With the official start of practice still a couple of weeks away, I thought an interesting post would be one ranking the best Butler players over the last 10 years (2002-03 through 2011-12). One important thing to remember is that this ranking is based on performance at Butler, not success at the professional level. However, the teams success factors in somewhat to the rankings. Here is the list.
1. Gordon Hayward, 2008-2010
2. Matt Howard 2007-2011
3. A.J. Graves, 2004-2008
4. Shelvin Mack, 2008-2011
5. Mike Green, 2006-2008
6. Brandon Polk, 2004-2006
7. Ronald Nored, 2008-2012
8. Brandon Miller, 2000-2003
9. Bruce Horan, 2002-2006
10. Pete Campbell, 2006-2008
Analysis: Some may think Shelvin Mack was ranked too low, but remember, at no point in his Butler career was he considered the best player on the roster, and he never led Butler in scoring. Also, I was thinking about putting Willie Veasley at #10 instead of Campbell, but Campbell did more for the Bulldogs offensively in a shorter period of time, and was hit more clutch baskets than Veasley did in his career (save the Syracuse game). Plus, I didn't seem right putting to primarily defensive players (Nored and Veasley) on this list together. Andrew Smith could make this list eventually if he had a HUGE senior season. While some may disagree on the order, I think I pretty fairly judged which guys would be in the top 10.
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