David Thompson is the man so let's show him the respect he deserves!


http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/polling?event_id=2617

12/23/2006 12:33:23 AM

before i do that, whats the link to vote for mr. wulf?

12/23/2006 12:39:08 AM

Quote :

"51.5% David Thompson (NC State, 1973-75) 34.7% Pete Maravich (LSU, 1968-70) 5.4% Larry Bird (Indiana State, 1977-79) 2.7% Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1967-69) 1.3% Bill Walton (UCLA, 1972-74) 1.2% Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas, 1957-58) 1.0% Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati, 1958-60) 0.9% Patrick Ewing (Georgetown, 1982-85) 0.7% Jerry Lucas (Ohio State, 1960-62) 0.5% Bill Russell (San Francisco, 1954-56)"

[Edited on December 23, 2006 at 12:40 AM. Reason : dt]

12/23/2006 12:39:30 AM

51.5% David Thompson (NC State, 1973-75)

34.7% Pete Maravich (LSU, 1968-70)

5.4% Larry Bird (Indiana State, 1977-79)

2.7% Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1967-69)

1.3% Bill Walton (UCLA, 1972-74)

1.2% Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas, 1957-58)

1.0% Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati, 1958-60)

0.9% Patrick Ewing (Georgetown, 1982-85)

0.7% Jerry Lucas (Ohio State, 1960-62)

0.5% Bill Russell (San Francisco, 1954-56)


Total Votes: 120,538

12/23/2006 12:48:01 AM

whats the poll for? biggest career squandered by coke?

12/23/2006 12:50:25 AM

51.5% David Thompson (NC State, 1973-75)
34.7% Pete Maravich (LSU, 1968-70)
5.4% Larry Bird (Indiana State, 1977-79)
2.7% Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1967-69)
1.3% Bill Walton (UCLA, 1972-74)
1.2% Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas, 1957-58)
1.0% Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati, 1958-60)
0.9% Patrick Ewing (Georgetown, 1982-85)
0.7% Jerry Lucas (Ohio State, 1960-62)
0.5% Bill Russell (San Francisco, 1954-56)

Total Votes: 120,547

12/23/2006 12:56:08 AM

51.5%

12/23/2006 1:41:37 AM

david thompson is the fucking man

12/23/2006 1:58:17 AM

I'll never forget when David Thompson came in and spoke for my high school sports history class. Our teacher was a male cheerleader for UNC when they won their national championship with Michael Jordan (he was also the cheerleading coach at our school and wasnt gay amazingly) and was a close friend with Thompson.

He came to our class, we watched some of his highlights and he gave a little speech about his college career. Then we went to the school gym and had a free throw competition against DT, with everyone in our class shooting to see who could make the most out of 10 free throws against him. I never knew who he was before that day, but he was so nice and still great at bball (I think he missed 2 or 3 shots the whole day) I have forever been in awe of the man

true story

[Edited on December 23, 2006 at 2:11 AM. Reason : asdf]

12/23/2006 2:10:23 AM

52.1% David Thompson (NC State, 1973-75)

12/23/2006 1:46:16 PM

i met him


thrice

12/23/2006 1:48:01 PM

its really slowed down now

1) Which of the following is the greatest player in college basketball history?

51.9% David Thompson (NC State, 1973-75)
34.6% Pete Maravich (LSU, 1968-70)
5.5% Larry Bird (Indiana State, 1977-79)
2.6% Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1967-69)
1.3% Bill Walton (UCLA, 1972-74)
1.2% Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas, 1957-58)
0.9% Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati, 1958-60)
0.9% Patrick Ewing (Georgetown, 1982-85)
0.7% Jerry Lucas (Ohio State, 1960-62)
0.5% Bill Russell (San Francisco, 1954-56)

Total Votes: 126,588

12/23/2006 1:54:01 PM

51.9% David Thompson (NC State, 1973-75)
34.6% Pete Maravich (LSU, 1968-70)
5.5% Larry Bird (Indiana State, 1977-79)
2.6% Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1967-69)
1.3% Bill Walton (UCLA, 1972-74)
1.2% Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas, 1957-58)
0.9% Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati, 1958-60)
0.9% Patrick Ewing (Georgetown, 1982-85)
0.7% Jerry Lucas (Ohio State, 1960-62)
0.5% Bill Russell (San Francisco, 1954-56)

Total Votes: 126,805

12/23/2006 2:50:29 PM

niiiice

12/23/2006 3:09:43 PM

This is definately one poll that shouldn't need skewing.

12/23/2006 4:46:11 PM

i already posted this. then again, i didn't make a unique thread for the poll.

12/23/2006 5:02:16 PM

Quote :

"This is definately one poll that shouldn't need skewing."

It shouldn't

but there are some ignorant people out there.

12/23/2006 6:01:01 PM

voted

12/23/2006 6:16:36 PM

I'll be very glad if DT wins, but I can't begrudge people voting for the Pistol.

12/23/2006 6:23:27 PM

DT is the man

12/23/2006 6:31:15 PM

Just voted for DT

12/23/2006 7:15:43 PM

poll has so many voters it's not gonna be possible to really skew it ..

don't get me wrong DT really was the best college player in history

[Edited on December 23, 2006 at 7:17 PM. Reason : don't get me wrong ....]

12/23/2006 7:17:23 PM

I put in my 100+ votes

12/24/2006 12:50:46 AM

sniff sniff, snort snort

12/24/2006 2:49:56 AM

im all for skewing in favor of an alum but you dont really think he was better than pete?

12/24/2006 3:08:54 AM

He was a more complete player than Pete, and got his numbers in a much tougher conference while sharing the ball more readily than Pete.

He invented the alley-oop, and who knows how much more dominant he could've been if the Alcindor rule hadn't limited his ability to go hard on put-backs and the like.

12/24/2006 4:35:05 AM

Pistol Pete should have been at NCSU.

For the few random times NCSU stood firm on academics, that should not have been one of those times.

12/24/2006 11:20:53 AM

I thought he wanted to go to West Virginia and didnt even try to go to State...

12/24/2006 1:20:26 PM

His dad, Press was coaching at state, and went to LSU after NCSU indicated that Pete did not meet the university's requirements for admission. I'm pretty sure there was an article about this in the wolfpacker a few years back about this.

12/24/2006 1:43:12 PM

i thought his dad was coaching at broughton

12/24/2006 1:52:24 PM

hmmm, I always heard he wanted to go to West Virginia but his family didnt want him too, never heard about him wanting to go to State

12/24/2006 1:57:19 PM

I don't think he ever coached at broughton. he was at clemson before he came to state, and took over after Case stepped down due to failing health.

12/24/2006 1:58:00 PM

Press is a cool name

12/24/2006 1:58:56 PM

1) Which of the following is the greatest player in college basketball history?

48.8% David Thompson (NC State, 1973-75)
32.3% Pete Maravich (LSU, 1968-70)
6.0% Jerry Lucas (Ohio State, 1960-62)
4.9% Larry Bird (Indiana State, 1977-79)
2.6% Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1967-69)
1.9% Bill Walton (UCLA, 1972-74)
1.2% Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas, 1957-58)
0.9% Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati, 1958-60)
0.9% Patrick Ewing (Georgetown, 1982-85)
0.4% Bill Russell (San Francisco, 1954-56)

Total Votes: 147,328

[Edited on December 27, 2006 at 3:16 PM. Reason : bold]

12/27/2006 3:15:47 PM

voted

12/27/2006 3:27:16 PM

1) Which of the following is the greatest player in college basketball history?

49.0% David Thompson (NC State, 1973-75)
32.2% Pete Maravich (LSU, 1968-70)
6.0% Jerry Lucas (Ohio State, 1960-62)
4.9% Larry Bird (Indiana State, 1977-79)
2.6% Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1967-69)
1.9% Bill Walton (UCLA, 1972-74)
1.2% Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas, 1957-58)
0.9% Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati, 1958-60)
0.9% Patrick Ewing (Georgetown, 1982-85)
0.4% Bill Russell (San Francisco, 1954-56)

Total Votes: 147,772

12/27/2006 3:46:01 PM

up to 49.6% now

12/27/2006 3:57:58 PM

pretty cool that #1 played for state

and #2 played in high school less than a mile away

12/27/2006 4:59:14 PM

hell yeah...an NCSU poll skew where we actually deserve to be in the final runnings, if not to win

12/27/2006 5:02:07 PM

pete maravich would've played at state if his dad, press, wasn't lured by louisiana state. shady recruiting, but legal.

12/27/2006 5:07:12 PM

I thought David Thompson went to Navy or Army or something like that

12/27/2006 9:18:06 PM

More like Pete Maravich would've played for State if he had the numbers to get in. Damn ACC and its semi-high standards.

12/27/2006 10:37:28 PM

Quote :

". During his years at those schools, he wowed college scouts with his ability to shoot, dribble, pass and score points. It is said that Pete wanted to attend West Virginia University, but his father told him that if he didn't sign with LSU he could never come back in his home.[citation needed] And so, in 1966, Pete decided to attend Louisiana State University, and play for his father, who was the school's new head basketball coach."

12/27/2006 10:38:55 PM

I cant believe Len Bias isn't on that list

12/28/2006 1:09:37 AM

just a reminder, the shows spose to be on tonight at 10

1/15/2007 7:58:25 PM

what channel etc? I want to watch.

1/15/2007 8:13:28 PM

ESPN classic, its on the link

1/15/2007 8:20:42 PM

btt very top

show's on in 18 minutes

[Edited on January 15, 2007 at 9:43 PM. Reason : v]

1/15/2007 9:40:39 PM

40.7% David Thompson (NC State, 1973-75)

21.7% Pete Maravich (LSU, 1968-70)

9.7% Patrick Ewing (Georgetown, 1982-85)

6.9% Jerry Lucas (Ohio State, 1960-62)

4.5% Bill Walton (UCLA, 1972-74)

3.9% Larry Bird (Indiana State, 1977-79)

3.3% Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1967-69)

3.2% Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati, 1958-60)

3.1% Bill Russell (San Francisco, 1954-56)

3.1% Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas, 1957-58)

1/15/2007 10:04:25 PM

they have jordan at 16

also, mike patrick is a penis

1/15/2007 10:07:55 PM