Sporting News got UA's Top 10 right
Ordinarily, you wouldn’t put much stock in a career top 10 list of UA basketball players chosen by Sporting News. But the one-time bible of baseball, which now covers all sports, did well when it ranked the UA’s 10 leading players last week. It included 1970s forward Al Fleming. Former UA assistant coach Jerry Holmes was moved by Fleming’s inclusion. “He was the glue to those teams,” said Holmes. “He is too often overlooked.” The one flaw in the UA’s Ring of Honor at McKale Center is that its requirements omit a four-year starter like Fleming and includes a one-year player like Stanley Johnson. Who meant more to UA basketball? Fleming by a few miles.
