The Sporting News ranked the Top 10 UK Basketball Players of All Time

by: Mrs. Tyler Thompson07/20/15@MrsTylerKSR

Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News is spending the offseason ranking the top ten players from several major programs, and this morning, tackled the impossible task of selecting the top ten players to ever play at Kentucky. How did he do? I'll let you be the judge:

1. Dan Issel 2. Ralph Beard 3. Anthony Davis 4. Cliff Hagan 5. Jamal Mashburn 6. Alex Groza 7. Tony Delk 8. Jack Givens 9. Kevin Grevey 10. Kenny Walker

Click on over to The Sporting News to see his reasoning for each pick. As a somewhat younger UK fan, it's weird not to see Anthony Davis on top, but it's hard to argue against Issel and Beard. [The Sporting News]

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