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Username Post: Bison All-Decade Team - Vote        (Topic#24643)
Bison137 
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08-28-20 01:55 PM - Post#312428    

https://bucknellbison.com/poll.aspx?poll=37

Vote for up to 10 players for the all-decade team.




 
Bison137 
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08-28-20 06:00 PM - Post#312439    
    In response to Bison137

My QuickTake is that there are seven sure things:

Muscala
Ayers
Hass
S.Brown
Foulland
Thomas
Mackenzie

Then five names for three spots:

Shazier
Cohen
B. Johnson
Willman
Sestina




 
nh2032 
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08-28-20 07:00 PM - Post#312440    
    In response to Bison137

  • Bison137 Said:
My QuickTake is that there are seven sure things:

Muscala
Ayers
Hass
S.Brown
Foulland
Thomas
Mackenzie

Then five names for three spots:

Shazier
Cohen
B. Johnson
Willman
Sestina



Agree with your assessment. Last few picks are really close. My personal list has your top 7 plus Willman, Johnson and Shazier, in that order.

Kind of like the slight of Sotos given the transfer. No legitimate quantitative explanation for him being off the list. They went really deep so there are at least a dozen players even if you are being generous who they gave a spot on that list over Jimmy. For reference he'd be #3 on the list in assists and #11 in pts per game by my quick review.





 
Bison137 
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08-28-20 07:57 PM - Post#312441    
    In response to nh2032

Yes, I noticed that about Sotos. One could argue that he is the best player not in the top 12. And he is certainly one of the top 16 or so.




 
MrPhillie 
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08-29-20 05:41 PM - Post#312446    
    In response to Bison137

I went with 137’s top 7 and added Shazier, Cohen and Willman. My final vote was between Cohen and Johnson, but Cohen just did more overall, in my opinion.

 
Bison54 
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08-30-20 08:35 AM - Post#312453    
    In response to MrPhillie

Agree on Cohen....remember his defensive skills especially. Also agree on Willman, perhaps the most underrated player of the decade because he played in the shadow of Muscala. Joe actually made Mike so much better as he was both an unselfish player and smart. The greatest play ever was his inbound pass to Mike at the end of the Richmond game which became the game winner!


 
raybucknell12 
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08-30-20 11:25 AM - Post#312458    
    In response to Bison54

As a 2012 graduate, my bias for players during my four years at Bucknell may be showing, but here's my list:

Muscala
Willman
Johnson
Shazier
Hass
Cohen
Foulland
Thomas
Brown
Sestina

Had the toughest time choosing between Mackenzie/Sestina and Hass/Ayers.

 
Bison89 
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Bison All-Decade Team - Vote
08-31-20 01:53 PM - Post#312523    
    In response to raybucknell12

This was a lot of fun. Tons of memories!!! In alphabetical order:

Cameron Ayers
Stephen Brown
Nana Foulland
Chris Hass (His performances at 'Nova and NC State were two of my all time favorites. I was lucky to see both in person.)
Kimbal Mackenzie
Mike Muscala
Nate Sestina
Darryl Shazier
Zach Thomas
Joe Willman

Sestina was the last one on my list. He could have been top 5 if not for injuries. He definitely has the skills. It will be interesting to see if he ever makes it in the NBA.

Just off of the list:
1. Bryson Johnson
2. Bryan Cohen
3. GW Boon

New season, new team, new dream . . .


 
MrPhillie 
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09-01-20 09:21 AM - Post#312570    
    In response to Bison89

It was fun to think back on so many great players. As much talent as Sestina has, I looked at this as who had the best individual and team careers. For a career, I’m not sure how you leave off Cohen.

 
Bison137 
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09-01-20 10:40 AM - Post#312586    
    In response to MrPhillie

I was always a big Bryan Cohen fan. I think he was underrated by many because he was not a very good shooter. However you can make a case that he was the best Bison defender ever. Also the best Patriot League defender ever other than centers. Four Cohen facts:

1. He is the only player ever to win the Patriot League defensive player of the year award three times.

2. He still ranks number 10 on the all-time Bucknell assists leader board. He is the only non-point guard in the top 10.

3. He is number two all time in terms of number of games started in a career. Only Nana Foulland started more.

4. He is fourth for points scored by a freshman, trailing only Purnell, Barry, and Leslie. The five immediately behind him on the list are Foulland, McNaughton, Bettencourt, Bright, and Muscala. Not a bad group.




 
atlantabison 
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09-01-20 03:16 PM - Post#312619    
    In response to Bison137

I put the list of 7 sure things above plus Willman, Shazier and Cohen.

If we were putting this 10 man group as a team on the floor, I would be tempted to add Bryson as he has a skill the others really do not duplicate. But not considering that I think he falls just short for me.
Ray Bucknell!


 
Bison89 
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09-01-20 05:02 PM - Post#312625    
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  • Bison137 Said:
I was always a big Bryan Cohen fan. I think he was underrated by many because he was not a very good shooter. However you can make a case that he was the best Bison defender ever. Also the best Patriot League defender ever other than centers. Four Cohen facts:

1. He is the only player ever to win the Patriot League defensive player of the year award three times.

2. He still ranks number 10 on the all-time Bucknell assists leader board. He is the only non-point guard in the top 10.

3. He is number two all time in terms of number of games started in a career. Only Nana Foulland started more.

4. He is fourth for points scored by a freshman, trailing only Purnell, Barry, and Leslie. The five immediately behind him on the list are Foulland, McNaughton, Bettencourt, Bright, and Muscala. Not a bad group.



137, well said.

I had Cohen on my original 10 man list and bumped him for Sestina. If I looked purely at his body of work during his time at Bucknell, I could pretty easily be convinced to add him to my list. BUT who would I bump? Maybe Sestina. I don't know.
New season, new team, new dream . . .


 
jkrun80 
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09-01-20 07:21 PM - Post#312628    
    In response to Bison89

This was tough. I had to include Johnson and Willman.

Nobody asked, but here is my women's all-decade team.

Claire DeBoer
Kaitlyn Slagus
Ellie Mack
Shelby Romine
Audrey Dotson
Jacquie Klotz
Kate Walker
Kyi English
Abby Kapp
Sune Swart

It may seem strange to include Klotz since she only played 2 years, but she put up some amazing numbers. She would have been a top 3, maybe #1 had she not given up the sport.

Honorable mention to Megan McGurk, who would have been an easy pick had she not torn her achilles junior year.

 
Bison137 
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09-01-20 08:17 PM - Post#312630    
    In response to jkrun80

Looks good to me. Depending on the parameters for an all-decade team, the only change I might think about would be to substitute Highham or Novacek for Swart. But those two only played one year in this decade.

Completely agree on Klotz. She accomplished more in two years than almost anyone else accomplishes in four years. Had she played and stayed healthy, it’s safe to assume she would’ve been regarded as the second best Bucknell women’s player in at least the last 20 years. In fact, I think she might have ended up being regarded as the third best patriot league player ever. If at some point they have a ballot for this, I wonder if they will give Klotz the Jimmy Sotos treatment and leave her off the ballot. Hopefully not, since she was so good and also because she never played for anyone else.




 
jkrun80 
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09-07-20 07:42 PM - Post#312931    
    In response to Bison137

First Team
Muscala
Thomas
Foulland
Brown
Mackenzie

Second Team
Ayers
Hass
Johnson
Willman
Sestina

Third Team
Cohen
Shazier
Hoffman
Toomer
Kaspar

 
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