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My Team's Better!

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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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

6th 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)

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

Coach – John Calipari