Sentimental Favorite BU Player

[PTownHawkeye]

Surprised no love for Dion Thurman or Xanthus Houston. My personal fave was Trevor Hart or James Baptist.

Wow, I forgot about James The Baptist...7'1, opera-singing, intellectual, tallest player ever to wear the uniform. What a great combination! If only he could have played basketball!

[Braves4Life]

Were you able to enjoy Franky Sylvester?

Unfortunately, I think he finished playing just before I started going to games as a kid. I really don't remember him at all.

[Beninator]

Sentimental favorites by coaching era:

Stowell era- Tom Les
Versace era- Willie Scott, Hasan Houston
Molinari era- Rob Dye, Billy Wright
Les era- Zach Andrews, JJ Tuai

[bigdaddystuck]

From my earlier days......Mike Williams- was a friend of my brothers and always remembered my name when ever he saw me, also got a couple of his old hooded sweatshirts, that I eventually filled out

During jr. high/high school....Hawk and JL once again friends of my brothers

My time at BU.....Charles White (had more than our share of confrontations on the court in high school....always gave me he** for dunking on me in the Pekin Holiday Tourney his sr. my jr. year!) Marcus Pollard (classes togther and worked on some projects together), Deon Jackson, David Winslow (a good friend from school who helped me out alot when I blew my knee out)

Since my time at BU....Jerome Robinson, JC, Will Franklin, JJ....currently I really like EM, SM the most.

[Chico]

Unfortunately, I think he finished playing just before I started going to games as a kid. I really don't remember him at all.

You didn't miss anything. Had no business playing Div 1 ball.

[tornado]

Frank Sylvester was one of the all time Top 10 best 5 ft 4in PG's ever

[Future Walk-On]

brandon heemskerk

[Out of Balance]

My most sentimental players are
1. Chris Mroz because god just made him to d*** small

2. Cameron Rigby because god made him just so ugly (but he did kick Tractor Trailer's as_ as a freshman)

[BUconnorD]

Zack Andrews
I haven't had the pleasure of seeing the past heroes of BU basketball

But seeing ZA during warm ups throw down an INSANE windmill dunk (Amckillip knows what i'm talking about).
Not to mention he was one of the nicest, funniest, guys i've ever met.
He also would hang out at Haussler and shoot around with people (myself included) randomly.
Troubled past as well that he overcame which is a pretty good story

great guy

[tornado]

Joe Allen, a powerful player but a gentle man

[doug shank's crossover]

Joe Allen, a powerful player but a gentle man

Right after Joe Allen, how about Greg Smith who played center against some of the best centers in the country at the time though he only stood about 6'5"!! And speaking of undersized guys that we love because they overachieved...how bout Bobby Ford? At 6'4" he played the hybrid "4" spot frequently, back during an era when PFs were all 6'7"...(Taylor Brown reminds me of Ford a little)

[Chico]

Right after Joe Allen, how about Greg Smith who played center against some of the best centers in the country at the time though he only stood about 6'5"!! And speaking of undersized guys that we love because they overachieved...how bout Bobby Ford? At 6'4" he played the hybrid "4" spot frequently, back during an era when PFs were all 6'7"...(Taylor Brown reminds me of Ford a little)

Greg Smith was a favorite of mine also, but I'll never forget the ill advised jump shop he took against Louisville with a 3 point lead at the fieldhouse. Of course he wasn't the one who called time out with a 3 point lead and the ball, just before that shot.

[doug shank's crossover]

Greg Smith was a favorite of mine also, but I'll never forget the ill advised jump shop he took against Louisville with a 3 point lead at the fieldhouse. Of course he wasn't the one who called time out with a 3 point lead and the ball, just before that shot.

I remember that play also...a heartbreaker!!let me tack on Henry Thomas since we're talking about undersized BU icons....he wasn't much bigger than Frankie.

[BU30]

Was that the 1974 Louisville game? If so, as I remember it was Doug Shank who took the bad shot by driving down the lane and had his shot rejected resulting in a layup at the other end. It took me a week to recover from that game. My nominee is Dave Klobucher. He was an important part of that team who did the dirty work. Dave should be in the BU Hall of Fame. He also had a good Baseball career at BU!!

[Beninator]

Joe Allen, a powerful player but a gentle man

Agree with Joe Allen on all accounts. Joe Allen taught at some of the Bradley clinics that I went to when I was a kid and was a big time favorite with everyone there.