Open Mic: All-Time Virginia Basketball Team

Othell Wilson

Wilson has the numbers every true point guard should covet.  Wilson is the all-time steals leader and fifth in assists.  Wilson actually led the team in scoring in the '83-84 season, the year after Sampson left.  He filled the void by leading that team with current Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle and led Virginia to its second Final Four.

Buzzy Wilkinson

The first great Virginia player, Wilkinson had his number retired, and for good reason.  When Virginia joined the ACC in 1953, Wilkinson became its first scoring leader, averaging 32 points per game.  He is still 12th on the ACC scoring list.  He even gave up an opportunity to go to the NBA for law school.  I mean, that has to be worth something, right? 

John Crotty

The all-time assists leader has to be on the list.  Crotty was the ringmaster of the Bryant Stith teams and a three-year starter.  Crotty still averaged nearly 15 points as a starter and led them to the Elite Eight in 1989.  Crotty was a versatile and smart player.  His experience would be important for any team.

Junior Burrough

The best big man of the 1990s for the Virginia Cavaliers.  Burrough was the leader of the surprising 1995 team that made it all the way to the Elite Eight before losing to Arkansas and their "Forty Minutes of Hell."

Burrough is third all-time in rebounding and averaged over 15 points per game in his career.  He is sixth all-time in scoring and can claim he was part of two teams that made it to the Sweet Sixteen or farther, as well as an NIT Championship squad.  Without a doubt, he had one of the most successful stints in UVA basketball history.

Richard Morgan

Morgan's 673 points scored in the '88-89 season has only been beaten three times since 1946—not a bad accomplishment for someone who did not start until his junior year.  He is in the top 15 in scoring despite having many great players around him.

Morgan was patient, though, and waited his turn.  He later proved coach Terry Holland a smart man and proved that he could play with the top teams in the country.

Richard Morgan is eighth in assists and 10th in field goals made and undoubtedly would have been higher if given more opportunities.  Nevertheless, I think he would do a good job rounding out this roster. 

That's it.  If I have enough energy I will try to tackle football next.

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