"The Phattastic 50" Honors the 50 Greatest "Phat 5" Program Players of All-Time Says, Dunkadelic.com

Jabbar, Jordan, Chamberlain, Issel, and Walton head the list of the 50 Greatest "Phat 5" program players of All-Time. "The Phat 5"; Kentucky, N. Carolina, UCLA, Kansas, and Duke will celebrate 500 years of play during the 2006-07 season. Now that's Dunkadelic!

(PRWEB) February 8, 2006 -- Dunkadelic.com has come up with the "Phattastic 50". The 50 Greatest players of All-Time to wear the Kentucky, N. Carolina, UCLA, Kansas and, Duke uniforms. Legendary icons Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Dan Issel, and Bill Walton head the list. Players were ranked from 1-50 with 75% of the rating coming from their college careers at "The Phat 5" and, 25% coming from their professional careers. There are 8 Hall of Fame Players, 17 NBA MVP awards and, countless National Player of the Year winners on this impresssive list. Kentucky(UK), Kansas(KU) and, N. Carolina(UNC) abbreviations will be used after each player who attended those programs. Each program was given a (tie) for an additional player to the list. The # 23, 38, 39, 45, and 50 are the 5 tie numbers.

Number 1-10:

1. Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)-UCLA, 2. Michael Jordan-UNC, 3. Wilt Chamberlain-KU, 4. Dan Issel-UK, 5. Bill Walton-UCLA, 6. James Worthy-UNC, 7. Johnny Dawkins-Duke, 8. Clyde Lovellette-KU, 9. Alex Groza-UK and, 10. Danny Manning-KU.

Number 11-20:

11. Lennie Rosenbluth-UNC, 12. Grant Hill-Duke, 13. Billy Cunningham-UNC, 14. Art Heyman-Duke, 15. Gail Goodrich-UCLA, 16. Jack "Goose" Givens-UK, 17. Reggie Miller-UCLA, 18. Walter Davis-UNC, 19. Cliff Hagan-UK, 20. B.H. Born-KU.

Number 21-30:

21. Marques Johnson-UCLA, 22. Charlie Scott-UNC, 23.Curtis Rowe-UCLA (tie), 23. Sidney Wicks-UCLA (tie), 24. Louie Dampier-UK, 25. Keith "Jamaal" Wilkes-UCLA, 26. Jo Jo White-KU, 27. Phil Ford-UNC, 28. Willie Naulls-UCLA, 29. Kyle Macy-UK and, 30. Bob McAdoo-UNC.

Number 31-40:

31. Sam Perkins-UNC, 32. Kevin Grevey-UK, 33. Brad Daugherty-UNC, 34. Kiki Vandeweghe- UCLA, 35. Jeff Mullins-Duke, 36. Jim Spanarkle-Duke, 37. Walt Hazzard-UCLA, 38. Vince Carter-UNC (tie), 38. Antawn Jamison-UNC (tie), 39. Tony Delk-UK (tie), 39. Cotton Nash-UK (tie) and, 40. Elton Brand-Duke.

Number 41-50:

41. Jamal Mashburn-UK, 42. Christian Laettner-Duke, 43. Jason Williams-Duke, 44. Larry Miller-UNC, 45. Danny Ferry-Duke (tie), 45. Mike Giminski-Duke (tie), 46. Bobby Hurley-Duke, 47. Paul Pierce-KU, 48. Drew Gooden-KU, 49. J.J. Redick-Duke 50. Nick Collinson-KU (tie) and, 50. Kirk Heinrich-KU (tie).

N Carolina had the most players selected with 13, Duke was second with 12, UCLA was third with 11, Kentucky with 10 and, Kansas with 9.

There were some great players who missed the "Phattastic 50" list here's the honorable mentions Bobby Jones, Kenny Smith, Rasheed Wallace and, Jerry Stackhouse of N. Carolina. Gene Banks, Shane Battier and, Dick Groat of Duke. Baron Davis, Richard Washington (1975 NCAA Tournament MVP) and, Don McLean (UCLAs' All-Time leading scorer) of UCLA. Antonie Walker, Kenny Walker and, Pat Riley (4 NBA Championships as coach of the LA Lakers) of Kentucky. Raef LaFrentz, Jaque Vaughn and, Darnell Valentine of Kansas.

There will be some debate on who should be on or off the list. The players selected were the 50 best based on the criteria followed by Dunkadelic.com.

The Phat 5 "Phattastic 50".

The 10 best "Phat 5" coaches of All-Time is a bonus to this press release 1. John R. Wooden-UCLA, 2. Dean Smith-UNC, 3. Mike Kryzewski-Duke, 4. Adolph Rupp-UK, 5. Roy Williams-UNC/KU, 6. Phog Allen-KU, 7. Joe B. Hall-UK, 8. Rick Pitino-UK, 9. Frank McGuire-UNC, 10. Tubby Smith-UK (tie), 10. Larry Brown-KU/UCLA (tie).

Roy Williams and Larry Brown are the only 2 to coach two "Phat 5" programs. Both guided the 2 programs to the Final Four. Dean Smith and Adolph Rupp number 1 and 2 in All-Time NCAA victories played for Phog Allen at Kansas before becoming coaches.

For more information or interview request on "The Phat 5", "The Phattastic 50" and, the 500 years of combined play email Derrick E. Vaughan of Dunkadelic Inc.

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