All-Time Teams

[SWC75]

I was leafing through my ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia, (which came out after the 2008-09 season), and noticed that they picked an all-time team for each school. Here’s ours:
Syracuse: Derrick Coleman, John Wallace, Billy Owens, Dave Bing, Sherman Douglas.
They are listing Coleman as a center, which he basically was during the 1988-89 season, (our consensus choice for our most talented team as it had 3 of these five players on it). You could argue for Carmelo but it would be close between him and J-Dub or Billy and he was here just the one year, (but what a year).

I decided to look up the all-time teams of some other schools and see which ones seemed the most impressive, (again, consider this is through the 2008-09 season):

Cincinnati: Danny Fortson, Kenyon Martin, Jack Twyman, Steve Logan, Oscar Robertson
Connecticut: Emeka Okafor, Walt Dropo, Richard Hamilton, Ray Allen, Chris Smith
WALT DROPO? UConn Huskies Stats - Walt Dropo
Well, he had a heck of a rookie year for the Red Sox.
DePaul: George Mikan, Dave Corzine, Mark Aguirre, Tom Kleinschmidt, David Booth
Duke: Christian Laettner, Grant Hill, Art Heyman, Johnny Dawkins, Bobby Hurley
Georgetown: Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Reggie Williams, Allen Iverson, Eric Floyd
Holy Cross: George Kaftan, Togo Palazzi, Tom Heinsohn, Ronnie Perry, Bob Cousy
Houston: Hakeem Olajuwon, Elvin Hayes, Clyde Drexler, Oris Birdsong, Don Cheney
Indiana: Walt Bellamy, George McGinnis, Scott May, Steve Alford, Isiah Thomas
Kansas: Wilt Chamberlain, Clyde Lovelette, Danny Manning, Paul Pierce, Jo Jo White
Kentucky: Dan Issel, Cliff Hagan, Jack Givens, Frank Ramsey, Ralph Beard
(I think that line-up would change if it were updated to the present)
LaSalle: Tom Gola, Lionel Simmons, Michael Brooks, Ken Durrett, Larry Cannon (Where’s Jellybean?)
LSU: Shaquille O’Nealle Bob Pettit, Rudy Macklin, Pete Maravich, Chris Jackson
Louisville: Wes Unseld, Charlie Tyra, Pervis Ellison, Darrell Griffith. LaBradford Smith
Marquette: Jim Chones, Bo Ellis, Dwayne Wade, George Thompson, Butch lee
Michigan: Rudy Tomjanovich, Chris Webber, Glen Rice, Cazzie Russell, Gary grant
Michigan State: Johnny Green, Greg Kelser, Steve Smith, Scott Skiles, Magic Johnson
Nevada-Las Vegas: Sidney Green, Larry Jonson, Eddie Owens, Stacey Augmon, Greg Anthony
North Carolina: Tyler Hansbrough, Lennie Rosenbluth, Antawn Jamison, Michael Jordan, Phil Ford
NC State: Tom Burleson, Ronnie Shavlik, David Thompson, Julius Hodge, Rodney Monroe
Notre Dame: John Shumate, Troy Muphy, Adrian Dantley, Kevin O’Shea, Austin Carr
Ohio State: Jerry Lucas, Dennis Hopson, John Havlicek, Jim Jackson, Robin Freeman
Oklahoma: Stacey King, Wayman Tisdale, Blake Griffin, Tim McCalister, Mookie Blaylock
Oklahoma State: Bob Kurland, Bryant Reeves, Byron Houston, Desmond Mason, Tony Allen
Providence: Marvin Barnes, Ryan Gomes, Austin Croshere, Jimmy Walker, Ernie DiGregorio
Purdue: Joe Barry Carroll, Glenn Robinson, terry Dischinger, Dave Schellhase, Rick Mount
St. Bonaventure: Bob Lanier, Tom Stith, Essie Hollis, Whitey Martin, Fred Crawford (No Jimmy Satalin?)
St. John’s: Walter Berry, Tony Jackson, Chris Mullin, Dick McGuire, Mark Jackson
San Francisco: Bill Russell, Bill Cartwright, Mike Farmer. Quintin Dailey, KC Jones
Seton Hall: Walter Dukes, Mark Bryant, Nick Werkman, Richie Regan, Terry Dehere
Tennessee: Dale Ellis, Bernard King, Ernie Grunfeld, Alan Houston, Chris Lofton
UCLA: Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton, Sidney Wicks, Gail Goodrich, Walt Hazzard.
Utah Billy McGill, Andrew Bogut, Keith Van Horn, Arnie Ferrin, Andre Miller
Villanova: Ed Pinckney, Howard Porter, Paul Arizin, Kerry Kittles, Randy Foye
Wake Forest: Dickie Hemric, Tim Duncan, Len Chappell, Randolph Childress, Chris Paul
West Virginia: Mark Workman, Rod Thorn, Rod Hundley, Wil Robinson, Jerry West
Wichita State: Cliff Levingston, Dave Stallworth, Xavier McDaniel, Cleo Littlejohn, Warren Armstrong

I think our team would beat a lot of those. I guess I’d have to favor that UCLA to win a tournament of them but Houston also looks pretty strong and LSU might actually be the best. Certainly, they’d be the most fun.

 

[JustPherU]

Lots of good teams, it would be a heck of a tournament

 

[OrangeCrush22]

A team with Shaq and Pistol Pete would be amazing to watch.

 

[ORRange]

Yup. The 3 best teams you nailed. Hard to handicap them. Kansas would make it quite a Final Four.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Yeah I think the Houston team is the best

 

[walsh2012]

How is Carmelo off our team?

 

[sufandu]

How is Carmelo off our team?

To me it looked like they strongly emphasized guys that were at the school longer. If it was simply talent based, I think some other schools would look different too.

 

[billsin01]

How is Carmelo off our team?

Yeah — a couple key omissions or updates would change those teams drastically. I love Wallace but he wasn’t Melo so I’d swap them.
Nova doesn’t have Kyle Lowry? I guess b/c he was two-and-done. But I’m guessing they’d take him.

think those teams would look a lot different a decade plus later, but fun exercise regardless. LSU would be insane to watch and I’d add Georgia tech as an excuse to add Kenny Anderson.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Duke, Georgetown and Michigan would be formidable. Hurley/Laettner was an all time great college duo.

 

[SWC75]

Yeah — a couple key omissions or updates would change those teams drastically. I love Wallace but he wasn’t Melo so I’d swap them.
Nova doesn’t have Kyle Lowry? I guess b/c he was two-and-done. But I’m guessing they’d take him.

think those teams would look a lot different a decade plus later, but fun exercise regardless. LSU would be insane to watch and I’d add Georgia tech as an excuse to add Kenny Anderson.

The book doesn't pick Anderson for Tech:
Rich Yunkus, Matt Harpring, Tom Hammonds, Dennis Scott, Mark Price

 

[All4SU]

Melo off the bench?