Ranking the all-time starting fives for the 2022 NCAA tournament Sweet 16 teams

[Eric15]

I feel like Houston is underrated here at #5. I would put a frontcourt of Drexler/Hayes/Olajuwon against any NBA frontcourt ever let alone a college one.

Which Sweet 16 team's starting five is the greatest of all time?

What if every Sweet 16 team could bring back its greatest players for another NCAA tournament run? We imagined what that starting 5 might look like.

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[MikeSU02]

I feel like Houston is underrated here at #5. I would put a frontcourt of Drexler/Hayes/Olajuwon against any NBA frontcourt ever let alone a college one.

Which Sweet 16 team's starting five is the greatest of all time?

What if every Sweet 16 team could bring back its greatest players for another NCAA tournament run? We imagined what that starting 5 might look like.

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UCLA wins that going away. Kareem was the best college player ever and is arguably the best basketball player ever, period. Pair him with Walton and they could have basically anyone on the rest of the team.

I would then rank Houston and Kansas as #2 and #3 in whatever order. Probably would hold Kansas as #2 because Wilt was such a freak.

After that it drops. Sorry Duke and Carolina. If Tyler Hansbrough and Zion are the centers, there is ZERO chance you are beating any of UCLA, Houston or Kansas. Zero.

 

[PoppyHart]

Who would be our lineup?
Sherm
Bing
Moten
Melo
Coleman

Would be a 7 to 10 seed imo.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Who would be our lineup?
Sherm
Bing
Moten
Melo
Coleman

Would be a 7 to 10 seed imo.

Seikaly at Moten’s expense

 

[br801]

Seikaly at Moten’s expense

That would be a hell of a rebounding team and would be pretty hard to stop on the offensive end.

 

[Alsacs]

It’s UCLA vs. UNC

Syracuse could throwout
Sherm-PG
Bing-SG
Melo-SF
Coleman-PF
Seikaly-C

Not close to the top but a solid squad.

 

[Col. Bleep]

I just went to check St. Peter's squad to see how great Elnardo Webster was (he led them to a win over Duke as Sr.) and here's what I also find in today's news...kinda shocking and sure messes up their reunion at the next game in Philly.

Elnardo Webster, star of Saint Peter’s ‘Run Baby Run’ team, dead at 74

As Saint Peter’s prepared for its biggest game in several decades, it mourned one of its greatest players.

nypost.com

 

[AlaskaSU]

No Kentucky, Wake, Syracuse, Georgetown...

 

[Sherman20]

Who would be our lineup?
Sherm
Bing
Moten
Melo
Coleman

Would be a 7 to 10 seed imo.

I’d go Sherm, Bing, Melo, Coleman, and then either Owens or Seikaly.

 

[Orangezoo]

I’d go Sherm, Bing, Melo, Coleman, and then either Owens or Seikaly.

Yeah i would agree. I think we could hold our own when we are talking where these guys are in terms of as college players. Melo was one of the most dominant collegiate players in history.

 

[br801]

Most fun to watch:

Pearl
Bing
Owens
Carmelo
DC

 

[orangefog]

I’d go Sherm, Bing, Melo, Coleman, and then either Owens or Seikaly.

It's hard to leave Billy off, but I would go with Seikaly. Rony was so good as an upper classman.

 

[sufandu]

I feel like Houston is underrated here at #5. I would put a frontcourt of Drexler/Hayes/Olajuwon against any NBA frontcourt ever let alone a college one.

Which Sweet 16 team's starting five is the greatest of all time?

What if every Sweet 16 team could bring back its greatest players for another NCAA tournament run? We imagined what that starting 5 might look like.

www.espn.com

Given that they said they were basing it solely on college, I can see why they're fifth.

 

[sufandu]

No Kentucky, Wake, Syracuse, Georgetown...

None of those teams are in the sweet 16.

 

[sufandu]

Most fun to watch:

Pearl
Bing
Owens
Carmelo
DC

It would be hard for me to leave Sherm off. I came along as a fan just after Pearl, so I would probably have to go with Sherm. "You get an alley oop, you get an alley oop, you get an alley oop..."

 

[MikeSU02]

For an actual team on the floor, I'd go:
Starters: Sherm, Bing, Melo, DC, Rony
Bench (if we could have it): Pearl, Billy, Wallace, Moten
Deep bench: GMac, Hak

 

[br801]

It would be hard for me to leave Sherm off. I came along as a fan just after Pearl, so I would probably have to go with Sherm. "You get an alley oop, you get an alley oop, you get an alley oop..."

That's the team I would most enjoy seeing play. Pearl was a unique talent.

If I had to pick a team to win a single game, with everyone at their best positions, I'd go with Douglas, Bing, Anthony, Coleman and Seikaly.

 

[Day2]

No Constantin Popa?

 

[Day2]

UCLA wins that going away. Kareem was the best college player ever and is arguably the best basketball player ever, period. Pair him with Walton and they could have basically anyone on the rest of the team.

I would then rank Houston and Kansas as #2 and #3 in whatever order. Probably would hold Kansas as #2 because Wilt was such a freak.

After that it drops. Sorry Duke and Carolina. If Tyler Hansbrough and Zion are the centers, there is ZERO chance you are beating any of UCLA, Houston or Kansas. Zero.

Hansbrough and Zion are recency bias picks.

 

[MikeSU02]

Hansbrough and Zion are recency bias picks.

Agree.

 

[AlaskaSU]

Most fun to watch:

Pearl
Bing
Owens
Carmelo
DC

For fun factor add the 2 most funky players: Edelin with his low gear and Pace . for playing with ease add Moten. For did he do that add Flynn and Stevie T.

 

[realorange]

It's hard to leave Billy off, but I would go with Seikaly. Rony was so good as an upper classman.

Just ask J.R. Reid and Dwayne Schintzius

 

[baggerbob]

I feel like Houston is underrated here at #5. I would put a frontcourt of Drexler/Hayes/Olajuwon against any NBA frontcourt ever let alone a college one.

Which Sweet 16 team's starting five is the greatest of all time?

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Sam Perkins was a lot better then Hansbrough for North Carolina.

 

[br801]

Sam Perkins was a lot better then Hansbrough for North Carolina.

For sure. Not even close.

 

[OrangeDW]

UCLA wins that going away. Kareem was the best college player ever and is arguably the best basketball player ever, period. Pair him with Walton and they could have basically anyone on the rest of the team.

I would then rank Houston and Kansas as #2 and #3 in whatever order. Probably would hold Kansas as #2 because Wilt was such a freak.

After that it drops. Sorry Duke and Carolina. If Tyler Hansbrough and Zion are the centers, there is ZERO chance you are beating any of UCLA, Houston or Kansas. Zero.

UNC is so deep that you could probably make a different 5 that beats the 5 they named.

I’ll go:
Ty Lawson
Vince Carter
Antawn Jamison
Rasheed Wallace
Brad Daugherty

and beat that team they listed, IMO. Hansbrough had a phenomenal college career but he was not a better player than Jamison, Rasheed, or Daugherty.

*edit: jeez, I forgot Perkins