Think it's hard getting the Big 5's history onto one page? Try picking the best five players from each City Series school during the Big 5 era. You'll be arguing until next year's Big 5 Classic. Here are our choices:
Penn
Corky Calhoun, 1969-72
'72 Big 5 co-MVP anchored era of Quakers dominance
Tony Price, 1976-79
'79 Ivy POY, Big 5 MVP, led Penn to Final Four
Ron Haigler, 1972-75
Big 5 MVP in '74 and '75
Jerome Allen 1991-95
Ivy POY in '93 and '94, three-time all-Big 5
Ugonna Onyekwe (right), 1999-03: Ivy Player of the Year and all-Big 5 in 2002 and '03
La Salle
Ken Durrett, 1968-71
Three-time Big 5 MVP, known as Big 5's best ever player
Lionel Simmons, (right) 1986-90'90 National Player of the Year, Big 5's all-time scoring leader
Larry Cannon, 1966-69
Three-time all-Big 5averaged 19 ppg
Michael Brooks, 1976-80
'80 National POY, '78 and '80 Big 5 MVPRasual Butler, 1998-02
Fourth all-time in scoring for the Explorers
Villanova
Howard Porter, 1968-71
3-time All-American, '71 Final Four MVP
Hubie White, 1959-62
Combo G/F was three-time all-Big 5, '62 MVP
Ed Pinckney, 1981-85
'85 Big 5 MVP, star of national champion 'Cats
Wali Jones, 1961-64
'63-64 Big 5 MVP, 16.8 career ppg
Kerry Kittles, (right)1992-96Nova's best with 2,243 points, twice Big 5 MVP Saint Joseph's
Cliff Anderson, 1964-67
'67 Big 5 MVP, All-America
Jameer Nelson, (right) 2000-04
Hawks' all-time top scorer,
'04 national POY
Matt Guokas, 1964-66
'66 All-America after transferring from
Miami
Mike Hauer, 1967-70
6-4 center averaged 19.2 ppg, 3-time all-Big 5
Mike Bantom, 1970-73
'73 All-America
averaged 20 ppg
Temple
Guy Rodgers, 1955-58
Big 5 MVP in '56, '57, '58
John Baum, 1966-69
Leader of '69 NIT champion Owls
Mark Macon, 1987-91
'91 Big 5 MVP, Owls' all-time leading scorer
Pepe Sanchez, (right) 1996-00: '99-00 Big 5 MVP led nation in steals twice
Aaron McKie, 1991-94
'93 Big 5 MVP and A-10 Player of the Year
