Who is the best player still in the tourney?

IronMan4 · March 25, 2003

It was tough to pick Jones over Matt Carroll, Steve Blake, and Omeka Okafor, but I could only put 10.

Just wondering what you all think (and how many votes we could actually get on the hoops board).

IronMan4 · March 25, 2003

By the way, I had to think long and hard to pick Anthony over Wade, they are the same type player and Wade is a little tougher, but Anthony is loaded with pure talent.

And in 47th place is Luke Walton, the new most overrated player...an announcer gushed about Walton this weekend: "He is so great at taking two dribbles in and passing it off". What a talent.

Zeke · March 25, 2003

I'll take someone who is waay hyped but still manages to not let you down: T.J. Ford. I really am amazed at his compsure with the ball and his ability to get to the bucket when needed. A bit more Defense on him and he will be much more complete.

CMJ · March 25, 2003

Some big time guys there...hard to choose.

IronMan4 · March 26, 2003

We got 9 votes, about right.

Ok, pretend LeBron is a college freshman and his team is still alive, how does he rank with these guys?

CMJ · March 26, 2003

Impossible to say IMHO. He's still a high schooler, we haven't seen him against college competition.

IronMan4 · March 27, 2003

I think LeBron would be a higher scorer than Wade or Anthony, but not as good a rebounder as those two.

CMJ · March 27, 2003

I'm surprised Hinrich didn't get any votes. He makes the Jayhawks go. To be honest, he's one of my favorite players to watch.

Zeke · March 27, 2003

I really think Lebron would be the best of them. Of course that is me buying into the hype and is based on zero facts. Anthony is an amazing player and fits well into his role just as TJ Ford does. They both have a good fit team around them. Lebron will have a tough time in the league just like every other incoming HS player. But he will be an amazing player (again, no facts here).

IronMan4 · March 27, 2003

I saw some facts tonight in the Mickey D's all American game.

IronMan4 · March 31, 2003

Well, Anthony, Ford, and Hinrich all made good cases the last couple of days, but Dwayne Wade's triple double really sticks out in my mind.

CMJ · March 31, 2003

Wade is terrific. I wish I'd seen him play more this season.

IronMan4 · March 31, 2003

He'll be playing a lot more often pretty soon, like 82 games a year.

CMJ · March 31, 2003

No doubt on that one. I don't follow the NBA nearly as closely as the college game though. It's kinda interesting, Marquette won C-USA but I saw other schools in the conference on TV way more than the Golden Eagles.

Cerebus · April 6, 2003

Carmello Anthony.... any questions?

UNT96 · April 6, 2003

And in 47th place is Luke Walton, the new most overrated player

Most overrated player right behind the entire Texas team. I am so glad they got knocked off their high horse. As if they don't have enough going for them on the gridiron...I don't think I could have taken an entire year of dumba$$ rednecks claiming that they were they best basketball team in the country.

Too bad about Marquette but it is pretty amazing that they got this far with their athletic budget, just under two third's of NT's budget at about 9 million. No IA football but their basketball coaches probably make about 5 times what ours do. CUSA will make a nice chunk of change off of their deep trip.

What do you guys think? Kansas wins the whole thing? Syracuse only beat Texas by 11 points... I think KU should cake walk to the championship. Thoughts?