CATS - BY THE NUMBERS: WHO IS THE VERY BEST? - #24

In sports one of the highest honors a player can recieve is to have his number retired, never to be used again. In Chicago there will be no more #23 for the Bulls, no #3 in New York for the Yankees, or #13 in Miami for the Dolphins. Just mentioning these sacred numbers and people will know exactly who is being discussed.

But what about at UK? Here at the University of Kentucky they don't retire the numbers, but the jersey's of the greats who wear them. But what if the they did retire the numbers? Who would be the very best? Would #24 be Mashburn or Walker? Would #10 be Dampier, Minniefield, or Bogans?

Here are the voting results so far:

#00: Tony Delk Vote for #00
#1: Cliff Hawkins Vote for #1
#2: Ravi Moss Vote for #2
#3: Rex Chapman Vote for #3
#4: Kyle Macy Vote for #4
#5: Wayne Turner Vote for #5
#6 Cliff Hagan Vote for #6
#7 Guy Strong Vote for #7
#8 Marvin Akers Vote for #8
#9 Bill Spicer Vote for #9
#10 Louie Dampier Vote for #10
#11 Sean Woods Vote for #11
#12 Ralph Beard Vote for #12
#13 Nazr Mohammed Vote for #13
#14 Eric Daniels Vote for #14
#15 Alex Groza Vote for #15
#16 Lou Tsioropoulos Vote for #16
#17 Al Reynolds Vote for #17
#18 Dale Barnstable Vote for #18
#19 Walter Hirsch Vote for #19
#20 Jimmy Dan Conner Vote for #20
#21 Jack Givens Vote for #21
#22 Mike Pratt Vote for #22
#23 Jodie Meeks Vote for #23

CATS BY THE NUMBERS: WHO IS THE VERY BEST ?

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Comment by Blue Blood 00 on June 19, 2009 at 3:26pm: The best overall number so far! Flynn,Bearup, and Azubuike, are all good players. Johnny Cox was a heck of a player. Walker, well what else can you say about walker but GREAT! But Mash is probably one of the top 3 players ever to play at UK in my opinon

Comment by Wayne Gibson on June 9, 2009 at 7:50am: I had to vote for the player I was named after--Larry Pursiful-He should have made all-american his senior year.

Comment by C Dogg on June 8, 2009 at 3:29pm: There are some great players on this list but Mashburn still wins it easily. Mashburn and Kenny Walker have been the two best players I've seen at UK.

Comment by The Krystal Ball on June 8, 2009 at 2:49pm: Wow this may be the best competition yet for a number...but I think you have to go with Mashburn for all he did helping to bring back the program in the early 90's.

Comment by UKYCat on June 8, 2009 at 1:04pm: Gotta agree Nathan. Mashburn will always go down as one of my top 5 favorite Cats

Comment by Nathan Brooks on June 8, 2009 at 12:50pm: A lot of great players have worn #24, but Mashburn is the best, followed by Johnny Cox and Walker.

Comment by Grammy Rosebud on June 8, 2009 at 10:01am: I had to vote for Mash but really liked Antoine Walker who may have actually been better. I was also a fan of Azubuike.