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3. Kelvin Ransey, Macomber ‘76 (111 points): If I could travel back to any era in Toledo hoops, it would no doubt be the mid-1970s, when you could have assembled a college powerhouse with the players in this city.
Truman Claytor. Terry Crosby. Donald Collins. Kenny Cunningham. Farley Bell. Kim Leonard. Frank Steele. The list went on.
What a time it must have been.
Then there was the biggest star of them all. Ransey, a smooth 6-1 guard, was the first Toledo-sensation-turned-Buckeyes-legend, taking names at Macomber, then Ohio State. He started for four years at OSU, elevating a rebuilding program from nine wins his freshman season to a No. 2 national ranking his senior year in 1980. He’s currently fifth on the Buckeyes’ scoring list (1,934 points).
Drafted fourth overall by the Bulls — and promptly traded to Portland — Ransey was the runner-up by one vote for NBA rookie of the year in 1981. (The honor went to former Louisville star Darrell Griffith of the Utah Jazz.) Ransey played six seasons in the NBA before becoming a pastor.