Who is louisvilles best player

More: Who is the best player to wear each jersey number for UK basketball? Louisville's media guide lists every player to ever wear each jersey number after the season.

So, here are our picks for the best player to wear each one:. His top competition, Damion Lee, only spent one season with Louisville. That conversation won't happen in earnest for another year or so, when the five-year waiting period before the school likes considering jersey retirement passes.

But Smith has one of the best arguments of any Louisville player yet to have their jersey number retired. He also won most outstanding player after the Big East Tournament. Corky Cox and Juan Palacios also wore No. He also guided his team to two Final Fours. His top competition was David Padgett and Quentin Snider. Eaves won a national title in and went to the Final Four in He was Louisville's second-leading scorer as a junior and senior.

Taquan Dean led Louisville in scoring in and played on the Final Four team. Earl Clark won the Big East and reached an Elite Eight, leading the team in scoring and rebounding in Tyra is Louisville's all-time leading rebounder and ranks fourth in career scoring average See also: Chris Mack says Louisville's not finished recruiting for next season.

All-Ballard team Wheat, Snider, Eaves, etc. All-County Doss, Moore, etc. Rank 'em , and who wins? Pre , and HS only, Tom Payne has to be on that list. I recognize that's not a very PC nomination.

Still, he didn't play basketball until he was a sophomore in high school, but was an all-American as a senior. His one year at UK, he put up some remarkable numbers averaged 17 and Another great Seneca player was David Cosby who graduated in he played on the same team with Redd and Unseld.

That team lost in the final game of the 7th Region tourney against the Silliman led St. X team which went on to win the State title in Wayne Cosby from Seneca hurt knee in the 72 Derby classic.

Was in the same class as Wesley cox. How can people forget Charlie Tyra? It's gotta be Brandon Bender, he's the only one who almost went straight to the pros as a Junior in high school.

Start New Topic. More Options. Wesley Cox dominated the game. Having limited to and on out, you throw out a plethora ofLouisville HS talents. Rudy Macklin. Shawnee and LSU. Ron King Scott Padgett. Jerry King. Ted and Dennis Deeken. There are a handful of players some of you have never heard of, but I assure you they earned the recognition just like the household names did. I understand that when it comes to debating, the top 10 is where the meat and potatoes are.

This countdown is for all of us in Cardnation to share, agree upon, and dispute. There will be plenty more players over the years that earn their way onto the list, but as Louisville basketball head coach Chris Mack said last year,. You built it. Next 1 of 13 Prev post. Next: No. More College Football News ». More Big Ten News ». View all Big Ten Sites.