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All-time favorite Non-UConn Big East starting 5

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Hard to put the list together because of how p,,,,,,,,, off they used to get me but for some reason Jared Dudley and Craig Smith were both admired and despised (worthy opponent list?) for their rebounding against us. Dudley because he always seemed to just slip into the right place (through speed, IQ and hustle) and Smith was just such a brute force. I bet they would make great tape for teaching rebounding. Definitions of tenacity.
 
This is pretty darn tough - especially when you think of how many NBA Hall of Famers Georgetown has had.

C) Ewing
PF) Coleman or Mourning (Mourning played some PF with Mutombo back then)
SF) Mullin
SG) Kittles
PG) Iverson
 
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All my picks are pre Dream Season players.

Mostly because there was the BE GOTW with Tom Gorman and that's who you watched for the week.

Pearl
David Wingate
Reggie Williams
Clyde Vaughn
Patrick Ewing

Walter Berry, Michael Adams and Willie Glass are very close contenders.

I couldn't stand Villanova. I can't think of any PC or SHU player worth a damn.
 
Chin Diesel said:
All my picks are pre Dream Season players.

Mostly because there was the BE GOTW with Tom Gorman and that's who you watched for the week.

Pearl
David Wingate
Reggie Williams
Clyde Vaughn
Patrick Ewing

Walter Berry, Michael Adams and Willie Glass are very close contenders.

I couldn't stand Villanova. I can't think of any PC or SHU player worth a damn.
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Otis Thorpe/Billy Donovan - Ramon Ramos/John Morton/Danny Calindrillo
 
HuskyHawk said:
Walter Berry is so underrated. His NBA career was short, but he was amazing at St. Johns.
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Really fun to watch in college. Unfortunately he was a bit of a tweener at the next level, but truly an all time great Big East player.
 
This is a great thread, I'm old enough to have seen almost all of them in person some time or another, when I get the time I will list a top 5 for each team along with a favorite and most hated from each one.
 
5- Pat Ewing
4-Charles Smith
3-Malik Sealy
2-Chris Mullen
1-Alllen Iverson
 
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mauconnfan said:
Otis Thorpe/Billy Donovan - Ramon Ramos/John Morton/Danny Calindrillo
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Michael Smith, Eric Murdoch, Austin Croshere, Dickie "Hot like fire" Simpkins, Shammgodd Wells, Eric Williams. Ryan Gomes, Ernie Digregorio, Marvin Barnes, Johnny "Spaceman" Egan. Terry Dehere, Jerry Walker, Andrew Gaze, Arturas Karnisovas, Shaheen Holloway, Mark Bryant, Richie Regan, and Walter Dukes.
 
Slightly OT, but here are the players I really enjoyed watching from each team and some I didn't. I left out Rutgers, Miami, and all the other newer schools.

* Favorite Player
# Most Hated
## All-time Most Hated BE Player

Boston College
Dana Barros *
Troy Bell
John Bagley
Bill Curley
Jared Dudley#

Connecticut
Shabazz Napier*
Ray Allen
Caron Butler
Nadav Henefeld
Ben Gordon
Rod Sellers#

Georgetown
Sleepy Floyd*
Patrick Ewing
Allen Iverson
David Wingate
Alonzo Mourning
Charles Smith#

Pittsburgh
Jerome Lane*
Brian Shorter
Charles Smith
Sean Miller
Carl Krauser#

Providence
Otis Thorpe
Billy Donovan
Michael Smith*
Eric Murdock
John Linehan

Seton Hall
Ramon Ramos*
Jerry Walker
Adrien Griffin
John MOrton
Terry Dehere#

St. Johns
Chris Mullin*
Walter Berry
Mark Jackson
Bill Weddington
Malik Sealy
Jayson Williams#

Syracuse
Lawrence Moten*
Pearl Washington
Billy Owens
Sherman Douglas
Derrick Coleman#
Eric Devendorf##

Villanova
Ed Pickney*
Harold Pressley
Kerry Kittles
Kyle Lowry
Scottie Reynolds#
 
mauconnfan said:
Otis Thorpe/Billy Donovan - Ramon Ramos/John Morton/Danny Calindrillo
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Good catch on Thorpe. Really liked him.

The rest of your list? Meh.
 
Wow interesting. I don't know that I "LIKED" guys that would typically beat up on UConn. Guys I guess I liked would be

PG. God Shamgod
SG. Allan Ray (sounded like Ray Allen so yeah)
SF. Steve Novak
PF. Troy Murphy
C. Constantine Popa

Most Hated

PGs McNamara, Reynolds, Iverson, Krauser, Hansborough
SG Devendorf, Bell, Gansey
SF Shumpert, Jeff Green, Moten
PF Blair, Sumpter, Cunningham, Harangody
C Pittsnogle, Hibbert, Samuels
 
Some of my favorites from the mid to late 90's and on. Dont know about a starting 5 though.

Allen Iverson
Kevin Pittsnogle
Kerry Kittles
Darius Lane
Scottie Reynolds
Carl Krauser
Ryan Gomes
God Shamgod
Dominic James
Chris Thomas
Boubacar Aw
Zach Auguste
Darius Rice
Chevon Troutman
Randy Foye
DaJuan Summers
Mike Sweetney
Wesley Matthews
Lazar Hayward
Peyton Siva
Luke Harangody
 
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storrsroars said:
I'm just putting up a list of heartbreak with no particular concern as to whether these guys did what they did to us against the other BE squads:

DeJuan Blair
Peyton Siva
John Lenehan
Preston Schumpert
Darius Rice/Kerry Kittles
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I just remember BLair making Hasheem his btch! I knew then Sheem was not NBA material. I really lost faith in him after those beatdowns where he nearly lost an arm.
 
Horatio said:
View attachment 20954 Shammgod
Moten
Kittles
Sealy
Joe Alexander

*The entire St. John's Mike Jarvis / Eric Barkley era ( loved our games against them)
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Sham god had his best games against us. Kittles did too. Siva is another good one. My friend Ryan Gomes - of course with a little add in JC presser for entertainment.
 
FriarJ said:
Slightly OT, but here are the players I really enjoyed watching from each team and some I didn't. I left out Rutgers, Miami, and all the other newer schools.

* Favorite Player
# Most Hated
## All-time Most Hated BE Player

Boston College
Dana Barros *
Troy Bell
John Bagley
Bill Curley
Jared Dudley#

Connecticut
Shabazz Napier*
Ray Allen
Caron Butler
Nadav Henefeld
Ben Gordon
Rod Sellers#

Georgetown
Sleepy Floyd*
Patrick Ewing
Allen Iverson
David Wingate
Alonzo Mourning
Charles Smith#

Pittsburgh
Jerome Lane*
Brian Shorter
Charles Smith
Sean Miller
Carl Krauser#

Providence
Otis Thorpe
Billy Donovan
Michael Smith*
Eric Murdock
John Linehan

Seton Hall
Ramon Ramos*
Jerry Walker
Adrien Griffin
John MOrton
Terry Dehere#

St. Johns
Chris Mullin*
Walter Berry
Mark Jackson
Bill Weddington
Malik Sealy
Jayson Williams#

Syracuse
Lawrence Moten*
Pearl Washington
Billy Owens
Sherman Douglas
Derrick Coleman#
Eric Devendorf##

Villanova
Ed Pickney*
Harold Pressley
Kerry Kittles
Kyle Lowry
Scottie Reynolds#
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Got to include Rip Hamilton.
 
Here's my list of Non-UConn Big East Players from Connecticut. Could have included Gomes and Dunn, but They were PC, you know?

Harold Pressley Uncasville High 1st triple double in BE History -- 19/15/10 against Providence
Harold Jensen Trumbull High 5/5, 4/4 in 85 NCAA Title game.
John Garris Bassick High (Bpt). 18pt/11 board average senior year at BC. Gave up 8 inches to Sampson in the NCAA tourney, but played him to a standstill and got him to foul out a couple minutes into the 2nd half. Then BC stopped going to Garris and lost the game.
John Bagley Harding High (Bpt). Led BC to their only championship in the BE (81 reg season)
Charles Smith Harding High (Bpt)
 
Kyle Lowry (my all time favorite, tough and talented)
Patrick Ewing
Kerry Kittles
Alan Iverson
Chris Mullen
 
RichZ said:
Here's my list of Non-UConn Big East Players from Connecticut. Could have included Gomes and Dunn, but They were PC, you know?

Harold Pressley Uncasville High 1st triple double in BE History -- 19/15/10 against Providence
Harold Jensen Trumbull High 5/5, 4/4 in 85 NCAA Title game.
John Garris Bassick High (Bpt). 18pt/11 board average senior year at BC. Gave up 8 inches to Sampson in the NCAA tourney, but played him to a standstill and got him to foul out a couple minutes into the 2nd half. Then BC stopped going to Garris and lost the game.
John Bagley Harding High (Bpt). Led BC to their only championship in the BE (81 reg season)
Charles Smith Harding High (Bpt)
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No Gminski? I'd also add Johnny Egan from Weaver/Providence
 
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Danzz said:
No Gminski? I'd also add Johnny Egan from Weaver/Providence
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Neither fit my criteria. CT High school and BE college.
Gminski went to Duke and Weaver played at Providence just a bit before the Big East was formed. And I disqualified Providence players anyway, just because I felt like it.
 
mauconnfan said:
Patrick Ewing
Derrick Coleman
Chris Mullin
Sleepy Floyd
Pearl Washington
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How good were Sleepy Floyd and Pearl Washington? I know who they played for, but they were before my time. ..

And, it kills me to say it, but I think the all time Georgetown team beats our all timers pretty badly.
 
Scottzer said:
How good were Sleepy Floyd and Pearl Washington? I know who they played for, but they were before my time. ..
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Not as good as Kemba or Shabazz. Better than AJ.

And, it kills me to say it, but I think the all time Georgetown team beats our all timers pretty badly.
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No.

Kemba > Sleepy Floyd
Ray > Iverson (it was true then, it's true now, it's always been true)
Caron > Jeff Green (lol)
Donyell = Alonzo
Emeka < Ewing

Our starting 5, and depth, and specialists kill Georgetown's at every spot except center. We get to bring Shabazz, Rip, Khalid, Rudy, Doron and Smitty off the bench. Outside of center the only depth they have is Otto Porter.
 
RichZ said:
Neither fit my criteria. CT High school and BE college.
Gminski went to Duke and Weaver played at Providence just a bit before the Big East was formed. And I disqualified Providence players anyway, just because I felt like it.
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John Pinone - 'Nova, Jeff Allen - St.John's
 
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