[llperez]

i looked at the colleges that currently have at least 8 NBA players(i included players from this past draft). There were 11 schools that fit. I chose the top 8 players from each. WHo has the best squad?

Arizona WIldcats

g-gilbert arenas
g-jason terry
f-andre iguodala
f-derrick williams
c-channing frye
bench:jerryd bayless, richard jefferson, jordan hill

Duke BlueDevils

g-kyrie irving
g-corey maggette
f-luol deng
f-carlos boozer
c-elton brand
bench: grant hill, shane battier, jj reddick

Florida Gators

g-mike miller
g-corey brewer
f-david lee
f-al horford
c-joakim noah
bench: udonis haslem, matt bonner, chandler parsons

Kansas JayHawks

g-kirk hinrich
g-brandon rush
f-paul pierce
f-drew gooden
c-nick collison
bench: mario chalmers, marcus morris, cole aldrich

Kentucky Wildcats

g-rajon rondo
g-john wall
f-tayshaun prince
f-chuck hayes
c-demarcus cousins
bench: eric bledsoe, brandon knight, nazr mohammed

Ohio State Buckeyes

g-mike conley
g-michael redd
f-evan turner
f-brian cook
c-greg oden
bench: bj mullens, dequan cook, jon diebler

Texas Longhorns

g-dj augustin
g-maurice evans
f-kevin durant
f-tristan thompson
c-lamarcus aldridge
bench: tj ford, daniel gibson, avery bradley

UCLA Bruins

g-baron davis
g-russell westbrook
f-jrue holiday
f-trevor ariza
c-kevin love
bench: arron afflalo, darren collison, luc richard mbah a moute

UConn Huskies

g-kemba walker
g-ray allen
f-caron butler
f-rudy gay
c-emeka okafor
bench: richard hamilton, ben gordon, charlie villanueva

UNC Tarheels

g-ray felton
g-vince carter
f-marvin williams
f-antawn jamison
c-tyler hansbrough
bench: ty lawson, brendan haywood, ed davis

Wake Forest Deamon Deacons

g-chris paul
g-jeff teague
f-josh howard
f-darius songaila
c-tim duncan
bench: james johnson, ish smith, al farouq aminu

[llperez]

florida will struggle big time due to lack of gaurd play despite their awesome inside play. Just wont be able to get it over half court.

ohio state is relyinh on oden and redd who are always injured plaus they have a weak bench.

so those 2 teams probably have the least shot of winning a tournament amongst these teams imo.

[llperez]

florida will struggle big time due to lack of gaurd play despite their awesome inside play. Just wont be able to get it over half court.

ohio state is relyinh on oden and redd who are always injured plaus they have a weak bench.

so those 2 teams probably have the least shot of winning a tournament amongst these teams imo.

[I May Be WrongParticipant]

could we put John Wall in the Wildcats? I know Rando is there but I’d honestly like a Wall/Rondo backcourt doing damage defensively than a Rando/Knight backcourt.

I would either pick UK or UConn cuz they have some great players. I would probably lean towards UConn though

[I May Be WrongParticipant]

could we put John Wall in the Wildcats? I know Rando is there but I’d honestly like a Wall/Rondo backcourt doing damage defensively than a Rando/Knight backcourt.

I would either pick UK or UConn cuz they have some great players. I would probably lean towards UConn though

[aamir543Participant]

Wait, in their prime, right now, or in their college days?

[aamir543Participant]

Wait, in their prime, right now, or in their college days?

[JordanC20Participant]

Bledsoe and Knight over Wall?

I’d say Connecticut is the best

 

[JordanC20Participant]

Bledsoe and Knight over Wall?

I’d say Connecticut is the best

 

[MagikKnickParticipant]

 Hmm, I’d say UConn has the best squad, Walker, Allen, Gay, Okafor, Gordon, Hamilton, and Villanueva,, that team could would dope to watch, lack of size though

Kentucky too, how’d you put Bledsoe over Wall?

UCLA would be a dominant perimeter defense team…, they’d lack size though

[MagikKnickParticipant]

 Hmm, I’d say UConn has the best squad, Walker, Allen, Gay, Okafor, Gordon, Hamilton, and Villanueva,, that team could would dope to watch, lack of size though

Kentucky too, how’d you put Bledsoe over Wall?

UCLA would be a dominant perimeter defense team…, they’d lack size though

[llperez]

my bad, forgot about wall. I will edit.

[llperez]

my bad, forgot about wall. I will edit.

[quiet storm 3Participant]

UCONN and ZONA would be tough…that’s a big starting 5 for Florida LOL 6’7 and up…I’d post up all day

[quiet storm 3Participant]

UCONN and ZONA would be tough…that’s a big starting 5 for Florida LOL 6’7 and up…I’d post up all day

[aamir543Participant]

I like UCLA, but too many guards. Uconn is also good, but it’s scary to think of Timmy D with CP3, that would be dangerous. Other than that Wake doesn’t have much, but I would still choose them because I feel that Paul and Duncan would have a monster pick and roll game.

[aamir543Participant]

I like UCLA, but too many guards. Uconn is also good, but it’s scary to think of Timmy D with CP3, that would be dangerous. Other than that Wake doesn’t have much, but I would still choose them because I feel that Paul and Duncan would have a monster pick and roll game.

[aspence4Participant]

whose the brian cook on ohio state?  There’s a brian cook from illinois.

[aspence4Participant]

whose the brian cook on ohio state?  There’s a brian cook from illinois.

[llperez]

lol, my bad on brian cook. I guess that eliminates ohio state since they dont have 8

[llperez]

lol, my bad on brian cook. I guess that eliminates ohio state since they dont have 8

[Da1potParticipant]

 If we are talking about present time than UConn has the best and deepest overall squad I think….

If we put every player in their prime( obviously you can’t do that for the young recently drafted players though), I think that UConn would still be the best but that Duke( would start Grant Hill and 3 other all-stars) and Wake Forest ( Two perennial All NBA first teamers in Duncan and Paul and another all star in Josh Howard) would be much closer. 

 

[Da1potParticipant]

 If we are talking about present time than UConn has the best and deepest overall squad I think….

If we put every player in their prime( obviously you can’t do that for the young recently drafted players though), I think that UConn would still be the best but that Duke( would start Grant Hill and 3 other all-stars) and Wake Forest ( Two perennial All NBA first teamers in Duncan and Paul and another all star in Josh Howard) would be much closer. 

 

[llperez]

to clarify, im talking about today walking on the court right now. Obviously the teams would be different if we talked about all time.

[llperez]

to clarify, im talking about today walking on the court right now. Obviously the teams would be different if we talked about all time.

[aamir543Participant]

Oh, forget about my Wake Forest statement, that was assuming Timmy was young,

[aamir543Participant]

Oh, forget about my Wake Forest statement, that was assuming Timmy was young,

[RUDEBOY_Participant]

You just gave me an idea..If the Lockout continue into the season..Wouldnt be be great entertainment if they traveled to nba cities and the Alumni teams played each other?

That UCLA team have everything except shot blocking..

Those UK and U Conn teams have the best talent top to bottom..And the most all stars…But chemistry would be their problem…..

I also like that Texas team..People seem to have forgotten how great a college player TJ Ford was…

You made a mistake of putting Brian Cook on Ohio State..He went to Illinois..

[RUDEBOY_Participant]

You just gave me an idea..If the Lockout continue into the season..Wouldnt be be great entertainment if they traveled to nba cities and the Alumni teams played each other?

That UCLA team have everything except shot blocking..

Those UK and U Conn teams have the best talent top to bottom..And the most all stars…But chemistry would be their problem…..

I also like that Texas team..People seem to have forgotten how great a college player TJ Ford was…

You made a mistake of putting Brian Cook on Ohio State..He went to Illinois..

[aamir543Participant]

It’s between Texas, UCLA, and UConn. I would take Texas, they have the best player of this group, and Aldridge is an all star, plus a solid guard. UConn has depth, but I would take either UCLA or texas, and it comes down to who can make the plays in crunch time, and while Westbrook has the ability, he needs to improve his decision making. The knock on Durant is that he defers sometimes, and for different reasons than Lebron. But at the end of the day, I would take Texas because of Aldridge and Durant. 

[aamir543Participant]

It’s between Texas, UCLA, and UConn. I would take Texas, they have the best player of this group, and Aldridge is an all star, plus a solid guard. UConn has depth, but I would take either UCLA or texas, and it comes down to who can make the plays in crunch time, and while Westbrook has the ability, he needs to improve his decision making. The knock on Durant is that he defers sometimes, and for different reasons than Lebron. But at the end of the day, I would take Texas because of Aldridge and Durant. 

[RUDEBOY_Participant]

2 years ago..that perimeter backcourt of Iggy,Gilbert and J Terry would give other teams nightmares…

[RUDEBOY_Participant]

2 years ago..that perimeter backcourt of Iggy,Gilbert and J Terry would give other teams nightmares…

[llperez]

arizona, duke, kentucky, ucla, uconn and texas are all very tough.

UCLA would really have to get after it defensively and then get out and run which they can probably do those 2 things as well as any team and they probably see the least drop off from the bench. But kinda small.

Texas has an awesome starting 5, but bench is small.

Kentucky doesnt hve very good shooters.

Duke is legit all round and a veteran team. Defenitely have a shot of winning but might be too slow.

Arizona can score buckets but outside of iguodala not a very good defensive team. Jefferson and hill would have to really come off the bench and focus on defense.

UConns weaknees is they dont have a post up option. When caron butler is your best post player, thats probably not good.

[llperez]

arizona, duke, kentucky, ucla, uconn and texas are all very tough.

UCLA would really have to get after it defensively and then get out and run which they can probably do those 2 things as well as any team and they probably see the least drop off from the bench. But kinda small.

Texas has an awesome starting 5, but bench is small.

Kentucky doesnt hve very good shooters.

Duke is legit all round and a veteran team. Defenitely have a shot of winning but might be too slow.

Arizona can score buckets but outside of iguodala not a very good defensive team. Jefferson and hill would have to really come off the bench and focus on defense.

UConns weaknees is they dont have a post up option. When caron butler is your best post player, thats probably not good.

[Counting StarsParticipant]

Darius Songaila just signed in Turkey, so unless there is someone else, that eliminates Wake Forest.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6750538&campaign=rss&source=NBAHeadlines

[Counting StarsParticipant]

Darius Songaila just signed in Turkey, so unless there is someone else, that eliminates Wake Forest.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6750538&campaign=rss&source=NBAHeadlines

[llperez]

@counting stars, i went by guys in the league last season. But yeah i suppose signing a deal in turkey could officialy elminate songaila and no wake forest doesnt have an 8th guy so that means we are down to 9 teams as ohio state and wake forest cant field 8 players.

[llperez]

@counting stars, i went by guys in the league last season. But yeah i suppose signing a deal in turkey could officialy elminate songaila and no wake forest doesnt have an 8th guy so that means we are down to 9 teams as ohio state and wake forest cant field 8 players.

[hotsauceParticipant]

 I think Uconn is the best team because of there star power in the back court and with okafor in the middle thats pretty strong of a team

 

[hotsauceParticipant]

 I think Uconn is the best team because of there star power in the back court and with okafor in the middle thats pretty strong of a team

 

[I May Be WrongParticipant]

I’m pretty sure they all are playing except for two players Im not too sure about but they do have an 8 man roster

Johnny Flynn

Wes Johnson

Carmelo Anthony

Hakim Warrick

Donte Greene

Andy Rautins

Etan Thomas (not sure if he’s still playing actually)

Jason Hart (have no clue what happened to him lol)

No big center but this team could score with the best of them IMO

[I May Be WrongParticipant]

I’m pretty sure they all are playing except for two players Im not too sure about but they do have an 8 man roster

Johnny Flynn

Wes Johnson

Carmelo Anthony

Hakim Warrick

Donte Greene

Andy Rautins

Etan Thomas (not sure if he’s still playing actually)

Jason Hart (have no clue what happened to him lol)

No big center but this team could score with the best of them IMO

[llperez]

jason hart didnt play in the nba last season

[llperez]

jason hart didnt play in the nba last season

[I May Be WrongParticipant]

woops, thought he might have been injured or something. Nevermind then lol

[I May Be WrongParticipant]

woops, thought he might have been injured or something. Nevermind then lol

[NO EZ BUCKETSParticipant]

uconn and arizona look good. But the combo of rondo and wall would be scary too

[NO EZ BUCKETSParticipant]

uconn and arizona look good. But the combo of rondo and wall would be scary too

[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

Memphis Tigers:

PG: Derrick Rose
SG: Tyreke Evans
SF: Rodney Carney
PF: Shawne Williams
C: Joey Dorsey

Bench: Chris Douglas-Roberts, Elliott Williams

Great backcourt with Rose and Evans, Shawne Williams is a good role player, and Dorsey is a
solid rebounder but the team is not that deep or big. CDR and Elliott Williams are ok off the bench.
Could use a legit center and move Dorsey over to power forward and Shawne Williams to small forward.

[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

Memphis Tigers:

PG: Derrick Rose
SG: Tyreke Evans
SF: Rodney Carney
PF: Shawne Williams
C: Joey Dorsey

Bench: Chris Douglas-Roberts, Elliott Williams

Great backcourt with Rose and Evans, Shawne Williams is a good role player, and Dorsey is a
solid rebounder but the team is not that deep or big. CDR and Elliott Williams are ok off the bench.
Could use a legit center and move Dorsey over to power forward and Shawne Williams to small forward.

[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

Here is the list of Memphis Tigers signees. Some of these guys decided to go pro, some left with Coach Cal,
and two left when we signed Angel Garcia.

Starters

PG: Derrick Rose
SG: Tyreke Evans
SF: Shawne Williams
PF: Amare Stoudemire
C: Demarcus Cousins

Bench

PG: John Wall
SG: Xavier Henry
SF: Marcus Morris
PF: Markieff Morris
C: Kendrick perkins

Reserves: Elliott Williams, Chris-Douglas Roberts, Rodney Carney, Joey Dorsey

[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

Here is the list of Memphis Tigers signees. Some of these guys decided to go pro, some left with Coach Cal,
and two left when we signed Angel Garcia.

Starters

PG: Derrick Rose
SG: Tyreke Evans
SF: Shawne Williams
PF: Amare Stoudemire
C: Demarcus Cousins

Bench

PG: John Wall
SG: Xavier Henry
SF: Marcus Morris
PF: Markieff Morris
C: Kendrick perkins

Reserves: Elliott Williams, Chris-Douglas Roberts, Rodney Carney, Joey Dorsey

[mwalling2117Participant]

Oak Hill Academy (I know they are a high school, but I think they could beat most of these other teams)

Pg:  Rajon Rondo

Sg:  Stephen Jackson

Sf:  Carmelo Anthony

Pf:  Josh Smith

C:  DeSagana Diop

Bench:  Ty Lawson, Michael Beasley, Brandon Jennings.

I think this team might actually win, the only problem could be depth inside.

(I know Kevin Durant went to Oak Hill, but he transfered before he grauduated).

 

[mwalling2117Participant]

Oak Hill Academy (I know they are a high school, but I think they could beat most of these other teams)

Pg:  Rajon Rondo

Sg:  Stephen Jackson

Sf:  Carmelo Anthony

Pf:  Josh Smith

C:  DeSagana Diop

Bench:  Ty Lawson, Michael Beasley, Brandon Jennings.

I think this team might actually win, the only problem could be depth inside.

(I know Kevin Durant went to Oak Hill, but he transfered before he grauduated).

 

[BasterdInABasketParticipant]

I was just gonna make an oak hill team… Beasley didnt graduate from Oak Hill either. Could replace him with Steve Blake or Jerry Stckhouse.

[BasterdInABasketParticipant]

I was just gonna make an oak hill team… Beasley didnt graduate from Oak Hill either. Could replace him with Steve Blake or Jerry Stckhouse.

[HobbyOGParticipant]

 I go with Oak Hill!

[HobbyOGParticipant]

 I go with Oak Hill!

[llperez]

just curious, why is it that guys want to go to oak hill? I know brandon jennings did his first 3 years of highschool in so cal before doing his senior year at oak hill. He played at Dominguez which is a dominant basketball school endoresed by nike and they travel the country and have produced mulitple NBA players. What benefits are there of going to oak hill?

[llperez]

just curious, why is it that guys want to go to oak hill? I know brandon jennings did his first 3 years of highschool in so cal before doing his senior year at oak hill. He played at Dominguez which is a dominant basketball school endoresed by nike and they travel the country and have produced mulitple NBA players. What benefits are there of going to oak hill?

[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

You can add Jordan Farmar (a solid backup point guard with rings) and Ryan Hollins
who is an athletic, shot-blocking center. Hollins could start at center and move Love to power forward and allow
Mbah a Moute to come off the bench.

[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

You can add Jordan Farmar (a solid backup point guard with rings) and Ryan Hollins
who is an athletic, shot-blocking center. Hollins could start at center and move Love to power forward and allow
Mbah a Moute to come off the bench.

[JBrace19Participant]

No Reggie Miller on UCLA?

[JBrace19Participant]

No Reggie Miller on UCLA?

[llperez]

ucla could field two 8 man teams. I added mbah a moute as they needed a defensive big and i put him ahead of hollins.

[llperez]

ucla could field two 8 man teams. I added mbah a moute as they needed a defensive big and i put him ahead of hollins.

[JBrace19Participant]

Michigan St.

G-Earvin "Magic" Johnson
G-Shannon Brown
F-Jason Richardson
F-Zach Randolf
C-Goran Sutan
Bench:Charlie Bell, Mateen Cleeves, Kalin Lucas

[JBrace19Participant]

Michigan St.

G-Earvin "Magic" Johnson
G-Shannon Brown
F-Jason Richardson
F-Zach Randolf
C-Goran Sutan
Bench:Charlie Bell, Mateen Cleeves, Kalin Lucas

[Johnny Chill]

Those 2 schools usually are on top of my annual fantasy basketball league with alumni vs alumni. Because of sheer number of players in the league.

I think Duke will have 15-16 players and UCLA will have 16-17 guys in a NBA uni.

[Johnny Chill]

Those 2 schools usually are on top of my annual fantasy basketball league with alumni vs alumni. Because of sheer number of players in the league.

I think Duke will have 15-16 players and UCLA will have 16-17 guys in a NBA uni.

[MagikKnickParticipant]

 He said current NBA players…

[MagikKnickParticipant]

 He said current NBA players…

[xavier328Participant]

ARZ  team would be hard to beat because their ability to spread the floor with all those shooters.

but we would beat them no doubt. UNC! all the way!

[xavier328Participant]

ARZ  team would be hard to beat because their ability to spread the floor with all those shooters.

but we would beat them no doubt. UNC! all the way!

[R-Dot-13Participant]

Texas!
They have the best player in Durant.. As well as Aldridge who is awesome aswell.

DJ is solid, and Tristan will be good on D.

Texas is my pick.

[R-Dot-13Participant]

Texas!
They have the best player in Durant.. As well as Aldridge who is awesome aswell.

DJ is solid, and Tristan will be good on D.

Texas is my pick.

[tyasayParticipant]

UCONN has the best team for sure, there is no doubt that they would win… I think the only team with a chance to take UCONN is Arizona  

[tyasayParticipant]

UCONN has the best team for sure, there is no doubt that they would win… I think the only team with a chance to take UCONN is Arizona  

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