[GlenTaylorSucksParticipant]

What’s the best starting 5 you can think of from your favorite college? I’m a huge Badgers fan, so here’s WI’s starting 5: 

G: Devin Harris

G: Jordan Taylor

F: Michael Finley

F: John Kotz (apparently a 2 time All-America in the 40’s)

C: Brian Butch (he was on the HS A-A team w/ Lebron and co, haha)

Clearly, Wisconsin isn’t much of a basketball school, in terms of NBA talent. I’m sure y’all can do better!

[mikeyvthedonParticipant]

PG Terrell Brandon

SG Fred Jones

SF Jim Barnett

PF Greg Ballard

C Blair Rasmussen

Bench:

G Aaron Brooks

G Luke Ridnour

G Ronnie Lee

F Steve "Snapper" Jones (Mostly played in the ABA)

F Jim Loscutoff

F Luke Jackson

F/C Stan Love (Kevin’s pops)

 

 

[BasterdInABasketParticipant]

BRIAN BUTCH??!!?? cmon man! Maybe the most hyped Badger but he was a college bust… How about Claude Gregory their All time leading rebounder and 20-10, Mike Wilkinson, Jon Leuer, Alando Tucker- all time leading scorer…

These were my MU and UW teams I made that I seen, tough for me to judge old players like Bo Ellis, Danny Jones.

MARQUETTE
First Team
G: Travis Diener
G: Dwyane Wade
F: Jimmy Butler
F: Steve Novak
C: Robert Jackson
Second Team
G: Dominic James
G: Jerel McNeal
F: Wes Matthews
F: Lazar Hayward
F Scott Merritt
…
WISCONSIN
First Team
G: Devin Harris
G: Kirk Penney
F: Alando Tucker
F: Jon Leuer
F: Mike Wilkinson
Second Team
G: Jordan Taylor
G: Kammron Taylor
F: Marcus Landry
F: Mark Vershaw
C: Brian Butch

 

[iguapops420Participant]

 UNC is my favorite team of all time, but in a reality after going through the lists, it would just be unfair. I’d have to make a 1st,2nd,and 3rd team and STILL leave some greats out.

[Da1potParticipant]

 My Dad went to Kentucky so I’ve been raised a Kentucky fan……

Pg: John Wall/ Rajon Rondo/ Wayne Turner( a worse shooter than Rondo)

Sg: Tony Delk/ Rex Chapman/Louie Dampier

Sf: Tayshaun Prince/ Kenny Walker/ /Cliff Hagan(HOF)

Pf:  Jamal Mashburn/Cotton Nash/ Frank Ramsey(HOF)

C: Dan Issel(HOF)/ Alex Groza( great player banned from NBA for point shaving)/ Demarcus Cousins

Coach: Adolph Rupp

Honorable mention: Derek Anderson, Ron Mercer, Sam Bowie, Antoine Walker, Ralph Beard(another point shaver), Wah Wah Jones, Kyle Macy, Patrick Patterson, Pat Riley, Keith Bogans, Kevin Grevey, Jack Givens

[adumParticipant]

PG-Isaiah Thomas

SG-Brandon Roy

SF- Detlef Schrempf

PF-Spencer Hawes

C-Todd MacCulloch

2nd

PG-Nate Robinson/Tony W

SG-Terrence Ross

SF-Justin holiday

PF-Mathew Bryan-Amaning

C-John Brokman

[FilipinoElla]

 Ateneo de Manila

PG- Robert Jaworski/Kiefer Ravena

SG- Larry Fonacier/ Kirk Long

SF- Nico Salva/ Rich Alvarez

PF- Japeth Aguilar/ Nonoy Baclao

C- Rabeh Al hussaine/ Doug kramer

[McDunkin]

Adum..im not a historian on Washington basketball

Tony Wroten (who has never played d-1 ball before) is in your (awful) 2nd team…

[RICO 1981Participant]

Cuse

PG: Jonny Flynn / Gerry McNamara

SG: Dave Bing / Jason Hart 

SF: Melo / John Wallace

PF: Derrick Coleman / Billy Owens

C: Rony Seikaly / Etan Thomas

[TC_42Participant]

Oklahoma State

PG: Doug Gottlieb / John Lucas

SG: Tony Allen / James Anderson

SF: Desmond Mason / LeBryan Nash (hopefully)

PF: Joey Graham / Ivan McFarlin

C: Bob Kurland / Bryant Reeves

 

[Mr. ChicagoParticipant]

1st Team – I went off their play in College not the NBA (I think that is what we were going off of)

PG- Jason Williams (National Freshman of the Year, 2 Time NPOY)

SG- JJ Redick (2 Time NPOY)

SF- Shane Battier (3 Time National Defensive Player of the Year, NPOY)

PF- Christian Laettner (NPOY)

C – Elton Brand (NPOY)

Honorable Mention

G- Bobby Hurley

G – Johnny Dawkins (NPOY)

F – Grant Hill (National Defensive Player of the Year)

F – Shelden Williams (2 Time National Defensive Player of the Year)

F- Carlos Boozer

[mikeyvthedonParticipant]

I know, I already chose the Ducks. Nonetheless, I kind of love the Bruins basketball tradition (though I am not the fan that llperez is, despite his not picking them to win the Pac-12 :). Still here is what their team would probably look like, if you based it on combined college and NBA success:

PG Gail Goodrich

SG Reggie Miller

SF Marques Johnson

PF Bill Walton (I know he was a C, but to me he is arguably the 2nd best college player of All-Time behind Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Yes, ahead of Maravich, Robertson and whoever else you want to pull out)

C Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Bench:

G Baron Davis

G Russell Westbrook

G Walt Hazzard/Mahdi Abdul-Rahman

F Jamaal Wilkes

F Kiki Vandeweghe

F Kevin Love

C Sidney Wicks

Honorable Mention:

F Don McLean (All-Time Leading scorer in school history, if it were based on college success alone, he is on the team)

F Ed O’Bannon (Again, based on college alone, tough to leave him off the team)

C Mark Eaton (If you want shot blocking, he is your guy. I assume they have enough height with Alcindor and Walton though)

F Willie Naulls (4 Time All-Star, 3rd Team All-America in 1955-56, before UCLA dynasty days)

G/F Tracy Murray (Had a decent NBA run, but his last year of college, over 21 ppg on 53% from the field and 50% from 3, 78/156, which means he made over 2 per game at that awesome percentage)

G Darren Collison (Looked like a potential All-Time Great after his sophomore year, but getting held to a donut against D-Rose in the Final Four definitely had his prestige taking a hit. Still had a very solid career, playing in 3 Final Fours and one NCAA Final. Plus, off to a nice start to his NBA career as well)

G Lucius Allen (Awesome guard for UCLA who played with Alcindor)

C Swen Nater (Big man from the Netherlands, did very little in college serving as Bill Walton’s back-up, but went on to a decent ABA/NBA career)

G Arron Afflalo (Great contributor for three years, even winning Pac-10 POY his junior season and gaining 1st Team All-America honors)

F David Greenwood (10.2 and 7.9 for his NBA career and a two time 1st Team All-America at UCLA)

F Curtis Rowe (1 time All-Star, 2nd Team All-America his last season at UCLA)

G Pooh Richardson (4 year starter averaged a very solid 6.8 assists per game for his career at UCLA. Went on to be 10th pick in the NBA Draft and finished with averages of 11.1 ppg and 6.5 apg)

Other notable current NBA guys are Jordan Farmar, Jrue Holiday, Trevor Ariza, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Earl Watson, Jason Kapono and Matt Barnes.

 

[PaulsJayhawksParticipant]

***Not 100% sure but all were 1st team AA’s

PG Jacque Vaughn/Sheron Collins

SG Kirk Hinrich/Mario Chalmers

SF Paul Pierce /Brandon Rush

PF Danny Manning /Nick Collison

C Wilt Chamberlain / Raef Lafrentz

Honerable Mention

Wayne Simien, Drew Gooden, Morris twins

[chavezParticipant]

PG- JoJo White

SG-Darnell Valentine

SF-Paul Pierce

PF-Danny Manning

C-Wilt Chamberlain

 

BENCH

Mario Chalmers

Kirk Hinrich

Jacque Vaughn

Greg Ostertag

Clyde Lovellette

Raef LaFrentz

Drew Gooden

Honorable Mention:

Darrell Arthur, Brandon Rush, Darnell Jackson, Sasha Kaun, Cole Aldrich, Sherron Collins, Marcus/Markieff Morris, Scot Pollard, Milt Newton, Xavier Henry, Kevin Pritchard, Mark Randall,Ron Kellog, Calvin Thompson, Nick Collison, Wayne Simien, Aaron Miles, Keith Langford, Rex Walters, Adonis Jordan, Julian Wright, Richard Scott, Steve Woodbury, Alonzo Jamison

 

 

[kobyzParticipant]

PG: Chris Paul
SG: Randolph Childress
SF: Josh Howard
PF: Rodney Rogers
C: Tim Duncan

[Andrew1984Participant]

Rico,

Wasn’t Sherman Douglas better at Syracuse than Johnny Flynn was? I’m pretty sure Sherman Douglas averaged about 18 points and nine assists per contest.

[PaulsJayhawksParticipant]

He had epic battles with Chris Smith from gtown. He was way better than Flynn.  I would also put Lawrence Moten in the SG spot over Jason Hart imo.

[PaulsJayhawksParticipant]

Meant to say Charles Smith for Gtown.

[MkadozaParticipant]

 As Andrew and Paul said, Sherman Douglas deserves a starting nod of Flynn. Also, Pearl Washington, Lawrence Moten and Hakim Warrick deserve at least mentions. 

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

Florida

PG – Jason Williams: he only played 20 games at Florida after transferring from Marshall and before getting kicked off the team for drug use. But those 20 games were pretty amazing; 17.1 PPG, 6.7 APG and 2.7 APG. Certainly the most talented PG ever at Florida.

SG – Vernon Maxwell: Mad Max averaged over 19 PPG for each of his final three seasons in Gaineville.

SF – Mike Miller: A born leader, he played significant minutes as soon as he stepped on the court as a freshman. Left after his sophomore year when he averaged 14.1 PPG, 6.6 RPG and 2.5 APG but his numbers would’ve probably hit All-American levels had he stayed a year longer.

PF – Joakim Noah: Really difficult choice here over Al Horford (who was more of a center anyway), Ronnie Williams and Udonis Haslem. Williams put up the best numbers but Joakim was the heart and soul of back to back championship teams.

C – Neil Walk: Probably best remembered (if at all remembered) as the guy drafted just after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Walk was a two time All-American that averaged 26.5 PPG and 19.8 RPG as a junior and 24 PPG and 17.2 RPG as a senior.

[adumParticipant]

It was based strictly on potential I really believe he’s gonna be an amazing player for wasington and beyond . Wasginton is a good school but compared to UNC Duke etc you can’t really compare

[dragons12Participant]

how do you not include the monster of patrick sparks not on your team. He could knock down a shot from anywhere and your gunna need a pg who can hit a 3… im not mad, just disappointed

[The8thDeadlySinParticipant]

WVU

PG – Jerry West
SG – Rod Thorn
SF – Rod Hundly
PF – Joe Alexander
C – Kevin Pitsnoggle

6th – Da’Sean Butler
7th – Devin Ebanks
8th – Mike Gansey

[teropParticipant]

 PG    Derrick Rose

SG    Tyreke Evans

SF    Penny Hardaway

PF    Keith Lee

C    Lorenzen Wright

Bench….CDR Vincent Askew  Dajuan Wagner,  Ronnie Robinson,  Larry Finch, and Snap Hunter

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