[2006alum]

People are ignorant about history. So as that old guy said we will repeat it. Thus the popular at one time, “That was so five minutes ago.”

Keeping Liusetti off invalidates the entry. For two seasons he was the best player in the world. Stanford hasn’t had a guy that good ever.

Never heard of him until this, and just looked him up. Wow. And so sad, per Wikipedia:

Luisetti contracted spinal meningitis while serving in the Navy, ending his basketball career.[5] He never played in the NBA, but "in 1950, the nation's sportswriters voted him the second-best player in the first half of the century."[5]

Probably explains why us whipper snappers haven't heard of him. 

And I find these kinds of lists silly - intergenerational comparisons are almost impossible given changes to the game, especially for players before there was a lot of video footage. What's the point? Best to do by era than "all time." 

Serena Williams would smoke Margaret Court, just as Roger Federer would smoke Rod Laver. Different eras, different equipment, different training, etc.

[2006alum]

People are ignorant about history. So as that old guy said we will repeat it. Thus the popular at one time, “That was so five minutes ago.”

Keeping Liusetti off invalidates the entry. For two seasons he was the best player in the world. Stanford hasn’t had a guy that good ever.

Never heard of him until this, and just looked him up. Wow. And so sad, per Wikipedia:

Luisetti contracted spinal meningitis while serving in the Navy, ending his basketball career.[5] He never played in the NBA, but "in 1950, the nation's sportswriters voted him the second-best player in the first half of the century."[5]

Probably explains why us whipper snappers haven't heard of him. 

And I find these kinds of lists silly - intergenerational comparisons are almost impossible given changes to the game, especially for players before there was a lot of video footage. What's the point? Best to do by era than "all time." 

Serena Williams would smoke Margaret Court, just as Roger Federer would smoke Rod Laver. Different eras, different equipment, different training, etc.