And make a starting 5
Rupp - Alex Groza
Hall - Jack Givens
Tubby - Tayshaun Prince
Pitino - Tony Delk
Cal - John Wall
Go.
Rupp - Alex Groza
Hall - Jack Givens
Tubby - Tayshaun Prince
Pitino - Tony Delk
Cal - John Wall
Go.
Pick one player from each of the 5 coaches who’ve won a title at UK.
- Thread starter morgousky
- Start date
Rupp - Issel
Hall - Goose
Pitino - Mashburn
Tubby - Bogans
Cal - Wall
Hall - Goose
Pitino - Mashburn
Tubby - Bogans
Cal - Wall
Dan Issel
Kyle Macy
Jamal Mashburn
Keith Bogans
Anthony Davis
Not sure how I feel chemistry-wise about having both Davis and Issel. But I couldn’t bring myself to exclude either.
Kyle Macy
Jamal Mashburn
Keith Bogans
Anthony Davis
Not sure how I feel chemistry-wise about having both Davis and Issel. But I couldn’t bring myself to exclude either.
Issel
Givens
Mashburn
Rondo
Davis
Givens
Mashburn
Rondo
Davis
Rupp Dampier at SG
Hall Macy at lead guard
Pitino Mashburn at SF
Tubby/Sutton Kenny Walker at PF
Cal Anthony Davis at Center
Hall Macy at lead guard
Pitino Mashburn at SF
Tubby/Sutton Kenny Walker at PF
Cal Anthony Davis at Center
This is really hard seeing as I never saw so many great players pre-mid 80s. Mash, and AD are no brainers. As a kid I never paid much attention to stats, but from a pure enjoyment stance, I'd have to throw in either Rex, Davender, or Kenny. From everything I've ever heard, Issel is a no brainer. And it's impossible for me to pick between Louie and Ralph.
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Curious as to reasons why people would take Wall over Davis for the Cal era? I don't think it's a stretch to say Davis was the best collegiate player ever to play for Kentucky.
Dan Issel
Kenny Walker
Jamal Mashburn
Tayshaun Prince
Anthony Davis
You didn’t say pick a team, just pick a guy. What’s wonderful about being a UK fan is how many great players I didn’t name.
Kenny Walker
Jamal Mashburn
Tayshaun Prince
Anthony Davis
You didn’t say pick a team, just pick a guy. What’s wonderful about being a UK fan is how many great players I didn’t name.
This will somewhat depend on the kind of list. Is it each coach’s best player? Our favorite player from each coach’s tenure? Or are we building a team?
Issel, Davis, and Mashburn would headline any grouping. Conceivably the 3 best and most popular players to wear Blue and White.
From Hall, I would take Givens or Walker as the best but could live with Dirk for team building or Macy for popularity and/or team building.
Tubby had Prince and Bogens but I could take Rondo depending on who I picked from Joe B’s guys.
Issel, Davis, and Mashburn would headline any grouping. Conceivably the 3 best and most popular players to wear Blue and White.
From Hall, I would take Givens or Walker as the best but could live with Dirk for team building or Macy for popularity and/or team building.
Tubby had Prince and Bogens but I could take Rondo depending on who I picked from Joe B’s guys.
WildcatfaninOhio
All-American
Rupp - Ralph Beard
Hall - Kenny “Sky” Walker
Piturncoat - Tony Delk
Smith - Tayshaun Prince
Calipari - Anthony Davis
Hall - Kenny “Sky” Walker
Piturncoat - Tony Delk
Smith - Tayshaun Prince
Calipari - Anthony Davis
My reason is because the gap between Wall and other PGs other coaches coached is greater than Davis and other big men other coaches coached. You’ve got Nash, Issel, Bowie. It’s close though.
For PG what is there? Beard? Rondo? Macy?
Well, I get that. But it's just too hard for me to leave Davis off this list. I get that it's a preference, and plenty of good big men. But there's plenty of good PGs too. It's impossible for me to leave an All American, Player of the Year, and FF MVP off this list. Wall was good, but AD was generational. Dude got all those accolades without even coming close to taking the most shots on his team. Name me one other player, in history that's done that?
C - Issel, Rupp
Pf- AD, Cal
Sf - Mashburn, Pitino
Sg - Bogans, Tubby
Pg - Dirk Minniefield, Hall
That would be one helluva team. We would own the interior and have brutal wings. Dirk would light up the assist stats with these guys around him.
Pf- AD, Cal
Sf - Mashburn, Pitino
Sg - Bogans, Tubby
Pg - Dirk Minniefield, Hall
That would be one helluva team. We would own the interior and have brutal wings. Dirk would light up the assist stats with these guys around him.
As far as a lineup, this is spot on, IMO, as well as quite possibly taking the best of each coach.
Of course, as another poster pointed out, there are so many former UK greats you could spend a lifetime creating this list, lol, but SemperFiCat is correct: there's just no way you can leave Davis off ANY UK list, again, IMO.
C - Davis
PF - Bowie (pre-injury)
SF - Mashburn
SG - Prince
PG - Beard
I know that Prince at SG might be a little unorthodox, but I'd like to see this team play.
This team should have plenty of scoring to go along with 3 defensive stoppers (AD, Bowie, and Prince).
PF - Bowie (pre-injury)
SF - Mashburn
SG - Prince
PG - Beard
I know that Prince at SG might be a little unorthodox, but I'd like to see this team play.
This team should have plenty of scoring to go along with 3 defensive stoppers (AD, Bowie, and Prince).
And Groza. I don’t think people realize how dominant he was.
morg, I like you buddy, I do, but MontanaCat has the best thus far...IMO. :
Issel
Givens
Mashburn
Rondo
Davis
For me, that falls into the category of "wasn't lucky enough to see them". I'm 40, and missed half of Kentucky's founding blocks of tradition.
Lack of perimeter shooters. Rondo shouldn’t be on these lists. I’d definitely take mine over his.
You have to go by accomplishments. He one of our most accomplished players of all time at any position. Hell I’m 33.
- Alex Groza
- NBA All-Star (1951)
- 2× All-NBA First Team (1950, 1951)
- 2× NCAA champion (1948, 1949)
- 2× NCAA Final Four MOP (1948, 1949)
- 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1947, 1949)
- Consensus second-team All-American (1948)
Points 2,925 (22.5 ppg)
Rebounds 709 (10.7 rpg)
Assists 318 (2.4 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing
Olympic Games
Tony Delk
- NCAA champion (1996)
- Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1996)
- Consensus first-team All-American (1996)
- SEC Player of the Year (1996)
Points 4,957
Goose
- JBL2 MVP (1982)
- JBL2 Best5 (1982)
- JBL2 Scoring leader (1982)
- NCAA champion (1978)
- NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player(1978)
- Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1978)
- Consensus second-team All-American (1978)
- SEC Male Athlete of the Year (1978)
- Kentucky Mr. Basketball (1974)
- NBA champion (2004)
- 4× NBA All-Defensive Second Team(2005–2008)
- Consensus second-team All-American (2001)
- Second-team All-American – NABC (2002)
- Third-team All-American – AP (2002)
- SEC Player of the Year (2001)
- California Mr. Basketball (1998)
- 5× NBA All-Star (2014–2018)
- All-NBA Third Team (2017)
- NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2015)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (2011)
- NBA Slam Dunk Contest Dunker of the Night(2014)
- Adolph Rupp Trophy (2010)
- Consensus first-team All-American (2010)
- SEC Player of the Year (2010)
I like my team.
Oh yea. Well, I’ve got goose so that cancels that out. And I’ve got Prince for defense.
Then I’ve got Delk to drain it from the outside, Wall to create havoc, and Groza to dominate the rest. I don’t see room for Rondo
I admit, the "odd man out", if such can be the case here, would be Rondo, good point sir.
Only picking players from their title team or teams:
G Beard- Rupp
G Sheppard- Smith
F Givens- Hall
F Walker- Pitino
F Davis- Calipari
G Beard- Rupp
G Sheppard- Smith
F Givens- Hall
F Walker- Pitino
F Davis- Calipari
There are a lot of good ways to do this. I couldn’t not have Anthony Davis. Anytime someone does a thread like this I always build around him.
But I find it hard to believe there has ever been a player as impactful and versatile on both ends than Davis. I scratch my head at anyone leaving Davis off this list or any all-time Kentucky list. Big men or on a general list.
Even taking position out of it, no other UK player in history was a consensus first team AA, National PotY, FF MVP (while hanging a banner), NBA 1st pick, and Olympic gold medalist. ...at 19. Leaving Davis off this this, I'll say it, is foolish.
