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The Top Ranked Big 8 Basketball Players of the 1960s
Notes: The rankings are based on college stats.
What players did in the pros does not factor into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | College |
| 1 | Jo Jo White | Kansas |
| 2 | Walt Wesley | Kansas |
| 3 | Don Smith | Iowa St. |
| 4 | Ken Charlton | Colorado |
| 5 | Willie Murrell | Kansas St. |
| 6 | Wayne Hightower | Kansas |
| 7 | Charles Henke | Missouri |
| 8 | Cliff Meely | Colorado |
| 9 | Jim Davis | Colorado |
| 10 | Larry Comley | Kansas St. |
| 11 | Mike Wroblewski | Kansas St. |
| 12 | Bill Bridges | Kansas |
| 13 | Jim King | Oklahoma St. |
| 14 | Hank Whitney | Iowa St. |
| 15 | Cedric Price | Kansas St. |
| 16 | Herschell Turner | Nebraska |
| 17 | Nate Branch | Nebraska |
| 18 | Don Sidle | Oklahoma |
| 19 | Bill Cain | Iowa St. |
| 20 | Ned Monsees | Missouri |
| 21 | Stuart Lantz | Nebraska |
| 22 | Ray Bob Carey | Missouri |
| 23 | Chuck Gardner | Colorado |
| 24 | Jerry Gardner | Kansas |
| 25 | Gene Jones | Missouri |
| 26 | Dave Robisch | Kansas |
| 27 | George Unseld | Kansas |
| 28 | Ron Coleman | Missouri |
| 29 | Al Koch | Iowa St. |
| 30 | Wilky Gilmore | Colorado |
| 31 | Tom Russell | Nebraska |
| 32 | Gene Williams | Kansas St. |
| 33 | Vince Brewer | Iowa St. |
| 34 | Willie Rogers | Oklahoma |
| 35 | Rodger Bohnenstiehl | Kansas |
| 36 | Cecil Epperley | Oklahoma St. |
| 37 | George Flamank Jr. | Missouri |
| 38 | Don Tomlinson | Missouri |
| 39 | Roger Suttner | Kansas St. |
| 40 | Tom Baack | Nebraska |
| 41 | Eddie Evans | Oklahoma |
| 42 | Bob Price | Missouri |
| 43 | Fred Hare | Nebraska |
| 44 | Jerry Venable | Kansas St. |
| 45 | Wally Frank | Kansas St. |
| 46 | James Gatewood | Oklahoma |
| 47 | Nolen Ellison | Kansas |
| 48 | Al Lopes | Kansas |
| 49 | Roger Voss | Colorado |
| 50 | Aaron Jenkins | Iowa St. |
| 51 | Gar Heard | Oklahoma |
| 52 | Joe Scott | Missouri |
| 53 | Bob Ziegler | Iowa St. |
| 54 | Pat McKenzie | Kansas St. |
| 55 | Chuck Williams | Colorado |
| 56 | Charlie Jones | Nebraska |
| 57 | Pat Frink | Colorado |
| 58 | Roy Smith | Kansas St. |
| 59 | Mike Coleman | Colorado |
| 60 | Gary Kleven | Iowa St. |
| 61 | Al Maxey | Nebraska |
| 62 | Gene Johnson | Oklahoma St. |
| 63 | Earl Seyfert | Kansas St. |
| 64 | Tom Johnson | Missouri |
| 65 | Larry Hawk | Oklahoma St. |
| 66 | Ken Doughty | Missouri |
| 67 | Milt Mueller | Colorado |
| 68 | Leroy Chalk | Nebraska |
| 69 | Bob Bauers | Colorado |
| 70 | Charlie Rudd | Missouri |
| 71 | Bill Whitlock | Oklahoma |
| 72 | Jim Kowalke | Nebraska |
| 73 | Farrell Johnson | Oklahoma |
| 74 | Fritz Greer | Oklahoma St. |
| 75 | Clifford Ray | Oklahoma |
| 76 | Steve Honeycutt | Kansas St. |
| 77 | Eddie Bunch | Oklahoma St. |
| 78 | Ron Franz | Kansas |
| 79 | Warren Fouts | Oklahoma |
| 80 | Bob Gratopp | Nebraska |
| 81 | Russ Lind | Colorado |
| 82 | Nick Pino | Kansas St. |
| 83 | Brian Etheridge | Oklahoma |
| 84 | Daryl Petsch | Nebraska |
| 85 | Walt Grebing | Missouri |
| 86 | Willie Wilson | Oklahoma |
| 87 | Marv Stewart | Nebraska |
| 88 | Gary Marriott | Kansas St. |
| 89 | Grant Simmons | Nebraska |
| 90 | Bob Stoy | Iowa St. |
| 91 | Steve Harmon | Iowa St. |
| 92 | Marv Straw | Iowa St. |
| 93 | Jim Feamster | Oklahoma St. |
| 94 | Rich Froistad | Iowa St. |
| 95 | Jim Johnson | Oklahoma |
| 96 | Dave Collins | Iowa St. |
| 97 | Dave Barrett | Oklahoma |
| 98 | Frank Javernick | Colorado |
| 99 | Jeff Simons | Kansas St. |
| 100 | Ivan Grupe | Nebraska |
| 101 | John McGonigle | Iowa St. |
| 102 | Dave Pike | Missouri |
| 103 | Del Heiderbrecht | Oklahoma |
| 104 | Gary Wheeler | Iowa St. |
| 105 | Mike Frink | Colorado |
| 106 | Gary Garner | Missouri |
| 107 | Dennis Berkholtz | Kansas St. |
| 108 | Jim Dumas | Kansas |
| 109 | Denny Price | Oklahoma |
| 110 | Rex Swett | Nebraska |
| 111 | Harvey Chaffin | Oklahoma |
| 112 | Vernon Vanoy | Kansas |
| 113 | Max Moss | Kansas St. |
| 114 | Gordon Tope | Colorado |
| 115 | Stan Williams | Colorado |
| 116 | Joe Smith | Oklahoma St. |
| 117 | Raul Duarte | Iowa St. |
| 118 | Lynn Baker | Colorado |
| 119 | Dave Nash | Kansas |
| 120 | Sammy Robinson | Kansas St. |
| 121 | Stan Morrison | Oklahoma |
| 122 | Gary Hassmann | Oklahoma St. |
| 123 | Dave Fleming | Iowa St. |
| 124 | Al Peithman | Kansas St. |
| 125 | Del Lewis | Kansas |
| 126 | Jim Brooks | Nebraska |
| 127 | Larry Fie | Iowa St. |
| 128 | Tom Scantlebury | Nebraska |
| 129 | Coley Webb | Nebraska |
| 130 | Jan Wall | Nebraska |
| 131 | Steve Renko | Kansas |
| 132 | Willie Campbell | Nebraska |
| 133 | Butch Roberts | Oklahoma |
| 134 | Moe Iba | Oklahoma St. |
| 135 | Bill Vincent | Nebraska |
| 136 | Doug Johnson | Missouri |
| 137 | Mike Rebich | Colorado |
| 138 | John Ptacek | Iowa St. |
| 139 | Jim Abrahamson | Iowa St. |
| 140 | Tom Peterson | Iowa St. |
| 141 | Keith Branch | Oklahoma St. |
| 142 | Bob Hickman | Kansas |
| 143 | Charles Savell | Oklahoma St. |
| 144 | Norm Saunders | Colorado |
| 145 | Landy Watson | Oklahoma |
| 146 | Ray Lewis | Oklahoma |
| 147 | Harry Gibson | Kansas |
| 148 | Bruce Sloan | Kansas |
| 149 | Al Correll | Kansas |
| 150 | Bob Joyce | Colorado |
| 151 | Amos Thomas | Oklahoma St. |
| 152 | Steve Douglas | Kansas St. |
| 153 | Karl Tait | Colorado |
| 154 | Gene Hawk | Oklahoma St. |
| 155 | Al Roots | Nebraska |
| 156 | Al Donaghue | Kansas |
| 157 | Ron Smith | Colorado |
| 158 | Bill Christopher | Oklahoma St. |
| 159 | Bill Bowers | Nebraska |
| 160 | Bob Wilson | Kansas |
| 161 | Ron Paradis | Kansas St. |
| 162 | Theo Franks | Missouri |
| 163 | Joe Hurst | Iowa St. |
| 164 | James Cooper | Oklahoma St. |
| 165 | Pete Helmbrock | Missouri |
| 166 | Phil Harmon | Kansas |
| 167 | Riney Lochmann | Kansas |
| 168 | Terry Roberts | Iowa St. |
| 169 | Dan Early | Missouri |
| 170 | Wayne Millies | Colorado |
| 171 | Rich Bradshaw | Kansas |
| 172 | Sam Barnard | Iowa St. |
| 173 | Galen Frick | Kansas St. |
| 174 | Don Heffington | Oklahoma St. |
| 175 | Freddie Moulder | Oklahoma St. |
| 176 | Roger Brown | Kansas |
| 177 | Jack Herron Jr. | Oklahoma St. |
| 178 | Richard Ewy | Kansas St. |
| 179 | Rich Milling | Missouri |
| 180 | Fred Fleetwood | Oklahoma |
| 181 | Chuck Kundert | Missouri |
| 182 | Ivan Wiley | Oklahoma St. |
| 183 | Kermit McMurry | Colorado |
| 184 | Ron Cox | Missouri |
| 185 | Bob Harry | Nebraska |
| 186 | Pierre Russell | Kansas |
| 187 | Bob Antulov | Nebraska |
| 188 | George Hawkins | Oklahoma |
| 189 | Dave Bennett | Missouri |
| 190 | Bob Patterson | Oklahoma |
| 191 | George Parsons | Colorado |
| 192 | Dick Soergel | Oklahoma St. |
| 193 | Larry Weigel | Kansas St. |
| 194 | Jackie Gilbert | Missouri |
| 195 | Ronald Millik | Iowa St. |
| 196 | Eric Lee | Colorado |
| 197 | Bob Vanderwilt | Iowa St. |
| 198 | Henry Pinkney | Missouri |
| 199 | Jim Yates | Nebraska |
| 200 | Al Abram | Missouri |
| 201 | Eddie Smith | Kansas St. |
| 202 | Bill Fisher | Oklahoma St. |
| 203 | George Kerneck | Oklahoma |
| 204 | Greg Douglas | Kansas |
| 205 | Dave Groth | Iowa St. |
| 206 | Gary Dye | Missouri |
| 207 | Gary Kizziar | Oklahoma |
| 208 | Joe Holladay | Oklahoma |
| 209 | Jeff Webb | Kansas St. |
| 210 | Tom McCurdy | Oklahoma |
| 211 | Jay Murrell | Iowa St. |
| 212 | James Kaiser | Oklahoma |
| 213 | Mike Rooney | Oklahoma |
| 214 | Neil Nannen | Nebraska |
| 215 | Charles Sladovnic | Nebraska |
| 216 | Harold Cebrun | Nebraska |
| 217 | James Chapman | Missouri |
| 218 | Tim Wedgeworth | Colorado |
| 219 | Tom Flood | Oklahoma |
| 220 | Don Sarver | Missouri |
| 221 | Loye Sparks | Kansas |
| 222 | Booker Brown | Missouri |
| 223 | Cliff Talley | Missouri |
| 224 | Dale Von Seggern | Nebraska |
| 225 | Dudley Mitchell | Colorado |
| 226 | Jerry Haddock | Oklahoma |
| 227 | Jerry Spears | Nebraska |
| 228 | Terry Due | Oklahoma |
| 229 | Ken O'Neal | Oklahoma St. |
| 230 | Lyle Houston | Missouri |
| 231 | Ward Sherrill | Oklahoma St. |
| 232 | Sonny Ballard | Kansas St. |
| 233 | Dave Schichtle | Kansas |
| 234 | Howie Johnson | Oklahoma |
| 235 | Rob Vanatta | Missouri |
| 236 | Gil Whissen | Colorado |
| 237 | Mickey Heinz | Kansas St. |
| 238 | Jack Lee | Oklahoma |
| 239 | Steve Rowe | Colorado |
| 240 | Rick Kersey | Oklahoma |
| 241 | Ray Willis | Kansas St. |
| 242 | Warren Brown | Kansas St. |
| 243 | Sparky Grober | Oklahoma St. |
| 244 | Bob Dinsdale | Missouri |
| 245 | Dennis Walker | Oklahoma St. |
| 246 | Jack Lintz | Colorado |
| 247 | Al Buuck | Nebraska |
| 248 | Paul LaBrue | Oklahoma St. |
| 249 | David Nelson | Kansas St. |
| 250 | Howard Garrett | Missouri |
| 251 | Alan Axley | Oklahoma |
| 252 | David Lawrence | Kansas St. |
| 253 | Gene Sparks | Colorado |
| 254 | Jim Damm | Nebraska |
| 255 | David Miller | Oklahoma St. |
| 256 | Gary Williams | Kansas St. |
| 257 | Phil Heitmeyer | Kansas St. |
| 258 | Ron Kaufman | Iowa St. |
| 259 | Jack DeVilder | Iowa St. |
| 260 | Ron Simmons | Nebraska |
| 261 | Mike Murray | Iowa St. |
| 262 | Tom Officer | Missouri |
| 263 | Albert Dinsdale | Missouri |
| 264 | Bruce Mills | Missouri |
| 265 | Wheeler Hughes | Kansas St. |
| 266 | Mike Tate | Oklahoma St. |
| 267 | Ivan Erfert | Colorado |
| 268 | Chad Brown | Oklahoma St. |
| 269 | Dee Ketchum | Kansas |
| 270 | Lester Berryhill | Oklahoma St. |
| 271 | Ron Mooney | Missouri |
| 272 | Jim Hoffman | Kansas St. |
| 273 | Roscoe Jackson | Kansas St. |
| 274 | Joe Gottfrid | Kansas St. |
| 275 | Sam Martin | Nebraska |
| 276 | Phil Leonard | Oklahoma |
| 277 | Tim Lowe | Iowa St. |
| 278 | Skip Iba | Oklahoma St. |
| 279 | John Matt | Kansas |
| 280 | Tom Goodman | Iowa St. |
| 281 | Tom Thoenen | Missouri |
| 282 | Mike Barber | Kansas St. |
| 283 | Buddy Vance | Kansas |
| 284 | Lonnie Melton | Colorado |
| 285 | Joe Beckner | Colorado |
| 286 | Brice Pearson | Nebraska |
| 287 | Buddy Hudson | Oklahoma |
| 288 | Don Linsenmeyer | Oklahoma St. |
| 289 | Lou Poma | Kansas St. |
| 290 | Robert George | Kansas St. |
| 291 | Terry Snider | Kansas St. |
| 292 | Fred Chana | Kansas |
| 293 | Frank Empkey | Nebraska |
| 294 | Max Shuck | Oklahoma St. |
| 295 | Jim Smelser | Oklahoma St. |
| 296 | Steve Ayers | Oklahoma |
| 297 | Gary Frazier | Missouri |
| 298 | Fred Arnold | Kansas St. |
| 299 | Kerry Bolton | Kansas |
| 300 | Lee Flachsbarth | Kansas |
| 301 | Tom Kreamer | Iowa St. |
| 302 | Cole Johansen | Iowa St. |
| 303 | Terry Turlington | Missouri |
| 304 | Oscar Carlson | Colorado |
| 305 | Ken Cauble | Nebraska |
| 306 | James Baxter | Kansas St. |
| 307 | Joe Bogan | Oklahoma |
| 308 | Larry Robertson | Oklahoma |
| 309 | Kent Litton | Kansas St. |
| 310 | Dave Hartman | Iowa St. |
| 311 | Bob Campbell | Oklahoma |
| 312 | Harry Brown | Oklahoma |
| 313 | Bob Swaffar | Oklahoma St. |
| 314 | Cliff Moller | Nebraska |
| 315 | Bill Wantiez | Iowa St. |
| 316 | Dennie Puelz | Nebraska |
| 317 | Dick Maxey | Oklahoma |
| 318 | Howard Arndt | Kansas |
| 319 | Butch Myers | Kansas |
| 320 | Ralph Heyward | Kansas |
| 321 | Tom Bryan | Nebraska |
| 322 | Earl Wright | Nebraska |
| 323 | L.C. Gordon | Oklahoma St. |
| 324 | Tim Richardson | Colorado |
| 325 | Gerry Johnson | Kansas St. |
| 326 | Lloyd Hutchinson | Colorado |
| 327 | Dick Barnard | Kansas St. |
| 328 | Butch Ellison | Kansas |
| 329 | Rick Prewitt | Oklahoma St. |
| 330 | Sid Burcham | Oklahoma St. |
| 331 | Joel Kortus | Nebraska |
| 332 | Jim Lockett | Missouri |
| 333 | Larry Bornschlegl | Nebraska |
| 334 | Vester Marshall | Oklahoma |
| 335 | Jim Watson | Oklahoma St. |
| 336 | Don Ziegler | Iowa St. |
| 337 | Jim Huge | Nebraska |
| 338 | Bob Wooten | Oklahoma |
| 339 | Wayne Hollrah | Missouri |
| 340 | Gary Jones | Iowa St. |
| 341 | Rick Cooper | Oklahoma St. |
| 342 | DeWayne Garner | Oklahoma |
| 343 | Lew Wade | Oklahoma St. |
| 344 | Paul Cloar | Oklahoma |
| 345 | Fred Seely | Colorado |
| 346 | Jim Gough | Kansas |
| 347 | Dick Gisel | Kansas |
| 348 | Roger Leitner | Nebraska |
| 349 | Dave Brill | Kansas |
| 350 | David Wright | Oklahoma St. |
| 351 | John Loyear | Missouri |
| 352 | N.S. Hurd | Nebraska |
| 353 | Allen Gott | Oklahoma |
| 354 | Jay Roberts | Kansas |
| 355 | Joe Lee Thompson | Oklahoma |
| 356 | Wilbur Sandbulte | Iowa St. |
| 357 | Billy Lewis | Colorado |
| 358 | Malery Bass | Missouri |
| 359 | Gene Zyzda | Colorado |
| 360 | Earl Johnson | Nebraska |
| 361 | Mike Williams | Kansas St. |
| 362 | Paul Mullen | Oklahoma St. |
| 363 | Tom Pyle | Iowa St. |
| 364 | Ray Reins | Oklahoma St. |
| 365 | Lew Thompson | Colorado |
| 366 | Junior Miller | Kansas St. |
| 367 | Don Gunsaules | Colorado |
| 368 | T. Miltenberger | Missouri |
| 369 | Herb Westmoreland | Oklahoma St. |
| 370 | Jerry Janovetz | Kansas St. |
| 371 | Ralph Fuller | Colorado |
| 372 | Glen Long | Kansas St. |
| 373 | Larry Miller | Iowa St. |
| 374 | Lee Torrens | Nebraska |
| 375 | Bob McConnell | Kansas St. |
| 376 | Jack Young | Oklahoma |
| 377 | Eddie Jackson | Oklahoma |
| 378 | Pat Davis | Kansas |
| 379 | Bruce Hyink | Colorado |
| 380 | Bill Guthridge | Kansas St. |
| 381 | Roger Shaw | Oklahoma |
| 382 | Jerry Closter | Iowa St. |
| 383 | Rob Wagner | Nebraska |
| 384 | Glen Mente | Iowa St. |
| 385 | Bill Beery | Oklahoma |
| 386 | John Olson | Kansas St. |
| 387 | Jack Hollingsworth | Oklahoma St. |
| 388 | Nick Denner | Oklahoma |
| 389 | Robert McDaniel | Missouri |
| 390 | Charles Stone | Nebraska |
| 391 | Glenn Sponholtz | Colorado |
| 392 | Donald Wright | Missouri |
| 393 | Tom Hampson | Oklahoma |
| 394 | Tom Hedrick | Oklahoma |
| 395 | Wayne Hester | Nebraska |
| 396 | Wayne Loving | Kansas |
| 397 | Jim Waller | Missouri |
| 398 | Jim Dinsdale | Missouri |
| 399 | Mike Miller | Missouri |
| 400 | Edwin Matuszak | Kansas St. |
| 401 | Tim Natsus | Kansas |
| 402 | Al Tubbs | Iowa St. |
| 403 | Terry Woodward | Colorado |
| 404 | George Davidson | Kansas St. |
| 405 | Connie McGuire | Oklahoma |
| 406 | John Scott | Oklahoma St. |
| 407 | Barry Maurer | Missouri |
| 408 | Larry Peirick | Missouri |
| 409 | Darrell Hohmann | Oklahoma |
| 410 | Charles Payne | Missouri |
| 411 | Dan Sarver | Kansas St. |
| 412 | Phil Barth | Nebraska |
| 413 | Burt Jensen | Missouri |
| 414 | Dan Shaver | Nebraska |
| 415 | Scott Alford | Oklahoma St. |
| 416 | Steve Wyrostek | Missouri |
| 417 | Buddy Russell | Oklahoma |
| 418 | Al Reiners | Nebraska |
| 419 | Mickey Kern | Colorado |
| 420 | Charles Greer | Colorado |
| 421 | Don McKale | Iowa St. |
| 422 | Glen Piper | Colorado |
| 423 | John Shupe | Kansas St. |
| 424 | Don Butler | Colorado |
| 425 | John Davidson | Iowa St. |
| 426 | George Shupe | Kansas St. |
| 427 | Bob Hannan | Iowa St. |
| 428 | Jerry Roy | Kansas St. |
| 429 | Nick Bruno | Iowa St. |
| 430 | Gary Neibauer | Nebraska |
| 431 | George Yarnevich | Kansas |
| 432 | Larry Cohan | Kansas St. |
| 433 | Mark Fredrickson | Missouri |
| 434 | Rich Thomas | Kansas |
| 435 | Chester Lawrence | Kansas |
| 436 | Hugh Coonfield Jr. | Oklahoma St. |
| 437 | Steve Cooper | Iowa St. |
| 438 | Vernon Smith | Oklahoma St. |
| 439 | Dan Gaskin | Kansas St. |
| 440 | Joe Meives | Kansas St. |
| 441 | Mike Hunter | Missouri |
| 442 | Tommy Doyle | Oklahoma St. |
| 443 | Richard Ruggles | Kansas |
| 444 | Wayne Tjernagel | Iowa St. |
| 445 | Don McLaughlin | Iowa St. |
| 446 | Mike Kinkki | Colorado |
| 447 | Ted Ecker | Iowa St. |
| 448 | Allan Pike | Colorado |
| 449 | Elmer Walin | Nebraska |
| 450 | Ron Doncagave | Iowa St. |
| 451 | Loren Peithman | Kansas St. |
| 452 | Bernt Elle | Nebraska |
| 453 | Charles Beauchamp | Missouri |
| 454 | Greg Dickerson | Kansas St. |
| 455 | Jerry Walther | Oklahoma |
| 456 | Bob Knous | Colorado |
| 457 | Ralph Becker | Colorado |
| 458 | Ron Maulsby | Colorado |
| 459 | Grayal Gilkey | Colorado |
| 460 | Ed Price | Colorado |
| 461 | Ed Bentley | Colorado |
| 462 | Roger Denesia | Nebraska |
| 463 | Sam Tucker | Missouri |
| 464 | Bill Goetze | Kansas |
| 465 | David Carpenter | Oklahoma St. |
| 466 | Duane Lewis | Colorado |
| 467 | Jaye Ediger | Kansas |
| 468 | Joe Lewis | Oklahoma |
| 469 | Mitchell Third | Kansas St. |
| 470 | Tom McCann | Colorado |
| 471 | Jerry McColley | Iowa St. |
| 472 | Scoopy Smith | Colorado |
| 473 | Bob Johnson | Missouri |
| 474 | Larry Norris | Kansas |
| 475 | Reid Bailey | Missouri |
| 476 | Carl Deane | Kansas |
| 477 | Mel Yarlott | Colorado |
| 478 | Sam Robertson | Oklahoma St. |
| 479 | Tom Hamby | Oklahoma St. |
| 480 | Jim Hamberlin | Iowa St. |
| 481 | Roger Potts | Oklahoma |
| 482 | Joe Giarrusso | Kansas St. |
| 483 | Milt Branch | Colorado |
| 484 | Grover Marshall | Kansas |
| 485 | John Williams | Kansas |
| 486 | Pete Woodward | Kansas |
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