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GOAT? Of all time in college basketball history? I love Markus ... but please.
If they're only considering college careers it would be fairly easy to come up with 16 players from the Midwest region and not include a MU player.
Since it says best basketball player of all time are they also going to include women?
If they're only considering college careers it would be fairly easy to come up with 16 players from the Midwest region and not include a MU player.If the players are selected regionally we could be up against the Big 10/14, Big 8/12 along with the other Midwest independents. ie.. Adrian Dantley or Austin Carr and his 40ppg. I would assume Larry Bird would also represent the Midwest. Oscar? Or would Cincinnati and Louisville be considered the south?Since it says best basketball player of all time are they also going to include women?
I believe the 64 includes women. thank goodness Cheeks isn’t reading this.
ESPN is getting set to launch its GOAT tournament, and will announce the bracket tonight at 7pm EST.Will Markus, a top 20 scorer, make the field 64? Me, I doubt it, but interesting to consider http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/page/playerbracket-watch/how-watch-how-vote-espn-college-basketball-greatest-all-bracket
We were sub-.500 in the BE, so no - he won't make it.But Myles Powell played on a winning team, so....
I just read that on their website. The women could occupy a couple brackets. There's been plenty of good ones; Miller, Lieberman, Holdsclaw, some UConn names, Lobo, Stewart, Taurasi, Bird, Moore.I guessed they might include women as espn tends to stretch from what some perceive as typical when compiling their lists.I believe their list of greatest athletes of the 20th century included Secretariat.
Wade v. Akeem the Dream. Sorry, Dwyane.A lot of bias towards the 90’s and 2000’s. Battier? Reddick? Jimmer? No Mount or Isaiah? Lucas as a 15?
Wade Winning on Instagram 58% to 42% Wade Losing on Twitter 55% to 45%
Akeem has two other NBA players one of which was a future HoFer. Wade had two other future NBA players which were journeymen and still underclassmen... Wade for sure.
Houston went to the National Title game in back to back years. Marquette got destroyed in the National Semi-Final.If team success is a driving factor in conference and national POY awards (ahem, Myles Powell) then surely it must be factored in to this G.O.A.T. tournament.
Does D-Wade deserve to be on this list?Did he a have a top 50 (as a 10-seed, maybe a top 30 of all males) collegiate basketball career over the past 60 years or so?I personally don't see much on his collegiate resume warranting his inclusion.There were plenty of omissions. Only two from UCLA on the list? Sidney Wicks had stats similar to DWade. Plus he was a two time All-American, winning NCAA titles in all three of his years.Olajuwon's was a NBA stud, but his 7 seed could also be questioned. A heck of a collegiate defensive player that made the Finals twice and three Final Fours.If you're talking post college, Wade definitely should be listed.