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I always wondered how good the 90-91 team could have been if William Davis hadn't sat out that season (I think he was already shelved by the CAA tourney the year before) . Nicholls, Coles, Davis, Hood and Irvin would have been some formidable offensive weapons.
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(02-13-2018 04:02 PM)Centdukesfan Wrote:  
(02-13-2018 03:18 PM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  OK, Here it goes:
1. Steve Stielper
2. Linton Townes
3. Sherman Dillard
4. Dan Ruland
5. Charles Fisher
6. Derek Steele
7. Clayton Ritter
8. Barry Brown
9. Lou Rowe
10.Steve Hood

That is my top 10. Some of the others that have been mentioned didn't make my top ten for various reasons, like Denzel Bowles; no defense.

why didnt juwan james make the cut? That guy was everything you could have asked for in a basketball player
I could make a case for several others. I loved watching Juwan play. He had a heart as big as the basketball. But, I simply made it my top ten. I figured the one people would want to know about more than others was Barry Brown. If you did get to see him play he was a shot blocking guru. Great vertical ups and timing. He was a pleasure to watch. Darren McClinton was great, also. Fess Irvin, Pat Dosh, George Toliver, Steve Blackmon and many others.
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(02-13-2018 05:06 PM)Dukesfan71 Wrote:  Wilbur Mills
Tim Meyers
Gary Butler
George Toliver
Sherman Dillard
Pat Dosh
Steve Blackmon
Tyrone Shoulders
The entire 80-81 and 81-82 squads for being the two greatest JMU teams of all time. Grit, poise and skill. To watch those teams play in Godwin Hall as the pep band got everyone fired up was the best.

I likes this list! Throw in Joe Phaler and Joe Frye, Lennie Mosser, Dave Corell!
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(02-14-2018 04:35 PM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  
(02-13-2018 05:06 PM)Dukesfan71 Wrote:  Wilbur Mills
Tim Meyers
Gary Butler
George Toliver
Sherman Dillard
Pat Dosh
Steve Blackmon
Tyrone Shoulders
The entire 80-81 and 81-82 squads for being the two greatest JMU teams of all time. Grit, poise and skill. To watch those teams play in Godwin Hall as the pep band got everyone fired up was the best.

I likes this list! Throw in Joe Phaler and Joe Frye, Lennie Mosser, Dave Corell!

Wow... lots of great basketball memories from this list!
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I date back to watching the Dukes when they played at Harrisonburg High School. My dad took me to all of the games. When they opened Godwin Hall, we got to know John Cadman`s parents.They were usually a little late coming to the week night games, so we would save seats for them. I think it is really easy to name most of the players already mentioned, Steve Stielper as my G.O.A.T. Pure shooters like Dillard and Culuko. Defensive standouts like Jeff Chambers and Barry Brown. But I am going to make my list of five from a different criteria. That would be Heart, Hustle and Determination. 1. Pat Dosh 2. Juwann James 3. Paul Carter 4.Claude Ferdinand 5.Troy Bostic
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(02-14-2018 06:03 PM)Purple Reign Wrote:  I date back to watching the Dukes when they played at Harrisonburg High School. My dad took me to all of the games. When they opened Godwin Hall, we got to know John Cadman`s parents.They were usually a little late coming to the week night games, so we would save seats for them. I think it is really easy to name most of the players already mentioned, Steve Stielper as my G.O.A.T. Pure shooters like Dillard and Culuko. Defensive standouts like Jeff Chambers and Barry Brown. But I am going to make my list of five from a different criteria. That would be Heart, Hustle and Determination. 1. Pat Dosh 2. Juwann James 3. Paul Carter 4.Claude Ferdinand 5.Troy Bostic

Always liked Troy Bostic. Wondered how much better he might have been w/o the early injury. His brother had a solid career at Cincinnati under Bob Thuggins.
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(02-14-2018 05:44 PM)Purple Reign Wrote:  
(02-14-2018 04:35 PM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  
(02-13-2018 05:06 PM)Dukesfan71 Wrote:  Wilbur Mills
Tim Meyers
Gary Butler
George Toliver
Sherman Dillard
Pat Dosh
Steve Blackmon
Tyrone Shoulders
The entire 80-81 and 81-82 squads for being the two greatest JMU teams of all time. Grit, poise and skill. To watch those teams play in Godwin Hall as the pep band got everyone fired up was the best.

I likes this list! Throw in Joe Phaler and Joe Frye, Lennie Mosser, Dave Corell!

Wow... lots of great basketball memories from this list!

Barely could be considered a basketball player, one of my summers spent at JMU, I was hanging out in Godwin when Blackmon, Shoulders, and Ralph Sampson among others needed body to make the teams even. My signature move was acting as if I was shooting (actually taking my best shot) one of those three would grab it out of the air and slam it home. Summers were great at JMU.
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First, Willie Davis- If you were to go back through his stats they would look good, not great, except one: his last two years combined, he shot something like 55% from the field as a shooting guard. He was also a lock down defender by his senior year. I still believe that if he had offenses built around him like Hood or Fanning or Curry or even Mosley, he would be considered on of the all time CAA greats.

Twenty-five years later, I still remember a two week stretch where:
1. In back to back games against ODU and Richmond (both were tied with us for 1st) he combined for something like 57 points on like 22-25 from the field (not from the line, from the floor...as a freakin' shooting guard).
2. Then he took on Brian Gilgeous (who beat him out for CAA POY) and American. They defended each other most of the game and played each other basically even for 39 minutes. Down by 2 with around 45 seconds left, Willie scored 6 straight points and had 2 steals for the win.
3. Then against Mason, the team was down by 4 late in the second half until Will scored the last 10 points of the game for either team.

Second would have to be Devon Moore,a true floor general who led us back to the dance. If he had stayed healthy (and not missed those games due to academics), he likely would have been the conference's first 1500 point, 500 rebound, 500 assist player. He also should have been on the all-defensive team.

After that, I have always had a spot for the guys who maybe weren't the most talented, but had great court IQ and grit (Satkus, Ben Louis, Michael Venson because of how after his injury, he found ways to help, Ritter because he improved so much), and those who sacrificed stats for the team (Rowe in the NCAA year, Jeff Chambers,etc.).

Good times.
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No Riley Trone love!?!?!?
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Barry Brown the 6'3" shot blocker
Steve Hood best to ever play at JMU
Kenny Brooks - steady Eddie
Will Davis - headcase that Lefty couldnt stand
Chancellor - beast, couldnt stay out of foul trouble, didnt get along with Hood, left for the NBA after 1 year.

Rob Strickland - my least favorite player ever. NBA body, elementary school game.
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(02-12-2018 02:48 PM)jmutoml757 Wrote:  Favorite, not necessarily “best”: Chancellor Nichols, powerful dude, monster dunks and torched V ag Tech for 30+, albeit in a loss. Fes Irvin, Steve Hood, and some dude who had mad hops who regularly reversed dunked in games, things we never see anymore from JMU hoops. I believe he was kicked off the team after a few years (well, we still see that), and I think his name was Davis.

Kareem Robinson?

My list would be (not in order)....years through Lefty:
Darren McClinton for great 3 pt shooting
Steve Hood
William Davis
Sherman Dillard
Steve Stielper
All the Campanelli starters that won the ncaa's
Pat Dosh
Fess Irvin
Clayton Ritter
Barry Brown
And the Croatian 6'11" Vladimir Cuk, for Lefty who never played, but got saved from the war between Croatia and Bosnia because of his height...got free education and a part in a basketball movie! :)
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(02-14-2018 04:35 PM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  
(02-13-2018 05:06 PM)Dukesfan71 Wrote:  Wilbur Mills
Tim Meyers
Gary Butler
George Toliver
Sherman Dillard
Pat Dosh
Steve Blackmon
Tyrone Shoulders
The entire 80-81 and 81-82 squads for being the two greatest JMU teams of all time. Grit, poise and skill. To watch those teams play in Godwin Hall as the pep band got everyone fired up was the best.

I likes this list! Throw in Joe Phaler and Joe Frye, Lennie Mosser, Dave
Corell!

Throw in "Shake and Bake" Baker :)
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I always enjoyed watching Eugene Atkinson when I was younger.
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Gabe Chami
Stephen Kendall
Scooter Renkin
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Johnny Naparlo
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Wasnt my favorite, but I havent seen his name mentioned. I liked Timmy Lyle. I think he would have been a much better player with a slightly better supporting cast.

Bones Atkinson my favorite during my JMU days.
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Here's a quick listing of my favorite players that I saw under each coach and it's clear that JMU had the most talent under the Lefthander:

Campanelli - Linton Towns, Dan Ruland
Driesell - William Davis, Steve Hood, Fess Irvin, Chancellor Nichols, Darren McLinton, Dennis Leonard, Lou Rowe and Clayton Ritter, along with the one JUCO player that played late in his tenure (guard...can't think of his name but I thought I saw his name in this thread). Driesell also lost Mate Malisa, who went on to become a conference player of the year out West and Kennard Winchester who played briefly in the NBA
Dillard - David Fanning
Keener - Juwann James
Brady - Darren White, A.J. Davis, Ron Curry
Rowe - Stuckey Mosley
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Driesell did not lose Malisa; Malisa left because of Dillard.

Interesting to think how things could be so different today
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Matt Lewis if he stays 4 years!
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