46: the Series (Episode 3: Basketball Players)

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23, 23...you know that's 46, which fits the theme...

In the shadow of the Super Bowl hype is an important game today in Hoosier land. The Cream and Crimson are heading to Lafayette to renew their rivalry today with the Black and Gold army of Darkness (unfortunately, this is a home game for them, so they won’t be wearing black as their main color tonight).

If you watch basketball for any length of time, you’re bound to wind up with a list of your favorite basketball players. I’ve decided to write such a list. Now, keep in mind, this isn’t a list of who I think are the best players. These are the players I have loved watching for one reason or another. Obviously, my children aren’t included. They’re my favorites. By far.

Also keep in mind that I really didn’t start watching basketball until around 1986. So you can’t complain about why I didn’t include players like Scott May or Quinn Buckner. I never watched them play.

And I’m not including any current players (except a few current NBA players…but I’m really not watching them anymore because it’s tough for me to get into the NBA. In fact, you won’t find very many NBA players on this list. There’s nothing against it. It just that…well…I’ve never really gotten into the pro game very much).

If you’ve followed my blog for very long, it probably isn’t a surprise who my first two are…

  1. Calbert Cheaney
  2. Kyle Taber
  3. Scott Haffner
  4. Marty Simmons
  5. Steve Alford
  6. Brian Hill
  7. AJ Moye
  8. Damon Bailey
  9. Alan Henderson
  10. Isiah Thomas
  11. Reggie Miller
  12. Larry Bird
  13. Andy Elkins
  14. Dan Godfread
  15. Sascha Hupmann
  16. Keith Smart
  17. Eric Gordon
  18. DJ White
  19. AJ Guyton
  20. Jared Jeffries
  21. Greg Graham
  22. Chris Reynolds
  23. Tom Coverdale
  24. Dane Fife
  25. Scott Schreffler
  26. Curtis Jackson
  27. Reed Jackson
  28. Brian Evans
  29. Eric Anderson
  30. Matt Nover
  31. Michael Lewis
  32. Andrae Patterson
  33. Jamal Meeks
  34. Lyndon Jones
  35. Charles Barkley
  36. Michael Jordan
  37. Chris Lofton
  38. Kirk Haston
  39. Errek Suhr
  40. Jarrad Odle
  41. Parish Casebier
  42. Chad Dollar
  43. Shelvin Mack
  44. Eric Montross
  45. Tyler Hansbrough (this one’s for Aiden)
  46. Walter McCarty (would’ve been much higher if he’d chosen any other college)

Go ahead. Tell me who I should have on here. I probably have my reasons for not including them, though.

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Matt Todd

Howdy. I'm Matt. My wife, Christy, and I have four kids and two dogs, I'm passionate about orphan care. I'm a die-hard fan of the Evansville Aces, the Indiana Hoosiers, and Star Wars. I'm trying to live life by the Todd family motto: "It behooves us to live!"
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