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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
The Best Names In College Basketball
Around here, the most unique name in college basketball belongs to Sinclair’s British Alexander, the 6-foot-6 forward from Trotwood Madison High and the subject of my column in Wednesday’s newspaper.
His mom, Cookie Grigsby, said one of her nephews came up with the name. British said he thinks the inspiration was a shoe:
“British Knights were an urban shoe that was real popular when I was born.”
“When I was younger I didn’t like the name ‘cause it was so different. But my teachers always told me it was a nice name and as I’ve gotten older I appreciate it more. I feel comfortable with it now.”
He should. After all, when it comes to college basketball, there are always some great names that are quite different.
Here are some of my favorite names from the past few seasons.
Hands down, the best this year is Just-in’love Smith, a senior guard for Sienna.
That’s right up there with Baskerville Holmes, who played for Memphis State in the 1980s, God Shammgod who played for Providence in the 1990s, Oral Robert’s Beloved Rogers, Maryland’s Exree Hipp and the Mapp brothers — Scientific Mapp played for Florida A&M, and Majestic played for Virginia.
And, of course, last season 7-foot-2 Chief Kickingstallionsims and his Alabama State team played in the NCAA Tournament’s Opening Round game at UD Arena.
Some other special names:
Special Jennings — Xavier’s women’s team…By the way, she has two sisters, Treasure and Wonderful.
Colt Idol — Montana State
Parfait Bitee — Rhode Island
Pops Mensah-Bonsu — George Washington
Urule Igbavboa — Valparaiso
Dionte Christmas — Temple
Alibaba Odd — Delaware State
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