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(06-15-2020 05:40 PM)MickMack Wrote:  

(06-15-2020 03:15 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(06-15-2020 02:48 PM)vabearcat Wrote:  Roberson was very talented, particularly as a rebounder and as a scorer near the basket. UC and UofL had some great games when Wes Unseld was at Louisville and Roberson was at UC, although Unseld was clearly the better player. Roberson sometimes lacked the effort that Jim Ard more consistently exhibited on a game-to-game basis. Although Roberson ranks high at UC in both career scoring and rebounding, I actually think he had a higher ceiling. Roberson wasn't in the greatest of shape and didn't have the killer mindset of a Pat Cummings, Jarron Cumberland, Danny Fortson or Gary Clark, for that matter.
Roberson was a high draft choice and had some success with the Lakers and the Cavaliers, but in those days few NBA games were televised and Roberson did not have much exposure at the professional level. Roberson was from Memphis Mitchell High School and Memphis did not recruit black players at that time, so UC was able to land him even though Roberson reportedly wanted to play at Memphis. Keith Lee and Larry Finch later would be the first black players at Memphis and would lead the Tigers to the NCAA runner-up position in what I recall was Finch's senior year. Roberson was frequently seen around the UC campus, particularly in TUC in the pool room. Ard was frequently seen around the campus, carrying books and studying. Ard was a top student in the College of Business. He would later win an NBA Championship with the Celtics.

Ard is one of the most unheralded Bearcats ever. He averaged 19 points, 15 boards his senior year and along with Kenyon Martin is the only Bearcat to block 10 shots in a game.

UC has not done a good job keeping the legacies of past players. The typical UC fan knows Oscar, NVE, Kenyon, Danny Fortson, Melvin Levitt, Steve Logan, SK and a couple guys from the past couple season but that is about it. There is so much history there to be shared.

One of the first things JB did last year was to have a former player outing at his place last year. I heard there were hundreds in attendance from the 50s-present day, guys that have not been around the program for a number of years. Last year we had a lot of former Bearcats attending games who had not done so in a while. I am confident JB can help forge the connection to players from the past.

Appreciate everyone's insights on a player I was not all that familiar with. Just curious - where did you get the 19/15 numbers? I'm seeing different numbers here: https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pla...son-1.html