Louisville basketball: Ranking the top 100 players of all time
By Alan Thomas
60: Keith Williams
Keith was part of the blue chip-studded freshman class of 1986, and he started 16 games as a freshman. He shot 50.3 percent from the field in his career and is 5th all-time in career assists.
59: Preston Knowles
If it weren’t for Morehead State knocking them out of the 2011 NCAA Tournament in the first round, it is believed that Knowles could’ve led the Cards deep in the Big Dance. He averaged 14.6 points that year. He is 6th all-time in career three-point field goals.
58: Jerry DuPont
DuPont broke out of a two-year slump and caught fire in his 3rd season at Louisville. In his final year, he averaged 15.2 points and 16 rebounds per game, one of the most well-rounded double-double average seasons in school history. He was a member of the 1956 NIT team.
57: Greg Minor
One of the more promising 1990’s players, Minor started every game as a junior, shooting 51.3 percent from the field. He put up 12.6 ppg. in his college days. He ranks 6th in highest career three-point percentage.
56: Tick Rogers
Tick was a cold-blooded pick-pocket. He is fourth all-time in steals at Louisville. In his freshman year, he shot 50 percent from three-point range.
55: Tony Kimbro
Tony started 76 games as a Cardinal and shot 57.2 percent from the field for the 1986 NCAA championship team. In the 1988-89 season, he shot over 40 percent from three-point range.
54: Nate Johnson
Nate had a nasty transition jumper, playing in 125 games for Denny Crum. He averaged 12.1 ppg. in his career and is 20th on the all-time career scoring list.
53: Ron Thomas
He earned NCAA All-region honors on the 1972 Final Four team. He shot 52.6 percent from the field in his career, while averaging a double-double in his two years as a Card. He averaged 13.1 rpg. in his college career.
52: David Padgett
“DP'” as his players would later refer to him as, Padgett was a floor general down low, starting all but 9 games while playing 3 years at Louisville. He shot over 61 percent from the field in his career, second-best in school history.
51: Dwayne Morton
Dwayne was one of the more underrated players in Louisville basketball history. Morton leads the school in all-time career three-point percentage and three-point percentage in a season.