hokie1985 10/25/2008
What is wrong with people that give this guy any rating other than a 4 or 5? Hate much? Jeesh people are retarded
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tomjo54 01/01/2008
Top 7
Manic87 05/14/2007
Anybody that thinks he isnt the greatest can simply look at State's record while he was there and his ppg. Unlike Pete he actually had other players on his team who scored.
wolfpack12321 05/10/2006
Greatest College Basketball Player of All-Time!!!
TMACK 07/11/2005
The Man put high flying B-Ball on the map. No one before him jumped out of the gym before him. Everyone who followed (Including Dr. J, Ewing), great as they were, were following the original
jam617 05/03/2005
i can't explain in here what he means to college basketball. 2-time AP all-american, 3-time ACC player of the year, scored over 2,000 points in just the 3 years he was allowed to play in at that time (that rule changed because of him, as with the no-dunking rule). went 54-1 in 2 years, winning National championship in the year when his team was allowed to go to postseason. Far better than anyone else on this list.
R Harris 04/16/2005
For you folks who have only watched basketball since 1990 or later: Imagine Dwayne Wade with Vince Carter hops and Michael Redd's shooting stroke. That would be a modern equivalent. He could block shots at heights previously only reached by players like Russell, Wilt, and Kareem. Inch for inch, the greatest player I have ever seen.
louiethe20th 03/14/2005
The man could jump out of the gym!Quick,agile and smooth.
CapAnson 04/30/2004
Truly spectacular back in the day.. probably the only player in history with more hang time than Jordan.. He was better than Jordan in college, a bit worse in the NBA.. a drug casualty
packfan84 04/05/2004
DT is the BEST College player to ever play the game! If you know anything about college basketball you would know that Walton and even Dr. J said that DT was the best player they ever played against. Michael Jordan didn't really make a name for himself intil his professional career (by the way he said he grew up idolizing DT). DT achieved so many things as a college player, even before the institution of the dunk and the 3 point shot, if these had been apart of the game at the time there would be NO debate over who is the number one college player of all time. Let's not forget about his 44inch vertical leap from stand still
OddWolf 02/08/2004
Bill Walton said Thompson was the greatest college player he had ever seen.
superchevy 02/08/2004
Hands down, THE BEST.
DWJ1 12/07/2003
Anyone who really followed College Basketball during the 70's considered DT superhuman, and only at 6'-4 195. He was unstoppable, period, and put NC State on the map. Just think if he was allowed to dunk and there was a 3 point line?
RelapsPrev 07/05/2003
Not better than Maravich or Alcinder!
bigjohnson 04/21/2003
Yes he was great but get real not the best. Best college players Alcindor, Walton then maybe Thompson.
hogan42 03/27/2003
he took the game above the rim 29.9 ppg before the 3 point shot and at 6'4" he had to play forward.
Wolfstyle 03/26/2003
The best ever, no comparison!
Ground_Chuck 03/26/2003
David Thompson was the greatest college basketball player ever, no doubt about it.
eddie9300 03/26/2003
The greatest college player of all time...
Deezel2001 03/26/2003
David Thomson is the best college basketball player ever. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a moron. Alcindor was good, and is IMO second... Walton was good as well. However, neither of them were close to DT. He took basketball to new levels... ask anyone. What kind of compliment is it that David Thompson is Michael Jordan's idol?
wufpak91 03/26/2003
Best ever hands down!
The Phantom 03/26/2003
David Thompson was the greatest college basketball player ever. Lew Alcindor comes close, but all of this Bird/Jordan/Magic stuff is only for people who are so young so as to remember only their pro careers. . .
jeffbear 03/26/2003
Greatest COLLEGE player ever. Period.
uncleroger 03/26/2003
Anybody who rates him less than great, obviously never saw him play. He was the greatest college basketball player of all time. Michael Jordan couldn't carry David's jock in college.
speckman 03/26/2003
Are you f$#%ing kidding me. This is some kind of a joke. How is David Thompson not in the top 3. People re-read the criteria this is for greatest men's COLLEGE basketball player. Michael Jordan was a good college basketball player. But even placing him in the top 5 UNC players of all time is not a given. Tim Duncan was again a good college player but give me a freakin break. I cannot even continue with this ranting because this poll is so out of whack.
youngpack 03/26/2003
the greatest college player ever....averaged 27.1 a game when there was no 3 point line....and he could shoot from WAY back....greatest leaper of all-time 46 inch vertical, but dunking was illegal then....greatest scorer of all time, but freshman couldn't play----National player of the year Jr. and Sr. ---first team all american EVERY year(except freshman when they weren't allowed to play varsity) even MJ calls him the greatest....you guys that never saw him play are sick to not have him in the top 2 or 3 EVER! he was an entire notch above MJ in his NCAA years--ask either one of them.
Tide1 03/26/2003
Greatest college basketball player in history.
Guitar Coyote 01/01/2003
TEAM PLAYER PROLIFIC SCORER VASTLEY UNDERATED SHOULD BE TOP 5 COLLEGE PLAYER ALL TIME EASY THOSE WHO KNOW KNOW NO WAY HE RATES BELOW GATHERS ALTHOUGH GATHERS WAS GREAT AND HIS LIFE SHORT AND TRAGIC
janocomp 03/12/2001
how can anyone give him less than a 5? 57-1 his last two years.
barr3372om 12/18/1999
one of the greatest small forwards of all time in college
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