The women’s basketball team has already been announced and now it is time to unveil the 15 Hilltopper standouts who were selected — by popular vote of WKU fans — for berths on the WKU All-Time Centennial Men’s Basketball Team.
All 77 nominees on the ballot received votes and an additional 34 attracted attention, winning write-in votes. Included on the team are 10 Topper All-Americans, seven conference players-of-the-year and 12 1,000-point scorers. The Honorary Captain is leading vote-getter Clem Haskins (’65-67).
Here’s a rundown (in alphabetical order) of the former Hilltoppers — some of the greatest men’s basketball athletes in school history along with some of the most popular who wore the Red and White — on the honor squad:
• Johnny Britt (’73-76) — All-American, all-Ohio Valley Conference, OVC Player of the Year; 103 games, 1,765 points (17.1 ppg), 639 rebounds (6.2 rpg), 271 assists
• Ralph Crosthwaite (’55, ’57-59) — All-American, all-OVC; 103 games, 2,076 points (20.2 ppg), 1,309 rebounds (12.7 rpg), 58.2% FG
• Tellis Frank (’84-87) — All-American, all-Sun Belt Conference, SBC Player of the Year, SBC 30th Anniversary Team; 122 games (79 starts), 1,323 points (10.8 ppg), 664 rebounds (5.4 rpg), 187 assists, 99 steals
• Clarence Glover (’69-71) — 80 games; 555 points (6.9 ppg), 686 rebounds (8.6 rpg), 99 assists
• Clem Haskins (’65-67) — All-American, all-OVC, OVC Player of the Year, OVC Half Century Team, OVC 40th Anniversary Team; 76 games, 1,680 points (22.1 ppg), 809 rebounds (10.6 rpg), 75.1% FT
• Darrin Horn (’92-95) — all-SBC, WKU Male Athlete-of-the-Year; 125 games (93 starts), 1,115 points (8.9 ppg), 80.8% FT, 36.7% 3-PT, 352 assists, 139 steals
• Chris Marcus (’00-02) — All-American, all-SBC, SBC Player of the Year, SBC Tourney MVP, SBC 30th Anniversary Team, WKU Male Athlete-of-the-Year; 79 games (66 starts), 1,113 points (14.1 ppg), 795 rebounds (10.1 rpg), 55.8% FG, 214 blocks
• Tom Marshall (’51-54) — All-American, all-OVC, OVC Half Century Team, OVC 40th Anniversary Team; 110 games, 1,909 points (20.9 ppg), 1,565 rebounds (14.2 rpg)
• Clarence Martin (’83, ’85-87) — all-SBC; 126 games (113 starts), 888 points (7.0 ppg), 684 rebounds (5.4 rpg), 54.3% FG, 198 blocks
• Jim McDaniels (’69-71) — All-American, all-OVC, OVC Player-of-the-Year, OVC Half Century Team, OVC 40th Anniversary Team; 81 games, 2,238 points (27.6 ppg), 1,118 rebounds (13.1 rpg), 89 assists, 53.0% FG
• John Oldham (’43, ’47-49) — All-American, all-OVC, OVC 40th Anniversary Team, All-SIAA, All-KIAC; 1,006 points
• Dwight Smith (’65-67) — all-OVC, OVC 40th Anniversary Team; 78 games, 1,142 points (14.6 ppg), 856 rebounds (11.0 ppg)
• Greg Smith (’66-68) — all-OVC; 79 games, 931 points (11.8 ppg), 932 rebounds (11.8 rpg)
• Mike Wells (’01-04) — All-American, all-SBC, SBC Player of the Year; 124 games (63 starts), 1,245 points (10.0 ppg), 491 rebounds (4.0 rpg), 79.7% FT, 36.4% 3-PT, 187 assists, 92 blocks, 106 steals
• Anthony Winchester (’03-06) — All-American, all-SBC, SBC Player of the Year; 123 games (90 starts), 1,732 points (14.1 ppg), 643 rebounds (5.2 rpg), 151 assists, 103 steals, 41.6% 3-PT, 81.0% FT
