Soriano and St. John’s Big Men

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Saw a variation of this question on Twitter. Where does Soriano ranked all-time amongst St. John’s bigs?

I only go as far back as Werdann. My rankings:

1. Soriano
2. Zendon
3. Werdann
4. Shawnelle Scott
5. Glover

Honorable mention: Tyrone Grant, Lamont Hamilton, and Justin Brownlee
 
IDRAFT said:
Was Sonny Dove a big man? I just missed seeing him, I thought he was more of a wing but honestly don't know. Loved George Johnson!
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He was only about 6’7” but played center on the team that beat #1 Michigan in Holiday Festival. Bob McIntye was power forward on that team. Dove second leading rebounder of all time playing only three years.
 
jinwoo7 said:
tariq owens
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Owens was as good of a college player as any of them. I wish he was a little more disciplined while he was here, but that fell more on the staff.

Soriano is so steady. I’m really going to miss him next year. My only criticism of him before the season was that, while he was very good, he wasn’t a star. He’s really knocking on that door now IMO.
 
hardytime said:
Recently, Champagne comes to mind. Unheralded recruit to all BE player for two years to NBA.
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Great call.

Other guy I was also thinking of was Hardy. I'd say it's less as good of a candidate as Champ or Soriano since he was only year for two years. But he was also unheralded as a juco and his senior year was a huge difference.
 
Ahem, ahem.... there's a name that has not yet been mentioned and shame on all of you.....

1. Walter Berry (center on 86 squad)
2. Jayson Williams (if not injured, one of the top big men in the nation his sr year)
3. Joel Soriano
 
A lot of non centers listed here so I'll go with Mo Brown. No seriously, Tom Weadock-Paul Berwanger combo. Really seriously tho I go back to 72'-73' season and can honestly say haven't seen a better one than Joel Soriano especially the way he is playing right now.
 
sonny dove was 6 ft 8 in junior year. he was mostly used as a center for his soph/junior years.
with rudy bogad and dan cornelius playing center, sonny was a power forward his senior year.
sonny was my first favorite johnnie.
 
I remember going to a Stepinac-CTK CHSAA city championship game about five years ago. CTK had Cockburn and Cisse and Stepinac had RJ Davis, Adrian Griffin and his brother Alan. Stepinac won and Cockburn played well. The guy guarding him caught my eye. Joel appeared more like 6'8 at this point but he was battling Cockburn hard. I had never heard of him and had no idea he was a D1 player but his effort impressed me. I remember seeing Slice at that game. I think it was right before he was dismissed. There is a picture of Joel blocking Kofi's shot in this article.

https://davesjoint.net/2018/03/12/s...-christ-the-king-in-david-vs-goliath-matchup/
 
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