Monday, January 31, 2011

The Diesel


Yeah, we love The Diesel too. Especially now that he is rocking that saaaa-weeet green and clovers, baby.


Friday, January 28, 2011

Why Rodman, you ask?

Here at 80 percent basketball we just don't like Dennis Rodman, we LOVE him! You are probably pondering why we love him so much or why you weren't intelligent enough to think up such an amazing blog as we have here at 80 percent basketball.  Here are a few videos to justify our love for Rodman, and they might ease your unintellectual being with the emphatic sighting of Rodman in these videos.


Alright. Now, can we get this badass into the gosh darn Hall of Fame! I mean come on!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Jerry Lucas

Jerry Lucas. The best basketball player from the Big Ten. Ever. At Ohio State, his teams never lost a single home game. They had an overall record of 78-6.

Stats:     1959-60 season; 26.3 PPG, 16.4 RPG, 63.7% FG
             25-3, National Champs (Defeated California 75-55), Big Ten Champs, 1st Team All-American, NCAA Tourney MOP

             1960-61 season; 24.9 PPG, 17.4 RPG, 62.3% FG
              27-1, Final Four (Lost National Championship to Cincinnati 70-65), Big Ten Champs, AP Final #1, 1st Team All-American, NCAA Tourney MOP, Consensus Player of the Year
         
             1961-62 season, 21.8 PPG, 17.8 RPG, 61.1% FG
             26-2, Final Four (Lost National Championship to Cincinnati 71-59), Big Ten Champs, AP Preseason #1, AP Final #1, 1st Team All-American, Consensus Player of the Year

Notable Teammate: Some guy named: John Havlicek