Bradley's All Time BEST Sophomores

[MacabreMob]

In fact, Illinois' guard play is what kept them in most games, so just whose production is Jamar's going to replace?

You are wrong there, T.... it was the Illini's free throw shooting that kept them in most games.

[Drill]

Six Pack Smitty made # 4

Interesting to see that Greg Smith was # 4. Here was a guy that had a great Soph year. Not sure what his Junior numbers were, but his Senior year was terrible. Lot's of 3 second calls in the lane. He lived on my floor in the dorm....... Nice guy though.

[houstontxbrave]

Interesting to see that Greg Smith was # 4. Here was a guy that had a great Soph year. Not sure what his Junior numbers were, but his Senior year was terrible. Lot's of 3 second calls in the lane. He lived on my floor in the dorm....... Nice guy though.

I was a real little kid when Greg Smith played at BU. I remember my family and their friends always talking about how great a player he was going to be and then as I got older he was not as good. Interesting the inside scoop.

That talk about Smith remided me of how people talked about how good Ken Garrett was then poof he quit the team and was never heard from again. I think he quit/was asked to leave during the first year of Versace, might have been the second year either.

[Da Coach]

Greg Smith played from 1972-73 through 1975-76.
He is the #25 All Time scorer in Bradley history with 1,215 career point.
You are right that he had a great sophomore year and a pretty good junior year, but fell way off his senior season. That year, 1975-76, Bradley was lead by senior Mike Davis with 20.0 ppg and a junior Roger Phegley with 17.3 ppg.

Here are Greg Smith's numbers--
Year........pct....points...avg
72-72....0.465....160.....9.0- played in 21 games for varsity, and 5 for JV
73-74....0.519....485....17.9- lead team in scoring
74-75....0.560....380....14.6- 2nd in scoring behind Mike Davis 18.0 ppg
75-76...............160......6.2

And, yes, Ken Garrett was brought in by Joe Stowell, but played in 1978-79 under Dick Verace. He was a senior in 1979-80, but quit the team about 10 games into the season.

[tornado]

Here are the scoring numbers for Bradley best sophomores--


JJ Anderson...............680............20.6
Hersey Hawkins..........656............18.7
Chet Walker...............632............21.7
Greg Smith.................485...........17.9
Marcellus Sommerville..484............15.6
Joe Allen...................483............18.5
LC Bowen..................466............17.9
Paul Unruh.................455............15.7
Roger Phegley............451............17.3
Voise Winters.............448............15.4
Deon Jackson.............444............14.3
David Thirdkill.............440............13.3
Andrew Warren.........435...........13.2
Al Smith....................434............16.7
Anthony Parker...........426...........14.2
Phillip Gilbert...............408...........14.1
Gene Melchiorre..........400............11.8
Aaron Zobrist.............389............13.0
Jim Carruthers............377............13.4
Patrick O'Bryant..........333...........13.4
Daniel Ruffin.............254............7.7
Jeremy Crouch.........102............4.6

Here's where Sam Maniscalco would fit in....
Sam Maniscalco...........454............12.6 -- ahead of some pretty decent players

[TNel]

Here are the scoring numbers for Bradley best sophomores--
(and no, I am not going to include Danny Granger's stats)

Andrew Warren did a pretty good job....ahead of a few BU players who ended up getting drafted by the NBA)


JJ Anderson...............680............20.6
Hersey Hawkins..........656............18.7
Chet Walker...............632............21.7
Greg Smith.................485...........17.9
Marcellus Sommerville..484............15.6
Joe Allen...................483............18.5
LC Bowen..................466............17.9
Paul Unruh.................455............15.7
Roger Phegley............451............17.3
Voise Winters.............448............15.4
Deon Jackson.............444............14.3
David Thirdkill.............440............13.3
Andrew Warren.........435...........13.2
Al Smith....................434............16.7
Anthony Parker...........426...........14.2
Phillip Gilbert...............408...........14.1
Gene Melchiorre..........400............11.8
Aaron Zobrist.............389............13.0
Jim Carruthers............377............13.4
Patrick O'Bryant..........333...........13.4
Daniel Ruffin.............254............7.7
Jeremy Crouch.........102............4.6

I know this is a name some would like to forget, but what about Tim "The Rim" Robinson? (429 pts.; 223 reb.) What happened to him after he left BU?

[tornado]

Here are the scoring numbers for Bradley best sophomores--
(and no, I am not going to include Danny Granger's stats)

Andrew Warren did a pretty good job....ahead of a few BU players who ended up getting drafted by the NBA)


JJ Anderson...............680............20.6
Hersey Hawkins..........656............18.7
Chet Walker...............632............21.7
Greg Smith.................485...........17.9
Marcellus Sommerville..484............15.6
Joe Allen...................483............18.5
LC Bowen..................466............17.9
Paul Unruh.................455............15.7
Roger Phegley............451............17.3
Voise Winters.............448............15.4
Deon Jackson.............444............14.3
David Thirdkill.............440............13.3
Andrew Warren.........435...........13.2
Al Smith....................434............16.7
Anthony Parker...........426...........14.2
Phillip Gilbert...............408...........14.1
Gene Melchiorre..........400............11.8
Aaron Zobrist.............389............13.0
Jim Carruthers............377............13.4
Patrick O'Bryant..........333...........13.4
Daniel Ruffin.............254............7.7
Jeremy Crouch.........102............4.6

I am renewing this thread from two years ago in order to add the newest guys who belong on the list!



JJ Anderson...............680............20.6
Hersey Hawkins..........656............18.7
Chet Walker...............632............21.7
Greg Smith.................485...........17.9
Marcellus Sommerville..484............15.6
Joe Allen...................483............18.5
LC Bowen..................466............17.9
Paul Unruh.................455............15.7
Sam Maniscalco .......454............12.6
Roger Phegley............451............17.3
Voise Winters.............448............15.4
Deon Jackson.............444............14.3
David Thirdkill.............440............13.3
Andrew Warren.........435...........13.2
Al Smith....................434............16.7
Anthony Parker...........426...........14.2
Phillip Gilbert...............408...........14.1
Gene Melchiorre..........400............11.8
Aaron Zobrist.............389............13.0
Jim Carruthers............377............13.4
Taylor Brown............365............13.5
Patrick O'Bryant..........333...........13.4
Daniel Ruffin...............254............7.7
Jeremy Crouch............102............4.6

[Chico]

I was a real little kid when Greg Smith played at BU. I remember my family and their friends always talking about how great a player he was going to be and then as I got older he was not as good. Interesting the inside scoop.

That talk about Smith remided me of how people talked about how good Ken Garrett was then poof he quit the team and was never heard from again. I think he quit/was asked to leave during the first year of Versace, might have been the second year either.

I was always a Greg Smith fan. IMO he was a little undersized for his position but got the job done. My only bad memory of him was the last game of the 73-74 regular season against Louisville on a Saturday afternoon in the Fieldhouse. I think it might have been nationally televised. A win and the Braves would be tied with the Cardinals and force a playoff. Bradley had a 3 point lead and the ball with 30 some seconds left. This was before the shot clock came along. For some reason Bradley called timeout instead of letting Louisville foul to stop the clock. When timed resumed Greg took a baseline jump shot and missed. Louisville got the ball and scored. Then Doug S drove for the basket, got hung up and threw the ball away.Louisville scored again and won the game. A loss I'll never forget. That was the last game for the individual scoreboards in the Fieldhouse. I used to spot for the guy that operated it.

[LittleBrave]

I'd like to see us talking about DSE at the end of next season about what a nice soph. season he had. I don't expect his numbers to be overly impressive, but solid, considering we have many talented guards who can score.
I think he'll only avg. about 8 ppg, but he does the intangibles that help the team win and shows a lot of poise for an underclassman.
He has potential to be MVC 1st team his junior year IMO.