Most exciting college players

[Toga]

in your lifetime. Not necessarily the best, but the most exciting. I'll begin.

Pearl Washington

 

[stuckinbig11]

Sherman Douglas

 

[HoustonCuse]

Warrick

 

[ORRange]

Pistol Pete, Dr J....and then Calvin Murphy.

 

[Col. Bleep]

Pistol Pete, Dr J...and then Calvin Murphy.

There's Dr. J and then there's everyone else.
Maravich and Murphy were tremendous.
But David Thompson - the original Skywalker - is a notch above them.
And he wore #44.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Pearl
Chris Jackson
Warrick
Glen Robinson
Zion
DC
Iverson
GMac

 

[Cuse12]

In my lifetime no one was as exciting as Zion. Unreal the excitement and energy he brought to games

 

[FloridaFan]

In my lifetime no one was as exciting as Zion. Unreal the excitement and energy he brought to games

Zion from last year?

 

[alphaorange]

Pistol Pete, Dr J...and then Calvin Murphy.

How did people see DR J in college? He played at UMass and I never once saw them on TV. Are the people saying him people who went to the games? As a pro, no doubt one of the most exciting but I wonder how people say that about him in college. I was a HUGE fan and I never really heard of him until the Virginia Squires.

 

[alphaorange]

David Thompson, Pearl, Darrell Griffith, Ernie D, Tisdale

 

[Melancer46]

Is this supposed to be Syracuse-specific or just in general? I would say Zion, Steph, and Jimmer are near the top for me (outside of Syracuse I've realistically only watched a decent amount of college basketball since like 2005ish).

 

[Shawn91111]

Chris Jackson
Shaq
Chris Webber
Allen Iverson
Zion Williamson
Larry Johnson
Billy Owens
Carmelo Anthony
Stevie Thompson

 

[Trueblue25]

Johnny Flynn, Blake Griffin, Victor Oladipo, Dion Waiters, Marcus Smart and Ja Morant

Kemba Walker’s in his own league.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Warwick.

 

[Cusesky8214]

Hak, Iverson, melo, zion, and griffin.

 

[phillydad]

in your lifetime. Not necessarily the best, but the most exciting. I'll begin.

Pearl Washington

Back in the 60s, when you were lucky to get a game or two on Saturday afternoon, we in Philly got Sat. night doubleheaders featuring Big 5 teams. I saw Calvin Murphy and it was the most exciting performance I have ever seen.

 

[Toga]

In my lifetime no one was as exciting as Zion. Unreal the excitement and energy he brought to games

Sadly the media barely covered him.

 

[ORRange]

How did people see DR J in college? He played at UMass and I never once saw them on TV. Are the people saying him people who went to the games? As a pro, no doubt one of the most exciting but I wonder how people say that about him in college. I was a HUGE fan and I never really heard of him until the Virginia Squires.

My uncle lived in Amherst and worked at Umass. Became a fan when I was 14. Not even Billy Fuccillo is a fan as HUGE. LOL.

 

[Cusesky8214]

Not that he was the most exciting of my lifetime but I do remember being young and thinking marcus camby was pretty awesome to watch the few times I remember.

 

[Toga]

Then there's this kid.

 

[Fat tire 13]

Many good choices here. One that always stands out in my mind was Iverson. It felt like he played a speed that was clearly faster than everyone else. From that standpoint, I haven't seen anything like it since. Maybe someone like John Wall, but Iverson still takes the cake

 

[Eric15]

There's Dr. J and then there's everyone else.

He averaged 20 rebounds per game at 6'6" over his entire 2 year college career.

 

[SUOrange44]

in your lifetime. Not necessarily the best, but the most exciting. I'll begin.

Pearl Washington

Great topic. I am going to omit SU players from the list and include players I watched prior to their entrance to the NBA...

Shaq
Hank Gathers & Bo Kimble
Rex Chapman
Larry Johnson
Sam Cassell
Wally Szerbiak
Gary Payton (Edit: I put Terrell Brandon initially but meant “The Glove”
Stacey Augmon
Tyrone Bogues

SUOrange44

 

[MSOrange]

Pearl
Chris Jackson
Warrick
Glen Robinson
Zion
DC
Iverson
GMac

You beat me to Chris Jackson. He averaged more than 30 PPG his freshman year at LSU and 27 his sophomore.

 

[Shawn91111]

Great topic. I am going to omit SU players from the list and include players I watched prior to their entrance to the NBA...

Shaq
Hank Gathers & Bo Kimble
Rex Chapman
Larry Johnson
Sam Cassell
Wally Szerbiak
Terrell Brandon
Stacey Augmon

SUOrange44

Bob Sura was an incredibly player at FSU. Sura, Edwards, and Cassell really had a good thing going on that team.