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The Top Ranked Big 8 Basketball Players of the 1970s
Notes: The rankings are based on college stats.
What players did in the pros does not factor into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | College |
| 1 | Dave Robisch | Kansas |
| 2 | John Brown | Missouri |
| 3 | Cliff Meely | Colorado |
| 4 | Mike Evans | Kansas St. |
| 5 | Bud Stallworth | Kansas |
| 6 | Alvan Adams | Oklahoma |
| 7 | Darnell Valentine | Kansas |
| 8 | Chuckie Williams | Kansas St. |
| 9 | Willie Smith | Missouri |
| 10 | Hercle Ivy | Iowa St. |
| 11 | Dean Uthoff | Iowa St. |
| 12 | John McCullough | Oklahoma |
| 13 | Bill Cain | Iowa St. |
| 14 | Jerry Venable | Kansas St. |
| 15 | Jerry Fort | Nebraska |
| 16 | Rick Suttle | Kansas |
| 17 | Rolando Blackman | Kansas St. |
| 18 | Danny Knight | Kansas |
| 19 | Emmett Lewis | Colorado |
| 20 | Marv Stewart | Nebraska |
| 21 | Lon Kruger | Kansas St. |
| 22 | Kim Anderson | Missouri |
| 23 | Clay Johnson | Missouri |
| 24 | Curtis Redding | Kansas St. |
| 25 | Al Eberhard | Missouri |
| 26 | Art Johnson | Iowa St. |
| 27 | Gar Heard | Oklahoma |
| 28 | Andrew Parker | Iowa St. |
| 29 | Scott Wedman | Colorado |
| 30 | Chuck Jura | Nebraska |
| 31 | Clint Harris | Iowa St. |
| 32 | Olus Holder | Oklahoma St. |
| 33 | Henry Smith | Missouri |
| 34 | Jim Kennedy | Missouri |
| 35 | John Douglas | Kansas |
| 36 | Jim Creighton | Colorado |
| 37 | Al Beal | Oklahoma |
| 38 | Robert Wilson | Iowa St. |
| 39 | Carl McPipe | Nebraska |
| 40 | Andy Hopson | Oklahoma St. |
| 41 | Paul Mokeski | Kansas |
| 42 | David Hall | Kansas St. |
| 43 | Kevin Fitzgerald | Oklahoma St. |
| 44 | Steve Mitchell | Kansas St. |
| 45 | Clifford Ray | Oklahoma |
| 46 | Terry Stotts | Oklahoma |
| 47 | Bobby Jack | Oklahoma |
| 48 | Pierre Russell | Kansas |
| 49 | Dave Logan | Colorado |
| 50 | Larry Dassie | Kansas St. |
| 51 | Roger Brown | Kansas |
| 52 | Ernie Kusnyer | Kansas St. |
| 53 | Herb Nobles | Kansas |
| 54 | Aaron Jenkins | Iowa St. |
| 55 | Norm Cook | Kansas |
| 56 | Ralph Rasmuson | Oklahoma St. |
| 57 | Brian Banks | Nebraska |
| 58 | Larry Williams | Kansas St. |
| 59 | Bob Zender | Kansas St. |
| 60 | Don Youman | Oklahoma St. |
| 61 | Carl Gerlach | Kansas St. |
| 62 | Larry Drew | Missouri |
| 63 | Stan Ray | Missouri |
| 64 | Gene Mack | Iowa St. |
| 65 | Bob Buck | Oklahoma St. |
| 66 | Martinez Denmon | Iowa St. |
| 67 | Gary Link | Missouri |
| 68 | Donnie Von Moore | Kansas |
| 69 | Bill Flamank | Missouri |
| 70 | Raymond Whitley | Oklahoma |
| 71 | Ronnie Daniel | Oklahoma St. |
| 72 | Wes Harris | Iowa St. |
| 73 | Larry Cox | Nebraska |
| 74 | Andre Smith | Nebraska |
| 75 | Don Tomlinson | Missouri |
| 76 | Ken Koenigs | Kansas |
| 77 | Tom Holland | Oklahoma |
| 78 | Mike Jeffries | Missouri |
| 79 | Scott Sims | Missouri |
| 80 | Darryl Winston | Kansas St. |
| 81 | Aaron Curry | Oklahoma |
| 82 | Tom Scantlebury | Nebraska |
| 83 | Bob Siegel | Nebraska |
| 84 | Leroy Chalk | Nebraska |
| 85 | Ted Evans | Oklahoma |
| 86 | Andrew Pettis | Oklahoma |
| 87 | Greg Mueller | Colorado |
| 88 | Jerry Clack | Oklahoma St. |
| 89 | Roger Morningstar | Kansas |
| 90 | Curtis Berry | Missouri |
| 91 | Rick Cooper | Oklahoma St. |
| 92 | Scott Martin | Oklahoma |
| 93 | Mark Tucker | Oklahoma St. |
| 94 | Larry Loots | Iowa St. |
| 95 | Dave Kragel | Oklahoma St. |
| 96 | Bill Benson | Iowa St. |
| 97 | Larry Vaculik | Colorado |
| 98 | Greg Flaker | Missouri |
| 99 | Brendy Lee | Nebraska |
| 100 | Ron Wrigley | Colorado |
| 101 | Tony Kraus | Oklahoma St. |
| 102 | Ed Nealy | Kansas St. |
| 103 | Steve Soldner | Kansas St. |
| 104 | K.C. Kincaide | Oklahoma St. |
| 105 | Al Nissen | Nebraska |
| 106 | Jack DeVilder | Iowa St. |
| 107 | Tony Lawrence | Colorado |
| 108 | Dave Collins | Iowa St. |
| 109 | Dale Greenlee | Kansas |
| 110 | Bob Fowler | Iowa St. |
| 111 | Bob Allen | Missouri |
| 112 | John Crawford | Kansas |
| 113 | Jeff Webb | Kansas St. |
| 114 | Wayne Williams | Iowa St. |
| 115 | Eli Johnson | Oklahoma St. |
| 116 | Paul Mullen | Oklahoma St. |
| 117 | Mike Coleman | Colorado |
| 118 | Steve Wallace | Missouri |
| 119 | Cary Carrabine | Oklahoma |
| 120 | Rick McNeil | Oklahoma |
| 121 | Rick Engel | Iowa St. |
| 122 | Steve Dangos | Missouri |
| 123 | Felix Jerman | Missouri |
| 124 | Matt Clark | Oklahoma St. |
| 125 | Brad Droy | Missouri |
| 126 | Clint Johnson | Kansas |
| 127 | Steve Burgason | Iowa St. |
| 128 | Allen Holder | Nebraska |
| 129 | Mike Peterson | Nebraska |
| 130 | Randy Wright | Oklahoma St. |
| 131 | Dean Harris | Kansas St. |
| 132 | Danny Beard | Kansas St. |
| 133 | Mike Jeffries | Oklahoma St. |
| 134 | Lee Haven | Colorado |
| 135 | Lafayette Threatt | Oklahoma St. |
| 136 | Jeff Currie | Missouri |
| 137 | Brian Johnson | Colorado |
| 138 | Craig DeLoss | Iowa St. |
| 139 | Gordon Tope | Colorado |
| 140 | Tom O'Connor | Iowa St. |
| 141 | Dave Pike | Missouri |
| 142 | Leonard Allen | Iowa St. |
| 143 | Tony Guy | Kansas |
| 144 | Wilmore Fowler | Kansas |
| 145 | Bob Pritchard | Oklahoma |
| 146 | Steve Aaker | Colorado |
| 147 | Clayton Bullard | Colorado |
| 148 | Tom Bryan | Nebraska |
| 149 | Tom Kivisto | Kansas |
| 150 | Terry Novak | Nebraska |
| 151 | Dudley Mitchell | Colorado |
| 152 | Bob Moore | Nebraska |
| 153 | Billy Graham | Oklahoma |
| 154 | Bob Chipman | Kansas St. |
| 155 | Bob Gratopp | Nebraska |
| 156 | Mike McCurdy | Oklahoma |
| 157 | Scott Alford | Oklahoma St. |
| 158 | Robert Estes | Iowa St. |
| 159 | Wheeler Hughes | Kansas St. |
| 160 | Toney Ellis | Colorado |
| 161 | James Clabon | Missouri |
| 162 | John Gorman | Oklahoma |
| 163 | Bob Moser | Iowa St. |
| 164 | Herb Williams | Oklahoma |
| 165 | Steve Erwin | Nebraska |
| 166 | Andrew Jones | Oklahoma St. |
| 167 | Doug Snider | Kansas St. |
| 168 | Don Jackson | Nebraska |
| 169 | Doug Johnson | Missouri |
| 170 | Ed Odom | Oklahoma St. |
| 171 | Eric Heft | Iowa St. |
| 172 | Terry Snider | Kansas St. |
| 173 | Randy Canfield | Kansas |
| 174 | Glenn Marshall | Kansas St. |
| 175 | John Robinson | Oklahoma St. |
| 176 | Tom Duckett | Oklahoma St. |
| 177 | Larry Gibson | Iowa St. |
| 178 | Theo Franks | Missouri |
| 179 | John Yule | Oklahoma |
| 180 | Chuck Harmison | Iowa St. |
| 181 | Lee Gilbert | Oklahoma |
| 182 | Curt Hedberg | Nebraska |
| 183 | Ricky Marsh | Nebraska |
| 184 | Tyrone Adams | Kansas St. |
| 185 | Fred Stevenson | Oklahoma St. |
| 186 | Tommie Smith | Kansas |
| 187 | Craig Austin | Colorado |
| 188 | Clifford Johnson | Oklahoma |
| 189 | Jim Reinebach | Iowa St. |
| 190 | John Gordon | Oklahoma |
| 191 | Rob Rutledge | Colorado |
| 192 | Sparky Grober | Oklahoma St. |
| 193 | Wilson Barrow | Kansas |
| 194 | Jeff Branstetter | Iowa St. |
| 195 | Jari Wills | Kansas St. |
| 196 | Kevin Jones | Oklahoma |
| 197 | Aubrey Nash | Kansas |
| 198 | Gene McVey | Kansas St. |
| 199 | Steve Willis | Nebraska |
| 200 | Jim Abrahamson | Iowa St. |
| 201 | Paul Landsberger | Iowa St. |
| 202 | Eddie Fields | Oklahoma |
| 203 | Mike Griffin | Missouri |
| 204 | Pete Helmbrock | Missouri |
| 205 | Drew Head | Oklahoma |
| 206 | Jerry Wright | Colorado |
| 207 | Bobby Noland | Kansas St. |
| 208 | Jon Ness | Iowa St. |
| 209 | Bob Kivisto | Kansas |
| 210 | Jay Sferra | Colorado |
| 211 | Dave Fisher | Oklahoma St. |
| 212 | Jon Moorehead | Oklahoma St. |
| 213 | Rickey Harris | Nebraska |
| 214 | Charles Hardin | Oklahoma |
| 215 | Bill Cole | Colorado |
| 216 | Ron Taylor | Nebraska |
| 217 | Jim Murphy | Iowa St. |
| 218 | David Lawrence | Kansas St. |
| 219 | Charles Harris | Iowa St. |
| 220 | Orv Salmon | Missouri |
| 221 | Greg Benjamin | Colorado |
| 222 | Paul Crowell | Oklahoma |
| 223 | Scott Langton | Kansas St. |
| 224 | Kurt Schoenhoff | Colorado |
| 225 | Mike Naderer | Nebraska |
| 226 | Dan Droge | Kansas St. |
| 227 | Sam Brown | Iowa St. |
| 228 | Tony Riehl | Nebraska |
| 229 | Fred Shell | Colorado |
| 230 | Fred McDonald | Colorado |
| 231 | Neal Mask | Kansas |
| 232 | Mark Dressler | Missouri |
| 233 | Marc Teets | Colorado |
| 234 | Carlton Evans | Iowa St. |
| 235 | Mark Anderson | Missouri |
| 236 | Roman Butkus | Iowa St. |
| 237 | Jack Mango | Colorado |
| 238 | Dave Bolen | Colorado |
| 239 | Jack Thomas | Kansas St. |
| 240 | Mike Benjamin | Iowa St. |
| 241 | Kevin King | Missouri |
| 242 | Boyd Pickens | Colorado |
| 243 | Sam Martin | Nebraska |
| 244 | Eddie Smith | Kansas St. |
| 245 | Tom Gregory | Nebraska |
| 246 | Milt Gibson | Kansas |
| 247 | Jacques Tuz | Colorado |
| 248 | Mike Gorman | Colorado |
| 249 | Steve Ayers | Oklahoma |
| 250 | Dave Taynor | Kansas |
| 251 | Steve Uthoff | Oklahoma St. |
| 252 | Booty Neal | Kansas |
| 253 | Bo Peake | Iowa St. |
| 254 | Marshall Rogers | Kansas |
| 255 | Dave Netherton | Colorado |
| 256 | John Tillo | Iowa St. |
| 257 | Dale Smith | Iowa St. |
| 258 | Russell Burks | Oklahoma |
| 259 | Lee Harris | Nebraska |
| 260 | Tim Wedgeworth | Colorado |
| 261 | Gerard Myrthil | Nebraska |
| 262 | Pat Kelly | Colorado |
| 263 | Gail Wolf | Missouri |
| 264 | Bruno Konopka | Colorado |
| 265 | Chester Lawrence | Kansas |
| 266 | Mark Williams | Kansas |
| 267 | Kirby Jones | Oklahoma |
| 268 | Rich Bobby | Oklahoma St. |
| 269 | Lindbergh White | Kansas St. |
| 270 | Tom Dore | Missouri |
| 271 | Kent Reckewey | Nebraska |
| 272 | Chuck Kundert | Missouri |
| 273 | Tom Wente | Colorado |
| 274 | Doug Mitchell | Colorado |
| 275 | Bill Foster | Missouri |
| 276 | Brad Hunt | Colorado |
| 277 | David Magley | Kansas |
| 278 | Hasan Houston | Kansas |
| 279 | Lex Drum | Missouri |
| 280 | Mike Fiddelke | Kansas |
| 281 | Anthony Williams | Oklahoma St. |
| 282 | Brad Sanders | Kansas |
| 283 | Mark Mathews | Kansas |
| 284 | Clark Maughan | Oklahoma St. |
| 285 | Kirk Shawver | Missouri |
| 286 | Ray Cole | Oklahoma St. |
| 287 | Dale Haase | Kansas |
| 288 | Tom Novak | Nebraska |
| 289 | Eric Davis | Iowa St. |
| 290 | Lodell Burnett | Iowa St. |
| 291 | John Smith | Colorado |
| 292 | Randy Gentry | Oklahoma |
| 293 | Fred Bosilevac Jr. | Kansas |
| 294 | Gary Raker | Oklahoma |
| 295 | Max Perry | Oklahoma |
| 296 | Ron Kaufman | Iowa St. |
| 297 | Mac Stallcup | Kansas |
| 298 | Danny Van Rheen | Missouri |
| 299 | Donnie Wheeler | Oklahoma St. |
| 300 | Jerry Cutshall | Iowa St. |
| 301 | Mark Enright | Nebraska |
| 302 | Jay Williams | Oklahoma |
| 303 | Tom Hinga | Colorado |
| 304 | Garth Johnson | Iowa St. |
| 305 | Jack Moore | Nebraska |
| 306 | Julian Butler | Iowa St. |
| 307 | Alan Rehrig | Oklahoma St. |
| 308 | Terry Dean | Oklahoma St. |
| 309 | Brent Murphy | Kansas St. |
| 310 | Dale Von Seggern | Nebraska |
| 311 | Evan Varley | Iowa St. |
| 312 | Tom Norman | Iowa St. |
| 313 | Jerry Black | Kansas St. |
| 314 | Larry McCoy | Colorado |
| 315 | Dean Danner | Kansas St. |
| 316 | Alex Mazeika | Iowa St. |
| 317 | Greg Douglas | Kansas |
| 318 | Harry Brown | Oklahoma |
| 319 | Ingram Purvis | Oklahoma |
| 320 | Jerry Thurston | Kansas St. |
| 321 | Keith Frazier | Kansas St. |
| 322 | Fred Barton | Kansas St. |
| 323 | Ron Maulsby | Colorado |
| 324 | James Blind | Missouri |
| 325 | John Breathwitt | Oklahoma |
| 326 | Jerry Merida | Oklahoma St. |
| 327 | Vester Marshall | Oklahoma |
| 328 | Bobby Hofman | Colorado |
| 329 | Jim Cummins | Colorado |
| 330 | Brent Dahle | Oklahoma St. |
| 331 | Courtney Rogers | Kansas St. |
| 332 | Jerry Shoecraft | Nebraska |
| 333 | Tyrone Ladson | Kansas St. |
| 334 | Barry Maurer | Missouri |
| 335 | Scott Anderson | Kansas |
| 336 | Joe Washington | Colorado |
| 337 | Ken Cauble | Nebraska |
| 338 | Nino Samuel | Kansas |
| 339 | Cal Christline | Nebraska |
| 340 | Dean Blevins | Oklahoma |
| 341 | Mark Connolly | Oklahoma St. |
| 342 | Eric Coard | Nebraska |
| 343 | Jeff Raine | Oklahoma St. |
| 344 | Stanley Jackson | Nebraska |
| 345 | Terry Jameson | Colorado |
| 346 | Ron Pexa | Missouri |
| 347 | Jim Miller | Iowa St. |
| 348 | Reuben Shelton | Kansas |
| 349 | Greg Jones | Oklahoma |
| 350 | Tim Richardson | Colorado |
| 351 | Lonnie Boeckman | Oklahoma St. |
| 352 | Jim Molinari | Kansas St. |
| 353 | Chester Giles | Kansas |
| 354 | Robert Vigil | Oklahoma St. |
| 355 | Calvin Freeman | Iowa St. |
| 356 | Carl Amos | Missouri |
| 357 | Bruce Hyink | Colorado |
| 358 | Clyde Winters | Iowa St. |
| 359 | Jim Heck | Iowa St. |
| 360 | Rick Arguello | Colorado |
| 361 | Rocky Copley | Missouri |
| 362 | Howard Kelsey | Oklahoma St. |
| 363 | Ron Lynch | Oklahoma |
| 364 | Melvin Baker | Oklahoma |
| 365 | Chris Barnthouse | Kansas |
| 366 | Bill Robinson | Kansas St. |
| 367 | Brad Currelly | Oklahoma St. |
| 368 | Jerry Redo | Oklahoma St. |
| 369 | Bob Turner | Oklahoma St. |
| 370 | Eugene Goodlow | Kansas St. |
| 371 | Mike Murray | Iowa St. |
| 372 | Steve Powell | Iowa St. |
| 373 | Vaughn Colbert | Missouri |
| 374 | Barry Laurie | Missouri |
| 375 | David Greasham | Oklahoma |
| 376 | Reuben Gant | Oklahoma St. |
| 377 | Lester Pace | Oklahoma |
| 378 | Louis Simmons | Oklahoma St. |
| 379 | Reggie Barnett | Oklahoma St. |
| 380 | Jerry Stock | Missouri |
| 381 | Dave Stallman | Missouri |
| 382 | Mark Steinmeyer | Oklahoma St. |
| 383 | Mick McCaffrey | Oklahoma St. |
| 384 | Craig Stunkel | Oklahoma St. |
| 385 | Rich Schwalbach | Oklahoma St. |
| 386 | Randy Watts | Nebraska |
| 387 | Mike Capobianco | Iowa St. |
| 388 | Mark McVicker | Nebraska |
| 389 | Chris Knoche | Colorado |
| 390 | Mike Foster | Missouri |
| 391 | Kenn Stoehner | Missouri |
| 392 | Ricky Byrdsong | Iowa St. |
| 393 | Al Hicks | Colorado |
| 394 | Chuck Fritz | Iowa St. |
| 395 | Rick Daniel | Oklahoma St. |
| 396 | Tim England | Colorado |
| 397 | Jerry House | Kansas |
| 398 | Bernard Robinson | Kansas St. |
| 399 | Michael Miller | Colorado |
| 400 | Ray Collins | Nebraska |
| 401 | Dan Hickert | Kansas St. |
| 402 | Royce Tolley | Colorado |
| 403 | Daryl Mullin | Colorado |
| 404 | Paul Cloar | Oklahoma |
| 405 | Alvin Berry | Colorado |
| 406 | John John | Iowa St. |
| 407 | Tim Bloedorn | Oklahoma St. |
| 408 | Curt LeRossignol | Nebraska |
| 409 | Dave Beckom | Colorado |
| 410 | Ron Selbo | Missouri |
| 411 | Srebrenko Despot | Nebraska |
| 412 | Robert Roundtree | Missouri |
| 413 | Eric Eckelman | Nebraska |
| 414 | Greg Boone | Missouri |
| 415 | Steve Blind | Missouri |
| 416 | Mark Baxter | Kansas St. |
| 417 | Fred Coker | Nebraska |
| 418 | Kent Litton | Kansas St. |
| 419 | LaMont Turner | Missouri |
| 420 | Randolph Carroll | Kansas |
| 421 | Bill Snell | Iowa St. |
| 422 | Dickey Nutt | Oklahoma St. |
| 423 | Fred Frommelt | Iowa St. |
| 424 | Mike Miller | Oklahoma St. |
| 425 | Tim Vinson | Colorado |
| 426 | Gregg Barcus | Iowa St. |
| 427 | John Kunnert | Iowa St. |
| 428 | Val Martin | Nebraska |
| 429 | Dennis Lull | Kansas St. |
| 430 | Arnie Baum | Kansas |
| 431 | Derrick Glanton | Kansas |
| 432 | Jim Thorup | Iowa St. |
| 433 | Roger Ahrens | Iowa St. |
| 434 | Richard Atzen | Missouri |
| 435 | Bill Cunningham | Nebraska |
| 436 | Larry Fernando | Oklahoma |
| 437 | Robert Johnson | Missouri |
| 438 | Craig Wiginton | Oklahoma |
| 439 | Ivan Gruhl | Iowa St. |
| 440 | Brad Livingstone | Oklahoma St. |
| 441 | James Caldwell | Nebraska |
| 442 | Ken Franklin | Kansas |
| 443 | Phil Chambers | Nebraska |
| 444 | Robbie Robinson | Iowa St. |
| 445 | Jimmy Reason | Oklahoma St. |
| 446 | John Ploetz | Nebraska |
| 447 | Mike Barber | Kansas St. |
| 448 | Bob Munson | Nebraska |
| 449 | Cal Patterson | Missouri |
| 450 | Jamie Lilly | Iowa St. |
| 451 | Jim Carpenter | Colorado |
| 452 | Reggie Clabon | Kansas St. |
| 453 | Kyle Dodd | Oklahoma |
| 454 | Bob Bush | Colorado |
| 455 | Kevin Lane | Oklahoma |
| 456 | Lee Torrens | Nebraska |
| 457 | Doug Layne | Colorado |
| 458 | Mike Kilmartin | Iowa St. |
| 459 | Tim Sibley | Oklahoma St. |
| 460 | Donnie Calvert | Oklahoma |
| 461 | Glenn Albert | Oklahoma |
| 462 | John Skoog | Iowa St. |
| 463 | Frank Walsh | Kansas St. |
| 464 | Kevin Williams | Missouri |
| 465 | Terry Carroll | Oklahoma St. |
| 466 | Tom Kennedy | Colorado |
| 467 | Mark Sooter | Oklahoma |
| 468 | Jerry Vest | Oklahoma |
| 469 | Joe Gideon | Iowa St. |
| 470 | David Verser | Kansas |
| 471 | Theodis Johnson | Oklahoma |
| 472 | Tom White | Colorado |
| 473 | Jack Hollis | Kansas |
| 474 | Marc Fletcher | Kansas |
| 475 | Tyron Thompson | Kansas St. |
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