Who was your first favorite UK player?

[UKCats2000]

Kyle Macy. The sock-touching during free throws is very iconic.

 

[SosaUK]

Anthony Epps. He drove that ferrari of a team in '96.

My best friend is his cousin.

 

[jameslee32]

Ed Davender

Before prison of course. Seems much less admirable these days.

 

[jedwar]

Tom Parker...age 10

I would've said if this thread went 10 pages this is a name that wouldn't have come up. Interesting choice.

 

[nascarforthedead]

My original favorite was Derek Anderson when I was 9. Then, Tayshaun came around. I'm right handed, but changed my shot to my left hand to be like him. Had his floater down perfectly.

 

[TNCatfanforever]

Dampier and Cotton Nash

 

[K-Town Kat]

Walter McCarty

At the age of 7, I teared up watching the "One Shining Moment" video in 1996 knowing Walter would never play for UK again.

 

[ulismyman]

Tom Parker was a lefty and when i was 10 i thought that was really cool and you got him inside 15 feet he was deadly

 

[TeoJ]

Larry Pursiful

 

[jedwar]

My first real memory of keeping up with the players was Kevin Grevey. What a shooter.

 

[UKKAZ#1]

Jeff Sheppard

 

[SosaUK]

Walter McCarty

At the age of 7, I teared up watching the "One Shining Moment" video in 1996 knowing Walter would never play for UK again.

Top of my list.

Tom Parker was a lefty and when i was 10 i thought that was really cool and you got him inside 15 feet he was deadly

Shut up troll.

Jeff Sheppard

Up the list as well.

 

[KWilt43atbuzz]

Bowie

 

[BlueRupp]

Patrick Sparks.

 

[RockyMountainCat]

Billy Ray Lickert - I think I liked the name more than the player. This was before games were televised so I had to depend on Caywood to describe all the action.

 

[Kycatspaws]

 

[wildcatwelder]

I idolized DA. Still do.

Kyle Macy.

 

[uk_king_cat2]

Tony Delk for

 

[Chuckinden]

Mike Casey

 

[lacocat]

Macy. Shows my age I guess. I was 13 when we won in '78

Macy's my first favorite player too, and was only 11 you old arse. I still remember his free throw routine, wipe the hands on socks, toe the line.. bounce ball.. hold ball.. eye the basket.. shoot.. score

 

[Ripcord65]

Cotton Nash -- 1961-62 season. I was 15.

I saw Hagan and Ramsey play when I was 7, but really didn't become a hard-core fan, myself, until later.

 

[bigbris2008]

Keith Bogans was 10 when he joined the team and not sure that I have ever had a more favorite player at UK, although Chuck Hayes is a close second.

 

[crosbycatfan3745]

Larry Conley

 

[OSOK]

To be honest: Wayne Chapman

 

[musrat59]

Cotton Nash

 

[mikbrenhum]

Cotton Nash

same for me

 

[Rondoed]

James Lee

 

[ORCAT]

Pat Riley

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Cotton Nash.

 

[Indy Cat]

I idolized DA. Still do.

I idolized DA. Still do.

Bob Burrough was my first

 

[Robcatt24]

Melvin Turpin.

RIP

 

[CatInNC]

Reggie Hanson was my first favorite Wildcat. I'd moved to KY from MN the year before UK hired Pitino

 

[wesFliplicious]

Jamal Mashburn. I was 8 years old and just fascinated with him. It was really the time I started to love the game. I remember going to see him play in South Carolina one year. Then, when he went pro, all I wanted for my birthday one year was his Fila shoes. Haha.

 

[Indy Cat]

To be honest: Wayne Chapman

Wayne Chapman did not play for the Cats

 

[Bigblueforever]

Cliff Hagan & Frank Ramsey

 

[dezyDeco]

Since I discovered my inner Go Big Blue-ness during the 1977-78 season, I'll say Macy.

BUT--- later, when I was all-in, watching every single game, living and dying on every shot, yelling at the tv as if it could reverse the ref's horrible call...

the guy I wanted to be...

Kenny "Sky" Walker.

 

[jopo]

Tie--Alex Groza, Ralph Beard and Wah Wah Jones I was about 15

 

[FlCATFan]

My second daughter was born in 1979 and named Kyla. In respect to my favorite UK player, Mr. Kyle Macy

 

[ulismyman]

JOPA going way back

 

[BlueSince92]

Reggie Hanson was my first favorite Wildcat. I'd moved to KY from MN the year before UK hired Pitino

Mine too. I grew up in VA, started college at Georgetown (KY) but then transferred to UK after I met my girlfriend there. She took me to see us whup #12 LSU the day after Valentines Day 1990 and from then on I was hooked.