Muskie
10-23-2019, 11:03 AM
Link (https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/27846290/the-best-player-college-basketball-history-every-jersey-number)
Thanks to the NCAA rule book, players have only 37 options when it comes to choosing a jersey number. Any single-digit rendering or double-digit combination of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 is acceptable. Conversely, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are prohibited.
This was not always the case. Bill Russell, for example, famously wore No. 6 for San Francisco six-plus decades ago while winning back-to-back national titles. (Scroll to the bottom.) But by the late 1950s, the 0-through-5 rule already held sway from coast to coast, as revealed by the team photo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_b asketball_team#/media/File:1957_North_Carolina.jpg)
for North Carolina's 1957 national championship team. The rule was instituted to simplify hand signaling by officials to the scorer's table when a player is whistled for a foul.
Here are the best college basketball players to ever wear each of the NCAA's 37 allowed jersey numbers (plus a look at a few that are no longer eligible).
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I have not had time to wade through the entire article. But thought others might enjoy.
Thanks to the NCAA rule book, players have only 37 options when it comes to choosing a jersey number. Any single-digit rendering or double-digit combination of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 is acceptable. Conversely, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are prohibited.
This was not always the case. Bill Russell, for example, famously wore No. 6 for San Francisco six-plus decades ago while winning back-to-back national titles. (Scroll to the bottom.) But by the late 1950s, the 0-through-5 rule already held sway from coast to coast, as revealed by the team photo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_b asketball_team#/media/File:1957_North_Carolina.jpg)
for North Carolina's 1957 national championship team. The rule was instituted to simplify hand signaling by officials to the scorer's table when a player is whistled for a foul.
Here are the best college basketball players to ever wear each of the NCAA's 37 allowed jersey numbers (plus a look at a few that are no longer eligible).
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I have not had time to wade through the entire article. But thought others might enjoy.