It was great to read that Stacey King was honored at halftime of the Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech game on Saturday. He was the heart and soul of OU's greatest team ever.

However, it got me to thinking: Who have been the best players at OU since that 1987-88 year? I decided not to county Harvey Grant or Mookie Blaylock since they were both classmaters with Stacey. So, I guess this is a Top 5 OU basketball players of the 1990s and beyond.

It is not based on stats alone, although each of these players on my list is a 1,000-point scorer. It's based on having that Stacey King-esque quality, being the heart and soul of a team and, likewise, being a player who could be a real difference in helping the Sooners win big games.

No. 5: Aaron McGhee - Ace came alive in 2002, leading Oklahoma to the Final Four. Yeah, you read me right: Leading. He was pretty mediocre his first season but then caught fire his next. His 10-foot shot was unstoppable, and without Ace, we don't sniff the Final Four. This guy is one of my all-time favorite Sooners in any sport because of his willingness and ability to step up his game when it really counted.

No. 4. Ryan Minor - Even though Minor never really had any tourney success (all that really counts, people), we probably never would have had those opportunities without the Hammon native. I remember going to an OU-Kansas game in Norman that Minor basically won on his own.

His biggest accomplishment at OU though was in being part of our greatest baseball team in history: the 1994 national champs.

No. 3. Brent Price - Sure, most Oklahoma sports fans remember the night the Enid native dropped 56 on Loyola Marymount, but do you remember the NIT game against Cincinnati, in which Brent scored the last seven or so points, with a minute left, to get Oklahoma to overtime and eventual win?

Those weren't great teams at Oklahoma, but Brent was a clutch player.

No. 2. Eduardo Najera - Without Eduardo, Kelvin Sampson never gets that reputation as a coach who fields tough teams. Getting knocked out and then returning to the game against Michigan State in the Sweet 16 some eight years ago remains one of the most inspirational moments in Oklahoma sports history.

No. 1. Hollis Price - Oklahoma's best player all-time was Wayman. The guy who put OU hoops on the map was Alvan Adams. And there have been great athletes along the way from Choo and Timmy to Jeff and Damon and Corey Brewer, just to name a few.

But Hollis Price was an excellent shooter and one of Oklahoma's best free-throw shooters of all time. And, yes, he helped us get to a Final Four.

However, the New Orleans native was a flat-out winner. The Josh Heupel of OU basketball and by a mile my favorite post-Stacey King era player in Norman. It's a crime that no NBA team has picked up on Price. His talent is enough, but his intangibles would really be valuable to a fringe team.

I'd love to see Hollis get into coaching and one day take the reins at OU.