Is there a reason this man is not in the rafters at the convo? I dont know the politics behind all that but I just saw a post on Ohio BobcatNation facebook fan page that he commented " I sure wish they would hang another banner up there..SMH".
Seems like it's really important to him and man he sure did a lot at Ohio.

I used the record book to pull the numbers across several categories to compare Hunter's career vs the players, and added in Coop as well for good measure. There's certainly a case to be made for his inclusion. See for yourself.


Bobcats Top 10

Career Points
1. 2,336 Jamerson
3. 2,108 Trent
4. 2,075 Cooper
5. 2,012 Hunter
10. 1,625 Luckett
(26. 1,096 Baumholtz)

Single Season Points
1. 874 Jamerson
2. 837 Trent
3. 757 Trent
4. 657 Luckett
6. 617 Luckett
7. 614 Hunter


Career Scoring Avg
1. 22.7 Trent
3. 20.7 Luckett
4. 20.3 Jamerson
10. 16.9 Hunter

Singles Season Scoring Avg
1. 31.2 Jamerson
2. 25.4 Trent
3. 25.3 Luckett
4. 22.9 Trent
4. 22.9 Luckett
9. 21.5 Hunter


Career Free Throws Made
1. 561 Hunter
2. 505 Cooper
3. 499 Trent
8. 369 Jamerson

Single Season Free Throws Made
1. 210 Trent
2. 199 Hunter
5. 178 Hunter
10. 163 Trent


Career Rebounds
1. 1,103 Hunter
3. 1,050 Trent

Single Season Rebounds
2. 423 Trent
4. 378 Hunter


Career Rebound Avg
5. 11.3 Trent

Single Season Rebound Avg
9. 12.8 Trent


Career Assists
1. 934 Cooper

Single Season Assists
1. 263 Cooper
2. 242 Cooper
3. 218 Cooper
4. 211 Cooper


Career Steals
1. 327 Cooper

Single Season Steals
1. 93 Cooper
2. 85 Cooper
4. 81 Cooper
6. 68 Cooper


Career Blocks
7. 105 Trent
9. 87 Hunter

Single Season Blocks
8. 53 Trent


Games Started
1. 139 Cooper
3. 127 Hunter


Ohio has had 4 All Americans and 1 Academic All American
1941 Baumholtz
1975 Luckett
1990 Jamerson (Academic)
1995 Trent
2013 Cooper

NBA Draft picks (Round/Overall)
1/11 Trent
1/15 Jamerson
2/27 Luckett
2/56 Hunter
(Baumholtz not drafted in NBA but played 2 seasons)

All MAC Selections
Luckett- 1st team (x2)
Jamerson- 1st team, 2nd team, hon. mention
Trent- 1st team (x3)
Hunter- 1st team (x3)
Cooper- 1st team (x3), hon. mention

MAC Player of the Year
Luckett
Jamerson
Trent (x3)
Cooper


Statistical Single Season Champs

NCAA
Hunter- Rebounds per game(12.6)

MAC
Luckett- Points/gm (x2)
Jamerson- Points/gm, 3pts/gm, free throw %
Trent- Points/gm (x3), Reb/gm (x2),FG %, Blocks/gm
Hunter- Reb/gm
Cooper- Assts/gm (x2), Steals/gm, Minutes played


NCAA Tournament
3-2 Cooper
0-1 Luckett
0-1 Trent

MAC Reg Season Champ
1- Luckett
1- Trent
1- Cooper

MAC Tournament Champ
2- Cooper
1- Trent

The next banner to hang from the Convo rafters should have the name Caroline Mast on it.

I wholeheartedly agree with Caroline Mast Daugherty being honored with a jersey or banner in the Convo. Unfortunately, the AD doesn't think she did enough to belong there.

If she didn't do enough, then two of those other banners should come down.  I have the funniest feeling this may be the year that enough "pressure" is exerted that her banner will go up.  It's a shame that it will have to come to that.

Who decides which athletes get their jerseys in the rafters? I don't think it's just Jim Schaus saying "hey, let's do this". Believe the hall of fame committee (composed mainly of former athletes and a few long-time community types) that votes on new Hall of Fame members is the decision maker here.

Are there provisions to even honor a women's basketball player? Guess that opens up the conversation to volleyball and wrestling. Why isn't Kermit Blosser or Harry Houska in the rafters from wrestling? Should Ellen Herman's number be retired? Seems to open up a lot of questions that I don't know the answer to. But I'd argue Ellen Herman was just as much (or more) of a figure in Ohio Athletics history than Caroline Mast.

On that topic...what about football? We've never honored a jersey there but there's certainly some worthy candidates.

Now that Pandora's box is open...curious to other thoughts out there...

Maybe I focus too much on team accomplishments, but I have a hard time putting a guy up there who didn't win a MAC Championship. For as good as he was, we were 14-16 his senior season. When you look at what Trent and Cooper accomplished team-wise...you've got a tough argument for Hunter.

• Caroline led the Bobcats in scoring all four years of her career
• was a freshman All American
• the first Bobcat to be named MAC Player of the Year
• her team won a MAC Championship
•  all time scoring and rebounding leader for Ohio Women's basketball
• held the record for most rebounds in a game (23)
• is a member of the Ohio University Kermit Blosser Athletic Hall of Fame
• was named to the Mid American Conference Hall of Fame (at the time of her induction she was the ONLY Ohio University athlete ever included-they have recently inducted Gary Trent)
•  was named the "player of the decade" for the Mid American Conference
•  and many other athletic and academic accolades.

The thing that really sets her apart is the fact that she was an outstanding student and citizen on and off the court, a great example of how to conduct yourself and represent your school.

From my memory, most of the time Brandon was in Athens, he was not playing with a decent point guard, which I think we'd all agree was TOS's fatal flaw recruiting-wise with Fears as the exception.  They were loaded with wings and 4's but not many good ball handlers.

As for the side thought in this thread, I'd agree that any ladies who achieved enormous success should have their names up there.  I believe there was a time when Borna noted how impressive it is to have a lot of banners up high noting success of the programs.  To me, that creates a culture of success and tradition that we've been building more and more. 

One last note about Brandon:  Bring him in as a "coach" of sorts during the summer and teach a few of these bigs on how he was supremely successful at getting to the free throw line.  Almost no one did that better at Ohio.

Isn't Dave Jamerson up there?

While your statement is true, team success plays a big part in some sports particularly in football.  The more individual stats available the easier it is to receive accolades on losing teams.   

But college basketball is a tougher situation because careers are so short.  But there are plenty of HOFers whose numbers aren't typically HOF-worthy but they won a mess of championships. The guys on your list all had great numbers.

A counter argument to the lack of team accomplishments and personal accolades for Hunter is that in spite of that he was seen favorably by NBA scouts. Hunter is 1 of only 4 Bobcats to be drafted in the first two rounds, and the other 3 are in the rafters.

One of the most important metrics is scoring. In career points Hunter does well, finishing 5th, and breaking the threshold of 2,000 pts. However, if you look at Average career points Trent, Luckett, and Jamerson all break the 20 pts/gm threshold but Hunter comes in at 16.9.