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Varsity [217]
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I'm 43 and can't name a single
Jan 28, 2014, 10:05 PM
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Great USuCk basketball player!
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I'm 43 as well and
Jan 28, 2014, 10:15 PM
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I think I remember two. Is that bad?
Xavier something another and a white boy named Something another Price.
On second thought, you said "great." I don't know if they qualify.
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Re: I'm 43 as well and
Jan 28, 2014, 10:19 PM
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Sounds about right-key word is great!
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Orange Blooded [3311]
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Actually had a star who's name was ROACH.***
Jan 29, 2014, 6:05 AM
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CU Guru [1071]
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Recalling a great post-McGuire Gamecock baller is tough, but
Jan 29, 2014, 9:48 AM
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I really enjoyed Renaldo Balkman's game. He was able to make some cash in the league for a little while. Chuck Eidson became a phenom in Europe AFTER he graduated but he was hampered by injuries and Dave Odumb while at S CAR.
That said, I am still (barely) in my 40s and I remember a number of Gamecock greats from the McGuire era. I'd say Alex English, Mike Dunleavy, Sr., and Brian Winters top the list of players I actually saw play. Kevin Joyce was tough as nails if his game wasn't all that pretty.
S CAR is still paying its Karmic debt for how it treated McGuire - the individual who put a no-name, 2nd-3rd tier southern state university in a sleepy, decaying backwater of a town on the national map. Maybe after the disaster that will be left in the wake of Frank Martin's impending departure payment will have been made in full. But, I hope not.
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Re: Actually had a star who's name was ROACH.***
Jan 29, 2014, 10:34 AM
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New York city player, We need one of them!!!
The name Dozier may come up again real soon.
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X-man
Jan 28, 2014, 10:33 PM
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You aren't thinking about Xavier McDaniel (Sonics, Celts) are you? He was from Columbia (AC Flora HS), but I remember him playing at Witchita St.
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Re: X-man
Jan 28, 2014, 10:35 PM
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Great player but not USuCk
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Orange Blooded [4403]
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i saw Xavier McDaniel and Tyrone Corbin play in HS
Jan 28, 2014, 10:42 PM
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on the same A. C. Flora team. I went to Keenan and they were in our conference. They were seniors my freshman year. Absolute beasts. X-Man went to Wichita State, Corbin to DePaul and both to the NBA for solid careers. Corbin is the Utah Jazz coach now. The PG on that team went to Furman, the other two Praylow twins went to Wichita State the next year. The most loaded HS team i've ever seen and won the state running away if i'm not mistaken. Watching Flora and Eau Claire basketball during my HS years and our team as well at Keenan was like watching small college basketball in HS. Columbia was pouring talent out back then and Clemson and the Chickens got very few of those kids. My classmate and All-State player Mike Glover from Keenan played for the Chickens for four years....good kid, wrong school.
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ah, I guess I just remember driving by his place
Jan 28, 2014, 10:38 PM
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of hard scrabble rd up in Cola. and someone pointing it out to me and assuming he was a coot.
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110%er [7733]
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At 54 I can name one...
Jan 28, 2014, 10:19 PM
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Got to give him credit. Alex English was a heck of a player.
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Re: At 54 I can name one...
Jan 28, 2014, 10:20 PM
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If he is the old Nugget you are right-didn't realize that
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Re: At 54 I can name one...
Jan 28, 2014, 10:23 PM
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The same, but he is the only one I would call great.
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i'm 45, detest the Chickens as much as i did when i was
Jan 28, 2014, 10:27 PM
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a kid, but Alex English was a great, great player, a Basketball Hall of Famer, an NBA great, and a complete class act if you've ever been around him. He's about all they've had other than those early 70's McGuire teams that had Roche, Joyce, Owens, etc. I still say Larry Nance was the greatest Tiger player i've ever seen in my lifetime.
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110%er [5776]
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Exactly --- Great team --- Actually pulled for them to win
Jan 29, 2014, 1:42 AM
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if not playing Clemson. I hope that's okay. Because I wouldn't want to offend anyone on TigerNet.
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Re: I heard John Ribock was great
Jan 29, 2014, 10:14 AM
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He had a great left jab.
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John Roche****
Jan 28, 2014, 10:34 PM
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Probably the best they ever had - he was a great one.***
Jan 29, 2014, 12:16 AM
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John Roche
Jan 29, 2014, 9:00 AM
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He was so great, they named their football stadium after him.
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Hate to admit it but Devan Downey was special
Jan 28, 2014, 10:36 PM
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Reminded me of Terrell mcintyre
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Re: I thought he was the fb player. No. 7???l***
Jan 28, 2014, 11:06 PM
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He was pretty good, cockstripe777, but again...
Jan 29, 2014, 9:47 AM
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..why do you continue to pretend you're a Clemson fan? Seriously, again, why do continue to expose your issues over and over?
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Guy named Clowney and another clown named Todd Ellis.***
Jan 28, 2014, 11:19 PM
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Re: I'm 43 and can't name a single
Jan 29, 2014, 2:46 AM
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Also 43 and endured 6 long years of my childhood as a Tiger fan in Cola. Luckily one of those years was 1981! The only notable coot player I remember is from that same era and that would be Zam Frederick. I think he averaged close to 30 pts a game. He was pretty good.
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Chuck
Jan 29, 2014, 5:07 AM
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Eidson
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Dunleavy
Jan 29, 2014, 6:35 AM
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Dunleavy and tom Riker were in the pros for years....Alex English was no slouch
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It's been 43 years since they were any good !***
Jan 29, 2014, 6:59 AM
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Re: I'm 43 and can't name a single
Jan 29, 2014, 7:17 AM
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Alex English.
Averaged 17.8 points and 9.6 rebounds at USC (1972-76).
Turned pro in 76,played for 4 teams(Milk/Indiana/
Denver and Dallas) before retiring in 91.
Elected to HOF in'97.
Retired as Nuggets all time scorer,and an 8 time NBA all star.
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Re: I'm 43 and can't name a single
Jan 29, 2014, 8:24 AM
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The team of Roche, Ribock, Riker, Owens and Cremmins in 1969 almost had me wanting to attend Usuck until my Dad slapped me up side the head to make me think straight and told me I should go to Clemson instead. I'm really glad he was so much smarter than me back then. I entered Clemson in fall 1970 and it only took a few minutes before I could not stand Usuck.
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ShaZAM Fredrick was pretty good. Haven't seen his name here***
Jan 29, 2014, 10:26 AM
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I'm 27 and
Jan 29, 2014, 10:35 AM
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I liked watching BJ Mckie and Chuck Eidson play
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Re: I'm 43 and can't name a single
Jan 29, 2014, 11:10 AM
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Why would you need to....we have won, one more ACC championship and one more ACC tournament championship than Clemson and we haven't been in the ACC for 42 years. You should stay away from basketball when comparing the two schools....and baseball.....and football for the moment.
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John Roche, Tom Owens, Tom Riker, Kevin Joyce, and
Jan 29, 2014, 11:30 AM
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Alex English.
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THIS^^^^^^^
Jan 29, 2014, 12:01 PM
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Waaaaaayyyyyyy back before I knew any better!
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