Street&Smiths has this magazine out that claims they are ranking the 100 GREATEST college basketball players of all time.
Some schools racked up, like the Tar Heels with 7 and the Blue Devils with 8 players being among the top 100. That's two schools 15% of the total, I guess and argument could be made for every player and this is the goal of the magazine.
The "Editors Note" by Scott Smith entitled "It's not Lincoln/Douglas but it's pretty darn close" is a pre-debate strike to admit that it is in fact a subject of great debate. I have no problem with this admission.
They base the results on a poll of 40 of the basketball contributors to Street&Smiths.
The editor then goes out of his way to point out the poll ignored the size of the schools and the divisions they came from. Along those lines the editor proudly pointed out that they found NCAA Division II player Earl Monroe and Walt Frazier and NAIA player Lloyd Free and rightfully included them in the top 100
The editor readily admits some that he thought deserving, missed the cut and other one year wonders made the cut. He ended his editor’s note with let the arguments begin, and don't be shy about sending us your ballot annuals@streetandsmiths.com
In my humble opinion the University of Louisiana's own Dwight "Bo" Lamar was slighted by Street&Smith's
- Dwight Bo Lamar’s 3,493 career points rank second to Pistol Pete's 3,667 among D1 players.
- Their careers rank 3rd and 4th respectively in terms of total points. The top 2 were DII players. Actually Bo's career straddled both the college and university level the magazine simply refers to the levels by today’s terms.
- Bo Lamar ranks 15th and 17th in terms of top single season point totals. 1044 in 1971, and 1054 in 1972
- His 32.7 career average is 9th all-time.
- One year in his pro career, during the 1974 ABA playoffs he had scoring games of 39, 33, 26, 34, 33, 40, 41, 32, 33 for an average of 34.5
- For comparison sake Julius Erving (same season, same league, and same playoffs) averaged 35.4 per game.
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