Gotta give kudos to Ella Williams who was one of the trailblazers (non-caps on purpose) for women hoopsters aspiring to become a Harlem Globetrotter - http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/...e-and-blue

Chico Fletcher. Led us to our only NCAA appearance. Just back of him John Tate.

Belus Smawley. He pioneered the jump shot.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belus_Smawley

(01-10-2015 07:44 AM)OsageJ Wrote:  Chico Fletcher. Led us to our only NCAA appearance.

What year was that Osage?

1999. The last millennium. That explains our crankiness about BB.

Jerry Rook was by far the best to ever play at stAte. He played in the early sixties.

Troy leads GSU 42-39 with 13 mins left

Karl Malone, Joe Dumars, Shaquille O'neil, Anthony Peeler, Chris Weber, and Carlos Strong all played here.....many games in fact. Sadly though, none of them played FOR us. Malone and Dumars were conference mates. We had the opportunity to host the 17 and under AAU National Tournament for, I think, 4 straight years in the mid 90's. That was when I took vacation. It was a basketball junkie's dream come true. 3 high level basketball games going on under the same roof, simultaniously, for about 10 hours a day. Some of those kids we saw will soon be voted into the NBA Hall of Fame.

(01-10-2015 03:07 PM)southernwolf Wrote:  Jerry Rook was by far the best to ever play at stAte. He played in the early sixties.

You may be right. Before my time. Been there since mid '70's. Weird to say "before my time".

Karl Malone @ Louisiana Tech

(01-09-2015 01:09 PM)BirdofParadise Wrote:  I agree with Toney.

Mike Olliver was an assassin. Cajun fans hated those Lamar teams with Olliver, BB Davis and Clarence Kea, but those guys could ball.

ULM...Calvin Natt. Absolutely. Dude was a freaking stud.

Indeed, Calvin Natt was a man playing among boys. Was the seventh overall player selected in the 1979 NBA draft that included Magic Johnson and Larry Byrd. He could score from anywhere and if the 3-point line existed back then his CAREER scoring average would have been much higher than his 24 ppg average. If he was four inches taller everyone would have compared him to Magic but Magic was a more entertaining interview.

He is now a preacher living up in Colorado and a very happy man.

Tough to say at UTA. There have been some bad and very bad teams to be Rebels/Mavericks, but have had some good players on those teams. Marquis Haynes from a few years ago was UTA's first All-American and been close to making it to the NBA. Has played in Europe and the D-League.

In the '80's, the Southland, with all the players mentioned (but not Billy Tubbs, coach of Lamar), was one of the better basketball conferences in the country. Our most successful year culminated in a 2008 NCAA tourney appearance. But as far as talent, it was the '81 NIT team, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Nation...ournament. We lost to South Alabama in the opener by three who made it to the quarterfinals before losing to the tournament champions by one. Might have been an at-large team had the NCAA tourney not been 48 teams then.

On that team, both Albert Culton and Ralph McPherson could score and rebound. They were a one-two threat that challenged Lamar's supremacy at the top of the SLC. If that team played today, rather than in '81, they likely would be conference champions by long margins. That's why I'd have to put Culton at the top of the list.

Willie Brand, UTA's career scoring leader by almost 500 points, is high on the list too.

(01-11-2015 02:54 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  Tough to say at UTA. There have been some bad and very bad teams to be Rebels/Mavericks, but have had some good players on those teams. Marquis Haynes from a few years ago was UTA's first All-American and been close to making it to the NBA. Has played in Europe and the D-League.

In the '80's, the Southland, with all the players mentioned (but not Billy Tubbs, coach of Lamar), was one of the better basketball conferences in the country. Our most successful year culminated in a 2008 NCAA tourney appearance. But as far as talent, it was the '81 NIT team, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Nation...ournament. We lost to South Alabama in the opener by three who made it to the quarterfinals before losing to the tournament champions by one. Might have been an at-large team had the NCAA tourney not been 48 teams then.

On that team, both Albert Culton and Ralph McPherson could score and rebound. They were a one-two threat that challenged Lamar's supremacy at the top of the SLC. If that team played today, rather than in '81, they likely would be conference champions by long margins. That's why I'd have to put Culton at the top of the list.

Willie Brand, UTA's career scoring leader by almost 500 points, is high on the list too.

Al Culton was a nice guy . he signed a contract with the Globe Trotters, but I dont know what happened after that. Ralph played over seas for quite some time but always remained an arlington guy. Another name from the the past was sherman evans who was a key player for us in the early 70's