All time Big East players

SNY had their all time top 10 last night. IMO their list was flawed. Not a surprise since Len Robbins, Brandon Tierney and Vharles Smith were involved. Anyway here is my top 5:
1.Ewing
2.Mullin
3.Berry
4.Pearl Washington
5.D Coleman

 

There is and always be the holy trinity that put the league on the map.

1. Ewing
2. Mullin
3. Pearl

Evrybody else falls in line.

There is and always be the holy trinity that put the league on the map.

1. Ewing
2. Mullin
3. Pearl

Evrybody else falls in line.

all three are way before my time. just curious choz howlomg have you been rooting for the johnies

SNY had their all time top 10 last night. IMO their list was flawed. Not a surprise since Len Robbins, Brandon Tierney and Vharles Smith were involved. Anyway here is my top 5:
1.Ewing
2.Mullin
3.Berry
4.Pearl Washington
5.D Coleman

 

This is always such a tough debate.

Those were 5 great BE players. I have to agree.
I think the only sensible debate is to name the 2nd team.

2nd team:
Mourning
Rip
Allen
Carmelo
Iverson

There is and always be the holy trinity that put the league on the map.

1. Ewing
2. Mullin
3. Pearl

Evrybody else falls in line.

 agree with your top 3.  Derrick Coleman is in the top five,  maybe a Ray Allen squeaks in .  I don't count Berry. Although great, only played 2 years in BE. 3 years should be min. to be all time great.

Quote from: Choz4Life on March 09, 2010, 08:51:41 AM

There is and always be the holy trinity that put the league on the map.

1. Ewing
2. Mullin
3. Pearl

Evrybody else falls in line.

 agree with your top 3.  Derrick Coleman is in the top five,  maybe a Ray Allen squeaks in .  I don't count Berry. Although great, only played 2 years in BE. 3 years should be min. to be all time great.

Ray Allen barely played as a freshman, and he was nowhere near as Berry.

Quote from: boo3 on March 09, 2010, 09:43:45 AM

Quote from: Choz4Life on March 09, 2010, 08:51:41 AM

There is and always be the holy trinity that put the league on the map.

1. Ewing
2. Mullin
3. Pearl

Evrybody else falls in line.

 agree with your top 3.  Derrick Coleman is in the top five,  maybe a Ray Allen squeaks in .  I don't count Berry. Although great, only played 2 years in BE. 3 years should be min. to be all time great.

Ray Allen barely played as a freshman, and he was nowhere near as Berry.

  Point taken,  FWIW  Ray Allen played 22 min a game and averaged 13 ppg his freshmen year.  But he's probably not in top five. I just can't include guys that played 1 or 2 seasons in a top 5 all-time great discussion. Berry was great though, no doubt. 
 

Here's a top 50 list i found.


http://www.nbebasketball.com/w3/big-east-all-time-top-50/

Quote from: Poison on March 09, 2010, 09:47:33 AM

Quote from: boo3 on March 09, 2010, 09:43:45 AM

Quote from: Choz4Life on March 09, 2010, 08:51:41 AM

There is and always be the holy trinity that put the league on the map.

1. Ewing
2. Mullin
3. Pearl

Evrybody else falls in line.

 agree with your top 3.  Derrick Coleman is in the top five,  maybe a Ray Allen squeaks in .  I don't count Berry. Although great, only played 2 years in BE. 3 years should be min. to be all time great.

Ray Allen barely played as a freshman, and he was nowhere near as Berry.

  Point taken,  FWIW  Ray Allen played 22 min a game and averaged 13 ppg his freshmen year.  But he's probably not in top five. I just can't include guys that played 1 or 2 seasons in a top 5 all-time great discussion. Berry was great though, no doubt. 
 

I hear ya, but if you look at a guy like Carmelo Anthony who had one of the greatest NCAA Tournaments ever, he didn't need more than one year.

  No doubt about Carmelo. I just can't put him with Mullin and Ewing and Pearl.  I like Sherman Douglas more for his imprint on the Big East.  Sherm was nasty.   Maybe i'm giving too much credence to the 80's.
 

Quote from: Choz4Life on March 09, 2010, 08:51:41 AM

There is and always be the holy trinity that put the league on the map.

1. Ewing
2. Mullin
3. Pearl

Evrybody else falls in line.

 agree with your top 3.  Derrick Coleman is in the top five,  maybe a Ray Allen squeaks in .  I don't count Berry. Although great, only played 2 years in BE. 3 years should be min. to be all time great.

If someone put a gun to me head and asked me who was the best SJU player I ever saw my answer would be Walter Berry over Mullin.

Kerry Kittles

Quote from: Choz4Life on March 09, 2010, 08:51:41 AM

There is and always be the holy trinity that put the league on the map.

1. Ewing
2. Mullin
3. Pearl

Evrybody else falls in line.

all three are way before my time. just curious choz howlomg have you been rooting for the johnies

Since I was a biddie - early 80s.

1 Mullin
2 Berry
3 Jackson

4 I hate all the other teams.