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  • KYWILDCAT41035
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2025
    • 205

    #16
    Originally posted by Pobilly
    I will just take the 5 all time leader in scoring. I know there are way more to it than that but I like the top 5 guys.
    1. Dan Issel: 2,138 points
    2. Kenny Walker: 2,080 points
    3. Jack Givens: 2,038 points
    4. Keith Bogans: 1,923 points
    5. Tony Delk: 1890 points
    6. Jamal Mashburn: 1843 points
    Forgot about Delk. Now I have 6 not 4. Heck I am 1/2 Polish so you all can insert your favorite Polish joke here. lol
    Exactly how can you have a MT Rushmore of UK basketball players without a Tony Delk..... On the best team ever assembled in the 96 Cats...

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    • bthaunert
      Junior Member
      • Jul 2025
      • 48

      #17
      1. Ralph Beard
      2. Dan Issel
      3. Jamal Mashburn
      4. Anthony Davis

      Not sure I would even consider anyone else.

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      • KentuckyWild2020
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2020
        • 4120

        #18
        Issel and Davis, not sure about the next two, so many.

        Davis was one and done but a generational talent that came and delivered year one, pretty remarkable.


        Wall and Mashburn both era players that helped usher in a new era for UK basketball but A. Walker won a title and was dominate.

        The old dudes back in the day, wasn't my era so I really don't know the true impact because I didn't live it, same with Issel to be perfectly honest..

        I remember the early Sam Bowie years, remember watching him in a game prior to Kentucky, Bowie had it all and then came the injuries. What could have been not only in the NBA, but Kentucky as well.


        One thing I will always ponder is what would 3 to 4 years of Cal players had looked like in a UK uniform? The impact, the stats, etc? Better yet, what would 3-4 years of Cal players had looked like with another coach developing and pulling the strings??

        SGA, KAT, BOOKER, just to name a few. These are all bona fide real (best in the entire world )type of players that the whole world has to offer.

        If Calipari beasts Wisconsin goes 40-0 in the modern era, is KAT on this list???

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        • blueheretic
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2025
          • 564

          #19
          Take a gander at Alex Groza's career
          "I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you."

          Genghis Khan

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          • BJD
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2016
            • 454

            #20
            Beard
            Groza
            Issel
            Givens

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            • KYWILDCAT41035
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2025
              • 205

              #21
              UK needs a bigger MT Rushmore.....

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              • KentuckyWild2020
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2020
                • 4120

                #22
                If NIL had kicked in during the Calipari years and some of the players had stayed, would this list look any different?

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