CATS - BY THE NUMBERS: WHO IS THE VERY BEST? - #43

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 / Travis Ford 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 PrattVote for #22
#23 Jodie Meeks Vote for #23
#24 Jamal MashburnVote for #24
#25 Winston BennettVote for #25
#26 Ken Rollins Vote for #26
#27 Wah Wah Jones Vote for #27
#30 Frank Ramsey Vote for #30
#31 Sam Bowie Vote for #31
#32 Richie Farmer Vote for #32
#33 Ron Mercer Vote for #33
#34 Kenny Walker Vote for #34
#35 Kevin Grevey Vote for #35
#36 Read Morgan
#37 Gene Neff
#38 Bobby Watson
#39 Darrell Lorance
#40 Walter McCarty Vote for #40
#41 Mark Pope
#40 Pat Riley Vote for #42

CATS BY THE NUMBERS: WHO IS THE VERY BEST ?

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Comment by UKwitness on July 4, 2009 at 12:26am: If I'm a new player coming in and wasn't sure what number I wanted to wear I would definitely think about taking #43 just for the history at UK. How hard could it be to be the greatest player ever to wear #43. Just something to think about.

Comment by oldkentucky on June 26, 2009 at 10:25pm: Jared Carter is the best. He gave four years and he worked his tail off every day. He deserves something good from Wildcat fans.

Comment by Blue Blood 00 on June 25, 2009 at 4:03pm: Really ?? I mean Really ..... I gave my vote to Brown Sharp I guess. Although I can say don't know anything about him. I gave it to him basically because like the Crystal Ball said he was on the 51' title team. Although it took me a second to realize that Lathrem sat on the end of the bench, I mean the END of the bench on maybe one if not the greatest college teams ever the 96' title team! I am just assuming that Sharp contributed more to the 51' team even if it was in practice. The 96' team was so good, some of their best games were against their own bench. Lathrem still couldn't get p.t. in practice! LOL.

Comment by Eric Vaughn on June 25, 2009 at 11:09am: I also voted for Sharp just because I don't know about him and i can't say he was terrible. The next number will be hard, Dan Issel, Cotton Nash, and Chuck Hayes are just a few.

Comment by The Krystal Ball on June 25, 2009 at 9:45am: wow really???? those are the only players who have worn 43, this is like deciding between and root canal and a prostate exam.

I guess I am voting for Brown Shap since he did play on a National Championship team.

Comment by rphelps on June 25, 2009 at 9:20am: Can I vote for Richard Petty?

Comment by Stephen on June 25, 2009 at 9:11am: I voted for Brown Sharp. I know nothing about him at all, which makes him the obvious choice against Lathrem and Carter.

Comment by Grammy Rosebud on June 25, 2009 at 8:46am: I can't vote on this one. I just don't have enough information. In the case of Jared Carter, when he first came to UK I thought he might have promise. For one reason or another that never materialized. I like Jared and he seems to be a genuinely nice guy but he just never seemed to take off like I had hoped he would.