Answer to MU Scoop Question: All-Time MU Starting 5 and Updated Top 50 Players

Calling Pudner (Bama)...if he wasn't so damn busy electing Presidents...from his book it is Bo, George, DW3, Butch and Dean. I don't know where Jae would fit in statistically but I assume high." - Dr. Blackheart on MU Scoop

I'm sure this is an evil plot - get that guy who writes for Cracked Sidewalks and is a National Co-Chair for Romney's Faith and Values Coalition sidetracked by asking him who Marquette's all-time Starting 5 should be. I get it. OK, just kidding. But to be sure I was answering this correctly, I did run Crowder's final numbers based on the Ultimate Hoops Guide - Marquette University methodology, and he came in 9th all-time.

You could argue that if you put Bo Ellis at power forward that Crowder makes the team, and in fact I actually believe he should make the team anyway because he and Jerel McNeal would rank higher than 9th and 12th all-time if we could adjust for how much tougher their schedules were than the 1970s stars.

However, after running all the numbers again, but choosing the top three MU teams of all-time by position, I actually end up with the same starting five as walk-on poster cbowe3. I have Crowder as the 2nd team small forward behind Ellis (better season, but Ellis better career over 4 years). You can argue positions such as George Thompson really playing front line at MU, but I tried to put them at their best position, and he was a guard in the pros. I list the rank of the top 3 teams, as well as the Top 50 of all-time.

Of course, to do all this I basically had to write another chapter in the book, so that will come later. Now that I've lost half my readers by mentioning my politics, I'm going back to work on politics, but have the extra chapter posting later.

Pos	Rnk	All-Time First Team	Last Season
sg	1	Dwyane Wade	03 last year
sf	2	Maurice (Bo) Ellis	77 last year
pg	3	Alfred (Butch) Lee	78 last year
pf	6	Jim Chones	72 last year
c	7	Maurice Lucas	74 last year
		All-Time Second Team
sg	4	George Thompson	69 last year
pg	5	Dean Meminger	71 last year
pf	8	Don Kojis	61 last year
sf	9	Jae Crowder	12 last year
c	11	Terry Rand	56 last year
		All-Time 3rd Team
sf	10	Earl Tatum	76 last year
sg	12	Jerel McNeal	09 last year
c	14	Jerome Whitehead	78 last year
pf	16	Larry McNeil	73 last year
pg	20	Glen (Doc) Rivers	83 last year
		Rest of the Top 50
	13	Dave Quabius	39 last year
	15	Tony Smith	90 last year
	17	Travis Diener	05 last year
	18	Jim McIlvaine	94 last year
	19	Lloyd Walton	76 last year
	21	Wesley Matthews	09 last year
	22	Bernard Toone	79 last year
	23	Dominic James	09 last year
	24	Ed Mullen	35 last year
	25	Gary Brell	71 last year
	26	Michael Wilson	82 last year
	27	Bob Lackey	72 last year
	28	Sam Worthen	80 last year
	29	DJO	12 last year
	30	Jimmy Butler	11 last year
	31	Joe Thomas	70 last year
	32	Gene Berce	48 last year
	33	Steve Novak	06 last year
	34	Joseph (Red) Dunn	25 last year
	35	Richard Quinn	25 last year
	36	Aaron Hutchins	98 last year
	37	Allie McGuire	73 last year
	38	Lazar Hayward	09 last year
	39	Tony Miller	95 last year
	40	Walt Mangham	60 last year
	41	Amal McCaskill	96 last year
	42	Chris Crawford	97 last year
	43	Ric Cobb	70 last year
	44	Ron Curry	93 last year
	45	Marcus Washington	74 last year
	46	Cordell Henry	02 last year
	47	Brian Wardle	01 last year
	48	Damon Key	94 last year
	49	Russ Wittberger	55 last year
	50	Robert Jackson	03 last year