Terry Teagle - the best pure shooter to wear a Baylor uniform

Aaron Bruce. Coincided with my time at Baylor so that plays into it, but also was just a bolt out of the blue for us in such an insane time for the program. He seemed so far above our standard in those first Drew years, seemed like he could hit any shot from anywhere while the rest of our starting 5 was picked off the playground.

He was really the bridge for us between the madness period and the CJ/Tweety/Dugat/Rogers era that really launched the program. I genuinely don't think we'd be where we are without him, and he was just so much fun to watch.

Great thread topic. Mine is a tie between Davion and Butler, the twin engines that drove the bus for our title team.

After that, here's the rest of my top 10 (no particular order):

*Vital - potentially the greatest defensive player to ever play for us. Without him we don't sniff a title.
*Terry Black - the best pure athlete and dunker I ever saw in a Baylor uniform.
* Tweety - 1st McDonald's all-american to play for us. After Tweety our recruiting really took off
*Acy - similar to Black, so many highlight reel dunks and mean mugs. Will never forget the game he dunked all over Texas and made sports center
* Lace Dunn- a walking bucket without a conscience.
* Teague - consummate role player for our Natty team. His work on the defensive end was extremely underrated.
*Curtis Jerrells - killer crossover and one of first big-time recruits along with Aaron Bruce to put us on the map
*Adam Flagler - who can forget the "other" guard on our Natty team? His 3 point dagger to seal the title is my favorite sports memory of all time.

Vinne Johnson

Michael Williams..

So freaking smooth.

Was the player who pulled us out of the abyss and to our first tournament in almost 40 years.

And still holds the NBA record for consecutive free throws made.

Josh Lomers

Tweety.

Still believe we are where we are today in large part because of him.

Definitely Davion Mitchell. He played incredible D.

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Aaron Bruce. Coincided with my time at Baylor so that plays into it, but also was just a bolt out of the blue for us in such an insane time for the program. He seemed so far above our standard in those first Drew years, seemed like he could hit any shot from anywhere while the rest of our starting 5 was picked off the playground.

He was really the bridge for us between the madness period and the CJ/Tweety/Dugat/Rogers era that really launched the program. I genuinely don't think we'd be where we are without him, and he was just so much fun to watch.

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To me players like Aaron Bruce, Vinnie Johnson, and Terry Teagle have a lot in common as in when they played they were pretty much one man teams surrounded by a lot of comparatively inferior talent that was on the floor to mainly just try to get the ball to them and get out of their way. Amazing how each of them did what they did with at most little support from the other 4 players on the floor beyond maybe making a decent pass to get the ball to them.

Jared Butler

On the court he was almost unstoppable.

Off the court an amazing human being who was front and center with serving others and sharing his faith.

Lots of amazing players at Baylor I admire. But JB is tops.

The great quote from Terry Black was a response to a quote from a Kansas player earlier in the year when they had lost a game and said it wasn't like we lost to Baylor or someone like that. Terry responded after we had beat them handily on national TV something to the effect of " it's no big deal, it's not like we beat Duke or North Carolina!"

You know you really love Baylor Basketball when everyone of these names listen makes you smile. Even some of the dudes that frustrated me, now make me smile.