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The Top Ranked Southwest Conference Basketball Players of the 1980s
Notes: The rankings are based on college stats. What players did in the pros does not factor into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | College |
| 1 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston |
| 2 | Terry Teagle | Baylor |
| 3 | Jon Koncak | SMU |
| 4 | Clyde Drexler | Houston |
| 5 | Darrell Walker | Arkansas |
| 6 | Rob Williams | Houston |
| 7 | Ricky Pierce | Rice |
| 8 | Michael Young | Houston |
| 9 | Alvin Robertson | Arkansas |
| 10 | Joe Kleine | Arkansas |
| 11 | LaSalle Thompson | Texas |
| 12 | Alvin Franklin | Houston |
| 13 | Scott Hastings | Arkansas |
| 14 | Darrell Browder | TCU |
| 15 | Greg Anderson | Houston |
| 16 | Don Marbury | Texas A&M |
| 17 | Darryl Middleton | Baylor |
| 18 | Doug Arnold | TCU |
| 19 | John Brownlee | Texas |
| 20 | Carven Holcombe | TCU |
| 21 | Carl Lott | TCU |
| 22 | Larry Micheaux | Houston |
| 23 | Bubba Jennings | Texas Tech |
| 24 | Rudy Woods | Texas A&M |
| 25 | Kevin Lewis | SMU |
| 26 | Dennis Nutt | TCU |
| 27 | Micheal Williams | Baylor |
| 28 | Lance Blanks | Texas |
| 29 | Travis Mays | Texas |
| 30 | Darryl McDonald | Texas A&M |
| 31 | Ron Baxter | Texas |
| 32 | Carl Wright | SMU |
| 33 | Richard Hollis | Houston |
| 34 | Winston Crite | Texas A&M |
| 35 | Billy Allen | SMU |
| 36 | Kato Armstrong | SMU |
| 37 | Rynn Wright | Texas A&M |
| 38 | Alvin Heggs | Texas |
| 39 | Carlos Briggs | Baylor |
| 40 | Vernon Smith | Texas A&M |
| 41 | Carlton McKinney | SMU |
| 42 | Craig Upchurch | Houston |
| 43 | Rickie Winslow | Houston |
| 44 | Claude Riley | Texas A&M |
| 45 | Keith Wilson | Arkansas |
| 46 | Brad Branson | SMU |
| 47 | Carlton Cooper | Texas |
| 48 | Donald Thompson | Texas A&M |
| 49 | Todd Alexander | SMU |
| 50 | Sean Gay | Texas Tech |
| 51 | Larry Davis | SMU |
| 52 | Joey Wright | Texas |
| 53 | Kenny Brown | Texas A&M |
| 54 | Jamie Dixon | TCU |
| 55 | Rolando Ferreira | Houston |
| 56 | Tony Benford | Texas Tech |
| 57 | Patrick Fairs | Texas |
| 58 | Jimmy Gilbert | Texas A&M |
| 59 | Lenzie Howell | Arkansas |
| 60 | Tyren Naulls | Texas A&M |
| 61 | Charles Balentine | Arkansas |
| 62 | Reid Gettys | Houston |
| 63 | Terry Thomas | SMU |
| 64 | Tony Milton | Texas A&M |
| 65 | Jeff Taylor | Texas Tech |
| 66 | Butch Moore | SMU |
| 67 | Todd Holloway | Texas A&M |
| 68 | Eric Longino | SMU |
| 69 | U.S. Reed | Arkansas |
| 70 | Larry Richard | TCU |
| 71 | John Danks | Texas |
| 72 | Lee Mayberry | Arkansas |
| 73 | Clarence Swannegan | Texas Tech |
| 74 | Terry Williams | SMU |
| 75 | John Lewis | TCU |
| 76 | Mike Wacker | Texas |
| 77 | Bill Wendlandt | Texas |
| 78 | David Britton | Texas A&M |
| 79 | Tony Barnett | Rice |
| 80 | Ron Huery | Arkansas |
| 81 | Kenneth Williams | Houston |
| 82 | Ralph Brewster | Texas Tech |
| 83 | John Addison | SMU |
| 84 | Todd Day | Arkansas |
| 85 | Greg Hines | Rice |
| 86 | Reggie Roberts | Texas A&M |
| 87 | Dave Piehler | SMU |
| 88 | Glenn Puddy | SMU |
| 89 | Rod Jacques | TCU |
| 90 | David Willie | Rice |
| 91 | Scott Johnson | SMU |
| 92 | Daryl Baucham | Baylor |
| 93 | Gordon Welch | SMU |
| 94 | Julius Denton | Baylor |
| 95 | Kent Williams | Texas Tech |
| 96 | Tim Scott | Arkansas |
| 97 | Karl Willock | Texas |
| 98 | Tracy Mitchell | TCU |
| 99 | Danny Hughes | TCU |
| 100 | Brian Christensen | TCU |
| 101 | Michael Hobbs | Baylor |
| 102 | Ray Harper | Texas |
| 103 | Eric Dickens | Houston |
| 104 | Andrew Lang | Arkansas |
| 105 | Ronald Robertson | Rice |
| 106 | Alan Zahn | Arkansas |
| 107 | Denard Holmes | Texas |
| 108 | Kenneth Rourke | Rice |
| 109 | Vince Taylor | Texas Tech |
| 110 | Quentin Anderson | Texas Tech |
| 111 | Terrence Cashaw | Rice |
| 112 | Johnnie James | SMU |
| 113 | Steve Smith II | Texas Tech |
| 114 | Craig Sibley | TCU |
| 115 | John Trezvant | Texas A&M |
| 116 | Larry Rogers | Houston |
| 117 | William Mills | Arkansas |
| 118 | Deckery Johnson | TCU |
| 119 | Mario Credit | Arkansas |
| 120 | Raynard Davis | Texas |
| 121 | Lynden Rose | Houston |
| 122 | Jose Nassar | Texas |
| 123 | Dave Gadis | SMU |
| 124 | Virdell Howland | Texas |
| 125 | Mike Ratliff | Arkansas |
| 126 | Keith Peterson | Arkansas |
| 127 | Nick Cucinella | TCU |
| 128 | Randy Brown | Houston |
| 129 | Mike Cunningham | Rice |
| 130 | David Little | Texas Tech |
| 131 | Tony Edmond | TCU |
| 132 | D'Wayne Tanner | Rice |
| 133 | Wendell Owens | Texas Tech |
| 134 | Roy Jones | Texas A&M |
| 135 | Charles Johnson | Texas Tech |
| 136 | Tony Brown | Arkansas |
| 137 | Bobby Tudor | Rice |
| 138 | Joe Stephen | TCU |
| 139 | Renaldo Thomas | Houston |
| 140 | Dana Hardy | Rice |
| 141 | Ken Austin | Rice |
| 142 | Andy Gilchrist | Rice |
| 143 | Jay Shakir | Baylor |
| 144 | Dennis Perryman | Texas |
| 145 | Darnell Williams | Texas A&M |
| 146 | Edwin Mitchell | Baylor |
| 147 | Ozell Hall | Baylor |
| 148 | Alex Broadway | Texas |
| 149 | Ken Montgomery | Texas |
| 150 | Mark Buchanan | Baylor |
| 151 | Dave Goff | Texas A&M |
| 152 | Derrick Daniels | Houston |
| 153 | David Glover | Baylor |
| 154 | Greg Grissom | TCU |
| 155 | David Williams | Texas A&M |
| 156 | Horace Chaney | Houston |
| 157 | Dewayne Chism | Texas Tech |
| 158 | David Reynolds | Texas Tech |
| 159 | Keron Graves | Texas A&M |
| 160 | Pat Nunley | Baylor |
| 161 | Ben Hill | Texas Tech |
| 162 | Norman Anderson | TCU |
| 163 | Renaldo O'Neal | Rice |
| 164 | Mike Heller | Baylor |
| 165 | Fred Carson | Texas |
| 166 | Jeff Baker | TCU |
| 167 | Henry Johnson | Texas |
| 168 | Jerry Mason | Texas Tech |
| 169 | Byron Irvin | Arkansas |
| 170 | Ricky Norton | Arkansas |
| 171 | Courtney Jeans | Texas |
| 172 | Freddie Ricks | Texas A&M |
| 173 | Phil Wallace | Texas Tech |
| 174 | DeWayne Brown | Baylor |
| 175 | Eric Summers | TCU |
| 176 | Cookie Stern | Baylor |
| 177 | Mike Clifford | Texas A&M |
| 178 | John Colborne | SMU |
| 179 | Ray Irvin | Texas Tech |
| 180 | Wes Lowe | Texas Tech |
| 181 | Steve Smith | Texas Tech |
| 182 | Leroy Sutton | Arkansas |
| 183 | Wayne Thomas | Texas |
| 184 | Phil Hale | SMU |
| 185 | Rich Antee | TCU |
| 186 | Eric Johnson | Baylor |
| 187 | Frank Williams | Baylor |
| 188 | Milton Woodley | Texas A&M |
| 189 | Tobin Doda | Texas Tech |
| 190 | Richard Harris | SMU |
| 191 | Winn Shepard | Texas |
| 192 | Tracy Steele | Rice |
| 193 | Joe Washington | Texas Tech |
| 194 | J.D. Sanders | Texas Tech |
| 195 | Julio Gallardo | Baylor |
| 196 | Marcus Bolden | Texas |
| 197 | Victor Ewing | Houston |
| 198 | Todd Duncan | Texas Tech |
| 199 | Tyrone Washington | Rice |
| 200 | Anthony Decello | Rice |
| 201 | Gerry McGee | Houston |
| 202 | Lowell McHenry | Texas A&M |
| 203 | Oliver Miller | Arkansas |
| 204 | Robert McLemore | Baylor |
| 205 | Allie Freeman | Arkansas |
| 206 | Joe Copeland | Baylor |
| 207 | Mike Young | Arkansas |
| 208 | Jeff Crawford | Rice |
| 209 | Jon Mansbury | TCU |
| 210 | Lynn Suber | Texas A&M |
| 211 | David Seitz | Texas |
| 212 | Jeff Boutelle | TCU |
| 213 | Chris Morris | Houston |
| 214 | Ollie Hoops | SMU |
| 215 | Ivan Petitt | Rice |
| 216 | Donald Bennett | Rice |
| 217 | Al Pulliam | Texas A&M |
| 218 | Philip McKellar | Arkansas |
| 219 | Paul Kuiper | Baylor |
| 220 | Mike Nelson | Texas Tech |
| 221 | Ed Wineinger | TCU |
| 222 | Reggie Smith | TCU |
| 223 | Doug Dennis | Texas A&M |
| 224 | Gary Lewis | Texas A&M |
| 225 | Larry Frevert | TCU |
| 226 | Robert Shaw | Rice |
| 227 | Dave Reichert | Baylor |
| 228 | Braxton Clark | Houston |
| 229 | Joey Fatta | Baylor |
| 230 | Warren Bridges | TCU |
| 231 | John Snively | Arkansas |
| 232 | Shawn Baker | Arkansas |
| 233 | Roderick Hampton | SMU |
| 234 | Greg Crowe | Texas Tech |
| 235 | George Turner | Texas |
| 236 | Glen Mays | Baylor |
| 237 | Jack Worthington | Texas |
| 238 | Tim Hobby | Houston |
| 239 | Paul Crawford | Texas A&M |
| 240 | Mike Cooper | Rice |
| 241 | Kenny Hutchinson | Arkansas |
| 242 | John Briggs | SMU |
| 243 | Roger Fernandes | Houston |
| 244 | Darrell McArthur | Houston |
| 245 | Mike Little | Baylor |
| 246 | Mike Girardi | Rice |
| 247 | Arlyn Bowers | Arkansas |
| 248 | Thad Sanders | Texas Tech |
| 249 | Brad Friess | Arkansas |
| 250 | Mike Battle | Baylor |
| 251 | Doug Lee | Texas A&M |
| 252 | Michael Tate | Baylor |
| 253 | Darryl Brown | Houston |
| 254 | Steve Miles | Texas Tech |
| 255 | Brandon Taylor | Baylor |
| 256 | Kirk Lundblade | SMU |
| 257 | Russ Capps | Baylor |
| 258 | Don Ellis | Texas |
| 259 | Richard Holmes | Rice |
| 260 | Benny Anders | Houston |
| 261 | James Johnson | Texas Tech |
| 262 | Larry Marks | Arkansas |
| 263 | Cuney Luke | TCU |
| 264 | Dwight Phillips | Texas Tech |
| 265 | Tony Papa | TCU |
| 266 | Russell Green | Texas |
| 267 | Ricky Jackson | Houston |
| 268 | Tom Grant | Houston |
| 269 | Tyrone Ladson | Texas A&M |
| 270 | Tracy White | Texas Tech |
| 271 | Melvin Hunt | Baylor |
| 272 | Vernon Perdue | SMU |
| 273 | Keith Hilliard | Arkansas |
| 274 | Kent Wojciechoski | Texas Tech |
| 275 | Eric Poerschke | Arkansas |
| 276 | Reggie Pink | SMU |
| 277 | Paul Kapturkiewicz | TCU |
| 278 | Marshall Sauls | Houston |
| 279 | Tom Mortimer | TCU |
| 280 | Eric Davis | Houston |
| 281 | J.D. Green | SMU |
| 282 | Todd Willis | TCU |
| 283 | Bert Brown | Baylor |
| 284 | Johnny Fuller | SMU |
| 285 | Andy Sears | Baylor |
| 286 | Willie Cutts | Arkansas |
| 287 | Lionnel Bluntson | Texas A&M |
| 288 | Tim Chase | TCU |
| 289 | Greg Skulman | Arkansas |
| 290 | Scott Rose | Arkansas |
| 291 | James Francis | Baylor |
| 292 | Marcus Houston | TCU |
| 293 | Ray Little | Texas A&M |
| 294 | Kevin Rehl | Arkansas |
| 295 | Tom Temaat | Baylor |
| 296 | Brian Burns | Rice |
| 297 | Chris Brunt | Arkansas |
| 298 | Darrell Mickens | Houston |
| 299 | Doug Moe | Texas |
| 300 | Craig Kaiser | Baylor |
| 301 | Stephan Moore | Arkansas |
| 302 | Darren Rhea | Texas A&M |
| 303 | Eduardo Drewnick | Houston |
| 304 | Michael Irving | Rice |
| 305 | Nelson Franse | Texas Tech |
| 306 | Thomas Gipson | Texas |
| 307 | Jamie Weaver | Houston |
| 308 | Mitch Parrish | Texas |
| 309 | Scott Brooks | TCU |
| 310 | Matt Minnis | TCU |
| 311 | Chuck Anderson | SMU |
| 312 | Cannon Whitby | Arkansas |
| 313 | Reginald Muhammad | SMU |
| 314 | David Bunce | Houston |
| 315 | Steve Sylestine | Texas A&M |
| 316 | Glen Rieke | Rice |
| 317 | Coyle Winborn | SMU |
| 318 | Gilbert Collier | TCU |
| 319 | Tony Patterson | SMU |
| 320 | George Muller | Texas |
| 321 | Kevin Ruffcorn | Rice |
| 322 | Daryl Bushrod | Texas |
| 323 | Derrick Parks | SMU |
| 324 | Greg Price | Rice |
| 325 | James Tandy | Texas |
| 326 | Willie Porter | Houston |
| 327 | Carey Kelly | Arkansas |
| 328 | Teddy Johnson | Rice |
| 329 | George Davis | Texas |
| 330 | Dave Mlachnik | Rice |
| 331 | Carl Daniels | Rice |
| 332 | Jody Reeves | Baylor |
| 333 | Derek Giles | Houston |
| 334 | Kelvin Chalmers | Baylor |
| 335 | Ivan Jones | Baylor |
| 336 | Dennis Lindsey | Baylor |
| 337 | Mark Hollmann | SMU |
| 338 | Dave Rose | Houston |
| 339 | Scott Whillock | Texas Tech |
| 340 | Keith Beverly | SMU |
| 341 | Adrian Caldwell | SMU |
| 342 | Jay Lomas | TCU |
| 343 | Walker Russell | Houston |
| 344 | Craig Carlton | Texas |
| 345 | Abe Davis | Houston |
| 346 | Myron Lilley | Texas |
| 347 | Woody Martin | Texas Tech |
| 348 | MIke Washington | TCU |
| 349 | Ronnie Blake | Baylor |
| 350 | Keenan DeBose | Arkansas |
| 351 | Robert Kitchen | Arkansas |
| 352 | James McGhee | Texas A&M |
| 353 | Chuck Lincoln | Baylor |
| 354 | Toby Christian | Baylor |
| 355 | John Sykes | Texas |
| 356 | Willis Wilson | Rice |
| 357 | Robert Brannon | Arkansas |
| 358 | Anthony Booker | Texas A&M |
| 359 | Mike Thomas | Texas A&M |
| 360 | Kenny Keller | Texas Tech |
| 361 | Leslie Nichols | Texas Tech |
| 362 | Bryan Williams | Houston |
| 363 | Darrell Hawkins | Arkansas |
| 364 | Jerry Holmes | Texas |
| 365 | James Booker | Texas |
| 366 | Chip Scott | Rice |
| 367 | Darryl Scott | Arkansas |
| 368 | Charles Stanley | Baylor |
| 369 | Mark Langkamp | SMU |
| 370 | Darryl Bedford | Arkansas |
| 371 | Daryl Duncan | Texas A&M |
| 372 | James Bailey | Baylor |
| 373 | Randy Jones | SMU |
| 374 | Ross Monaco | Houston |
| 375 | Jerome Brewer | Houston |
| 376 | Rodney Parker | Houston |
| 377 | David Cones | Texas |
| 378 | Byron Gibson | Houston |
| 379 | Gary Heyland | Baylor |
| 380 | Will Strickland | Rice |
| 381 | Maurice Artis | Texas Tech |
| 382 | Or Goren | Houston |
| 383 | Stacey Belcher | Houston |
| 384 | Dave Eicher | SMU |
| 385 | Rob Wright | Texas A&M |
| 386 | Tyrone Thurman | Texas Tech |
| 387 | Tadd Thomas | Texas A&M |
| 388 | Chris Cokinos | Texas A&M |
| 389 | Mike Brown | Texas A&M |
| 390 | Troy Valentino | SMU |
| 391 | John Witten | Rice |
| 392 | Bryan Barriere | Texas Tech |
| 393 | Rob Cunningham | Texas |
| 394 | Edwin Fromayan | TCU |
| 395 | David Thompson | Texas A&M |
| 396 | Charles Jackson | Baylor |
| 397 | Ed Green | Texas |
| 398 | Greg Johnson | Rice |
| 399 | Jamie Blair | TCU |
| 400 | Perry Russell | Houston |
| 401 | Keary Castleberry | Baylor |
| 402 | Mike Carpenter | Arkansas |
| 403 | Rodney Henderson | Texas Tech |
| 404 | Glenn Youngkin | Rice |
| 405 | Stephen Hafford | Baylor |
| 406 | Anthony Hurd | Arkansas |
| 407 | Fred Burton | Texas A&M |
| 408 | Roger Bock | Texas A&M |
| 409 | Ricky Guy | Texas Tech |
| 410 | Pat Senske | Rice |
| 411 | Shawn Davis | Arkansas |
| 412 | Ty Thompson | TCU |
| 413 | Jay McHugh | Texas A&M |
| 414 | Marvin Alexander | Houston |
| 415 | Bobby Holkan | SMU |
| 416 | Derrick Shelton | Texas |
| 417 | Craig Garrett | SMU |
| 418 | Maurice McDaniel | Texas A&M |
| 419 | Tom Miller | Rice |
| 420 | Brad Olson | Texas |
| 421 | Scott Blackwell | TCU |
| 422 | Terry Jefferson | TCU |
| 423 | Tony Jones | Texas |
| 424 | Dwight Williams | Texas Tech |
| 425 | Joey Ceravolo | SMU |
| 426 | Kevin Cunningham | Texas A&M |
| 427 | Lance Watson | Texas |
| 428 | Ramon Rivera | Houston |
| 429 | Kenny Hart | TCU |
| 430 | Kevin Fuller | Rice |
| 431 | Magnus Matthiasson | Rice |
| 432 | Mike Bond | Texas |
| 433 | Bruce Sooter | Texas A&M |
| 434 | Kevin Bridges | Texas |
| 435 | Mike Lucas | SMU |
| 436 | Lindsey Stewart | Rice |
| 437 | Alex Glasco | Baylor |
| 438 | Eugene Nash | Arkansas |
| 439 | Andrew Fowler | Texas |
| 440 | Earl Small | Houston |
| 441 | Phil James | Texas A&M |
| 442 | Vernon Griffin | Texas |
| 443 | Jay Crane | Arkansas |
| 444 | Chris Crease | Houston |
| 445 | Jessie Spinner | Texas A&M |
| 446 | Bryan Stinchcomb | TCU |
| 447 | Kolin Page | SMU |
| 448 | Chris Risenhoover | TCU |
| 449 | Jonny Grusing | Texas Tech |
| 450 | Joe Deegan | Texas A&M |
| 451 | Johnny Pate | TCU |
| 452 | Byron Frierson | SMU |
| 453 | Travis Salem | Texas Tech |
| 454 | Jimmy Dykes | Arkansas |
| 455 | Tom Douglass | Texas |
| 456 | Randy Parker | TCU |
| 457 | Gary Buckland | SMU |
| 458 | Jack Smith | Baylor |
| 459 | JohnKarl Robertson | SMU |
| 460 | Peter Olson | Rice |
| 461 | Robert Kirsner | Texas A&M |
| 462 | Gary McGuire | Rice |
| 463 | Jim Harman | Baylor |
| 464 | Craig Olson | Arkansas |
| 465 | M. Domino | SMU |
| 466 | Vidal Ramirez | Texas A&M |
| 467 | Chuck Gentry | Rice |
| 468 | Ralph Hamilton | Houston |
| 469 | Rhett Reed | Texas A&M |
| 470 | Gus Klinkenberg | TCU |
| 471 | Steve Brooks | Rice |
| 472 | Glenn Michael | SMU |
| 473 | Jim Novak | Texas |
| 474 | Jules Moor | Texas A&M |
| 475 | Larry Washington | Texas Tech |
| 476 | Mitch Fogle | Baylor |
| 477 | Mark Hall | Texas |
| 478 | Sean Jones | Baylor |
| 479 | Brian Mayfield | SMU |
| 480 | Broderick President | TCU |
| 481 | Eric Etchison | Rice |
| 482 | Kelvin Collins | Texas |
| 483 | Scott Horrell | Arkansas |
| 484 | Gary Orsak | Houston |
| 485 | John Mott II | Rice |
| 486 | Michael New | Houston |
| 487 | Jerry Neal | Texas A&M |
| 488 | Robert Brashear | Texas Tech |
| 489 | Mike Lucas | Arkansas |
| 490 | Matt Buchanan | Baylor |
| 491 | Michael Glover | Houston |
| 492 | Everett Moncur | Houston |
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