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wadesworld

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Favorite Marquette Players
« on: November 23, 2019, 09:51:57 PM »
I think we had a thread for maybe certain eras but I tried searching it and can’t find it. Who are your favorite all time Marquette players? My top 5 are:

1) Wade - pretty easy.
2) Jae - a true Warrior.
3) Diener - see Jae’s explanation.
4) Cordell Henry - loved the jersey tug after made 3 pointers.
5) Nnamaka - no idea why but I was pretty young and just loved his game.

Wes, Rowsey, Lazar, Robert Jackson, Novak, Hutchins, and Miller as honorable mentions for me.
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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2019, 10:41:16 PM »
I will preface this by saying I didn’t see much before 2000 or so.

My 13 scholarships go to:

1) Wade
2) Diener
3) Butler
4) James
5) Rowsey
6) Crowder
7) Matthews
8) Novak
9) Gardner
10) Howard
11) Johnson-Odom
12) Hayward
13) Cubillan

EDIT: Honorable Mention) Theo John
« Last Edit: November 23, 2019, 11:17:41 PM by TallTitan34 »

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2019, 10:49:28 PM »
!st Team                 2nd Team       3rd Team

Meminger               Butch Lee       Diener
Wade                     JFB                 Markus
Crowder                 Tatum             Mathews
G Thompson           Bo Ellis           D Key
Chones                   Mo Lucas        Whitehead

Honorable Mention: Bob Wolf, Brian Brunkhorst, Allie McGuire, Bob Lackey, Lloyd Walton, Marcus Washington, Jim Boylan, Doc Rivers, Tony Smith, Jim McIlvaine, Aaron Hutchins, Brian Wardle, Steve Novak, Lazar Hayward, Dom James, Jerel McNeal, DJO, Vander Blue, Big Smoove.

« Last Edit: November 25, 2019, 01:48:33 PM by Lennys Tap »

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2019, 10:51:52 PM »
1. Earl Tatum
2. Butch Lee
3. Bo Ellis
4. Dwayne Wade
5. Markus Howard
6. Jae Crowder
7. Bernard Toone
8. Davante Gardner
9. Dominic James
10. Maurice Lucas

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2019, 11:30:42 PM »
I’ll also preface with a post 2000s list

Wade
Markus
Vander
Jae
Novak
Diener
Jerel
D James
DJO
Jfb

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not having Markus on a list that includes Rowsey and Davante is very odd. Those two guys were fun to watch, but sometimes I feel like Markus Howard is the most disrespected MU player outside of Vander Blue since I became a fan.


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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2019, 08:13:58 AM »
Terry Reason.

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2019, 08:27:32 AM »
Post Al:

David Boone
Wade
D. James
Ron Curry
Benny Moore
Dwayne Johnson
Vander
Carlino
JFB
DJO
Sam Hauser
Diener
Hutchins


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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2019, 08:31:36 AM »
Lenny

Saw some surprising ratings on your list. For my money, Bo was a first team guy by a wide margin. Four years of playing at big time level, plus two FF. He was a stud from day one.

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2019, 09:24:32 AM »
As Bo says, "I didn't make two Final Fours,  I made two championship games"

Afroman

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2019, 09:30:09 AM »
Alphabetically ...

Jimmy Butler
Travis Diener
Roney Eford
Markus Howard
Wes Matthews
Jim McIlvaine
Tony Miller
Joe Nethan
Steve Novak
Terry Reason
Tony Smith
Dwyane Wade
« Last Edit: November 24, 2019, 09:33:09 AM by Afroman »

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2019, 11:13:54 AM »
In addition to the obvious D. Key will always have bring memories
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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2019, 11:41:48 AM »
Butch Lee, Dean Meminger, Jim Chones, Bo Ellis, Earl Tatum, Doc
Rivers, Larry McNeill, Maurice Lucas, Jim McIlvaine, Travis Diener,
George Thompson, Joe Thomas, Gary Brell, Dwayne Wade and
Lazar Hayward.

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2019, 11:43:28 AM »
Can't forget Al's "Pick Man"--Ric Cobb

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2019, 12:13:55 PM »
As an old timer: (pre Al)
Don Kojis, Gene Berce ,Terry Rand, Rube Schultz, and Dick Nixon (not the President)

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2019, 12:49:30 PM »
As an old timer: (pre Al)
Don Kojis, Gene Berce ,Terry Rand, Rube Schultz, and Dick Nixon (not the President)
Mike Moran as well.

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2019, 03:52:13 PM »
How about Ron and John Glaser, Walt Mangham, Jim McCoy and Russ
Wittberger.  Unheralds--Jackie Burke, Jeff Sewell, Bill Neary and
Gary Rosenberger.

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #16 on: November 24, 2019, 04:02:34 PM »
1) Wade
2) Diener
3) Novak
4) James
5) McNeal
6) Matthews
7) Lazar
8) Butler
9) Vander
10) Markus

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #17 on: November 24, 2019, 04:25:19 PM »
Sam Hauser
Joey Hauser
Jeronne Maymon
Scott Christopherson
Odarty Blankson

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #18 on: November 24, 2019, 04:30:16 PM »
Tony Miller, Aaron Hutchins, Cordell Henry, Travis Diener

Steve Novak, Vander Blue, DJO, Jae Crowder, Wes, Jerel

Jim Mc, Damon Key, Davante, Scott Merrit, Chris Crawford
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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #19 on: November 25, 2019, 09:12:47 AM »
My list is extremely colored by when I attended MU, but...

Travis Diener
Steve Novak
Wes Matthews
Davante Gardner
Jimmy Butler
Lazar Hayward
Jae Crowder

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #20 on: November 25, 2019, 10:49:47 AM »

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #21 on: November 25, 2019, 11:03:11 AM »
My list is biased by guys I was friends with as a student, later as an employee and working with them...some I never saw actually play.

Jim Chones, never saw play...but worked with him for two years...one of my favorite peeps.  Some of these guys weren't necessarily great players, but brought other things to the table.

Steve Novak
Wes Matthews
Bo Ellis...never saw play....worked with him for four years...wonderful person...all time favorite
Dwyane Wade...get to work with him for the first time in early 2020...cannot wait.
Travis Diener
Tony Smith
Jimmy Mac
Sam Hauser
Markus Howard
Chris Otule
Jon Harris
Oluoma Nnamaka

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #22 on: November 25, 2019, 11:05:42 AM »
08-09 to present

Lazar
DJO
McNeal
Crowder
Howard
Jimmy
Rowsey
Davante
Vander
Theo
Maigh Eo for Sam

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #23 on: November 25, 2019, 11:11:13 AM »
So this is favorite, not best (while most of these guys also are MU greats).  Therefore, I DQ'd myself from pre-1980 - though I watched the 1974-79 teams, I was not an MU fan as a child and can't say that any of those guys were "favorites" of mine

Lloyd Moore
Kerry Trotter
David Boone
Tony Smith
Tony Miller
Jim McIlvaine
Brian Wardle
Dwyane Wade
Robert Jackson
Steve Novak
Travis Diener
Dominic James
Jae Crowder
Lazar Hayward
Jimmy Butler
Davante Gardner
Andrew Rowsey
Matt Heldt
Markus Howard
Theo John

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Re: Favorite Marquette Players
« Reply #24 on: November 25, 2019, 11:17:51 AM »
beat me to it

It is a fight for second place. 

 

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