Poll of the Week Results - Best PG in GT History

Question: Who was the best Point Guard in GT History (regardless of years played

Well, it was the most interesting voting since we started the polls. Mark Price got off to a quick lead, but then Kenny Anderson caught up as the vote totals neared 50. Those guys ran neck and neck as the votes neared 100, with Stephon Marbury consistently getting a few votes as well. In the end, Mark Price won out, getting most of the late voting. Here's the final tally:

49.3% - Mark Price
36.0% - Kenny Anderson
11.3% - Stephon Marbury
2.0% - Travis Best
0.7% - Drew Barry
0.7% - Craig Neal
(150 total votes cast)

My vote went to Kenny Anderson, but could have easily gone to Price as well. Let's look at Price, Anderson and Marbury's case:

Mark Price - 15th in the ACC all-time in points, #8 all-time ACC in free-throw %, #12 all-time in ACC steals, #5 all-time in ACC minutes played, #3 all-time GT scoring, one of only 2 GT guys that is a member of the 2000 pt, 500 assist club (Best the other), 6th GT assists, #1 GT 3pt % (1 year he had the 3pt shot), #1 GT steals, led the ACC in scoring his freshman year (the year with the 3pt line) with 20.3. He helped lead the 1985 club to an ACC Championship and a 27-8 mark. We won a share of the ACC regular season title and went on to win the ACC Tourney. Price was MVP with 50 points over 3 games. Price helped lead GT to the Final 8 before losing to top-ranked Georgetown in a regional final. Mark Price was an outstanding point guard, a deadly shooter and proved he could play on all levels. He had a long career in the NBA making a lot of other players look good.

Kenny Anderson - One of the key parts of my question was "regardless of year's played". Kenny set the GT freshman scoring records with 20.6 per game, field goals made, assists, assists/game, steals and minutes per game. In 2 years, Kenny scored 1497 points, 454 assists and 168 steals. To put this in perspective, the GT all-time scoring mark is 2232 points (Yunkus) and 724 assists (Drew Barry). The all-time NCAA assist mark is held by Bobby Hurley at 1076. His assist average is the highest in GT history at 7 per game. Had Kenny stayed all 4 years, there is a great chance he could have broken the all-time NCAA assist record, the all-time GT points and steal marks, and there would be many more. Most importantly Kenny led us to our only final four. Yes, he had a great supporting cast, but Kenny ran the show and he was special to watch. Maybe it was because I was at school at the time, but watching him dribble the ball was hypnotizing. I have never seen so many people as fascinated just with the way a guy handles the ball. He was truly magic and a special player. The disappointing fact is that Anderson went on to have a mediocre NBA career. I don't really know why he never excelled as one of the league's top guards, but there is no doubt he was one of the most exciting, talented players that ever stepped on a college floor.

Stephon Marbury - Stephon did receive a solid vote. The fact that he stayed only 1 year I am sure biased the voting, but Marbury has a strong case as best PG. In his one season he tallied the 8th highest one-season point total in GT history. However, he didn't even lead the team in assists that year - Drew Barry did. However, he did help lead the 1995 team to a regular season ACC title. They ended the conference schedule 13-3 and guess what - that was the last year we beat Duke - and we swept them both times that year. They ended up in the ACC tourney championship game and lost a heartbreaker to Wake Forest. That year we had the toughest schedule in the nation, ended 24-12, and made it to the sweet 16 in the big dance.
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The new poll is up now - since that was so popular I thought we would shift over to the center position.