Toughest? Without a doubt!!!I always loved Charles Hurt.
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Toughest? Without a doubt!!!I always loved Charles Hurt.
Really liked his game. You knew that he was tough as even Bobby Knight said so himself. Had to be hard for him to make a complimentary statement about a UK player.Toughest? Without a doubt!!!
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Just one mention of Tyler Ulis ...really? Chuck Norris calls him sir.He was always the first in the mix when someone tried to bully any other UK player. He was the enforcer in his day.
Maybe I missed it, but Anthony Epps was a bad mofo from everything I ever read and saw.
Never saw him play but that's exactly what I heard from older fans.There have been many tough tough players at UK. Hard to forget Larry Stamper, James Lee and the list goes on and on. But the most physical player imo ever to play at UK was Alan Feldhaus. Coach Rupp called him "The Horse". He would do absolutely ANYTHING on the court to an opposing player. Like I said many really physical players over the years but my vote would be "The Horse"
Ramel Bradley
Tyler Ulis
DeAndre Liggins
Cliff Hawkins
Chuck Hayes
That was in an exhibition game against the Russians in Rupp not in the Olympics.Go back and watch a tape of James Lee running the floor and dramatically dunking over the top of the huge Soviet center in the Olympic championship game. Probably still available online. Everyone can certainly have own lists, but I don't think anyone can say that another player besides Lee was "clearly" tougher. Lee was the toughest, most physical UK basketball player I ever saw. I say this while respecting others like Hurt, Evans, Hayes, Stamper, Bennett, Mashburn, all of whom I watched many times. In any case, it's an interesting discussion, and a lot of fun to recall so many great UK basketball players.
If you don't have Mike Phillips on your list, well, not sure what you're thinking.Jamal "the enforcer" Magloire
James Lee
Winston Bennet
Boogie
Eric Bledsoe
Charles Hurt
Gerald Fitch
MKG
Chuck Hayes
Andre Riddick (well, he wasn't afraid)
Ramel Bradley
My dad said that one of UK's star players was getting roughed up at UT and Rupp put Feldhaus in there and he chased the UT player off the floorAlan Feldhaus probably whooped his a$$ several times.
LOL.Jodie Meeks has to be on the list
he played all season with a sports hernia (soph year)
OK, since we've been talking about greatest players, most overlooked, greatest plays, etc. , what about the toughest players ever at UK. A few that come to mind are:
Mike Pratt
Larry Stamper
DeMarcus Cousins
Winston Bennett
Cliff Hagan
Jamal McGloire
DeAndre Liggins
Just to name a few.
Anyone know where to find this highlight? Always heard about this particular one. Would love to see it. TIA.That was in an exhibition game against the Russians in Rupp not in the Olympics.
There were actually two exhibition games against the Russians that year. The first was a pre-season game where UK won by 30+ points, and that was the game where Lee dunked over a much taller Russian player. The last game was played after the season was over and it was a team representing the USA which had Robey, Givens, Phillips and Lee along with Larry Bird and some more local collegiate players. The USA won that game handily as well and as I recall, it was played with the tri-colored ABA basketball. Would love to see some film of that game.Anyone know where to find this highlight? Always heard about this particular one. Would love to see it. TIA.
OK, since we've been talking about greatest players, most overlooked, greatest plays, etc. , what about the toughest players ever at UK. A few that come to mind are:
Mike Pratt
Larry Stamper
DeMarcus Cousins
Winston Bennett
Cliff Hagan
Jamal McGloire
DeAndre Liggins
Just to name a few.
Yep, I was there in Memorial watching it. At the time it was the most jaw dropping play we had seen. He basically ignored two 7-2 guys in his way and dunked hard like James always did.That was in an exhibition game against the Russians in Rupp not in the Olympics.
If you don't have Mike Phillips on your list, well, not sure what you're thinking.