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Saw this great question on twitter. Perfect for the offseason.....

If the Big East were to start a Hall of Fame, who would be your first five inductees?

stever20 wrote:Saw this great question on twitter. Perfect for the offseason.....

If the Big East were to start a Hall of Fame, who would be your first five inductees?

I'll play...in no particular order:
Ewing
Mullin
Iverson
Rip Hamilton
Brunson

I purposely left any Syracuse players off the list because I despise Boeheim. Even making the list, I felt guilty leaving Kittles, Kemba, Berry, Mourning and Ray Allen off the list. So maybe that would be my second team.

Better question: Why ISNT there a Big East HoF?

Mullin
Ewing
Hamilton
Coleman
Dark Horse: Troy Murphy

to me the 1st guy is really easy- Dave Gavitt
John Thompson
Rollie
Ewing
Mullin

The first 10 classes or so would be just incredible.

stever20 wrote:to me the 1st guy is really easy- Dave Gavitt
John Thompson
Rollie
Ewing
Mullin

The first 10 classes or so would be just incredible.

I'd second this.

stever20 wrote:to me the 1st guy is really easy- Dave Gavitt
John Thompson
Rollie
Ewing
Mullin

The first 10 classes or so would be just incredible.

I think you just stuck the landing with that line-up.

Xudash wrote:

stever20 wrote:to me the 1st guy is really easy- Dave Gavitt
John Thompson
Rollie
Ewing
Mullin

The first 10 classes or so would be just incredible.

I think you just stuck the landing with that line-up.

it's tough because you have some incredible guys not on there. But if you're limiting it to 5 guys per class, tough to take them and take one of those 5 that I listed out.

Patrick Ewing
Richard Hamilton
Emeka Okafor
Kamba walker
Jalen Brunson

Coaches has to be something like this:

Thompson



Wright
Calhoun

Boeheim

Lou
Rollie

Gavitt fits in somewhere

Players:

Ewing
Mullin
Pearl
Iverson
Kemba

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My quick list... incomplete... tons of missing names i'm sure... willing to get advice due to my forgetfulness...

BIG EAST HALL OF FAME.
Location: upstairs in the block of stores at 241 South Main Street, Providence... the location above the former Plantations Deli where as a college soph at RISD i bumped into Dave Gavitt having coffee and a sandwich before lunch on a random morning in 1988.

Divided into 7 Periods with 12 players in each.

THE BIRTH:
1980 to 1982:
John Bagley BC
John Duren GU
David Russell SJ
Dan Callandrillo SHU
John Pinone VU
Sleepy Floyd GU
Louie Orr
Roosevelt Bouie
Corny Thompson
Stewart Granger
Erich Santifer
Dan Schayes.
all-name team: Marty Headd.
commish and coaches:
Dave Gavitt
John Thompson Jr
Carnesecca
Boeheim
Massimino
Dr Tom Davis
broadcaster wing:
Len Berman
Dave Gavitt
note - Santifer represents the famous trio of him, Tony "Red" Bruin, and Leo Rautins.

THE GOLDEN AGE:
1983 to 1986:
Patrick Ewing
Chris Mullin
Walter Berry
Pearl Washington
Michael Adams BC
Ed Pinckney
Rafael Addison
Jay Murphy BC
Reggie Williams
Mark Jackson
Otis Thorpe
David Wingate.
coaches:
Gary Williams.
broadcaster wing:
Mike Gorman.
Bill Raftery

THE COOLEST GROUP IN THE NATION:
1987 to 1995:
Charles Smith of Pitt
Mourning
Mutombo
Coleman
Sherman Douglas
Terry Dehere
Donyell Marshall
Malik Sealy
Billy Donovan
Billy Owens
Kerry Kittles
Dana Barros BC.
coaches and admin:
Rick Pitino
Jim Calhoun.
P.J. Carlesimo.
Rick Barnes.
Mike Tranghese.


THE FIRST EXPANSION:
1996 to 2005:
Ray Allen
Allan Iverson
Khalid El-Amin
Okafor
God Shammgod
Richard Hamilton
Felipe Lopez
Austin Croshere
Troy Murphy
Ben Gordon
Carmelo Anthony
Caron Butler
coaches and admin:
Ben Howland
Leonard Hamilton
Al Skinner.


THE SECOND GOLDEN AGE:
2006 to 2013:
Randy Foye
Rudy Gay
Jeff Green
Curtis Sumpter
Roy Hibbert
Scottie Reynolds
Jeremy Hazell
Jae Crowder
Otto Porter
Hasheem Thabeet
Jeff Adrien
Kemba Walker.
coaches and admin:
Jay Wright
Jamie Dixon
Bob Huggins.
John Thompson III.
John Marinatto


THE RENAISSANCE:
2014 to 2018:
Doug McDermott
Kris Dunn.
J.P. Macura.
Trevor Bluiett
Angel Delgado
Ryan Arcidiacono
Kris Jenkins
Jalen Brunson
Roosevelt Jones
Mikael Bridges.
Josh Hart
Markus Howard.
coaches and admin:
Greg McDermott
Chris Mack
Val Ackerman
Stu Jackson
broadcaster wing:
Gus Johnson.
Bill Raftery again.
Tarik Turner.
Donnie Marshall.


THE REUNION
2019 to 2023
Adama Sanogo
Collin Gillespie
Justin Jackson
Ryan Kalkbrenner
Justin Moore
broadcasters wing:
Tim Brando.
Dickie Simpkins.
John Fanta.
TBD...