so, who's the best to have ever played here?

[tmcats]

thanks for answering the posted question. we agree it's boozer. other cases can be made, i suppose. at least the topic got us to game day.

[katlander]

Okay. Now who is the best to have ever played in Manhattan, including all opponents.

[Piedmontcat]

https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa/conf ... ba-players

Since we are talking about our greats, this is a look at our history in the NBA.

Looking at that list, I forgot about Norris ("Sarge") Coleman. While I don't think he was a Top 5 or Top 10 player in KSU history, he certainly merits an honorable mention, IMO. Great college player.

He averaged 21 & 8 in his two years with us and hardly anyone even mentions his name among our past greats.

[RubberBandCat]

Michael Beasley. Had one of the best individual seasons ever in college basketball, as a freshman.

[NealyFan]

Okay. Now who is the best to have ever played in Manhattan, including all opponents.

Michael Jordan was on Jack Hartman’s Pan Am team.

[ToledoCat#3]

I'd say Oscar Roberson was the best BB player to ever play in Ahearn or The Bram.

Wilt Chamberlain played here, too, but no comparison to The Big O.

Walt Hazzard was pretty danged good, too.

[xtrawildcat]

I'd say Oscar Roberson was the best BB player to ever play in Ahearn or The Bram.

Wilt Chamberlain played here, too, but no comparison to The Big O.

Walt Hazzard was pretty danged good, too.

Sorry but Oscar Robinson was a great player but he was not Wilt.

[tmcats]

yeah, oscar's my starting guard on any basketball team you want to put together. amazing baller but the wrong skin tone to play for indiana at the time.

[bigpurpleman]

Looking at that list, I forgot about Norris ("Sarge") Coleman. While I don't think he was a Top 5 or Top 10 player in KSU history, he certainly merits an honorable mention, IMO. Great college player.

He averaged 21 & 8 in his two years with us and hardly anyone even mentions his name among our past greats.

He brought the program back to respectability in the mid ‘80’s. Great offensive player.

[katlander]

He averaged 21 & 8 in his two years with us and hardly anyone even mentions his name among our past greats.

He brought the program back to respectability in the mid ‘80’s. Great offensive player.

He'd spent 5 years in the Army before coming here as a 24 year old freshman and was about 25 and a half when he left after his sophomore season. I think he may have played that year with Mitch Richmond, Steve Henson, Charles Bledsoe and Wil Scott. I don't know if Sarge was too old to keep playing college ball but that group was pretty good. Not sure how far they went that year.