From Felipe's Wiki Page on his college career. He will always be a polarizing figure based on his STJ career. It doesn't help that he was paired with another player who faces the same scrutiny and the entire program did not meet expectations for four years:
Unrealistic expectations hounded López from the start, beginning with an appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated before he even played one college game. He also appeared along with Jim Brown and Jackie Joyner-Kersee at a conference along with then-President Bill Clinton.[2]
Though he never quite lived up to the massive hype and through-the-roof expectations heaped upon him by the fans and media, López still finished his freshman season for the newly named St. John's Red Storm by averaging 17.8 points per game, earning a spot on the All-Big East Rookie Team and All-Big East Third Team in the process. And, though his numbers dipped slightly the next two years, bottoming out at 15.9 ppg as a junior, he finished strong as a senior, averaging 17.6 ppg and garnering All-Big East First Team honors. He finished his career with 1,927 points, placing him fourth all-time in St. John's history behind former Johnnies' greats Chris Mullin, Malik Sealy, and D'Angelo Harrison and sixth in Big East history with 1,222 conference points, while also ranking seventh all time in steals, 14th in assists, and 20th in rebounds. He also holds the St. John's record for most three-pointers made in a single season (60) and in a career (148).
In Lopez's freshman season with St.John's he played with 3 other guys who were also good enough to play in the NBA. Hamilton, Scott and McCloud all played in the league. That season's failure wasn't just on Lopez. It was on the entire team for not playing like a team, and it was on the coach as well, for having no idea how to coach, or recruit.
But again, my point, granted a not very nice point was to say that Lopez isn't in Hatten's league, and he's not. Lopez played 4 years without a capable point guard, and that's a huge reason why he didn't live up to the hype. When Hatten arrived, Omar Cook jumped ship, and so Hatten just became the point guard and took us to the tournament, basically by himself.