CBB equivelent of Brooks Bollinger award?
The start of CBB season sparked a discussion between my brother and I. It lead to us trying to think about what players seem to have played forever. Followed by us trying to come up with the CBB equivilent of "The Brooks Bollinger Memorial 8th-year Senior Award". So I ask you guys what do you think is the CBB equivilent? I just wanted to get this post in before full Wisky lockdown mode.
P.S. When naming it after a player do they have to graduated or still in school AND do they have to be in the Big Ten?
November 17th, 2010 at 1:09 PM ^
Kyle Singler won't seem to go away
November 17th, 2010 at 1:13 PM ^
I watched Louisville last night and was shocked to not see Edgar Sosa anymore
November 17th, 2010 at 1:18 PM ^
Chris Duhon was at Duke at least a decade
November 17th, 2010 at 1:19 PM ^
I think David Lighty is the obvious choice for the Big Ten. He's a 5th-year senior and he played with Mike Conley and other guys who are now in their 3rd/4th NBA season.
November 17th, 2010 at 4:07 PM ^
Lighty definitely gets my vote. I remember thinking that he'd been around forever last season, and then I saw him playing last night against Florida and thought it again.
November 17th, 2010 at 7:22 PM ^
November 17th, 2010 at 1:20 PM ^
I feel like he was at State forever. If we're thinking Duke, hasn't Nolan Smith been around the entire decade?
November 17th, 2010 at 1:25 PM ^
Swear he was at Duke for 5-6 years
November 17th, 2010 at 1:28 PM ^
In the football realm, Eric Gordon from MSU. Seems like he has been there forever.
November 17th, 2010 at 1:28 PM ^
He played at MSU for 22 years. When he finally went pro, he ended up saving the life of Bobby Hurley, who is the runner-up for this title because he played at Duke for 21 years. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Hurley)
November 17th, 2010 at 1:32 PM ^
Talor Battle, PG Penn St.
Austin Freeman, SF Georgetown
Jon Leuer, PF Wisconsin
I swear Freeman played with Ewing at G'Town.
November 17th, 2010 at 2:08 PM ^
did play with Patrick Ewing Jr.
November 17th, 2010 at 2:45 PM ^
But I meant the American fur trapper and trader from Tennessee...
November 17th, 2010 at 3:26 PM ^
Talor Battle...I swear he was a senior two years ago! That guy has more eligibility than Tacopants.
November 17th, 2010 at 6:14 PM ^
is that his half-brother is a true freshman, so he will be mentioned by the BTN crew ad nauseum.
November 17th, 2010 at 1:35 PM ^
Blake Hoffarber and Greivis Vasquez.
November 17th, 2010 at 1:39 PM ^
Evan Eschmeyer, no doubt about it.
November 17th, 2010 at 1:54 PM ^
I was about to say this. I think he officially was there six years, and unofficially another six.
November 17th, 2010 at 1:44 PM ^
University of Iowa (1985-2006)
November 17th, 2010 at 1:47 PM ^
Josh Shipp from UCLA was definitely there for 6 years
November 17th, 2010 at 2:10 PM ^
If we are going to make this official we have to agree on one guy so continue putting a list together and I will make a poll later.
Edit: What about guys like Tyler Hansborough, soon to be Robbie Hummel (he is coming back next year) or J.J. Reddick?
November 17th, 2010 at 1:51 PM ^
Jon Leuer at Wisconsin. It could be that he has been there since 1998 or it could be that Bo Ryan always has a 6'10" white guy who can kinda shoot and works really hard
November 17th, 2010 at 1:57 PM ^
Illinois always has a gawky 7-foot white guy as well. I'm fairly certain it's been the same guy all this time. Some years he has a moustache.
November 17th, 2010 at 2:56 PM ^
but I didn't want to be called a racist two days in a row...
November 17th, 2010 at 2:43 PM ^
Robbie Hummel. For sure.
November 17th, 2010 at 2:45 PM ^
In order to qualify for the award, one must be healthy enough to actually see the floor.
November 17th, 2010 at 3:49 PM ^
could've swown that Scottie Williams was playing when Nova won the title last.
November 17th, 2010 at 4:09 PM ^
it's Scottie Reynolds and yes he was playing for Nova when they upset Georgetown in the 1985 final
November 17th, 2010 at 3:50 PM ^
I couldn't believe Jon Diebler is still on OSU when I had the game on last night
November 17th, 2010 at 3:51 PM ^
Luke Recker played for 8 years, I guarantee it
November 17th, 2010 at 6:12 PM ^
winner has to be wayne chism at tenn, he was there for at least 10 years...
November 17th, 2010 at 10:17 PM ^
Not a single mention of Purdue's Brian Cardinal? Wow, he looked 35 and was at Purdue for most of his adult life. He now has an amazing lakefront house on Lake James in Indiana (they like to point it out on the tour.)