(Sm)all-Star Erving Walker Shows Bigger is Not Always Better

Big things can come in small packages. What diminutive dandy Erving Walker (5-8) may lack in height, he compensates for with heart. Florida's floor general brims with self-confidence and mental toughness, which at least partially explains why he defied the odds to excel in a big man's game the past four years.

The nation's premier little big man is the principal reason why the Gators are the only credible SEC team capable of keeping up with colossal Kentucky this season. That's one of the reasons he ranks among the top players in NCAA history 5-8 or shorter.

With the recent passing of celebrated singer Whitney Houston, trivia buffs should know she had a mighty mite brother, Mike Houston (5-8), who averaged 5.3 ppg for Fairleigh Dickinson in 1981-82 and 1982-83 after attending a J.C. in Kansas.