The Best Ever?

So with Howard Porter gravely injured, most of the stories i've read call him "arguably the greatest basketball player in Villanova history."

Was he? He played before my time, but is he the best ever? There are a couple of other players that could definitely give him a run for the money.

What do you think of these candidates?

Paul Arizin - one of the NBA's all time 50 best.

John Pinone - a Villanova legend, a 6'8" center who looked like John Belushi (when Belushi was in his hey day). He was the cornerstone of Rollie Massimino's early success, which lead to....

Ed Pinckney - my brother was arguing for him last night. Villanova always has had 6'6" swingmen (see Dwayne McClain, Doug West) but never a legitimate center until EZ Ed. He's the one absolutely indispensable piece of the championship team - A big man to go toe to toe with Big East centers and Final Four rivals Patrick Ewing and Bill Wennington. Also, like Porter a winner of the NCAA tournament MOP award.

Kerry Kittles - First first team All-american since....?

Randy Foye - got lost in the shuffle of the 4 guard line up, and perhaps his playing days are still too fresh to appreciate with gauzy, sepia tinted hindsight, but he was also Big East player of the year, 1st team All-american, and outside of 1985, the most accomplished team (#2 ranking, first #1 seed, etc).

Honorable mention: Harold Pressley, Doug West, Alex Bradley, Chris Ford, Alvin Williams