Happy Birthday to David West (and Happy Retirement)

[Muskie]

David West is 38 today. Time flies.

[murray87]

All hail DFW!!

[THRILLHOUSE]

And he just announced on Instagram that he's retiring.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnGuDS9hlPS/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=13bqqenbdgpjn

[GoMuskies]

And he just announced on Instagram that he's retiring.

With ONLY two rings? Thought he'd want to go back for more!

Go into coaching now DFW. Definitely NOT politics!

[Muskie]

And he just announced on Instagram that he's retiring.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnGuDS9hlPS/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=13bqqenbdgpjn

I feel like I aged immediately reading that post. What a great person with a great career.

[Muskie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6F843JVYtY

[Caf]

Wow congrats to D West on an incredible career. He's been a hell of an ambassador for X during his 15 year career.

[XUOWNSUC]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6F843JVYtY

I'm pretty sure he had the ball as the clock was running out. I was shouting like crazy for him to take a 3 pointer to get 50.

[KFX]

Congrats to Mr. West.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

West has made Xavier proud for almost 2 decades. Thank you DFW and happy retirement.

[RetireFiftyTu]

David West was an unbelievable college basketball player.
Career Win Shares
1. David West: 31.7 (he is also the NCAA career leader in this stat)
2. Romain Sato: 20.2
3. James Posey: 19.1 (3 seasons)
4. Tu Holloway: 18.2
5. Trevon Bluiett: 18.1
6. Justin Doellman: 16.2
7. Derrick Brown: 15.3 (3 seasons)
8. Justin Cage: 14.6
9. Lenny Brown: 14.3
10. Lionel Chalmers: 14.0

Highest Single Season Win Shares
1. David West: 9.7 (2002-2003)
2. David West: 8.8 (2001-2002)
3. David West: 8.0 (2000-2001)
4. James Posey: 7.8 (1998-1999)
5. Tu Holloway: 6.6 (2010-2011)
6. James Posey: 6.2 (1997-1998)
7. Derrick Brown: 6.1 (2007-2008)
T8. Jordan Crawford: 5.9 (2009-2010)
T8. Romain Sato: 5.9 (2003-2004)
T8. Romain Sato: 5.9 (2001-2002)

It should be noted that win shares on CBB Reference only date back to 1995-1996 and the stat was calculated differently from 95/96-08/09 than it was from 09/10 through the present. West is far and away the best player to ever wear a Xavier uniform. Not that this is news to anybody but this might put it a little bit into perspective just how good he was.

[scoscox]

Would be interesting to see the numbers for Byron, Tyrone, and Brian Grant. I'm sure they would've been pretty close. Surprised how high Derrick Brown's 07-08 number is.

[bobbiemcgee]

or Steve Thomas.

[scoscox]

Eh, maybe if he played on better teams. Those Xavier teams didn't win as many games.