40. Mike Sweetney: Georgetown - (2000-03) Oxon Hill, MD

Three years: 18.2 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.9 bpg, 1.1 spg, 54.7 FG%

Player of the Year (2003)

A bruising 6’8” 275 pound beast in the low post, Sweetney had a decidedly different style of game than other great Hoyas big men. After a solid freshman season, Sweetney exploded as a sophomore averaging 19.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 1.7 apg, and 1.7 bpg, while shooting 56.7% from the field and 78.8% from the free throw line. But that was just a warm up for his junior season, which will go down as one of the best in conference history for a big man. For the season, Sweetney averaged 22.8 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.5 spg, 3.2 bpg, with 54.7% from the field and 73.8% from the line.

Sweetney was fouled so often that during his junior season he actually averaged seven more points a game on made free throws. For his career, he is 11th all-time in conference history in made free throws despite only playing three seasons. For his career he amassed 1,750 points and 887 rebounds in just three seasons. His 19.6 ppg average in conference play is 11th all-time, while his 9.6 rpg average in conference play is 9th all-time. He is also one of only four players, along with Allen Iverson, Terry Dehere, and Troy Bell, that scored 35 or more points in a conference game three times, and only Iverson accomplished it in fewer seasons.

He left for the NBA after his junior season and was the ninth overall pick in the draft. Unfortunately, after three seasons, he could no longer control his weight and is now out of the league.