Honestly, as great and tough and all-world as I think Iverson is, I think Chris Jackson would have RUINED his world. Even with that said, Chris Jackson couldn’t stop Iverson from scoring inside. That would be a battle royal and if Iverson was hot, it would go down to the wire but Jackson could shoot in rain, sleet, snow, blizzards, the middle of fist fights and even in quicksand.

Jackson was the total package he had everything. A dream match for me would be him against A.I. while he was at Georgetown.

Hey do you remember the year they had the One on One Collegiate Challenge in A.C. Bo Kimble won the first one and I don’t know who won the second but I know Larry Johnson and Billy Owens played in the finals I believe.

Now Billy Owens was another personal favorite at the ‘Cuse but he was an overall disappointment. I was trying to find a spot for him on the list. Maybe I’ll do an NCAA Run of the Mill List.

With all due respect, Chris Jackson at #16 simply won’t work. If you’re talking STRICTLY about a collegiate career, you’d be HARD PRESSED to put him lower than 3 or 4. He was the consummate offensive player (better by degrees than EVERY player on this list) and he was a superb on the ball defender. No one was a better shooter - not Rice (and I went to Michigan), not Mullin, not Macon. No one had a quicker release. No one had a better handle - not even Kenny A. (and I’ve seen him play since high school right here in NYC). No one was a more dangerous scorer - not Coleman or Kimble or LJ or Mashburn. And, only Mullin was a comparable free throw shooter.

“Including Shaq, Jackson was the most unstoppable LSU player since Pistol Pete”

He was the most unstoppable collegiate player…not just LSU player.

Len Bias is far too low. I won’t argue his case. His numbers, performance in big games against elite competition, etc warrant him being ranked higher.

I, too, lived in the northeast during my youth (and my basketball arc goes back to 1976 - and therefore includes clear memories of players like Isiah, Jordan, Mark Aguirre, Goose Givens, Worthy, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Silent Sam Perkins - and even vague recollections of David Thompson, Austin Carr, etc.)

I’m glad you’ve started the conversation.

Ummmm…..you mean except for when he was a junior and Arizona went to the 1988 Final Four, right?

Ummmm…..you mean except for when he was a junior and Arizona went to the 1988 Final Four, right?

Do you hate North Carolina?

Michael Jordan?
James Worthy?
JR Reid?

I’ll let Reid slide (Macon a one year wonder), I’ll file Worthy as before you started watching. MJ? You got some ’splainin’ to do…