Exclusive Blazersland: Top 10 Blazers Centers

[CupWizier]

Kansas State and Rolando “Fucking” Blackman and a ridiculous last second shot........fuck!!!!!!

Uh oh, wrong. First it said regular season and OSU was ranked second at that time. It was University of Portland with Darwin Cook, Jose Slaughter and Rick Ravio. My alma matter. It was at the MC and i was there.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Uh oh, wrong. First it said regular season and OSU was ranked second at that time. It was University of Portland with Darwin Cook, Jose Slaughter and Rick Ravio. My alma matter. It was at the MC and i was there.

Yeah, but I corrected myself.....or actually my Pilot wife corrected me......

 

[tlongII]

It wasn't the Pilots, it was ASU.

 

[tlongII]

Uh oh, wrong. First it said regular season and OSU was ranked second at that time. It was University of Portland with Darwin Cook, Jose Slaughter and Rick Ravio. My alma matter. It was at the MC and i was there.

The Pilots may have beat us another year, but not that year.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

The Pilots may have beat us another year, but not that year.

Thank you!!! My wife never believes it when I’m the one to tell her she’s wrong!

 

[CupWizier]

oops.....still hung up on what happened in the playoffs. Why I do believe the regular season loss was to a looked past University of Portland. Didn’t that end the “courtesy” games between the two.....?

You are correct.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

You are correct.

My wife was friends with Doug Lauricella and his former wife and was a pretty rabid UP basketball fan back then but her memory is no longer what she likes to think it was.......UP basketball was actually bumping the edge of relevancy in those days. Shoulda canned Avina at the crest and brought in someone to take it to the next level. Sigh.........

 

[CupWizier]

The Pilots may have beat us another year, but not that year.

I may have been off a year. Thankfully i wasn't offering a prize.

 

[CupWizier]

My wife was friends with Doug Lauricella and his former wife and was a pretty rabid UP basketball fan back then but her memory is no longer what she likes to think it was.......UP basketball was actually bumping the edge of relevancy in those days. Shoulda canned Avina at the crest and brought in someone to take it to the next level. Sigh.........

I knew Doug. What years was she there? I have a story about Avina that my baseball and athletic director told me. Can't be repeated in a public forum.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I knew Doug. What years was she there? I have a story about Avina that my baseball and athletic director told me. Can't be repeated in a public forum.

She was there for 4 years and graduated in ‘76 (Education major). She wasn’t very fond of Avina (close up view of how he treated the players) but thought Etzel was more or less a sweetheart.

 

[CupWizier]

She was there for 4 years and graduated in ‘76 (Education major). She wasn’t very fond of Avina (close up view of how he treated the players) but thought Etzel was more or less a sweetheart.

Interesting as she was there the same time I was. I was Marketing/ management. She should have hung with us baseball players.

Jack was a fiery guy where as Joe was much more laid back and easy going.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

You are welcome to your opinion. A lot of research went into to compiling that list. Who are your top 10?

Challenge accepted, Captain Neder.

After some serious research, the top 10 centers in Blazers history are...

1) Biebs
2) Mylie
3) Meyers Leonard
4) Meyers Leonar_
5) swish3
6) Justin Bieber
7) Meyers
8) Bella's Boss
9) Elle's Worse Half
10) "The Computer"

edit: gawd, I crack myself up

 

[e_blazer]

Challenge accepted, Captain Neder.

After some serious research, the top 10 centers in Blazers history are...

1) Biebs
2) Mylie
3) Meyers Leonard
4) Meyers Leonar_
5) swish3
6) Justin Bieber
7) Meyers
8) Bella's Boss
9) Elle's Worse Half
10) "The Computer"

edit: gawd, I crack myself up

You forgot, "The Best White American Born Center of the past Week"

 

[CupWizier]

You forgot, "The Best White American Born Center of the past Week"

I can't believe the rubberband man wasn't on that top 10 list.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Challenge accepted, Captain Neder.

After some serious research, the top 10 centers in Blazers history are...

1) Biebs
2) Mylie
3) Meyers Leonard
4) Meyers Leonar_
5) swish3
6) Justin Bieber
7) Meyers
8) Bella's Boss
9) Elle's Worse Half
10) "The Computer"

edit: gawd, I crack myself up

You excluded the Hammer? I reject your list with extreme prejudice.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Interesting as she was there the same time I was. I was Marketing/ management. She should have hung with us baseball players.

Jack was a fiery guy where as Joe was much more laid back and easy going.

Actually, her freshman year she attended a lot of baseball games if for no other reason than she was friends with Meermeir.......

 

[CupWizier]

Actually, her freshman year she attended a lot of baseball games if for no other reason than she was friends with Meermeir.......

Boy that's a name from the past.
Paul Mermier aka known as the Merce cause he had an old Mercedes. Well she would have seen me play then as i was the 2nd baseman in 73. In 74 i moved to 3rd base and pitcher then back to 2nd base 75 and 76. Small world.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Boy that's a name from the past.
Paul Mermier aka known as the Merce cause he had an old Mercedes. Well she would have seen me play then as i was the 2nd baseman in 73. In 74 i moved to 3rd base and pitcher then back to 2nd base 75 and 76. Small world.

We called him “Fish” because that’s what he lived for. And you shoulda seen that Merce when he got it. An old yellow Reed hippy car that had seen far better days. Paul’s dad was the parts manger for Rasmussen so they had access to whatever they needed. and it was a great project for them to work on together. Anyway, being a Catholic boy I knew quite a few UP “kids” from that time....it’s through them I met my wife.

 

[CupWizier]

We called him “Fish” because that’s what he lived for. And you shoulda seen that Merce when he got it. An old yellow Reed hippy car that had seen far better days. Paul’s dad was the parts manger for Rasmussen so they had access to whatever they needed. and it was a great project for them to work on together. Anyway, being a Catholic boy I knew quite a few UP “kids” from that time....it’s through them I met my wife.

Cool, did you go to North Catholic?. Greg McCoy i think went there as well as Walt Wamsley.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Cool, did you go to North Catholic?. Greg McCoy i think went there as well as Walt Wamsley.

Nope, I went to LaSalle. But I’m aware of the names you mentioned. North Catholic burned down the summer before my junior year (of HS) and half those kids ended up at LaSalle. Wamsley was before my time (but well known as an amazing athlete) and McCoy had a hot sister who was a year ahead of me at LS.

 

[riverman]

Really refreshing to read you guys conversation about those days...I didn't know Cup played baseball....I was a first baseman on the eastern conference Taiwan baseball championship team....we won 3 consecutive eastern conf championships..it was a great chapter of my life

 

[ripcityboy]

Center Needed, Apply at Moda Center:

Must be at least 6'11' lithe and nimble.

*FULL MEDICAL RECORDS MUST BE SUBMITTED.


Been holding onto that joke for about years.

 

[julius]

The Pilots may have beat us another year, but not that year.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/oregon-state/1981-schedule.html

26-0....peaked at the wrong time.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

You excluded the Hammer? I reject your list with extreme prejudice.

If only the Hammer did that to basketball's more often lol.

 

[wizenheimer]

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/oregon-state/1981-schedule.html

26-0....peaked at the wrong time.

I have a little different take on that

those were the years that OSU was a national power, at least as far as record and rating's. But they consistently failed, miserably, in the post season

1979 - (17-9) lost in NIT 1st round to Nevada, 62-61
1980 - (23-3) lost in NCAA 1st round to Southland, 81-77
1981 - (26-1) lost in NCAA 1st round to Kansas State, 50-48
1982 - (25-4) made it to 3rd round of NCAA, losing to Georgetown, 69-45
1983 - (19-10) made it to 3rd round of NIT before losing to Fresno State, 76-67
1984 - (22-6) lost in NCAA 1st round to West Virgina, 64-62
1985 - (21-8) lost in NCAA 1st round to Notre Dame, 79-70
1988 - (20-10) lost in NCAA 1st round to Louisville, 70-61
1989 - (22-7) lost in NCAA 1st round to Evansville, 94-90
1990- (22-6) lost in NCAA 1st round to Ball State, 54-53 (Jim Anderson)

the Beavers lost in the 1st round in 8 or the 10 years they made it to the post-season, and of the time, they were the favorites. There was a common denominator....just about every elimination game, the Beavers were in foul trouble. I think that's because the Ralph Miller teams played defense with their hands. They got steals and deflections, but they also were 'allowed', by Pac-10 officiating, to grab and hold all over the court. I saw it, but that was when Miller was the dean of Pac-10 coaching since Wooden had retired in the mid-70's

when they got into the tournament, officials were calling fouls on defensive plays the Beavers were used to being successful with. It took them out of their defense and left them on their heels