You really need to beak it into eras, picking one overall is too hard. I'll go by decades for the TIGERS.

70's Finch
80's Bobby Parks
90's Cedric Henderson
00's Joey Dorsey
10's obviously only midway through but Joe Jackson as of right now.

(01-15-2015 09:15 AM)stxrunner Wrote:  For me, it's Steve Logan and it's not close. Just an awesome player to watch. Loved Kenyon, Hicks, Maxiell, and so many others, but it's always going to be Logan.

In the Cronin era, my favorite is probably SK, but I my under the radar guy is Dion Dixon. He brought so much to a lot of fun teams to watch. Will never forget his steal and dunk against Florida St. That was the moment I knew we were back in the sweet 16.

Good post. Steve Logan, AKA Lo, was a cold-blooded assassin! Ice water in his veins and ready to rip your heart out.

This video was made a couple years ago and has moments of all the UC favs mentioned in this thread... Martin, Logan, Van Exel, Levitt Hicks, Maxiel, heck even some Oscar clips. I think any basketball fan would find it entertaining to watch...

Men: Rip Hamilton

Women: Diana Taurasi

Blue Edwards. Of course, that was during my time at East Carolina but watching him was like waiting for something awesome to happen.

Penny is #1 by a mile
Loved Derrick Rose in the latter half of the year
Elliot Perry was fun to watch
Tyreke Evens was a bowling ball
Lorenzen Wright is up there too

Oliver Mack was my favorite all time player at ECU. He was a scoring machine off the playgrounds of NYC. Could not play a lick of defense. Had a short NBA career with 2 or 3 teams. His lack of defensive skills killed him at the next level. I saw him drop close to 40 one night at UNCW and hit about 10 in a row. I think he is still the all time scoring leader in PPG.

The guy who was my Hero growing up, before I even knew that the University of Houston existed:

Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon!!!!

I grew up loving basketball and being a Houstonian through and through he was my hero. Got to see him play in Mexico City during the few years I lived there too. As I grew up, I didn't grow up as much as other kids, so while I had mastered my own "Dream Shake" I was just too short to keep playing Center and then Basketball altogether. When I decided to attend UH I learned all about Phi Slama Jama and loved that I had transferred to the right school for me! (I was studying out in the middle of the New Mexico desert before that...yikes.

(01-15-2015 08:58 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(01-15-2015 08:05 AM)Knightbengal Wrote:  Not the best but definitely my favorite is AJ Rompza

AJ was a fun player to watch. He annoyed the hell out of teams and other fans.

His fights with Marshall were legendary

Mel Levett. Nowhere near the best Bearcat player overall, but one of the best dunkers and most explosive athletes I've ever seen.

(01-15-2015 12:37 PM)GeminiShamrock Wrote:  Who I saw - Damon Jones and Aubrey Coleman.
All-time - Hakeem Olajuwon.

I forgot about Damon Jones, maybe I should insert him in.

And technically, I saw and got to enjoy championships from Hakeem and Clyde but was but a mere twinkling in my father's eye in 1984 and before (I was alive, however, by the time of the 1986 NBA Finals).

(01-15-2015 08:27 PM)Knightbengal Wrote:  

(01-15-2015 08:58 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(01-15-2015 08:05 AM)Knightbengal Wrote:  Not the best but definitely my favorite is AJ Rompza

AJ was a fun player to watch. He annoyed the hell out of teams and other fans.

His fights with Marshall were legendary

Here are 2 of my favorite Rompza highlights

(01-15-2015 08:32 PM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  Mel Levett. Nowhere near the best Bearcat player overall, but one of the best dunkers and most explosive athletes I've ever seen.

The thread title doesn't ask for "best"; it asks for "favorite". You did exactly what you were supposed to do.

(01-15-2015 09:20 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  Jake Voskuhl and Kevin Ollie

HuskyU, You may already know this, but Jake's dad, Joe Voskuhl, played for Tulsa in the early 70s. I had a good friend who's dad was asst. coach at Tulsa when I was in elementary school. I was fortunate enough to be a ball boy for a few games in that era. ( that made me a lifelong Tulsa fan !) That was back in Tulsa's Missouri Valley Conference days, with Louisville, Memphis (State), & Wichita State among others.

BTW, my favorite Tulsa player is from a few years after Joe Voskuhl's time, Willie Biles. Willie ( who was from Memphis), was a great long range shooter. He had many 40+ point games (before the 3 point line was around). He was an amazing shooter & scorer.

(01-15-2015 10:32 PM)Tulsafanzz Wrote:  

(01-15-2015 09:20 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  Jake Voskuhl and Kevin Ollie

HuskyU, You may already know this, but Jake's dad, Joe Voskuhl, played for Tulsa in the early 70s. I had a good friend who's dad was asst. coach at Tulsa when I was in elementary school. I was fortunate enough to be a ball boy for a few games in that era. ( that made me a lifelong Tulsa fan !) That was back in Tulsa's Missouri Valley Conference days, with Louisville, Memphis (State), & Wichita State among others.

BTW, my favorite Tulsa player is from a few years after Joe Voskuhl's time, Willie Biles. Willie ( who was from Memphis), was a great long range shooter. He had many 40+ point games (before the 3 point line was around). He was an amazing shooter & scorer.

I remember Willie Biles. Biles could absolutely score the ball. He may have played at Mt. Pisgah??? Bobby "Bingo" Smith, who preceded Willie by maybe 6-7 years was also from Memphis.

Andre Turner
Keith Lee



Rompza?

Robert Krimmel for St. Francis University

He was an ace shooter and currently is the head coach of the resurgent Red Flash.

Memphis - tie between d Rose and CDR and Dajuan Wagner
Houston - probably Fluff McKiver
SMU - easily Jerryl Sasser... By a long shot
Cincinnati - tie between Lance Stephenson and the guy that got mad in 2001 and hit Eric Coley in the head with the ball after getting bashed on... Lol I can't remember his name but it wasn't Maxiell. Maybe Dermarr Johnson or whatever his last name was.
UCF - easily Taylor
UCONN - Ray Allen or Kemba Walker
ECU - Broderick Payne

As for my Hurricane ... Gosh. Swanson, Seals, Harrington, Reed, Coley and Marcus Hill. And Jason Parker. And probably James Woodard, too. Can't forget Kevin Johnson, Charlie Davis, Pooh Williamson, Rod Thompson and Johnny Gendron.

Ricky McCoy (Tricky Ricky)

Great 3 point shooter IMHO. Plus, he's a fellow Red Devil (Germantown HS). Used to watch him at our high school games.