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Dough Boy wrote:

Helmzy wrote:

SeattleJay wrote:Have we had a 5 star since Benoit? (Not that anyone can remember if there were actual ratings back then)

How did we end up getting Benoit? We’re there rankings back then?

Considered by many scouts to be the top prospect in the country, Benjamin was sought by 350 colleges. Again he looked for a father figure, preferably a college coach who had played center. Though the best-known man with such qualifications, Georgetown's John Thompson, visited Monroe several times, Benoit and his mother chose another Louisianian—Reed, who grew up in nearby Bernice. It also helped that Reed had graduated from Carolyn's alma mater, Grambling, and had captained the New York Knicks to two NBA championships. "Playing for the best wasn't an incentive," says Benjamin. "It was the incentive."

https://vault.si.com/vault/1985/02/25/big-bens-time-is-now

Dough Boy wrote:

Helmzy wrote:

SeattleJay wrote:Have we had a 5 star since Benoit? (Not that anyone can remember if there were actual ratings back then)

How did we end up getting Benoit? We’re there rankings back then?

Considered by many scouts to be the top prospect in the country, Benjamin was sought by 350 colleges. Again he looked for a father figure, preferably a college coach who had played center. Though the best-known man with such qualifications, Georgetown's John Thompson, visited Monroe several times, Benoit and his mother chose another Louisianian—Reed, who grew up in nearby Bernice. It also helped that Reed had graduated from Carolyn's alma mater, Grambling, and had captained the New York Knicks to two NBA championships. "Playing for the best wasn't an incentive," says Benjamin. "It was the incentive."

https://vault.si.com/vault/1985/02/25/big-bens-time-is-now