I'd say he'd be in the discussion for #1 (admittedly not having seen much NU bball before the 90s). The 16-17 team is the most important team because they got the first tourney bid. But that team had 4 stars any of whom could take over a given night and a 5th guy in Lumpkin who was the emotional and spiritual leader of the team. Boo just led us to #2 in the big ten conference with a much less talented supporting cast and is both the emotional and spiritual leader and the best player. I think he's very much in the discussion of most important NU basketball player of all-time for the program. Without him who knows when our next tourney bid comes since we had lost all momentum from the last bid.