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No duo comes close in my view. I'll throw one out for all the old timers like me. Terry Douglas and Billy Mann (beat Syracuse at Scope) were pretty good.

(03-01-2015 01:17 PM)ETSUDB8-79 Wrote:  

(03-01-2015 09:42 AM)ETSUDB8-79 Wrote:  Twardzik & Nau were a pretty solid duo but right after them what about Oliver Purnell and & Joey Caruthers? Twardzik will forever be at the top of my list at guard but for a tandem Purnell and Caruthers pretty much dominated every other set of guards they faced. They would be the best duo I can recall.

Not going away to some of you basketball guru types who go back far enough at least comment on Purnell - Caruthers. I am just a fan when it comes to b-ball but I really cannot think of any other tandem that always dominated the opposition like they did.

Purnell and Caruthers would definitely be in the conversation. They were as solid a backcourt as we have had. However, I think the edge would go to our current duo.

When Freeman spends as much time in the ABA/NBA as Twardzik then we can compare. And 5'9" Rick Nau would have been money if the three point shot was in effect. :

(03-01-2015 04:09 PM)monarchist Wrote:  When Freeman spends as much time in the ABA/NBA as Twardzik then we can compare. And 5'9" Rick Nau would have been money if the three point shot was in effect. :

Twardzik was great, but we're talking ODU hoops not pros.

I'm still partial to the 74-75 D-2 champs with Purnell and Caruthers. They were both good scorers and creators, plus they fed the big fella, Wilson Washington.

(03-01-2015 11:56 AM)monarx Wrote:  Drew Williamson or Freeman. Who would you pick? Tough choice. Drew was a better distributor, but Freeman is so steady, a puts the rock in the hole.

Drew is still my favorite Monarch of all time but he couldn't create a shot like Freeman can.

(03-01-2015 01:52 PM)ODUDon Wrote:  No duo comes close in my view. I'll throw one out for all the old timers like me. Terry Douglas and Billy Mann (beat Syracuse at Scope) were pretty good.

I think Douglass was earlier. Bobby Vaughan was the other guard (along with Mann) on the team that beat Syracuse at Scope in 1980; he hit the game winning basket at the buzzer.

(03-01-2015 11:57 PM)paintedblue2 Wrote:  

(03-01-2015 01:52 PM)ODUDon Wrote:  No duo comes close in my view. I'll throw one out for all the old timers like me. Terry Douglas and Billy Mann (beat Syracuse at Scope) were pretty good.

I think Douglass was earlier. Bobby Vaughan was the other guard (along with Mann) on the team that beat Syracuse at Scope in 1980; he hit the game winning basket at the buzzer.

You're right. Thanks

Kevin Larkin and Kevin Swann were a great duo.
Better than these 2? Hard to say but they should be in the conversation I think.

(03-01-2015 05:22 PM)NC Monarch Wrote:  I'm still partial to the 74-75 D-2 champs with Purnell and Caruthers. They were both good scorers and creators, plus they fed the big fella, Wilson Washington.

At this point I would still lean towards them as being the best of all time for NOW. But keeping in mind that Freeman & Bacote still have a year to go I reserve the right to change my mind after next season.