Best College Basketball Center In The 1980's
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Ewing. 3 out of 4 years in the championship game
Sampson doesn't get the credit he deserves. But you really can't go wrong with Sampson, Robinson, Ewing, or The Dream. Lowkey, Dream is my favorite Center of all time. That was one graceful motherfucker on the court. What Iverson was with the dribble, he was with post moves.
This is tough; Man, Sampson was a monster and so was Ewing; It just seemed like Ewing was more intimidating though; but dam, cant go wrong with either...
Dude, my middle name is Dionysius, the Greek God of Wine which is sometimes spelled Dionysus, so why would I have a problem with Aloysius?
You have to remember, when Wilt played they were barely letting blacks play; let alone voting for them.
Brad Daugherty
The greatest player 2 ever live. Iconic status, and the Air Daugherties have been the elite bball shoes for the past 30 years. So many titles for the Cavs, and that 3-peat stretch was legendary. Craig Ehlo is the truth too.
everybody got a lil respect for the dream.. if it wasn't for chamberlain domination and kareem sky hook eveybody and their momma would say hakeem was the best..hell he's a lot of people's fave center
Between Ralph and Patrick, when they played each other, they kind of neutralized each other (although there is a pic out there where Patrick posterized Ralph once when they played each other). Virginia beat Georgetown that year largely due to UVA's experience (more upperclassmen) - although GU's team matured quickly, winning the title the next year (with UVA getting to the Final Four the same year, which was after Ralph graduated).
Found the pic...
This cover is wild homo....
Ewing-Olajuwon: Matchup for Ages , these players were at center stage in the NCAA basketball final in Seattle.
HOUSTON — They have met before, this Patrick Ewing and this Hakeem Olajuwon. Also, Jupiter aligned with Mars and King Kong met Godzilla.
"It'll be like the Rockies against the Alps," predicted Don Donoher, coach of Dayton University, a victim.
He didn't specify which was which; we do know the Lord alps those who alp themselves.
"I would pay for a ticket to see Akeem against Ewing, if I could get one," said Anthony Teachey of Wake Forest, another victim.
That was back before Olajuwon decided to spell his name with an H, which meant heck for people who publish record books as well as to anyone assigned to play him.
It was in the spring of 1984 that Olajuwon and Ewing met at the summit for the first and only other time. It was the NCAA final at the Kingdome in Seattle. It was anticipated with sucked-in breath, 7-footer against 7-footer much as it is for the NBA finals beginning Wednesday night at the Summit with a capital S.
Two big big men. You can hear the earth shudder under their footsteps. College basketball hadn't had a confrontation of post men like them since George Mikan and Bob Kurland in the 1940s.
And what do Olajuwon and Ewing remember of their first confrontation?
"I remember that we lost," Olajuwon said Tuesday.
"Just the fact that we won it," Ewing said Tuesday.
Full Article:http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-09/sports/sp-1969_1_ncaa-basketball
I followed some of those Virginia teams cause two cacs who went to the same HS I went to went there and they were pretty good.
One of them was Jeff Lamp who was a 2 guard he was good enough to be a 1st round pick in 81 and played for several NBA teams including the Lakers. The other was Lee Raker who was a SF but I don't think he ever started for UVA. Another cat that played on some of those teams was Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle. Those Terry Holland coached UVA teams were good teams. I think they went to the final four the year after Sampson left too.
Sam Perkins was the most underrated in the 80's. Held his own against all these cats, and was a Gold medalist.
Also, he never stood for the National Anthem throughout his basketball career, but nobody ever mentions it.
Also, he never stood for the National Anthem throughout his basketball career, but nobody ever mentions it.
Never really liked Sampson mainly because he chose to play for racist ass Virginia. During the time he played at UVA everybody knew a black man walking the streets of Alexandria was more likely to be stopped by the pigs for no reason as not. Not saying he wasn't a great player but Sampson just struck as one of those bougie Negroes who wanted to be accepted by whites, which perhaps explains why he chose that school and married a cave bitch. 
Ralph Sampson was a freak of nature.
Best college center ever.
NBA....not so much.
This.
Remember everyone it said best COLLEGE center.
