Who would make your top 20

[gym from delhi]

Gotta put Bob Quick higher; he also played in the NBA for 5-6 years when there weren't a gazillion teams.

[SC in DC]

Gym, I said if I did the list again in a few days I’d probably move them around a little. You are right, Quick goes to 12 and everyone goes back one to his spot at 17. Thanks Also, it was 4 years in. NBA and 2 in ABA I think.

[gundun]

I don't want to delete anyone from SC's list or the two honorable mentions already named but I suggest we make the list a Top 25 and add Joe Geiger. Remember that he led the nation in FT% one year and several times he was guy called upon to make a game winning shot and always hit it.

[Lead Guitar]

It is tough not to include some of guys from the 50’s and 60’s that not only came from a different era, but different styles of basketball, especially how defenses were played. Most man-to-man D’S were just that— you’d follow your man into the second row if you had to. The zones were primarily 2-3 or 1-3-1. Not many specialty defenses. (Hank Stein, Joe Viviano, long forgotten, but remember our lone national championship other than three man polo!)

Comparing stats from two era’s is all but impossible. Steve Thomas and many others played no more than three years. Thomas was really one full year and two half years. He averaged nearly 30 a game. With no shot clock (Ed Junker, Al McQuire, Bill Muscleman and others were known as defensive coaches, but in reality, they held the ball for one or two minutes a possession and waited for a good shot. Therefore they limited a teams chances to score.) And of course the 3-pt shot. Probably give Thomas another 1000 points!

Great lists and great memories. Let’s hope we can add one or more from this year’s team.

[skyhops]

I enjoyed some of those lists, but it seems many forgot about Jamie Gladden and Derek Strong. Gladden was a starter from day 1 and one of the better guards we have had.

[muskieman]

Bill Kirvin, I see you have a problem with the Top 20 of Xavier greats some have posted and others have suggested as additions or substitutions. My question to you is why have you not posted your top 20? I am sure you would get a great response. Many of the posters were not even born when you and your teammates were playing. Tell them of your accomplishments and achievements.

[Lead Guitar]

Remember Billy Kirvin, Frank Pinchback, Ricky Jannot and others that we recruited after the national championship. As I mentioned in my other post, Stein and Viviano helped place XU on the map. Pelkington and Geiger and Thomas, I believe, got us another championship—National Catholic Championship. Don’t think they could get away with that these days. It’s like comparing Babe Ruth to Barry Bonds or Jimmy Brown to Joe Mixson. Different eras and different rules and truly different weight training.

Great memories, though.

[gym from delhi]

Frank Pinchback, a name from when Xavier would usually declare a good player ineligible for the second semester. Thank God for Sister Rose