A great loss for the game of college basketball. Exactly my age, man how quickly time goes by. When Wayman was playing at OU, a buddy & I always argued about who was better, Wayman or Keith Lee? I said Wayman, he said Keith. What a sweet, sweet soft left hand he had around the bucket. A sad day.
Tisdale is one of only 10 players in the NCAA history that was All-American for 3 years. Oscar Robertson, Pete Maravich, Alcindor and Walton, Jerry Lucas, Ralph Sampson, among others are part of that group. He was the Big 8 player of the year for 3 years. I believe his career stats in college are like 26 and 10. He was a helluva college basketball player.
Even shorter list (2) is those who made All-American 4 times in college. Arnie Ferrin (Utah) in 1944-45-46-47 and Tyler Hansbrough (UNC) in 2006-07-08-09.
Most on the list couldn't play their freshman year. How did Ferrin play all 4 years, was that before the freshman can't play rule came into effect. Tisdale went pro after his junior year.