ALL MAC... All time

[Germainfitch1]

Who are the best 5 players ever to play in the MAC?

1.Nate Thurmond

[Flipper]

2. Nate Thurmond

3. Nate Thurmond

4. Nate thurmond

5. Ron Harper on nights when Nate had a cold

[hammb]

You guys are forgetting the Shaq of the MAC!

[Goose]

What about Howard "Butch" Komives, who played with Nate Thurmond? They were both before my time, but I thought I remembered reading that he was the only MAC Player ever to lead the nation in scoring.

[svillefalcon]

Antonio Daniels perhaps?

[Dayons_Den]

1. Nate Thurmond

2. George Gervin

3. Ron Harper

4. Dan Marjele

5. Gary Trent

That's my all time all mac players.

Hon. Mention- Earl Boykins, Steve Mix, Howard Komives, at 4:30 on a Friday my mind is elsewhere. . .give me some more time to think of it although I stand by my 1-4 as LOCKS.

[jacojdm]

Who are the best 5 players ever to play in the MAC?

1.Nate Thurmond

are you including only time in the mac, or their entire body of work?

[svillefalcon]

see im not very familiar with All-Time Mac players...because ill be honest, i didnt spend much time with MAC bball until i got to BG, but what about Antonio Daniels? Was he a great player? Now i dont know if he should be in the top five, but top 10? i dont know, i prolly need to be educated on the subject. Any help with be greatly appreciated.

[jacojdm]

anyway, my top five includes:
ricky cottrill, angie hipsher, juby johnson, robby collum, and aj shellllllllllllllllllabarger.

[1987alum]

I loved Ron Harper. But some folks will recall that during that time, Ball State had a player, Dan Palumbizio (sp?), who man regarded as Harper's equal.

Urban legend: Harper won the conference MVP during the regular season. When Ball State and Miami faced off in the MAC post-season tourney, Palumbizio hit a jumper, looked at Harper and said, "we'll see who the MVP is." Harper snapped out of his stupor, the Redskins buried the Cardinals and Palumbizio faded into obscurity.

I remember watching Grant Long play, too. He was a beast.

[h2oville rocket]

Dayon's list looks pretty good. Thurmond clearly #1 and Harper 2. After that there could be some argument-Walter Luckett, anyone?

[orangeandbrown]

Was Eastern in the MAC when Gervin played there? I thought that came before they joined.

[h2oville rocket]

First game I saw in college was UT versus Eastern. Eastern was defending small college champ I think and not yet in the MAC for sure. As I recall Gervin lit us up in the first half and Hurons led by 20 or so-Rockets stormed back, Gervin got upset and refused to come back in the game. UT went on to win by ten or so. Of course the misty shrouds of time probably cloud this memory but I know Gervin was a senior and had all kinds of problems that year. He may have even been booted from the team before season's end. Eastern was not yet D1 or in the MAC.

[Germainfitch1]

1
2 Komives
3 Harper
4
5 Thurmond

SHouldnt we have more for these guys Komives and Thurmond? Statues big photos etc. etc.????

Why isnt that part of history more well represented?

[Falconfreak90]

1. Nate Thurmond

2. George Gervin

3. Ron Harper

4. Dan Marjele

5. Gary Trent

That's my all time all mac players.

Hon. Mention- Earl Boykins, Steve Mix, Howard Komives, at 4:30 on a Friday my mind is elsewhere. . .give me some more time to think of it although I stand by my 1-4 as LOCKS.

That's a very impressive list of players, DD.