Monday, March 14th, 2011 at 11:46 am  |  111 responses

Who’s in Your Top 10?

A group of SLAM writers and editors list their favorite college bball players.

Vincent Thomas
Age: 31
Buffalo, NY

10. Jason Rowe/Damone Brown/Julius Page, Buffalo: Shoutout to my three favorite D1 hoopers from my hometown Buffalo.

9. Chris Paul, Wake Forest: The only college ball player in the past 10 years that I actively dug and followed.

8. Khalid El-Amin, UConn: I was a big dude that liked to get busy on the court…but my busy was only so busy. So, I lived vicariously through Khalid.

7. Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown: Favorite player for my favorite college program of all time.

6. Larry Johnson, UNLV: Gold tooth, middle-part, nasty game, second favorite college team of all-time.

5. Jalen Rose, Michigan: Magic’s my favorite athlete of all-time, so I had a thing for big point guards. Jalen was a big point guard, with a big mouth on my favorite collegiate squad of all-time.

4. Chris Jackson, LSU: Saw him on the cover of SI his freshman year in a purple LSU sweatsuit and some dope, Air Maxs (i think), read Curry’s piece calling him the best collegiate scorer since Pistol Pete, then checked the next televised game. He dropped 40+ with crazy verve.

3. Sherman Douglas, Syracuse: The General — along with Magic — is, perhaps, the chief reason for my love affair with the point guard position.

2. Allen Iverson, Georgetown: No one was ever this dynamic, plus, I was a teenager and enjoyed the “us against the establishment” vibe I got rooting for him, his story and his game.

1. Kenny Anderson, Georgia Tech: The most virtuosic performer I ever saw grace a college court.

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  • that dude

    10)fRANK WILLIAMS
    9)RASHARD PHILLIPS
    8)KHALID EL AMIN
    7)CHRIS WEBBER
    6)CARMELO ANTHONY
    5)STEPHON MARBURY
    4)ED COTA
    3)STEVE FRANCIS
    2)JALEN ROSE
    1)ALLEN IVERSON

  • Mike

    1. Denham Brown, UConn: One of my favorite UConn players of all time (can’t put Kemba up here yet) I loved the way this Canadian played, that’s right Canadian. I wore a short sleeve shirt under my jersey when I played High School ball because of him.
    2. Eric Maynor, VCU: loved watching him play at VCU, especially when he went off against Duke. Still root for him in OKC.
    3. Rashad Anderson, UConn: It seemed like every time he caught the ball from behind the three-point line it was going in. He was money.
    4. Morris Peterson, Michigan State: AKA Mo-Pete, I’m about to get a lot of puzzled looks here, played along side Mateen Cleaves and Charlie Bell while at MSU. (They were called the FlintStones, along with Antonio Smith too) Good solid player that and is a very nice person on and off the court, cares a lot about kids and the community.
    5. DeJuan Blair, Pittsburgh: Ever since he ripped Hasheem Thabeet over his back and on to the ground, and before that as well, he has had my respect. Spurs got a steal with him, I said it then and I’ll say it now.
    6. Acie Law, Texas A&M: This guy was awesome at A&M and he had plenty of game winners along the way too. It seemed like he was going to score all the time no matter what.
    7. Tony Douglas, Florida State: Heck of a scorer, especially when he went off against Duke in the ACC tourney a few years back.
    8. Johnny Flynn, Syracuse: With being a UConn fan, it’s kind of hard to give credit to a rival, but J-Flynn could ball. Always got worried when UConn had to play him and ‘Cuse.
    9. Gordon Hayward, Butler: He would be higher on my list but I barely found out about him until his last year but nonetheless I loved watching him play and it just seemed like he was born to play basketball. Had the best missed shot in NCAA Tourney history in my opinion (Half Court heave that almost went in against Duke)
    10. Juan Dixon, Maryland: Him and Steve Blake killed it in the backcourt for Maryland.

  • LLS

    Malik Sealy
    Derrick Coleman
    Stacey Augmon
    ed OBannon
    Kenny Anderson
    Shaq
    Grant Hill
    AI
    Billy Owens
    Dikembe and Zo
    Jalen

  • Ian S

    i cheated and added sym teamates but hers my ten
    10. Shane Battier/Jay Williams
    9.Adam Morrison
    8.Vince Carter, Jerry Stackhouse, Rasheed Wallace
    7.SirValiant Brown
    6.Kenyon Martin
    5.Michael Beasley
    4.Kevin Durant
    3.Steve Francis
    2.Allen Iverson/Victor Page
    1.Fab Five

  • http://c_ris_32@yahoo.com Chi-Town

    Nobody’s got UNC Vince Carter on their list? Yall are seriously trippin.

  • el_larsen

    10 ed obannon
    9 corliss williamson
    8 adam morrison
    7 calbert cheaney
    6 the answer
    5 stacey augmon
    4 jalen rose
    3 rasheed wallace
    2 jamal mashburn
    1 chris webber

    jamal mashburn
    rasheed wallace
    corliss williamson
    stacey augmon

  • Charles Miller

    10. Fennis Dembo – Wyoming. Dude had mad rise and game. Actually put Wyoming hoops on the map for a period of time
    9. Kendal Gill – Illinois great college player had D, rise and a jumper
    8. Ralph Sampson – Virginia. Dominated the ACC in the early 80′s
    7. Walter Berry – St. Johns. Great slasher played on good Jonnies teams
    6. Patrick Ewing – G-Town. Was the most intimidating player in the Big East during the 80′s
    5. Ben Gordon – UCONN. Clutch shooter, big heart
    4. Magic Johnson – Michigan St. He and Larry Bird put college basketball on the map
    3. Dwyane Wade – Marquette. Triple double in the tourney nuff said
    2. Micheal Jordan – UNC. Game winner in the championship game, was a draw and became the best player ever
    1. Len Bias – Maryland. We would not talk about MJ the way we do if Len had not passed away. Len was a man amongst boys, had hops, handle and range

  • el_larsen

    sorry! forgot to erase!it stops at webber as my nb 1

  • Byebye

    10 Jason Kidd with that left right cross over that killed people
    9 Kerry kittles he went to hole like he got launched from a cannon
    8 Bo Kimble Bo had no range he shot from wherever he caught the ball
    7 jalen rose my dude from tha d with that slow trot down the court
    6 Kenny Anderson I thought he was going to take over the NBA
    5 Derrick Coleman the most skills of a big man in history
    4 magic Johnson I was 4 years old when I first watched him he is still my fav
    3 god shammgod he was awesome with that rock
    2 Marcus camby he was the only person in college that shut Timmy down
    1 Larry Johnson need I say more

  • pedro mercado

    Kenny Anderson and Bernard King are #1 and 2 then you got Waymen Tisdale ,Ewing ,Iverson,Harold Miner,Reggie Williams of Georgetown,Jay Williams of Duke,Carmelo Anthony and Guillermo Diaz .

  • pedro mercado

    My second ten Len Bias,Dajuan Wagner,Walter Berry,Ray Stewart,Johnny Dawkins,Todd Day,Ralph Sampson,Jamal Mashburn,Hubert Davis and Ray Allen..

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