TruthBKnownReturns wrote: DT was ranked too low at #9... too bad the Holes made sure he was not allowed to win back-to-back NCAA tournaments.

HELLO in my country is said, "If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard." Such it is with lists on HYPE.

FranklinWolf wrote: Bird should have been #1 easily, that team would have been hot garbage without him.

direwolfdead wrote: Surprised not to see Cornbread Maxwell on there.

backthepack93 wrote: This is a very tough list. What are your criteria? If Player A was in 4 NCAA tournaments and was very good, do you rank that over Player B who only played in 1, but was outstanding?

trentjone wrote: What makes DT's story even more remarkable is the fact he took that spill against Pittsburgh in the Elite 8, and then comes back a week later to beat UCLA in the Final 4, the most dominant team of the previous 7 years.

It's amazing he was able to do that. You really wondered if he could come back from a fall like that.

I was at that game. You really thought he was dead after he hit the floor. The sound of his head hitting the floor was loud. It was a really bad fall.

Crowd went dead silent. They put him on a stretcher and took him to Rex.

Walter Cronkite is calling Rex Hospital to get an update for the evening national news. This was a huge national story.

Huge media attention leading up to the game, was he even going to be able to play that week?

And he came out like Superman on Saturday. People forget he was a very tough player.

That's why he should be higher on the list. There might not be a better example of "singular excellence", except maybe that Walton game from 72.

wearred44 wrote: I thought at least one member of the 83' team would've made the cut...I mean it was only one of the most remembered and exciting runs to a title ever.

RedTerror29 wrote:

wearred44 wrote: I thought at least one member of the 83' team would've made the cut...I mean it was only one of the most remembered and exciting runs to a title ever.

Especially since two players from Houston made it on the list, although they had a Final Four run in '82 too.

TimPack10 wrote:

trentjone wrote: What makes DT's story even more remarkable is the fact he took that spill against Pittsburgh in the Elite 8, and then comes back a week later to beat UCLA in the Final 4, the most dominant team of the previous 7 years.

It's amazing he was able to do that. You really wondered if he could come back from a fall like that.

I was at that game. You really thought he was dead after he hit the floor. The sound of his head hitting the floor was loud. It was a really bad fall.

Crowd went dead silent. They put him on a stretcher and took him to Rex.

Walter Cronkite is calling Rex Hospital to get an update for the evening national news. This was a huge national story.

Huge media attention leading up to the game, was he even going to be able to play that week?

And he came out like Superman on Saturday. People forget he was a very tough player.

That's why he should be higher on the list. There might not be a better example of "singular excellence", except maybe that Walton game from 72.

I remember watching that game on a 19 inch black and white TV as a kid. The team played inspired basketball with Thompson out. I remember him walking back to the bench with his head wrapped up in that big white bandage! Place went nuts! That team solidified my becoming a State Fan! One of my brothers was a Freshman there that next year. DT was the Man!

splash4three wrote: #75 Mike Bibby UCLA?
I think it should be ARIZONA

wolfer79 wrote:

FranklinWolf wrote: Bird should have been #1 easily, that team would have been hot garbage without him.

no
they got it right

Alcindor
3 years
3 titles
3 MVP

Editor's note: ESPN.com's panel of experts answered those questions and more in compiling the list of the 75 best players in NCAA tournament history based on overall achievement as well as singular excellence.

wearred44 wrote: I thought at least one member of the 83' team would've made the cut...I mean it was only one of the most remembered and exciting runs to a title ever.

FranklinWolf wrote:

wolfer79 wrote:

FranklinWolf wrote: Bird should have been #1 easily, that team would have been hot garbage without him.

no
they got it right

Alcindor
3 years
3 titles
3 MVP

Editor's note: ESPN.com's panel of experts answered those questions and more in compiling the list of the 75 best players in NCAA tournament history based on overall achievement as well as singular excellence.

UCLA is a Final Four team with our without Alcindor, ISU is sub .500 without Bird.

wolfer79 wrote:

RedTerror29 wrote:

wearred44 wrote: I thought at least one member of the 83' team would've made the cut...I mean it was only one of the most remembered and exciting runs to a title ever.

Especially since two players from Houston made it on the list, although they had a Final Four run in '82 too.

A case could be made for dropping Drexler and adding Bailey.

shot vs UNLV should get Bailey more consideration