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I was watching ESPN this morning and the discussion was the All-time NBA Mt. RUSHMORE. They were all pretty much the same 4 guys with a few changes (Jordan, Magic, LeBron, Kareem) but it got me thinking about the college Mt. Rushmore. All time would be too varied so I was thinking of the Players who played in the 21st century. Here is my list: (one and done is okay if it's undeniable)

1. CARMELO
2. Tyler Hansborough
3. Dougie McBuckets
4. Kemba

Would love to see what the yard has to say, now that we can loosen our belts a little after that huge W.
 
Replace Melo with Steph Curry and that's probably my list. Could convince me to go Jimmer over him but it's one of those 2 over Melo for me
 
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kemba - for obvious reasons.
davis - POY and final 4 mvp. best defensive player of the decade.
hansborough - POY and final 4 mvp. 2x 1st team AA, 1x 2nd team AA, 1x 3rd team AA.
battier - POY, 3 finals appearances, 2 rings.
 
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bendm said:
doug mcdermott? really? why?
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That was my thought as well but he has a really impressive list of college awards/stats. I think he's actually the easiest inclusion here. AP POY, 3x conference POY, 3x consensus 1st team All American

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navery12 said:
That was my thought as well but he has a really impressive list of college awards/stats. I think he's actually the easiest inclusion here
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He didn't put the team on his back and win the whole thing as well as another ring as a frosh.
 
navery12 said:
Replace Melo with Steph Curry and that's probably my list. Could convince me to go Jimmer over him but it's one of those 2 over Melo for me
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I toyed with Jimmer over Doug but then I researched his stats and accolades and it pushed it over the edge.
 
bendm said:
kemba - for obvious reasons
davis - POY and final 4 mvp. best defensive player of the decade.
hansborough - POY and final 4 mvp. 2x 1st team AA. 1x 2nd team AA. 1x 3rd team AA.
battier - POY, 3 finals appearances, 2 rings
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Battier!! Damn. That's hard to beat. I overlooked him. Probably blocked him out of my memory. Shabazz for me was tough to lose , but I didn't want to go too heavy uconn. I thought about Emeka as well.
 
Jaydumo20 said:
I was watching ESPN this morning and the discussion was the All-time NBA Mt. RUSHMORE. They were all pretty much the same 4 guys with a few changes (Jordan, Magic, LeBron, Kareem) but it got me thinking about the college Mt. Rushmore. All time would be too varied so I was thinking of the Players who played in the 21st century. Here is my list: (one and done is okay if it's undeniable)

1. CARMELO
2. Tyler Hansborough
3. Dougie McBuckets
4. Kemba

Would love to see what the yard has to say, now that we can loosen our belts a little after that huge W.
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You could make an argument for Jimmer Freddette
 
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superjohn said:
Okafor, Curry, Anthony Davis, Tyler Hansbrough
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I think it’s difficult to put any player who only played 1 year on this list

Mcbuckets is definitely on it. Tough to beat his college accolades minus a title but in college it’s so difficult given the format

Hansbrough is also definite lock.

Okafor for definitely deserves consideration
 
Nothing against Doug McDermott, but he achieved all that in a mid major. if you have four players on Mount Rushmore, to include one from a mid-major they would have to have not just racked up huge numbers during the regular season, but taken their team somewhere in the post season. So make a case for Curry. But McPherson or Jimmer? Both great players -- both legitimate player of the year candidates (picking one is always totally arbitrary if the contenders aren't all in the same conference anyway) -- but hardly top 4 of a 20 year period.
 
businesslawyer said:
Nothing against Doug McDermott, but he achieved all that in a mid major. if you have four players on Mount Rushmore, to include one from a mid-major they would have to have not just racked up huge numbers during the regular season, but taken their team somewhere in the post season. So make a case for Curry. But McPherson or Jimmer? Both great players -- both legitimate player of the year candidates (picking one is always totally arbitrary if the contenders aren't all in the same conference anyway) -- but hardly top 4 of a 20 year period.
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He won national player of the year while playing in the Big East
 
Had to laugh at Carmelo - you really stretched with the one and done
Kemba, Battier, McDermott are all solid picks (Kemba being weakest for a career achievement but he would be the best if you counted one season)
The 4th one is very difficult - Curry? Walton?
Not Davis, not Melo, not Fredette

On the All NBA - hard to put Magic on there without Larry Bird
No Chamberlain? No Russell? thats ridiculous those two would dominate in any era as would Dr J and Elgin Baylor

Why do people think the NBA started 1977?
 
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Hate to say it or even think it, but I'll go with this

Okafor
McDermott
Hansbrough
... don't shoot me...
JJ Reddick

And this is no disrespect to Kemba. Kemba owned 2011. But these four guys all got national acclaim in multiple seasons.
 
storrsroars said:
Hate to say it or even think it, but I'll go with this

Okafor
McDermott
Hansbrough
... don't shoot me...
JJ Reddick

And this is no disrespect to Kemba. Kemba owned 2011. But these four guys all got national acclaim in multiple seasons.
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Hansborough was so visibly dominate. Very hard to argue.
 
storrsroars said:
It's the last guy. Behind Laettner and McNamara, possibly the most hated guy in history of BY.
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Oh him. Yeah. Not a fan of him. He just called out Zion in the press today. Not sure what happened.
 
navery12 said:
He won national player of the year while playing in the Big East
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That’s my bad then. I could tell you that the Big East without us was a mid major, but instead I’ll just apologize for my mistake. Still don’t think he’s near the level of best 4 in a 22 year period, but sorry to have confused the situation
 
Jay Williams
Okafor
Anthony Davis
Zion

TH getting poy over Beasley was a laughably bad decision. An absolute joke.
 
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businesslawyer said:
That’s my bad then. I could tell you that the Big East without us was a mid major, but instead I’ll just apologize for my mistake. Still don’t think he’s near the level of best 4 in a 22 year period, but sorry to have confused the situation
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He scored 3150 points in his career with over 1000 rebounds and his shooting numbers were incredible

Career 55% FG, 45.8% 3pt, 83.1% FT
TS% 65.2
eFG% 61.6
 
businesslawyer said:
That’s my bad then. I could tell you that the Big East without us was a mid major, but instead I’ll just apologize for my mistake. Still don’t think he’s near the level of best 4 in a 22 year period, but sorry to have confused the situation
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Even though I think he deserves a spot, I couldn't agree with you more. The Big East took a huge step back during the re-org. I think we need to collectively do well in the tourney this year to get that rep again
 
methodology said:
He scored 3150 points in his career with over 1000 rebounds and his shooting numbers were incredible

Career 55% FG, 45.8% 3pt, 83.1% FT
TS% 65.2
eFG% 61.6
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His numbers are incredible, so are Luke Harangody's. I don't consider either of them on the Mount Rushmore for college basketball players over the last 21 years.
 
methodology said:
He scored 3150 points in his career with over 1000 rebounds and his shooting numbers were incredible

Career 55% FG, 45.8% 3pt, 83.1% FT
TS% 65.2
eFG% 61.6
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My favorite stat on him is an nba one.

In the last 4 years he has ZERO unassisted threes
 
methodology said:
He scored 3150 points in his career with over 1000 rebounds and his shooting numbers were incredible

Career 55% FG, 45.8% 3pt, 83.1% FT
TS% 65.2
eFG% 61.6
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I think @businesslawyer 's point is imagine what RJ Cole's numbers would be if he stayed at Howard and played only his senior season in the big east. (not that RJ Cole is as good as McDermott)

McDermott played 1 year in the Big East. He played 33 mpg and averaged 26.7 PPG. Both the highest of his career. However, his FG% and 3PT% were the lowest since his freshman season. His RPG was the lowest of his career. 3 years in the MVC certainly helped his stats.
 
WingU-Conn said:
I think @businesslawyer 's point is imagine what RJ Cole's numbers would be if he stayed at Howard and played only his senior season in the big east. (not that RJ Cole is as good as McDermott)

McDermott played 1 year in the Big East. He played 33 mpg and averaged 26.7 PPG. Both the highest of his career. However, his FG% and 3PT% were the lowest since his freshman season. His RPG was the lowest of his career. 3 years in the MVC certainly helped his stats.
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The 2 leagues aren’t even comparable. The MVC was always solid for a mid major and during his years they ranked #11, #9, #8 (ahead of SEC) in the conference rankings

The MEAC where RJ Cole played was literally the worst conference in college ranking #31 out of 32 leagues his first year and dead last at #32 his second year

And his stats might have been the “worst” since freshman year but he still shot incredible it was minor decreases in ever stat you listed while he increased his shot load and his rebounds were still 7/game like every other year instead of 7.7 or whatever it was
 
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