfs that won the 1960 SEC Championship, the first in Auburn history ... Auburn won a school record 30-straight games from Jan. 22, 1958, to Feb. 21, 1959, and he was the go-to guy when there was the need of an outside buzzer beater ... he nailed the game-winning basket to win six games during that historic 30-game streak.

Aaron Swinson '91-94 2x All-SEC ... 12th on Auburn's all-time scoring chart with 1,386 career points in only three seasons ... ranked seventh on Auburn's all-time list with a 16.9 points per game scoring average ... second on Auburn's all-time field goal percentage (.609) chart, just behind Charles Barkley's (.626) ... averaged 20.7 points and 8.1 rebounds while shooting 63 percent from the field as a senior in 1993-94

Bill Alexander '67-70 Averaged 14 and 12 in '70; 3rd team Coaches All-SEC... finished his Auburn career as the school's third all-time leading scorer with 1,026 points... averaged 13.4 points and 8.9 rebounds while shooting 51 percent from the field in his three-Year Tiger career ... made eight-straight points in the last three minutes in the 74-73 upset win over No. 9 Kentucky as a sophomore Jan. 20, 1968 ... held All-SEC center Tom Boerwinkle scoreless from the field in Auburn's 53-52 win at Tennessee Feb. 24, 1968 ... ranked sixth on the Tigers' career rebounding average chart averaging 9.0 rebounds per game ... honored as Auburn's SEC Legend at the 2003 SEC Tournament ... third person in Auburn history to score 1000 points ... scored 56 points vs. Georgia Military Institute in 1967 to set the Auburn freshman single-game scoring record.

Bobby Buisson '64-67 1st Team All-SEC ... led the SEC shooting 56.6 percent from the field as a junior in 1965-66 and was fifth in the SEC in free throw pct. (.840).

Henry Harris '69-72 3rd Team All-SEC, Auburn's first African-American basketball player.

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All-Time Team Composed of Four Year Players for Auburn

Chuck Person '82-86 Two-time All-American, 3x first-team All-SEC ... "The Rifleman" (named after former Celtic Chuck Connors) is Auburn's all-time scoring leader with 2,311 points (without the 3-point shot). Led the Tigers to their greatest run in history reaching the 1986 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight with wins over No. 1 seeded St. John's and fourth-seeded UNLV ... 4th NBA pick, 15 year NBA career, Laker assistant to Phil Jackson and current Auburn assistant coach.

Wesley Person '90-94 Wesley (#11) and his brother Chuck Person (#45) both had their jerseys retired Feb. 18, 2006... '94 AP
All-American, 3x All-SEC and third on Auburn's all-time scoring chart with 2,066 points and all-time leader in 3-pointers made (262) and 3-point percentage (.441). 23rd NBA pick had a 12-year NBA career.

the late Mike Mitchell '74-78 #30 Auburn jersey retired January 20, 2013... Second-team All-America in 1977-78 and a 4x All-SEC, including a 3x first-team pick... He is the all-time leading rebounder in Auburn history with 996 and he left as the all-time leading scorer with 2,132 points... 15th NBA pick, 13 year NBA career followed by 10 season in Europe... '81 NBA All-Star

Wes Flanigan '93-97 Parkview guard: "Wes Flanigan will battle as hard as anyone, whether it's in a competitive situation in the arena challenging an opponent or against a potentially deadly disease such as bone cancer." 1st Team All-SEC with 13.7 ppg and SEC leading 6.7 apg... ranks second in career assists with 573 ... is third in all-time free throws made (338)... eighth in career steals (152) ... averaged 10.1 points and 4.8 assists in his career ... averaged 10.0 points and 4.5 assists as a senior in 1996-97 coming back from his leg surgery. UALR assistant...

Eddie Johnson '73-77 3x 1st Team All-SEC... he and Mike Mitchell are the only four-time All-SEC picks in Auburn history ... left as both Auburn's all-time leading scorer with 1,988 career points and 499 assists ... he is currently fourth in both scoring and assists ... averaged 19.5 points in his career and is currently third-best all-time ... voted Best Defensive Player by SEC coaches in 1975 ... drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the third round of the 1977 NBA Draft ... 11-Year NBA veteran, 4th leading Auburn alum scorer in NBA ...

Ronnie Battle '89-93 1st Team All-SEC in '90 and '93... Avg. between 16.5 and 17.0 ppg all four seasons... Honorable mention Freshman All-American... sixth on Auburn's all-time scoring chart with 1,916 career points and eighth in career scoring average (16.

... ranked second on Auburn's career 3-point field goal percentage chart (.423) ... holds Auburn's single-season 3-point field goal percentage record, making 51.1 percent from behind the arc in 1991-92 ... One of the most decorated Auburn players to never play in the NBA.

Chris Morris '84-88 1st Team All-SEC ... seventh on Auburn's all-time scoring chart with 1,717 career points (13.4 ppg) and sixth on the Tigers' career rebounding list with 860 (6.7 rpg) ... averaged 20.7 points and 9.8 rebounds as a senior in 1987-88 ... left as Auburn's all-time steals chart leader with 189 and is now currently second behind Marquis Daniels ... fourth on Auburn's career blocks record list with 141 ... Played in four consecutive NCAA Tournaments, reaching the Elite Eight in 1986 and the Sweet Sixteen in 1985 ... 4th overall NBA pick, 12 seasons ... Auburn's 6th all-time in NBA in career points and minutes played.

Marquis Daniels '99-03 SEC POY ... 10th on Auburn's all-time scoring chart with 1,530 points in only three-and-a-half years ... as a senior in 2002-03, led the SEC in steals (2.3), ranked second in scoring (18.4), fifth in field goal pct. (.513) and 10th in assists (3.3) ... Auburn's all-time leader in steals with 208... After 10 season NBA career, he is one of 8 Auburn alum to play over 10,000 minutes and score over 4,000 points.

Frankie Sullivan '08-13 (sic) Averaged a team-high 12.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.4 steals in 31.8 minutes per game ... presented the most prestigious award, the Paul Lambert/Tommy Joe Eagles Memorial Trophy at the team's banquet... Auburn's 8th all-time leading scorer 1557 and most games played ever (134) over five seasons.

Daymeon Fishback '96-00 Former Kentucky Mr. Basketball from Greenwood ... Helped lead Auburn to the 1999 SEC Championship with a 29-4 record, NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance and a No. 1 seed ... helped lead the Tigers to the 2000 NCAA Tournament second round ... averaged a career-best 9.6 points and 4.1 rebounds while averaging 29.8 minutes a game as a senior in 1999-2000 ... SEC Academic Honor Roll selection in 1999 ... Coaches All-SEC Freshman first-team and Basketball Times All-South honorable mention selection as he averaged 7.8 points as a rookie in 1996-97 ... scored a career-high 24 points on 5-of-9 three-pointers at No. 16 Arkansas as a sophomore in 1998 ... ranks fifth on Auburn's career 3-point field goals made chart with 185 and fifth in career 3-pointers attempted with 530 ... is Auburn Basketball's analyst on the Auburn Network's broadcast.

Mamadou N'diaye '96-00 All-SEC 3rd Team ... left Auburn as the school's all-time career blocked shots leader with 241 and is now currently second ... currently eighth on Auburn's career rebounding chart with 798 ... member of Auburn's 1999 SEC Championship team that went 29-4 and was a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament ... helped team advance to the 1999 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 ... 26th NBA pick, 5-year career.

Kyle Davis '00-04 Auburn's all-time career blocked shots leader with 360 ... ranks second all-time in SEC history behind LSU's Shaquille O'Neal, who had 412 blocks ... led the SEC in blocks all four Years at Auburn ... averaged career-highs of 6.5 points and 6.8 rebounds along with an SEC-leading 2.6 blocks as a senior in 2003-04 ... 13 blocked shots (one shy of the NCAA record) vs. Miami, Fla., in the 2001 NIT first round as a freshman ... it ranked as the fifth most blocks in NCAA history (behind 14 each by David Robinson of Navy, Shawn Bradley of BYU, Loren Woods of Arizona and Roy Rogers of Alabama) ...

Doc Robinson '96-00 One of only two first-team All-Americans in Auburn history in being named to the College Hoops Insider first-team in 1998-99 ... Associated Press honorable mention All-America selection in 1998-99 ... two-time All-SEC first-team selection ... Associated Press and Coaches All-SEC first-team selection in 1998-99 as a junior ... AP All-SEC first-team selection as a senior in 1999-2000 and a Coaches All-SEC second-team pick ... 18th on Auburn's all-time scoring chart with 1,332 points ... ranked third on Auburn's career assist list with 568 ... sixth on the Tigers' career 3-point field goals made (146) ... ranks seventh in career steals with 153 ... led the SEC in 1999-2000 with a +2.65 assist-to-turnover ratio ... helped lead the Tigers to the 1999 SEC Championship as he averaged 11.5 points and 5.0 assists per game as the Tigers went 29-4 and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament after receiving the school's only No. 1 seed ... was named to the Wooden Award top 30 ... a member of the all-time winningest senior class in Auburn history with 85 wins ... named SEC Player of the Week twice in his career ... named to the All-SEC Tournament team in 2000 ... named as the team's MVP for three-straight Years.

jbcarol · August 27, 2015, 08:13:00 am

SEC Players named to Consensus All-American Five Member First Teams

2015 Willie Cauley-Stein, UK
2012 Anthony Davis, UK
2010 John Wall, UK
2007 Acie Law IV, A&M (Big 12)
2004 Lawrence Roberts, MS
1997 Ron Mercer, UK
1996 Tony Delk, UK
1993 Jamal Mashburn, UK
1992 Shaq O'Neal, LS
1991 Shaq O'Neal, LS
1990 Chris Jackson, LS
1989 Chris Jackson, LS
1986 Kenny Walker, UK
1983 Dale Ellis, UT
1980 Kyle Macy, UK
1979 Sid Moncrief, AR (SWC)
1977 Bernard King, UT
1970 Dan Issel, UK
1970 Pete Maravich, LS
1969 Pete Maravich, LS
1968 Pete Maravich, LS
1966 Clyde Lee, VU
1964 Cotton Nash, UK
1959 Johnny Cox, UK
1959 Bailey Howell, MS
1954 Cliff Hagan, UK
1954 Bob Pettit, LS
1952 Cliff Hagan, UK
1951 Bill Spivey, UK
1949 Ralph Beard, UK
1949 Alex Groza, UK
1948 Ralph Beard, UK
1947 Ralph Beard, UK
1947 Alex Groza, UK
1944 Bob Brannum, UK
1941 John Adams, AR (SWC)
1936 Ike Poole, AR (SWC)
1935 Leroy Edwards, UK
1933 Forest "Aggie" Sale, UK
1932 Forest "Aggie" Sale, UK
1928 Glen Rose, AR (SWC, Helms)

jbcarol · August 27, 2015, 09:10:14 am

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jbcarol · August 31, 2015, 03:29:26 pm

Some of the top Two Year players in Bama basketball history

Mo Willliams '01-03 Led Alabama to 27 wins, an SEC championship and a final No. 8 final ranking in the AP poll. Averaged 10.4 ppg in his freshman season with 4.1 apg ... Sporting News National Freshman of the year, Basketball America 2002 Newcomer of the Year and the SEC Freshman of the Year... 3rd Team All-SEC '03 ... 2nd Round NBA pick ... one of the highest paid SEC players in NBA

Ennis Whatley '81-83 All-America in 1983, averaged 15.2 points per game and helped the Tide make an appearance in the SEC Tournament championship game and the NCAA Tournament. Bama school record with 220 assists in 1982-83. He finished his career with 6.3 assists per game, tops all-time at Alabama and fifth in the SEC (behind Sean Tuohy) ... 13th NBA Pick, 10 season NBA career, 15th most NBA minutes played of any Bama alum.

Latrell Sprewell '90-92 Avg. 17.8 ppg and garnered All-SEC recognition in '92. Bama's most accomplished NBA player with 16,712 career points despite missing a large portion of '97 for choking PJ. In his rookie season, Sprewell was the first Warrior to total 1,000 points, 250 rebounds, 250 assists, 100 steals and 50 blocks in a season. During his time with the Warriors, he led the team in scoring four straight seasons including a career high 24.2 points per game average during the 1996-97 season. At 23, Sprewell became the youngest player selected to the All-NBA first-team since Isaiah Thomas in 1984 (also made the team in 1994). Sprewell was voted to four NBA All-Star teams (1994, 1995, 1997, 2001). With career NBA earnings of $97 million, Spre is one of the top SEC career earners of all time.

Antonio McDyess '93-95 1996 NBA All-Rookie First Team averaging 13.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. In 1999, he was named to the All-NBA Third-Team for that season. He earned a spot on the 2001 NBA All-Star Team and was a part of the gold-medal-winning U.S. Men's National Team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. After a five-year tenure with the Detroit Pistons, McDyess signed a free-agent contract with San Antonio in 2009. He played in his 1,000th career game on March 9, 2011, getting the start against his former team, the Detroit Pistons. McDyess was waived by the Spurs on Dec. 19, 2011, ending his 17-year career in the league. With $116.6 million in career earnings, McDyess is the highest earning former Bammer in NBA history.

jbcarol · September 03, 2015, 08:25:54 am

Matt Jones ‏@KySportsRadio 13h13 hours ago

ESPNU will carry the UK/UNC Alumni Game

jbcarol · September 07, 2015, 10:58:10 am

Some of the top Three Year players in Bama basketball history

Lindy Hood '30-32 Bama's first All-American and one of the first from the South in 1930, after leading Alabama to its only perfect season in school history at 20-0 with a 1930 Southern Conference championship. Hood originally came to Alabama as a football standout and was a member of the 1931 Rose Bowl team. He earned the honor at a time when only five players were selected to the All-America team. Hood was Alabama's lone All-American for 25 years.

Wendell Hudson '70-73 Alabama's first African-American player, became its first of four All-Americans during the 1970s. Hudson averaged 20.7 points and 12.1 rebounds per game during his senior season, leading the SEC in scoring during that season and earning league player-of-the-year honors. His play helped Alabama compile a 22-8 record and make the program's first postseason appearance in the NIT. The Tide advanced all the way to the NIT semifinals in 1973 before falling to North Carolina. Alabama finished second in the SEC that season, its highest finish in 17 years. After
being selected by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA draft, Hudson went on to serve his alma mater in various capacities and was the women's basketball head coach at Alabama from 2008-13. Bama's first SEC Player of the Year in 1973.

Derrick McKey '84-87 Basketball Times First Team/Sporting News Second Team/UPI Second Team/Third Team AP/NABC Third Team All-American... One of the top players on one of Alabama's finest teams, Derrick McKey collected All-America honors from three separate organizations following a 1986-87 season that saw him average 18.6 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. An accurate shooter for a center, he made 86 percent of his free throws during the 1986-87 season, the fifth-best season percentage in Alabama history. In each of his three seasons, McKey helped the Tide win SEC regular-season titles plus an SEC tournament crown in 1987. He thrust himself onto the national scene during the 1987 NCAA Tournament, averaging 20.3 points per game on 65.6 field goal percent shooting (21-of-32) and made 19-of-19 free throw attempts. McKey was named the SEC Player of the Year in 1987.

James Robinson '90-93 AP Hon. Mention All-American... recorded one of the best freshman seasons in Alabama history with 16.8 ppg in 1990-91 to lead the Tide in scoring in his first season on campus. His 554 points that season still stands as the Alabama freshman scoring record and helped Alabama win the SEC Tournament title and make an NCAA "Sweet 16" appearance. During that tournament run, the freshman averaged 17 points. He followed up that season with 661 points in 1991-92, the second-
most ever in a season at Alabama and he then posted 598 points his junior year. In his three years before being drafted in the first round by the Portland Trail Blazers, Robinson scored 1,813 career points, seventh all-time.

Kennedy Winston '02-05 Led Alabama and the SEC in scoring in 2004-05 (17.9) en route to earning honorable mention All-America honors from the Associated Press. In his final season, he averaged 17.9 points with 5.4 rebounds per game as the Tide finished the season ranked No. 21 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament with 24 wins. In the previous season, Winston was a key component of the Tide's deepest NCAA run, averaging 19.0 points per game during Alabama's march to the Elite Eight.

Richard Hendrix '05-08 Associated Press honorable mention All-American following the 2007-08 season. Hendrix averaged 17.8 points and an SEC-leading 10.1 rebounds per
game while leading Alabama in scoring in 14 games. An accurate interior shooter, he converted on nearly 60 percent of his field goal attempts over the course of his career and helped Alabama make two postseason appearances in his three years on campus. In those three years, Hendrix managed to put himself 19th all-time in scoring (1,327) and 11th (849) in rebounding.

Jack Kubiszyn '55-58 Helms Foundation Second Team: Avg. 23.3 points per game, which ranks second in the UA record books in single-season points per game average, (to himself) including a 45-point performance against Mississippi. He was a part of the 1957 SEC championship team and averaged 24.6 points per game, still the highest season average in Alabama history. A two-sport athlete, Kubiszyn later signed and played two Major League Baseball seasons as an infielder with the Cleveland
Indians in 1961 and 1962.

Bob Andrews '62-65 Alabama's fifth All-American following the 1964-65 season, after leading the Crimson Tide to a 17-9 record while averaging 19.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. Andrews converted on nearly half of his field-goal attempts and his 501 points in 1964-65 represented only the sixth 500-point season at the time.

Rod Grizzard '00-02 He finished collegiate career as Alabama's 13th leading scorer of all-time, with 1487 points. Ranks fifth all-time in three-point field goals made and seventh in free throw shooting percentage. As a junior, earned Third Team All-SEC, All-SEC Tournament, and AP Honorable Mention All-American honors, and was a Wooden Award finalist. SEC 1st Team and 2nd leading scorer as a sophomore.

Mike Nordholz '65-68 Single game scoring record with 50... 1,394 career points in '60s era 3-season career

Mark Gottfried '85-87 Played one season at Oral Roberts and three seasons at Alabama, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in each of his seasons with the Crimson Tide.
school records for most 3-point shots made in a single game with eight in a 1987 game against Vanderbilt, and for career 3-point field goal percentage (.485, 81–167). 1,000 point club at Bama in 3 seasons. As head coach, he led the Tide to the SEC regular season championship in the 2001–02 season. The following year, his team became the first in Crimson Tide history to be ranked No. 1 in the AP poll. In '04, his team upset top-ranked and top-seeded Stanford in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The squad then defeated reigning national champion Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight, achieving another program first. The Tide ultimately lost to eventual national champion UConn. Named SEC coach of the year by the AP and his fellow coaches. The next season, Alabama entered the NCAA tournament as a fifth seed before suffering a first-round loss to UW–Milwaukee.

jbcarol · September 08, 2015, 09:26:47 am

Kyle Williams ‏@kwill_cj 11h11 hours ago

Louie Dampier's devastating road to Basketball Hall of Fame http://cjky.it/1XEcmeY via @courierjournal

Indy Star

QuoteThe photo, half a century old, still tells a story of a teenage orphan, a basketball superstar, who by 18 had lost his mother and his father.

And it tells a story of why Dampier may be the only man to ever play the game of basketball who, deep down within his soul, secretly hoped he would never get into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame means being in the spotlight. And Dampier – who will be the first Indianapolis-born player enshrined Friday into a hallowed place every athlete dreams of – despises the spotlight.

Dampier is a self-proclaimed and well-known introvert.

"The happiest that Louie is is when he's out riding his lawnmower and doesn't have to talk to anybody," said Dan Issel, who played on the ABA's Kentucky Colonels with Dampier for five years and was his roommate when the team traveled...

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It wasn't always that way.

Two years before the photo was taken, Dampier was an outgoing, 16-year-old, happy-go-lucky kid attending Southport High School. He was the hometown hero at a time when basketball stars at Indiana high schools were icons.

He loved socializing with friends, being a jokester.

Then one day, sitting in class – he doesn't remember whether it was math or English or history because everything in life suddenly became a blur – Dampier was called out.

His sister was there. She had unexpected and devastating news. His mother was dead.

"After my mom, of course, I was demoralized," Dampier said from his La Grange, Ky., home this week. "I can't explain exactly, the sadness and loss. I still can't explain it."

Dampier was one of the greatest to play in the ABA. He was one of only a handful of men to play all nine years of the league's existence. He spent his entire ABA career with the Colonels, finishing as the league's all-time leader in points (13,726), assists (4,044), games (728), 3-pointers (794) and minutes (27,770).

And now, Dampier is about to take the good – that Hall of Fame honor – with the bad. All that attention.

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jbcarol · September 09, 2015, 08:39:11 am

Some of the top Four - Six Year players in Bama basketball history

Reggie King '75-79 2x SEC Player of the Year... Bama's all-time scoring leader, also was its second three-time national honoree, earning Freshman All-America plaudits in 1976 and second team All-America honors in 1978 and 1979. King averaged 10.9 points and 9.5 rebounds his first season on campus to help Alabama reach the Sweet 16. Two years later, he turned in the first of two second-team All-America seasons, averaging more than 20 points a game in both seasons including a school-record 747 points in 1979. King ended his career seventh all-time in scoring (2,168) and third in rebounding (1,279) in the SEC. Played on '78 Bama team that ended eventual national champ Kentucky's undefeated season bid.

Eddie Phillips '78-82 Phillips was a key component of head coach Wimp Sanderson's 1982 team that won the SEC Tournament, advanced to the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA
Tournament and finished with a No. 13 ranking. Phillips' steady production over his four years at Alabama vaulted him into second all-time in scoring (1,927) at Alabama and fifth in rebounding (1,129). In his two NCAA Tournament games in 1982, he averaged 16 points and five rebounds.

Leon Douglas '72-76 Only Alabama player to be named a consensus All-American with his second-team honor in 1975. Averaged 20.7 points and 13.1 rebounds per game to lead Alabama to its first NCAA appearance, an SEC title and a No. 10 ranking in the final AP poll. He ranks third all-time in scoring (1,909) and second in rebounding (1,279).

TR Dunn '73-77 Averaged 9.4 points and 8.0 rebounds to garner Freshman All-America accolades. His senior season, he earned Converse 1st Team by posting a
career-best 407 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. During his career, the Tide won three SEC titles and earned NCAA berths twice. Alabama finished each of his seasons ranked in the top-15, sparked by Dunn's gritty play. Despite standing at only 6-4, he remains one of the best rebounding guards in program history with 749 career rebounds and averaged more than five per game each season (6.8 rpg for career). In a 13-season NBA career, Dunn is one of seven Bama alum to play over 23,000 minutes.

Trevor Releford '11-14 2x 1st Team All-SEC... fourth in program history in scoring with 1,873 ... first all-time in school history and fifth in SEC history in steals with 263 ... first at Alabama in steals per game (1.9) and career games played (134), second in career starts (126), fifth in free-throw percentage (.814), and ninth in three-point attempts (446) and assists (395).

Buck Johnson '83-86 5th leading scorer in Bama history on Wimp Sanderson's mid-80s teams. In 2014, he was named athletic director for Birmingham City Schools.

Jim Farmer '83-87 Star guard on Wimp Sanderson's mid-80s teams.

Robert Horry '88-92 Helped the Tide win three SEC tournament titles and two berths in the NCAA's Sweet 16 round. Alabama compiled a 98-36 record during his four seasons; Horry set a school record for career blocked shots (282). He was selected to the All-Southeastern Conference, the SEC All-Defensive and the SEC All-Academic teams. Horry holds seven NBA Championships that he won with three different teams in his 16 years in the league. Horry is only the second player in NBA history to win a championship with three different teams, including three with the Lakers (2000, 01, 02), two with the Rockets (1994, 95) and two with the Spurs (2005, 07). He participated in an NBA record 244 career playoff games and holds the record for most 3-point field goals in Finals history (40).

Jerry Harper '52-56 Bama's first two-time All-American, earning the honor in 1955 and 1956. A member of the famed "Rocket 8" teams, he led Alabama to an undefeated SEC season in 1956 and a No. 5 ranking in the final AP poll, Alabama's highest final ranking in school history. Harper remains the SEC's all-time leader in rebounds (1,688), rebounds per game and is sixth all-time in scoring at Bama (1,861, 20 ppg).

George Linn '52-56 Joined teammate Jerry Harper as an All-American in 1956, the first and still only time that the Crimson Tide has featured two All-Americans on the same team. Linn averaged 22.2 points per game during his All-America season, the fifth-highest scoring average in program history. Another member of head coach Johnny Dee's "Rocket 8" team, he led the Tide to its first postseason ranking at No. 12 in 1955 before improving to a program-best No. 5 during the 1956 season, when he helped the team compile a 21-3 record and win an SEC title.

Erwin Dudley '99-03 SEC Coaches Player of the Year, AP 3rd Team... Averaged a career-best 15.2 points per game with 8.9 rebounds in 2001-02. Dudley's play that season helped the Tide amass 27 wins, the second-most in school history, to go along with an SEC championship and a No. 8 final ranking in the AP poll. Dudley's 8.9 rebounds led the SEC that season and he also led the SEC in rebounding as a sophomore and senior. He finished his career at Alabama ranked seventh all-time in scoring and fourth in rebounding.

Brian Williams '96-99 Bama's ninth all-time leading scorer with 1,759 points. He was AP Hon. Mention All-American.

Ronald Steele '04-09 AP Hon. Mention... . Steele averaged 14.3 points per game with 132 assists and helped the Tide reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Steele was nearly automatic from the free-throw line, converting 89.2 percent of his attempts in 2005-06 and finishing his career shooting 86.7 percent from the stripe, the highest all-time mark in Alabama history. In 2006-07, knee injuries prevented Steele from becoming a multi-time All-American.

jbcarol · September 09, 2015, 08:41:39 am

Bama's Top One-n-Dones

Collin Sexton '17-18 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year and AP Hon. Mention After his freshman campaign ended with Bama's first NCAA Tournament win since 2006, Sexton was on his way out of Tuscaloosa -- but not before changing the perception of the Crimson Tide on both the hardwood and the recruiting trail.

"He's made Alabama basketball a cool thing to high school kids, in the eyes of McDonald's All-Americans and Jordan Brand-game guys," said ESPN analyst Jimmy Dykes. "It's cool to go there because you're playing for an ex-NBA guy and Collin Sexton played here and you have momentum going now and street credibility now that you didn't have a year ago at Alabama and now you do."

"It gets us in the door with players on Collin's level and the caliber of player he is," Coach Avery Johnson explained. "Not only are we calling recruits, but they're calling us."

That may be more beneficial than the 19.2 points per game Sexton averaged, the honorable mention All-America citation he garnered and the tangible results he produced during his one season on campus.

In the NBA, Dykes predicts, Sexton will spread the gospel of Crimson Tide hoops with every split-second drive and fancy pass he makes.

"The value of a guy like Sexton is hard to put into terms," Dykes said. "But this guy is going to be a legitimate ten-year pro. So what impact he has on Alabama basketball I think will remain the next ten years or so, if not beyond."

Gerald Wallace '00-01 Drafted at age 19 by the Sacramento Kings, making him the youngest player in the franchise's 62-year history. In 2002, his rookie year, Wallace placed second in the NBA Dunk Contest. He is scheduled to surpass $100,000,000 career earnings in '15-16 making him one of the highest paid former SEC players of all time.

Schea Cotton '99-00 F averaged 15.5 ppg and 4.6 rpg and was 2nd Team All-SEC... Former California High School POY had battled the NCAA and spent one season at Bama as a 21-year-old Soph. ... There is a documentary about his struggles https://scheacottonmanchild.com/pages/documentary.

jbcarol · September 09, 2015, 11:48:12 am

Kentucky Basketball ‏@KentuckyMBB 3h3 hours ago

... UK Alumni Charity Game this Sunday will be televised on ESPNU. Tip is at 5:30 p.m. http://www.ukathletics.com/news/uk-alumni-charity-game-picked-up-for-espnu-broadcast-09-08-2015 ...

jbcarol · September 10, 2015, 08:27:02 am

Ex-Cat Pat Riley explains how he became Hall of Fame presenter

Which of the three doesn't seem to fit: Calipari's mentor Larry Brown (Hall class of 2002), UMass's most famous player, Julius Erving (1993) or Pat Riley (2008)?

Even Riley thinks he will be perceived as the odd man out in the trio.

QuoteRiley offered a bit of Hall of Fame trivia: Calipari's last game as coach of the Nets was a loss to Riley's Heat.

Riley most likely helped steer Calipari to Kentucky in 2009 along with Mike Pratt.

jbcarol · September 10, 2015, 08:45:50 am

C-J Sports ‏@sports_cj 21h21 hours ago

Gallery l Louie Dampier, Through the Years http://cjky.it/1idAZiH @kyletucker_cj

George Bailey

jbcarol · September 10, 2015, 09:38:44 am

Steve Walentik ‏@Steve_Walentik Sep 8

Missouri Sports Hall of Fame will honor Jon Sundvold as a Missouri Sports Legend on Nov. 15 while inducting 15 others with Columbia ties.

jbcarol · September 12, 2015, 07:23:38 am

Kyle Tucker ‏@KyleTucker_CJ 10h10 hours ago

And that's a wrap. Wide shot of Calipari on the Hall of Fame with some 70 former players and several assistants.

jbcarol · September 12, 2015, 01:04:17 pm

Adam Sparks ‏@AdamSparks 54m54 minutes ago
Festus Ezeli texting during photo shoot lying on @VandyMBB Memorial Gym floor beside NBA trophy. That's a full tweet

jbcarol · September 13, 2015, 02:17:46 pm

Kyle Tucker ‏@KyleTucker_CJ 3h3 hours ago

UK announces Kentucky-North Carolina alumni game sold out. On ESPNU tonight at 5:30. I'll be there with updates.

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