Bo Lamar Left off of ESPN Bracket of Greatest College Players

[Cajunchuck]

Do you think Dwight "Bo" Lamar should be on the ESPN bracket of 64 greatest college basketball players? I saw players on the bracket that there is no way were better college players than Lamar.

[DannyP]

Yes

[Hatch]

I think one of the reasons he is left off of some of these lists is that USL didn’t transition to division 1 (or whatever the classifications were called back then) until his Junior season. Somebody feel free to correct me on this if I am wrong.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I grew up on Lamar. He was a singularly unbelievable player. If I had to put together 6 ten player teams he'd be on one.

[Cajunchuck]

Correct Hatch,, then USL moved to Division I his junior year where he led the nation in scoring and became a 2 time first team All American in his junior and senior years. I think he was an All American his sophomore year as well in the lower division.

[cajun67]

Correct. We moved from NAIA in b-ball to NCAA small school to big boys in Lamar’s year. You can see the moves in the playoffs. NAIA had 32 team championship in, I think, Ok City. Play in games were regional. Final 16 teams? played in OK. Similar for small school with a four team final format. We lost to maybe Indiana St and/or Western Ky.

[31Ragin97]

I think one of the reasons he is left off of some of these lists is that USL didn’t transition to division 1 (or whatever the classifications were called back then) until his Junior season. Somebody feel free to correct me on this if I am wrong.

good point. now that i think about it, since in current day when a team transitions to d1 they have to sit out of postseason for two yrs...anyone.think we were the cause of that new rule?

[NOCajun]

The 3 best PURE basketball players of all time (my opinion only):

Bo Lamar
Pete Maravich
Michael Jordan

[31Ragin97]

The 3 best PURE basketball players of all time (my opinion only):

Bo Lamar
Pete Maravich
Michael Jordan

i like the take! ironically jordan’s ppg was the only one that went up in the nba

[Cajunchuck]

Imagine if there was a 3 point shot in college when Bo played. His scoring numbers would even be more impressive.

[Big Buds]

Imagine if there was a 3 point shot in college when Bo played. His scoring numbers would even be more impressive.

I get it but the defender would be playing the ball much definitely. They wouldn’t give up that deep 2 because it’s a 3.

[Turbine]

I get it but the defender would be playing the ball much definitely. They wouldn't give up that deep 2 because it's a 3.

No one was "giving up" the deep two.

Bo's scoring prowess dictated he was covered like glue.