Who had the better career at UT, Chris Lofton or Allan Houston?

Who had the better career at UT?

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#26
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Lexvol said:
Houston is the more talented of the two, but I believe his father's legacy unfairly tarnishes people's view of him.
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I agree. I don't think its fair to blame Allen Houston for the team's lack of success while he was UT. Houston was the better player/career.
 
#27
#27
Houston was just amazing to watch except there were usually other players in orange that were less than stellar. A quick glance in the SEC bball record books and you will see Houston's name everywhere. Don't get me wrong, I really like watching Lofton but just dont see a comparison.

I don't think his father's name tarnishes his career. I always felt that the package deal would end once his son left. The only bad thing was that we lost the support of Allan in the process.
 
#28
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utvolpj said:
Houston was just amazing to watch except there were usually other players in orange that were less than stellar. A quick glance in the SEC bball record books and you will see Houston's name everywhere. Don't get me wrong, I really like watching Lofton but just dont see a comparison.

I don't think his father's name tarnishes his career. I always felt that the package deal would end once his son left. The only bad thing was that we lost the support of Allan in the process.
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Wade has taken a lot of heat for being more interested in his Knoxville business dealings than he was in the basketball team.
 
#30
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hatvol96 said:
If Yarbrough's skills were that good, he wouldn't be playing in Europe. He's not in the NBA because he doesn't have NBA talent.
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I disagree. The raw talent was there. He just needed a good college coach who could motivate and develop him into a complete player. A great teacher of the game, Jerry Green was not. See also: Tony Harris.
 
#31
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Lexvol said:
Houston is the more talented of the two, but I believe his father's legacy unfairly tarnishes people's view of him.
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Yep . . . Plus half the voters in this poll probably aren't old enough to remember seeing him play live.
 
#34
#34
Maybe it's just because he was the only bright spot for UT bball at that point.

A two-time second team All-America selection, Houston finished his career as UT's all-time leading scorer with 2,801 points, a figure that ranked 13th in NCAA history at the time. He was named the MVP of the 1991 SEC Tournament and joins Ernie Grunfeld as the only Vols to earn first team All-SEC honors in each of their four years in Knoxville. The 6-foot-6 guard's 346 career 3-pointers still stand as a school record and rank second in SEC history.
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#35
#35
I really don't see how someone could say Lofton is the better player because Houston I believe made a few all star teams and at best I think Lofton might play a year or two in the league. However I was young during the Houston years so I will have to say I think Lofton's legacy will be better and I will have great memories of Lofton's time at UT.
 
#40
#40
allvol123 said:
What was UT's record for the years Houston started? Just curious.
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I don't have the records in front of me, but I'm going to guess that we won somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 games during Houston's career . . . and the more I think about it, that might be too many.
 
#41
#41
89/90 16-14
90/91 12-22
91/92 19-15
92/93 13-17

his 4 years they were 60-68

93/94 was Wade's last year I think 5-22
 
#42
#42
Wow . . . Originally I was going to say 50-60, but I couldn't remember a year where they were ever much above .500. I flat forgot that Wade Houston ever had a team win 19 games.
 
#43
#43
GAVol said:
Wow . . . Originally I was going to say 50-60, but I couldn't remember a year where they were ever much above .500. I flat forgot that Wade Houston ever had a team win 19 games.
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From those stats, they weren't ever much above .500. The 19 win season was a 0.56 winning percentage.
 
#44
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allvol123 said:
From those stats, they weren't ever much above .500. The 19 win season was a 0.56 winning percentage.
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One of those years is also skewed a little bit by the fact that they won only 10 games in the regular season before going on an unconscious run in the tournament; making it all the way to the finals.
 
#45
#45
GAVol said:
One of those years is also skewed a little bit by the fact that they won only 10 games in the regular season before going on an unconscious run in the tournament; making it all the way to the finals.
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It is amazing how much Crum struggled with recruiting when Wade hit the road. Granted, Louisville would have been much easier to recruit back then, WH did appear to go "lazy" with the UT program.
 
#46
#46
GAVol said:
Yep . . . Plus half the voters in this poll probably aren't old enough to remember seeing him play live.
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I was in high school when Houston played at UT and saw just about every home game he played live. He was the best individual player I'd ever seen don a Tennessee uniform - and maybe the best in the SEC at a time when Shaq, Chris Jackson, and Mashburn also were in it.

I still give Lofton the slimmest of margins simply b/c of the intangibles that he brought to the rest of the team. Lofton will end his career with about 2,400 points, and his defense, his assists, his impact on the team, I just give it to him barely. And maybe I like his style just a bit more too, so I'm biased.

What's funny to me is that we'd never be having such an involved, engaged discussion about this had CBP not revived the program and made us care about UT's hoops past or present.
 
#48
#48
allan houston was playing when i first started following tennessee basketball, the guy was amazing. i love chris lofton, but he just doesn't compare
 
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