This past weekend, my basketball team went on a camping trip. While packed in around the fire, we played a little game. Choosing a single college, we “drafted” teams where our players could only consist of players who went to that college.--- Each of my teammates picked a school and we went to work. We could each pick a starting five, a sixth man and a coach. At the end, we ranked the teams and formed a tournament.

A heated debate followed, with each of us pleading our cases as to which teams were better and which team would win the “tournament.” The following are the teams as they were drafted. Next week, I will post the rankings and results of the tournament. All players were considered for their collegiate, not professional, career, and stats are accumulated over the player’s college career.

Duke

PG – Jason Williams (19.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 6.0 apg)

SG – JJ Redick (19.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.2 apg)

SF – Grant Hill (14.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 3.6 apg)

PF – Christian Laettner (16.6 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.8 apg)

C – Carlos Boozer (14.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.1 apg)

6^th Man – PF Elton Brand (16.2 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 0.9 apg)

Coach – Mike Krzyewski

North Carolina

PG – Ty Lawson (13.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 5.8 apg)

SG – Michael Jordan (17.7 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.8 apg)

SF – James Worthy (14.5 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 2.5 apg)

PF – Tyler Hansbrough (20.2 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 1.1 apg)

C – Rasheed Wallace (13.0 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 0.8 apg)

6^th Man – SG Vince Carter (12.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.9 apg)

Coach – Dean Smith

UCLA

PG – Baron Davis (13.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 4.4 apg)

SG – Reggie Miller (17.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.0 apg)

SF – Ed O’Bannon (15.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.8 apg)

PF – Bill Walton (20.3 ppg, 15.7 rpg, 1.6 apg)

C – Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul Jabbar (26.4 ppg, 15.5 rpg, 2.1 apg)

6^th Man – PF Kevin Love (17.5 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 1.9 apg)

Coach – John Wooden

UCONN

PG – Kemba Walker (16.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 4.1 apg)

SG – Ray Allen (19.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.4 apg)

SF – Rip Hamilton (19.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.5 apg)

PF – Donyell Marshall (18.1 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 1.4 apg)

C – Emeka Okafor (13.8 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 0.8 apg)

6^th Man – SF Rudy Gay (13.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.8 apg)

Coach – Jim Calhoun

Kansas

PG – Jacque Vaughn (9.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 6.4 apg)

SG – Jo Jo White (15.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.0 apg)

SF – Paul Pierce (16.4 ppg, 6.3 apg, 2.2 apg)

PF – Danny Manning (20.1 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 2.3 apg)

C – Wilt Chamberlain (29.9 ppg, 18.3 rpg, 3.2 apg)

6^th Man – PF Nick Collison (14.8 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.8 apg)

Coach – Bill Self

Arizona

PG – Mike Bibby (15.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 5.4 apg)

SG – Gilbert Arenas (15.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.2 apg)

SF – Sean Elliot (19.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 3.4 apg)

PF – Channing Frye (13.5 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 1.3 apg)

C – Loren Woods (11.1 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 1.3 apg)

6^th Man – PG Jason Gardner (14.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 4.6 apg)

Coach – Lute Olson

Utah

PG – Andre Miller (12.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 5.4 apg)

SG – Keith Van Horn (20.8 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 1.2 apg)

SF – Tom Chambers (14.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 0.7 apg)

PF – Hano Mottola (12.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.2 apg)

C – Andrew Bogut (16.6 ppg, 11.1 rpg, 2.3 apg)

6^th Man – PF Michael Doleac (11.6 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 0.6 apg)

Coach – Rick Majerus

Michigan

PG – Jalen Rose (17.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 3.9 apg)

SG – Jamal Crawford (16.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 4.5 apg)

SF – Glen Rice (18.2 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.0 apg)

PF – Chris Webber (17.4 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 2.4 apg)

C – Juwan Howard (15.3 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 2.0 apg)

6^th Man – PF Rudy Tomjanovich (25.1 ppg, 1.6 apg)

Coach – Steve Fisher

Michigan State

PG – Magic Johnson (17.1 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 7.9 apg)

SG – Mateen Cleaves (12.5 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 6.6 apg)

SF – Jason Richardson (9.6 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.5 apg)

PF – Zach Randolph (10.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.0 apg)

C – Kevin Willis (10.1 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 0.2 apg)

6^th Man – SG Steve Smith (14.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.1 apg)

Coach – Tom Izzo

Syracuse

PG – Gerry McNamara (15.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 4.8 apg)

SG – Dave Bing (20.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 6.0 apg)

SF – Carmelo Anthony (24.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 3.1 apg)

PF – Derrick Coleman (15.0 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 2.3 apg)

C – Rony Seikaly (14.7 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 1.3 apg)

6^th Man – PF Hakim Warrick (15.4 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 1.5 apg)

Coach – Jim Boeheim

Texas

PG – TJ Ford (12.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 8.0 apg)

SG – Daniel Gibson (13.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 3.5 apg)

SF – Kevin Durant (25.8 ppg, 11.1 rpg, 1.3 apg)

PF – LaMarcus Aldridge (13.5 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 0.6 apg)

C – Chris Mihm (14.6 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 0.6 apg)

6^th Man – PG DJ Augustin (16.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 6.2 apg)

Coach – Rick Barnes

Kentucky

PG – Rajon Rondo (9.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.2 apg)

SG – John Wall (16.6 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 6.5 apg)

SF – Antoine Walker (11.7 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.2 apg)

PF – DeMarcus Cousins (15.1 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 1.0 apg)

C – Anthony Davis (14.2 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 1.3 apg)

6^th Man – SF Tayshaun Prince (13.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.9 apg)

Coach – John Calipari

Florida

PG – Jason Williams (14.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 6.5 apg)

SG – Corey Brewer (11.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.8 apg)

SF – Mike Miller (13.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.3 apg)

PF – Al Horford (10.3 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.7 apg)

C – Joakim Noah (10.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.7 apg)

6^th Man – PF David Lee (11.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.0 apg)

Coach – Billy Donovan

Louisiana State

PG – Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (29.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.6 apg)

SG – Pete Maravich (44.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 4.3 apg)

SF – Marcus Thornton (20.4 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.8 apg)

PF – Glen Davis (16.7 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 1.5 apg)

C – Shaquille O’Neal (21.6 ppg, 13.5 rpg, 1.7 apg)

6^th Man – PF Tyrus Thomas (12.3 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.3 apg)

Coach – Dale Brown

Indiana

PG – Isiah Thomas (15.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 5.7 apg)

SG – Eric Gordon (20.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.4 apg)

SF – Calbert Cheaney (19.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.7 apg)

PF – George McGinnis (30.0 ppg, 14.7 rpg, 2.7 apg)

C - Walt Bellamy (20.6 ppg, 15.5 rpg, 1.1 apg)

6^th Man – PF Jared Jeffries (14.4 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 2.2 apg)

Coach – Bobby Knight

Memphis

PG – Derrick Rose (14.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.7 apg)

SG – Tyreke Evans (17.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.9 apg)

SF – Penny Hardaway (20.0 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 5.9 apg)

PF – Lorenzen Wright (16.0 ppg, 10.3 ppg, 1.3 apg)

C – Joey Dorsey (6.7 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 0.5 apg)

6^th Man – PG Dajuan Wagner (21.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 3.6 apg)

Coach – John Calipari