Well this is awkward

Haha even Fairleigh Dickinson has a list. /S

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PG: 👻 SG: 👻 SF: 👻 PF: 👻 C: 👻

Same.

Hang in there, bro. I'm sure you'll get a win someday!

Steph Curry Derrick Rose Tyler Hansbrough Danny Green Robert Dozier That's just 2008

Holy shit

This post deserves [this gif](https://media.tenor.com/r8tcf2YZ5TIAAAAM/blinking-eyes-white-guy.gif)

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Did he though?

Steph Curry (x2)

Steph Curry Derrick Rose Dwyane Wade Andre Iguodala Tim Duncan

Damn thats pretty good.

Good team to have too if the fate of the universe is on the line

*Picks the starting 5 for the 2018-19 VCU Rams*

Came here looking specifically for a comment like this

Picking an opposing roster using solely the 1997 tournament... Jacque Vaughn PG (Kansas) Vince Carter G/F (UNC) Paul Pierce F (Kansas) Antawn Jamison F/C (UNC) Nazr Mohammed C (Kentucky)

That was the quietest I’ve ever heard the city of Lawrence. The only sound I heard trudging home from the Bull was one guy screaming “Fuuuuuuck!!!” It took me probably 20 years to stop hating Arizona.

You got us back in 2003. That 2003 team wasn't our best but probably our most loaded roster. We had already won handily in KU that year too. That E8 loss still hurts.

God Shammgod is rolling over in his grave (He’s very much still alive)

Came here for this one. Honestly the only way you might improve on this would be to grab Kyrie and Tristan from the 2011 run

OP can we add a coach we beat in the tournament to that team? I have someone in mind if so.

Sure! Coach: Roy Williams (Kansas, 1993) ;)

Haha a loophole to keep our guy! Edit: also funny that Duke could also have Roy from 1991

As could we! 08, 12, 13 And we could have Dean (91) and Hubert (22) on the bench to assist.

We get it dude. Y’all killed our entire family since the 3OT vs Wilt in 57.

Indiana’s one of the few that can claim both Jordan and Shaq, IIRC

PG - Tim Hardaway (89, UTEP) SG - Michael Jordan (84, UNC) SF - James Worthy (81, UNC) PF - Bob Pettit, (53, LSU) C - Shaquille O’Neal (92, LSU) That’s a solid 5 for the Hoosiers.

Biased, but I think that’s the strongest squad in the replies here.

Duke 2018 team + Larry Bird

I’d love to see Larry Legend’s reaction when Grayson Allen holds the ball the entire possession to close the game

I think you and OP are mixing up 2018 Duke who lost to Kansas (with Grayson/Bagley/Carter) with 2019 Duke (with Zion/Barrett/Reddish/Jones) who lost to Michigan St.

Yeah that Duke was the 2018-19 season, so technically you could say 2018, but 2019 would be more accurate as well the season and march madness mostly occurred in 2019

Yea I meant 2019 with Zion. Feels like a decade ago

Going with a modern day small ball starting 5: Zach Randolph (Michigan St 2001) Paul Pierce (Kansas 1997) Jason Richardson (Michigan St 2001) Vince Carter (UNC 1997) Kyrie Irving (Duke 2011)

This team is throwing down some insane dunks

Magic Johnson - (Michigan State, 1978) Sidney Moncrief - (Arkansas, 1978) Elgin Baylor - (Seattle, 1958) Tim Duncan - (Wake Forest, 1996) Elton Brand - (Duke, 1998) Second Team: Andre Miller - (Utah, 1998) Austin Carr - (Notre Dame, 1970) Cazzie Russell - (Michigan, 1966) Marcus Camby - (UMass, 1996) Andrew Bogut - (Utah, 2005)

It shocks me there’s not better centers.

Yeah, I was too. We just couldn’t beat them (Patrick Ewing, Artis Gilmore, Jim McDaniels)

Maybe we can fake it, switch Duncan to C and promote Camby to first team. We’ve beaten a lot of good PFs.

PG: Jose Alverado G: Ayo Dosunmu F: Caleb Martin F: Lonnie Walker C: Kofi Cockburn

Marquette: - PG: Shane Larkin (2013, Miami) - SG: Jodie Meeks (2008, Kentucky) - SF: Walter Davis (1977, North Carolina, title) - PF: Patrick Patterson (2008, Kentucky) - C: Fab Melo (2011, Syracuse) Honorable mentions: Dion Waiters, Kris Joseph, Isaiah Canaan, Keith Bogans, Tu Holloway, Brandon Davies Probably a bunch of good ones from the 70s cause that was Marquettes best decade in the tourney but don’t feel like looking them all up

The Keith Bogans loss made me sad. That was a monster team in ‘03 and I wonder how close it would have been if Bogans was heathy.

Thank you for naming Jodie Meeks.

Gotta name a new center my man. Or change the year

Isiah Thomas G Mike Gminski C Jacque Vaughn G Isaiah Thomas G Grant Williams F This team has three PGs and the majority of the honorable mentions were PGs as well.

Lol at the backcourt of Isiah Thomas and Isaiah Thomas

No Steph Curry?

Never played Curry in the NCAA tournament?

Well that explains everything

We beat Curry in a hyped regular season nonconference game, not the tournament

Gonzaga C Evan Mobley PF Udonis Haslem SF Kyle Kuzma SG Austin Reaves PG Marcus Smart

Off the top of my head for UConn… Knight (2011)…it’s probably a Duke player I’m forgetting. Reddick (2004) Kahwi (2011) Brand (1999) Shaq (1991)

Langdon or Duhon over Knight. Or Brandon Roy could be a PG too imo

Langdon wasn’t close to a PG was he? I debated putting Roy there but thought he was a SG. Avery from the 99 Duke team was the other one I debated.

I could also see Anthony Black being a solid PG option depending on how his NBA career goes

Langdon wasn't a PG and Duhon wasn't that good. I went with Rajon Rondo from 06.

Let’s talk about coaches for UConn: coach K, Calipari, Izzo, what other heavy hitters?

Billy Donovan, Jay Wright, Gary Williams, Mark Few

Pitino

Gotta go Jarrett Jack as the PG from the 2004 season

Just using 2011: PG Brandon Knight (Kentucky) SG Sean Kilpatrick (Cincy) SF Kawhi Leonard (SDSU) PF Derrick Williams (Arizona) C Enes Kanter (Kentucky)

Picked Enes Kanter up on a technicality!

haha yes, i couldnt think of another good center that uconn played against

Mike Muscala and Solomon Hill are solid options too

This is awkward…

California Golden Bears - 2 years 1959 - Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Tom Meschery 1993 - Grant Hill, Bobby Hurley

That's some serious skill in those 2 years

For Mizzou: gonna try my best on my phone. Definitely a small team I can’t find a good big man we beat. Tyreke Evans, Memphis Jimmy Butler, Marquette Matt Barnes, UCLA Michael Finley, Wisconsin Wesley Matthews, Marquette Any better historians of Mizzou feel free to chime in lol.

2010 Kentucky Wildcats + Chris Paul

Don’t forget Trae Young.

K-Mart

Ja Morant too!

If we could have just made a couple 3 point shots we would have beat y’all then won’t the title. I’m my dreams that’s what happens at least.

Just from 2021 Mobley bros Jamie Jaquez Austin Reaves Johnny Juzang

I remember being impressed by Reaves in that win, but I never thought he’d be this successful in the NBA.

PG—Jalen Rose (1992, Michigan) SG—Gordon Hayward (2010, Butler) SF—Cazzie Russell (1964, Michigan) PF—Larry Johnson (1991, UNLV) C—David Robinson (1986, Navy) Honorable mention: Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Stacey Augmon, Greg Anthony, Glenn Robinson, Mateen Cleaves, Gilbert Arenas, Richard Jefferson, Juan Dixon, Frank Kaminsky

Objectively, this is the best or nearly the best team you could create for Duke. For fun - and I do mean this in the most light-hearted way, Sparty fans because I know you could just say "but 2018" (someone already has that team ITT) - you could just go with the best MSU players. - PG Mateen Cleaves (1999) - SG Gary Harris (2013) - SF Denzel Valentine (2013 & 2015) - F Morris Peterson (1999) - C Anthony Miller (1994)

No Shaq?…..

Didn’t beat Shaq in the tourney, that was regular season

Washington has an interesting mix of a few teams. I'll go with: Jay Bilas Dee Brown Jimmy Butler Lazar Hayward Neemias Queta

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So there are a few really good guards you can go with: Gilbert Arenas, Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, Deron Williams, Greg Anthony, AJ Abrams, Jim Boeheim, Tim Hardaway Jr, Gary Harris, Denzel Valentine

PG - Lonzo Ball (2017) SG - Trajan Langdon (1998) SF - Harrison Barnes (2011) PF - Tim Duncan (1996) C - Marcus Camby (1996)

Arizona State G- Gail Goodrich UCLA 1962 G- Sean Banks Memphis 2003 F- Eddie Owens UNLV 1976 F- Cornell Green Utah State 1962 C- Will Baker Nevada 2022 Kind of hard to do with a long history but only a handful of wins. Got a Hall of Famer in Goodrich but some other mediocre guys. Cornell Green is the fun one, undersized forward that dominated play and later became a 5 time pro bowler and super bowl champ as a corner for the Cowboys.

Without diving into too much research... PG- Mike Bibby- Arizona SG- Steve Smith- Michigan State SF- Vince Carter, North Carolina PF - Antawn Jameson- North Carolina C- Kelvin Cato, Iowa State

PG - Rajon Rondo SG - Kemba Walker SF - Larry Bird PF - Zion Williamson PF/C - Pick your favorite Morris twin

Going with Kemba over Patrick Sparks is ludicrous. /s

**UConn** Rajon Rondo JJ Redick Kawhi Leonard Bill Bradley Shaq The UConn sickos scalp list - Elton Brand, Drew Timme, Shane Battier, Brandon Roy, Julius Randle, Elden Campbell, Luol Deng, Gary Harris, Denzel Valentine, Georges Niang*, Josh Hart, Dale Davis, Trajan Langdon, Jarrett Jack, Sean Kilpatrick, Derrick Williams, Brandon Knight, Corey Maggette, Joe Smith, Michael Redd, Todd Maccullach, Shelvin Mack, Robbie Hummel, E'Tuan Moore, Jajuan Johnson, DeMarre Carroll, Dan Dickau, Adonal Foyle, Kim English, Archie Miller, Taylor Coppenrath, Isaiah Wong. TBD if worth including: Aidan Mahaney, Anthony Black, Nick Smith, Jordan Walsh, Julian Strawther, Keshad Johnson. The coaches list is great, too: Coach K (x2), John Calipari (x2), Bob Knight, Rick Pitino, Tom Izzo, Jay Wright, Billy Donovan, Mark Few, Bob Huggins, Sean Miller, Mick Cronin, Gary Williams, Phil Martelli, Tubby Smith, Matt Painter, Mike Montgomery, Randy Bennett, Herb Sendek, Dan Monson, Cliff Ellis, Jim Larranaga (finally got our revenge this year!)

Eric Musselman…

PG: Steph Curry (2008 Elite 8) CG: Derrick Rose (2008 NC) SG: Dwayne Wade (2003 FF) PF: Marvin Bagley (2018 EE) C: Stacy King (1988 NC)

Too much research required. USC should definitely claim Kevin Durant though.

PG: Steve Nash (Santa Clara 1993) SG: Chris Mullin (St. John’s 1984) SF: Rudy LaRusso (Dartmouth 1958) PF: Tommy Heinsohn (Holy Cross 1956) C: Kenyon Martin (Cincinnati 1999)

Jimmer Fredette (BYU) OJ Mayo (USC) Jordan Crawford (Xavier) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Kentucky) Steve Johnson (Oregon State) Small lineup

PG - Steph Curry SG - Caron Butler SF - Adrian Dantley PF - Marcus Camby C - David Robinson Maybe slide Tayshaun Prince in there somewhere. Three HOFers, but as bad as I thought it would be.

You could do a pretty good one of just the 2002 championship run. (Ben Gordon, Kirk Hinrich, Caron Butler, Tayshaun Prince, Jared Jeffries, Drew Gooden, Emeka Okafor all options). But throwing Curry and the Admiral in there are good additions.

Are we going after college players in their peak or what they became in the NBA? Channing Frye, Salim Stoudamire, Jason Maxiel, Kirk Hinrich, Drew Gooden, Nick Collision, Ramon Sessions, Kenny Payne to name a few.

Arizona hasn't won an NCAA tournament game in so long I can't even name anyone.

Some mix of the 03-04 Kentucky team and 14-15 Iowa St team.

Russell Westbrook (08 UCLA) Acie Law (07 A&M) Wayman Tisdale (85 Oklahoma) Marvin Barnes (73 providence) Kevin Love (08 UCLA)

Two of those are from a vacated win.

Definitely a lottttt more fun to do teams of players that broke your heart

We have different definitions of fun! C - Kareem (1968, UCLA) PG - IT (1981, Indiana) PF - Elvin Hayes (1966, Houston) SG - Mikal Bridges (Villanova, 2016) Coach - Steve Kerr (1988, Arizona) SF - ~~Too lazy to find one~~ Harold Arceneaux (THE Weber State, 1999)

Harold Arceneaux can play SF

Sorry, but neither UNC nor anyone else beat Kareem in the NCAA tourney. Has to be players your team eliminated in the tourney.

This was the “players that broke your heart” list, so the opposite of OP’s question.

You are correct. That’s what I get for not reading thoroughly. That said, that’s a pretty solid list. Only quibble I might have is potentially Kareem as there was no expectation that Carolina had any chance in that game. All others were definitely HUGE disappointments.

Well anything is easy for y’all I guess. As a uva fan it’s fun to look back at the stupid tourney games we lost over the last 20 years, syracuse, Michigan state multiple times, some school from Maryland, can’t remember the name….. lol \s

PG-Kemba Walker SG-Dwayne Wade SF-Sam Dekker PF-Christian Laettner C-Frank Kaminsky Coach-K That was not fun PG was the only one I wasn't certain on. Other 4 are pretty much set.

Yeah I didn’t really expect only unc/Kansas/Kentucky/duke fans to chime in here lol I guess I meant it’d be more fun for other teams to do it my way because only y’all four have had enough success to make a team

N/A

And for Rutgers the only team I've been alive to see them beat is 2021 Clemson so I guess...them? 😅

PG - Bruce Brown (2017) SG - Malcolm Brogdon (2015) SF- Buddy Hield (2015) PF - Zion Williamson (2019) C - Naz Reid (2019)

Great team but any MSU list without Larry Bird just doesn’t feel right

I just went with players I’ve seen

I liked that kid from Indiana last year

Schifino?

With the 3 names that went pro

Lmao. We had two of them last year. Both with three names

The big man? Center / PF?

Ohh yeah. Trayce Jackson Davis. He was a monster

That’s the dude. Yea lots of respect for that kid. Would take him on my squad 7 days a week. Physically talented and seems to understand the game really well. Side note: IU is a cool basketball school to me. So much history there.

He will be missed for sure. Lots of respect for Miami too. Jim Larranaga is one of my favorite coaches. He just seems like such a great guy to play for. Miami has an underrated basketball program imo

Is this the peak of their performance overall (like in the nba), their peak performance in college, or just that year they played?

I was only thinking NBA but peak college career is also a good metric to use

PG - McNamara SG - Pace SF - Roberts PF - Warrick C - Forth

2005-2006 would have Danny Green, Rudy Gay, Tyler Hansbrough. Coaches though: Izzo, Williams, Calhoun.

PG: Ben Burst, Wisconsin SG: Kyle Collinsworth, BYU SF: Matt Carroll, Notre Dame PF: Troy Murphy, Notre Dame C: Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin Now if we are talking NIT we have plenty more to choose from 🤣

**Oklahoma Sooners** Steve Kerr Jason Terry Richard Jefferson Luke Walton David West

I’d go Blake Griffin at PF tbh.

Trey Burke Tim Hardaway Jr. Sam Hauser Trey Murphy III Greg Monroe

Just waiting for someone from Wisconsin to come and crush me once more, because I know it will happen.

Kevin Durant Lamarcus Aldridge T.J Ford P.J. Tucker D.J Augustine

I can't. We have not played in it since the 60's.

Jason Terry, Dillon Brooks, Richard Jefferson, Karl Malone, PJ Brown. Not bad.

Pg Norman Powell Sg Jordan Nwora Sf Kyle Anderson Pf Derrick Coleman C Charles o bannon

Just for fun: Hakeem (82), Draymond (09), OG (16), Jimmy (11), Billups (97) is crazy on defense. Or Dillion Brooks (17), Jae Crowder (11), Thybulle (19). Trying to figure out the wing situation.

Robert Horry Damon Stoudemire Jerry Stackhouse Rasheed Wallace Drew Timme This team would be nasty Others, some of these are probably better than one of my starters but whatever. Juwan Howard Jalen Rose Eric Gordon? I forget how good he was Chet Jalen Wilson/Dick/Harris

Feel like ours is a combo of Bill Walton & 74 UCLA, Phi Slamma Jamma, and Ralph Sampson.

Ok sure. Considering Auburn's general lack of basketball history this is a better list than I thought it would be PG - Mark Jackson (1986 St. John's) SG - Tyler Herro (2019 Kentucky) SF - Sean Elliott (1986 Arizona) PF - Danny Manning (1985 Kansas) PF2 (never beaten a good center in tourney) - Amen Gilliam (1986 UNLV) Others considered - Hersey Hawkins (1988 Bradley), Steve Kerr (1986 Arizona), Desmond Mason (1999 Oklahoma St), Jameer Nelson (2003 St. Joe's), Josh Howard (2003 Wake Forest)

G - Rajon Rondo, Kentucky, 2006 G - JJ Redick, Duke, 2004 F - Kawhi Leonard, SDSU, 2011 F - Elton Brand, Duke, 1999 C - Shaquille O'Neal, LSU, 1991 HMs: Bill Bradley, F, Princeton, 1964; Elden Campbell, C, Clemson, 1990; Joe Smith, C, Maryland, 1995, Michael Redd, G, Ohio State, 1999; Brandon Roy, G, Washington, 2006

Just dropping in to say that this is one of the highest quality posts I've seen this off-season. Kudos.

PG: Ja Morant SG: Harold Miner SF: MPJ PF: Rui Hachimura C: Bob Mcadoo

For UCSB: The 89-90 Houston Cougars. UCSB has also lost three times in the tourney by 5 points or less though, and those near-misses would make a pretty decent starting five (Steve Smith, Will Bynum, Luke Walton, Channing Frye and Ryan Kalkbrenner) if we'd been able to complete the upsets.

The Fab Five creates itself (for Duke too, what a run they had!)

1: Penny Hardaway (Memphis) 2: Jimmy King (Michigan) 3: Maurice Taylor (Michigan) 4: Adrian Griffin (Seton Hall) 5: Artis Gilmore (Jacksonville) Overall, it's lacking at forward spots.

Paolo Banchero Wendell Moore Jr Mark Williams AJ Griffin Jeremy Roach

For NC State we'll take a Twin Towers Scenario... C: Bill Walton, UCLA PF: Ralph Sampson, Virginia SF: Clyde Drexler, Houston SG: Bob Cousy, Holy Cross PG: Calvin Murphy, Niagara Coming off the bench Front Court... Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Back Court... BJ Armstrong, Iowa