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NewAthenian

4/11/2017 6:47 AM

Yeah unless you count the summer league, which we probably don't. DJ played with the Wizards last summer, and apparently I was the only one who knew it at the "sports bar" I happened to be at when the one televised game he was in was playing. I asked if they could change it to the channel and they couldn't find it. So we ended up (not) watching some other summer league game. He had some nice highlights on youtube afterwards, however. Couple really nice assists as I remember.

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shabamon

4/11/2017 6:51 AM

Xavier Hughes from NIU I think briefly made a roster.

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OU_Country

4/11/2017 10:16 AM

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Say what you will about Devin Davis, but he represents an era when the MAC had NBA and NBA-caliber players and when Ohio v. Miami meant something more than it has the past several years.

Give me more Devin Davises and others like him and fewer Logan McLanes on rosters of MAC teams.

No doubt about that.

Gary Trent - Ohio '95
Ben Handlogten - WMU '96
Ira Newble - Miami '97
Nate Huffman - Kent '97
Antonio Daniels - BG '97
Bonzi Wells - Balls '98
Casey Shaw - Toledo '98
Derrick Dial - EMU '98
Earl Boykins - EMU '98
Wally Szczerbiak - Miami '99
Tamar Slay - Marshall '02
Keith McLeod - BG '02
Theron Smith - Balls '03
Chris Kaman - CMU '03
Brandon Hunter - Ohio '03
John Edwards - Kent '04

All played multiple years or at least had a cup of coffee in the NBA and came through the MAC over that stretch of 9 years. Not to mention the Curis Simmons/Geno Ford/Antonio Gates/Devin Davis who were fantastic college players.

Certainly night and day from what we've seen since 2005.

Who has the conference had in the NBA since then? Richaun Holmes and N'dour are the only two I can even think of in the last 13 years.

So we went from 16 over 9 years, to 2 in the last 13 years (though I'd argue if he were 3 inches and 30 lbs bigger DJ would have made it).

Consider that the NBA was a vastly different game 15-18 years ago than it is today. the majority of the players on the list are stereotypical post players. In the last 3-5 years, as we've seen, many teams in the league have gone away from conventional post players. That has some bearing on this, as does the one and done. Lastly, the addition of how many additional D1 programs since 2003 spreads out scholarships a little more. All those things change the number of NBA caliber players in the MAC. I'm sure someone could come up with other reasons to consider.

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Mike Johnson

4/11/2017 11:54 AM

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Favorite memory from a MAC tournament game. Ball State with Wells vs EMU with Boykins. Quarter finals. During the closing minutes of that game, Wells and Boykins took over in mano vs mano fashion. It was genuinely magnificent drama. Don't remember who won and it didn't matter. It was the spectacle of those two battling down the stretch that is memorable. Both of course had good NBA careers.

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C Money

4/11/2017 12:05 PM

Aren't you guys forgetting Marin Bota?

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OhioCatFan

4/11/2017 5:20 PM

C Money wrote:expand_more

Aren't you guys forgetting Marin Bota?

Ah yes . . .

23. Every OHIO basketball team has at least one player with NBA potential at least equivalent to that of Mr. Bota's.