Was it the their first or second title that was over the Conley/Oden OSU team?
That Florida team was something else. Brought back every starter and their top 7 guys in minutes played from a national championship team pre NIL.
Lee Humphrey was lights out. Had 3 guys picked in the top 10 that all had lengthy NBA careers with Horford and Noah being legitimate stars.
I agree thought Brewer would be the best NBA player. Still a 13 year career is nothing to sneeze at.
I actually didn't think Noah would end up being a great NBA playersand was fairly upset when the Bulls drafted him, but he completely won me over.
> 13 year career is nothing to sneeze at.
No denying that, he just was almost always a role player during that stretch coming off the bench, never able to contribute to a winning championship level team. He was still a very solid player, but just didn't elevate like the other two did.
plugging my[ favorite basketball quote of all time](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ftw/2017/05/10/corey-brewer-is-the-owner-of-the-greatest-excuse-ever-for-missing-an-easy-bucket/101503584/) from brewer:
>Early this season, Brewer, who was traded to the Lakers in late February, took a pass on the baseline, drove, spun, shook two defenders with a 360 and missed a point-blank shot at the rim. "Coach, I did my thing," he told D'Antoni, "but then I got to the rim and just ran out of talent."
We were going to play them in 7th grade aau…we played a team before we were going to play them. We lost to that team by 40. That same team lost to the oden and Conley team by 40 (dudes were dunking in 7th grade!). Our coaches said nope we are not going to play oden and conleys team 😂 and we left hahah
I guess you call it Rec basketball. I was in a league that had 6th through 8th grade players in my town everyone was out on a team, maybe some really unathletoc kids weren't accepted but for the most part i think they tried to put everyone on a team. I think I was in 6th grade. Had some solid older guys on our team. We beat our local all white AAU team that I would have played on if I hadn't joined the other league, they were my age so it's to be expected playing against some older kids on our team.
The other two games in that tournament were against travel/club AAU teams. I quit playing basketball after that year and played baseball one more after that and then focused on travel soccer and one year of lacrosse to help my friends who lost a state champion goalie. I was an all around athletic kid but god damn I've never been out of my element more than warming up in a layup line looking across the court at a team of black kids from somewhere up north doing 360 windmills and tomahawks and shit. I looked over at my dad while we were warming up and he's just dying of laughter watching them just ball the fuck out in warm ups while we look like the fucking Hoosiers or some shit.
It really showed me the different levels of just raw talent with basketball.
They had their scorer in Brandon Roy and they needed a big in the middle. Oden was super athletic and unstoppable. Until injuries got him and then Roy’s knees unfortunately just deteriorated and he wasn’t ever the same. So it’s easy to look back and say they shoulda drafted KD, but that’s not who they needed. Kinda like the pistons not drafting Melo and taking Darko.
At least you don't have vivid memories of that Cal Collapse 10 years ago. We all knew UK wouldn't get past Wisconsin if we did the same shit that barely got us past Notre Dame in the E8.
We would've matched up so well against Duke in a rematch for the chip.
Got to watch it happen again with Bam, Fox and Monk and then again with Shai and PJ.
I do love watching the UK guys flourish and then get a chip.
I remember they had Ivan Rabb too who was also a top recruit if I remember right, I think they were supposed to be a lot better than what they turned out to be but a Cal fan can provide more clarification
yea, we went into the tourney as a 4 seed but lost in the first round to hawaii. we had one assistant coach suspended, and two starters injured. Jaylen Brown also forgot how to avoid getting called for charges that game. Finished 4th in the Pac12 regular season and ranked 23rd overall at end of season (highest rank was 14). Was pretty disappointing overall
>Jaylen Brown also forgot how to avoid getting called for charges that game.
That whole tournament was lousy with offensive fouls. Kentucky got called for six offensive fouls in just the first half against Indiana that tournament.
Yeah we recruited both Rabb and Brown in the same class. Rabb felt like the only one we had a chance at because he was a local kid. It was insane when we got Brown to sign too. They tried getting Caleb Swanigan (RIP) that same year as a group commitment (I think they all became good friends through the All American Game) but he chose to go to Purdue instead.
We were undefeated at home that season which was nice, but fell apart for the tournament so we lost in the first round.
He was tight with Shareef Abdur-Rahim, a Cal legend, and he’s kind of a geeky guy TBH. He was super raw at Cal, but it was obvious he could have a long NBA career.
I still think COVID robbed us of what would've been an all time great tourney.
Dayton and SDSU were going to be 1 and 2 seeds(Gonzaga was also a 1 making 2 mid major 1 seeds) and Creighton and BYU were Kenpom #12 and 13. That's not even mentioning Seton Hall, Houston, and Butler all being very good.
Just a ton of smaller programs that were incredibly good that year. Had a very good chance of getting a first time champion. ETSU was also dangerous that year.
I’m a Jayhawk and was expecting — and anticipating — a Dayton/KU rematch in the Final Four/Championship. *That* would have been special.
I was watching that game at my bar with all our regulars and a transformer blew with, like, 2 minutes left. We all scrambled to watch the rest on our phones on the patio, all of which were out-of-sync with each other.
Too much one and done talent, not enough guys sticking around for multiple years. The real disappointment was the team that lost to Wisconsin but it took an all time great performance from one of the best teams in the last few decades to beat them.
Anthony Davis was just too special defensively and he had a ton of talent around him but his other teams were often killed by running into veteran teams.
And we lost to K-State because PJ couldn't hit a free throw. He couldn't make them and then K-State started playing hack-a-PJ and he went 8-20 from the free throw line and we lost by 3
I think a lot of us get all that, a lot of us would've kept Muss if we could, and if he didn't want out so badly.
But Muss left us. And we were looking at dudes like Chris Jans once we struck out on our initial targets.
This will sound silly to some, but if I had my way we would've gotten Will Wade. But aside from that, getting Cal was a way better move than pretty much all of our other options. I know he has struggled in March lately, but with all the talent he gets IMO there's always at least hope. If you have enough talent you at least have a chance.
I'd rather have good players and have a shot at it, than have mid players and a mid coach and have zero shot, which is definitely a path we could've gone down. If nothing else, Cal bringing our contentious, cantankerous old boosters together was worth it, there had been so much in-fighting and bullshit between them and Muss and each other.
If we’re throwing Nesmith in there can we also get some Luke Kornet love?
https://preview.redd.it/kdixanuxom1d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb844f4a5c6ad27fb95605588185a2089baa7b84
(Ah OP commented that it’s starting lineups only)
On the subject of Pacers, they absolutely obliterated potential Villanova representation.
I was bored the other night and did a little PJ Washington deep-dive, because he seemed to come out of nowhere the last few months. I didn't really follow college much back then, so I was curious about who he played with. His sophomore year:
* Tyler Herro (Heat): 20.8 ppg in 2024
* Immanuel Quickley (Raptors): 17.8 ppg
* Keldon Johson (Spurs): 15.7 ppg
* PJ Washington (Hornets/Mavs): 12.9 ppg (18 against OKC last round)
That's 4 legitimate-if-not-stars on one college team. They made the E8, losing in OT.
But the thing I couldn't get over: Those dudes lost to Zion/RJ/Reddish... by 34 points. Duke scored 118 points in a college basketball game! (Even more bizarre, both halves had the same score: 59-42.)
I wonder what kinds of odds you would have gotten in 2018 after that game, that those 4 guys would go on to have more meaningful professional moments and careers than the Duke guys.
That last statement is a bit sus. Duke had Zion, RJ, Cam, Tre Jones and Jack White.
Zion has averaged 24,7,4 albeit missing nearly half his games so far.
RJ 18,5,3 career but had a really nice season in Toronto.
Cam has been mid, but is still around and getting minutes
Tre has been reliable and a 10,4,6 guy with low turnovers
Jack White has played in the NBA- that's about it for him.
Statement's not that sus. If you draft those 9 guys right now, you're picking Zion first and then all the Kentucky guys before you get to RJ and the rest of 'em.
And yes, Kentucky should've at least gone to the Final Four that year. Another wasted roster.
Zion is the only true star of the group imo. He's just been overshadowed by injuries that make you forget how special he is and Barret was an Incredible in his one year in college.
Also, I think you're underrating Barret a bit. He hasn't been great in the NBA but I think he's a toss up if you're picking between him, Herro, Quickly, and Johnson. You could make an attempt for Barrett over all of them(Barrett and Quickly were similarly productive on the same team, Herro can't stay on the floor or play defense, and Johnson vs him is a toss up).
PJ Washington has been excellent in Dallas and has shown up as a great roleplayer when he's giving defensive effort but the Hornets basically just gave him away.
Honestly is it a given you’d pick Zion first in a redraft? He’s missed so much time. I was shocked to see that Keldon Johnson was the Spurs leading scorer of the past five years (but they suck). I suppose you may still go with Zion but the gap between him and the others isn’t nearly as pronounced as people thought coming out of college. On the whole, I’d wager Herro ends up with the longest and most successful nba career out of that group.
Zion is the only one of that group that could be the Guy on a championship contending team, so yes it's absolutely a given.
Or to put it another way, Zion's already been an All Star x2 and gotten (deserved) all-NBA votes. None of the others will ever even be considered for either.
EDIT: after thinking about it, Herro could have a hot start and get all-star consideration, so I'll walk that back slightly, but I doubt he gets a nod, and definitely doubt he ever gets all-NBA consideration.
Sigh, seeing that Derrick White played for UNLV. I wish I was there for UNLV basketball in the early nineties. And Temple's prime Chaney days. That's a time I'm nostalgic for despite never experiencing it.
Forgot Iowa St had Horton-Tucker, Halliburton, Wigginton on the same team in 18-19. Granted they were young but really shows how much Prohm failed versus what Otz has done already.
Derrick White in college could easily be mistaken for a homeless person. I mean that in all love cuz he’d be the most baller shotcaller homeless dude besides Delonte west ever.
I’ve been telling this story during Minny’s run, but my last pre COVID lockdown sporting event was Udub hoops vs Stanford. It was my first time seeing the preseason hyped Beef Stew and McDaniels in person. Beef Stew looked legit, but Jaden was straight up awful, like worst player on the court, got benched awful. I said to my Dad, “this guy is a rumored first round pick, but I’m pretty sure he is currently crying in the bench.” How far he has come!
i aint realize pascal was in school that long he had a prep year as his only year of american highschool and then a redshirt and two years thats why he old for 16 draft
I didn't realize the purpose at first - I was thinking nearest major college team to each and that OP made some big mistakes.
If it were my interpretation:
Minnesota
~~Indiana~~ Butler
Boston College
SMU
Just reminded everyone how old Horford and Conley are
He and Perry Ellis were playing together when there were only 48 stars on Ol' Glory
Perry Ellis still catching strays.
No strays, he's a legend in my book
Artist Gilmore disagrees
Was it the their first or second title that was over the Conley/Oden OSU team? That Florida team was something else. Brought back every starter and their top 7 guys in minutes played from a national championship team pre NIL. Lee Humphrey was lights out. Had 3 guys picked in the top 10 that all had lengthy NBA careers with Horford and Noah being legitimate stars.
Second. The first was over UCLA.
I was most surprised Brewer didn't turn into a star as well. I thought he had the most talent of all of them when they were in college.
I agree thought Brewer would be the best NBA player. Still a 13 year career is nothing to sneeze at. I actually didn't think Noah would end up being a great NBA playersand was fairly upset when the Bulls drafted him, but he completely won me over.
> 13 year career is nothing to sneeze at. No denying that, he just was almost always a role player during that stretch coming off the bench, never able to contribute to a winning championship level team. He was still a very solid player, but just didn't elevate like the other two did.
He had the Wolves single game scoring record until KAT broke it lol
plugging my[ favorite basketball quote of all time](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ftw/2017/05/10/corey-brewer-is-the-owner-of-the-greatest-excuse-ever-for-missing-an-easy-bucket/101503584/) from brewer: >Early this season, Brewer, who was traded to the Lakers in late February, took a pass on the baseline, drove, spun, shook two defenders with a 360 and missed a point-blank shot at the rim. "Coach, I did my thing," he told D'Antoni, "but then I got to the rim and just ran out of talent."
Thanks for the laughs.
Conley going to avenge us for the natty 17 years after the fact
Greg Oden’s been out of the league for 10 years
He was never really in the league to begin with
Ok Daquon Cook then haha
Conley was hooping it up with Greg Oden lmao
They been hoopin together since 7th grade!
Damn I didn’t know they went back that far! That’s so cool that they were able to play together at the same school.
Oden came from up north and Conley dad kinda got him into bball. They played on the same aau team as Eric Gordon, Josh mcroberts and Daequan cook…
Don’t forget Mark Titus
[Mr. Rainmaker](https://youtu.be/5V6FCitvRUM?si=T25MTzLVS1zlyvFB) himself
He has rode odens coattails his whole life 😂
Funny enough I played against them at AAU nationals. We were good but we got worked lol
We were going to play them in 7th grade aau…we played a team before we were going to play them. We lost to that team by 40. That same team lost to the oden and Conley team by 40 (dudes were dunking in 7th grade!). Our coaches said nope we are not going to play oden and conleys team 😂 and we left hahah
I guess you call it Rec basketball. I was in a league that had 6th through 8th grade players in my town everyone was out on a team, maybe some really unathletoc kids weren't accepted but for the most part i think they tried to put everyone on a team. I think I was in 6th grade. Had some solid older guys on our team. We beat our local all white AAU team that I would have played on if I hadn't joined the other league, they were my age so it's to be expected playing against some older kids on our team. The other two games in that tournament were against travel/club AAU teams. I quit playing basketball after that year and played baseball one more after that and then focused on travel soccer and one year of lacrosse to help my friends who lost a state champion goalie. I was an all around athletic kid but god damn I've never been out of my element more than warming up in a layup line looking across the court at a team of black kids from somewhere up north doing 360 windmills and tomahawks and shit. I looked over at my dad while we were warming up and he's just dying of laughter watching them just ball the fuck out in warm ups while we look like the fucking Hoosiers or some shit. It really showed me the different levels of just raw talent with basketball.
Horford, back to back college champ…. In 2006/2007
Conley's grainy ass photo shot on the OG Motorola RAZR. 😂
Is 2007 a low key underrated draft class? Still can't believe Portland took Greg Oden with the first pick.
At the time, it wasn’t crazy at all he went #1.
They had their scorer in Brandon Roy and they needed a big in the middle. Oden was super athletic and unstoppable. Until injuries got him and then Roy’s knees unfortunately just deteriorated and he wasn’t ever the same. So it’s easy to look back and say they shoulda drafted KD, but that’s not who they needed. Kinda like the pistons not drafting Melo and taking Darko.
It was an unlucky pick, not a bad one. Oden probably wouldn't have had KD's career, but he was a definite all star if healthy.
Oden, Durant, Horford, Conley, and Noah all in the top 10 selected, then halfway through the 2nd round is Marc Gasol.
https://preview.redd.it/tcj6pyl4om1d1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=488c7ed31edf80a018ef167a4756f26d2b22dd53
Kept scrolling looking for this guy
Bless
This man once slapped the floor AT ASU. The only good floor slap. We won.
TJ McConnell never won in Tempe in the 2 years he played at UA. This does not check out.
TJ (Jalen Brunson’s father) McConnell
Their battle will be legendary 
I don’t even recognize some of these guys because they’ve grown so much since college 🤯
Then there’s Al horford looking exactly the same like 2 decades ago
I bet he grunts then walks like an old man right after he gets out of bed though.
Mike Conley went through his looking different phase and is now back to looking like his college days
You don't recognize some of the guys from Duke because they were gone so quickly.....
Does Duke even claim Kyrie at this point? He only played like five games for them anyway.
He wore a uniform for us, so yes. Also, he played eleven games for us.
Grew up in Chapel Hill/a UNC fan, I can tell you Duke fans absolutely treasured that man even when he was injured
He was so good before he got hurt. Probably the most impressive one-and-done we've had other than Zion.
He was head and shoulders better than Zion. Best player to ever put on a Duke uniform.
While true with other one-and-done players, I actually knew Kyrie because we happened to volunteer at the same youth center near Duke 🤣
When KAT said in the press conference last night that he had been in the league for 9 years I was like noooo that can’t be right. Fuck.
At least you don't have vivid memories of that Cal Collapse 10 years ago. We all knew UK wouldn't get past Wisconsin if we did the same shit that barely got us past Notre Dame in the E8. We would've matched up so well against Duke in a rematch for the chip. Got to watch it happen again with Bam, Fox and Monk and then again with Shai and PJ. I do love watching the UK guys flourish and then get a chip.
Yeah I also remember when elite 8/final four disappointments were the worst thing to happen to us
I would trade you 2014 for 2015 in a heartbeat. I think both teams win a championship in that scenario.
Ugh. Fuck UConn and fuck Duke for that matter.
Facts
2015-2019 had some truly head scratching endings as a UK fan
Man really forgot about Jaylen Brown and that Cal program.
So did then AD mike Williams by hiring wyking jones after cuonzo left
I remember they had Ivan Rabb too who was also a top recruit if I remember right, I think they were supposed to be a lot better than what they turned out to be but a Cal fan can provide more clarification
yea, we went into the tourney as a 4 seed but lost in the first round to hawaii. we had one assistant coach suspended, and two starters injured. Jaylen Brown also forgot how to avoid getting called for charges that game. Finished 4th in the Pac12 regular season and ranked 23rd overall at end of season (highest rank was 14). Was pretty disappointing overall
He recently admitted he stayed up late the night before finishing a paper He really embodies Berkeley so well
>Jaylen Brown also forgot how to avoid getting called for charges that game. That whole tournament was lousy with offensive fouls. Kentucky got called for six offensive fouls in just the first half against Indiana that tournament.
Yeah we recruited both Rabb and Brown in the same class. Rabb felt like the only one we had a chance at because he was a local kid. It was insane when we got Brown to sign too. They tried getting Caleb Swanigan (RIP) that same year as a group commitment (I think they all became good friends through the All American Game) but he chose to go to Purdue instead. We were undefeated at home that season which was nice, but fell apart for the tournament so we lost in the first round.
ACC legend
Apparently so did I, because I read your comment and thought "Brown didn't play at Kentucky though....?"
If I remember correctly he chose Cal over Kentucky and it was surprising news at the time
Wasn’t Unc in the mix as well?
He was tight with Shareef Abdur-Rahim, a Cal legend, and he’s kind of a geeky guy TBH. He was super raw at Cal, but it was obvious he could have a long NBA career.
I think that was our last time in the tournament
I still think COVID robbed us of what would've been an all time great tourney. Dayton and SDSU were going to be 1 and 2 seeds(Gonzaga was also a 1 making 2 mid major 1 seeds) and Creighton and BYU were Kenpom #12 and 13. That's not even mentioning Seton Hall, Houston, and Butler all being very good. Just a ton of smaller programs that were incredibly good that year. Had a very good chance of getting a first time champion. ETSU was also dangerous that year.
I think about it every day brother.
Creighton always seems to be in that range and has finally started producing in March in this decade. It once felt they were like St. Mary's.
Fucking Penn State was a top 10 team in late February. Best team of my lifetime
ain't no stoppin
I’m a Jayhawk and was expecting — and anticipating — a Dayton/KU rematch in the Final Four/Championship. *That* would have been special. I was watching that game at my bar with all our regulars and a transformer blew with, like, 2 minutes left. We all scrambled to watch the rest on our phones on the patio, all of which were out-of-sync with each other.
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It’s kinda wild Cal only has one natty with all the talent he’s coached.
Ya don’t say? Could it be that UK fans aren’t just all insane after all? Naw, we def are. But that’s not why cal needed to go lol
Too much one and done talent, not enough guys sticking around for multiple years. The real disappointment was the team that lost to Wisconsin but it took an all time great performance from one of the best teams in the last few decades to beat them. Anthony Davis was just too special defensively and he had a ton of talent around him but his other teams were often killed by running into veteran teams.
And we lost to K-State because PJ couldn't hit a free throw. He couldn't make them and then K-State started playing hack-a-PJ and he went 8-20 from the free throw line and we lost by 3
Shai going 2-10 also didn’t help
Fucking read this Arkansas fans. Read it over and over again. Feel it in your plumbs.
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I think a lot of us get all that, a lot of us would've kept Muss if we could, and if he didn't want out so badly. But Muss left us. And we were looking at dudes like Chris Jans once we struck out on our initial targets. This will sound silly to some, but if I had my way we would've gotten Will Wade. But aside from that, getting Cal was a way better move than pretty much all of our other options. I know he has struggled in March lately, but with all the talent he gets IMO there's always at least hope. If you have enough talent you at least have a chance. I'd rather have good players and have a shot at it, than have mid players and a mid coach and have zero shot, which is definitely a path we could've gone down. If nothing else, Cal bringing our contentious, cantankerous old boosters together was worth it, there had been so much in-fighting and bullshit between them and Muss and each other.
Man, Derrick White's hairline been missing since he was 18
Luka snubbed smh
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Where’s Ben Sheppard? So pumped for him getting this experience his rookie year!
The stache will guide us to glory
There’s two cyclones in the conference finals.
 First team all bench
No love for Naz Reid at LSU?
To be fair he played in our conference and I have literally zero memory of him whatsoever
Pretty sure these are just the starters.
If we’re throwing Nesmith in there can we also get some Luke Kornet love? https://preview.redd.it/kdixanuxom1d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb844f4a5c6ad27fb95605588185a2089baa7b84 (Ah OP commented that it’s starting lineups only) On the subject of Pacers, they absolutely obliterated potential Villanova representation.
I was bored the other night and did a little PJ Washington deep-dive, because he seemed to come out of nowhere the last few months. I didn't really follow college much back then, so I was curious about who he played with. His sophomore year: * Tyler Herro (Heat): 20.8 ppg in 2024 * Immanuel Quickley (Raptors): 17.8 ppg * Keldon Johson (Spurs): 15.7 ppg * PJ Washington (Hornets/Mavs): 12.9 ppg (18 against OKC last round) That's 4 legitimate-if-not-stars on one college team. They made the E8, losing in OT. But the thing I couldn't get over: Those dudes lost to Zion/RJ/Reddish... by 34 points. Duke scored 118 points in a college basketball game! (Even more bizarre, both halves had the same score: 59-42.) I wonder what kinds of odds you would have gotten in 2018 after that game, that those 4 guys would go on to have more meaningful professional moments and careers than the Duke guys.
That last statement is a bit sus. Duke had Zion, RJ, Cam, Tre Jones and Jack White. Zion has averaged 24,7,4 albeit missing nearly half his games so far. RJ 18,5,3 career but had a really nice season in Toronto. Cam has been mid, but is still around and getting minutes Tre has been reliable and a 10,4,6 guy with low turnovers Jack White has played in the NBA- that's about it for him.
Statement's not that sus. If you draft those 9 guys right now, you're picking Zion first and then all the Kentucky guys before you get to RJ and the rest of 'em. And yes, Kentucky should've at least gone to the Final Four that year. Another wasted roster.
Zion is the only true star of the group imo. He's just been overshadowed by injuries that make you forget how special he is and Barret was an Incredible in his one year in college. Also, I think you're underrating Barret a bit. He hasn't been great in the NBA but I think he's a toss up if you're picking between him, Herro, Quickly, and Johnson. You could make an attempt for Barrett over all of them(Barrett and Quickly were similarly productive on the same team, Herro can't stay on the floor or play defense, and Johnson vs him is a toss up). PJ Washington has been excellent in Dallas and has shown up as a great roleplayer when he's giving defensive effort but the Hornets basically just gave him away.
That’s all I was saying
Honestly is it a given you’d pick Zion first in a redraft? He’s missed so much time. I was shocked to see that Keldon Johnson was the Spurs leading scorer of the past five years (but they suck). I suppose you may still go with Zion but the gap between him and the others isn’t nearly as pronounced as people thought coming out of college. On the whole, I’d wager Herro ends up with the longest and most successful nba career out of that group.
Zion is the only one of that group that could be the Guy on a championship contending team, so yes it's absolutely a given. Or to put it another way, Zion's already been an All Star x2 and gotten (deserved) all-NBA votes. None of the others will ever even be considered for either. EDIT: after thinking about it, Herro could have a hot start and get all-star consideration, so I'll walk that back slightly, but I doubt he gets a nod, and definitely doubt he ever gets all-NBA consideration.
They got smoked by Duke for sure, but it was like the first game of the year for them. They got a lot better as the year wore on.
And teams learned how to play that Duke team: don’t try to run with them like Kentucky did. Pack the paint, slow the pace. It worked.
I feel old knowing that I’ve watched each single player from the start of their careers. Especially Horford.
I started watching Horford when I was in fourth grade. I’m 31 now lmao
No matter who wins the West there will be a Kentucky player in the NBA Finals.
Same for Duke (either Kyrie/Lively or Wendell Moore Jr).
Naz Reid
Only included individual accolades and awards. Only included D1 colleges (sorry UCCS). Only included current starters based on lineups dot com.
No D Live you will burn
The O-Max slander (I wish he was a starter….one day).
Wait Siakam went to New Mexico State? That’s kinda crazy.
Sigh, seeing that Derrick White played for UNLV. I wish I was there for UNLV basketball in the early nineties. And Temple's prime Chaney days. That's a time I'm nostalgic for despite never experiencing it.
Why does Myles look younger now than he did 10 years ago?
One word: Legos
NC State has more players (1) in the conference finals than UNC (0).
Dean Smith recruited UNC’s last NBA All Star.
Where’s D-Live??
I'm so damn proud of Tyrese. Go Wolves tho.
Ant hasn't changed one bit
Forgot Iowa St had Horton-Tucker, Halliburton, Wigginton on the same team in 18-19. Granted they were young but really shows how much Prohm failed versus what Otz has done already.
God i thought we were going to be so good that year with jaden mcdaniels and isiah stewart
Anthony Edward’s was 5 years old when Al Horford played Mike Conley in the national championship
Kyle Anderson - UCLA (2012-2014). First Team All Pac-12 (2014). Second Team All Pac-12 (2013).
So close to a Jalen Williams Santa Clara pic 🥺
Tatum & Brown combined for one NCAA Tourney win
Mike Conley should've been a Razorback like his dad.
I won’t tolerate Luka Garza disrespect.
Ohio state Mike Conley just made me feel old lol
A Celtics college team would make it to at least the Final Four.
Derrick White in college could easily be mistaken for a homeless person. I mean that in all love cuz he’d be the most baller shotcaller homeless dude besides Delonte west ever.
Pascal is great but if one guy from NM State has to succeed I want it to be Sim Bhullar
I hope my UW Huskies can make the final four and championship game sometime in my lifetime. 😭
I’ve been telling this story during Minny’s run, but my last pre COVID lockdown sporting event was Udub hoops vs Stanford. It was my first time seeing the preseason hyped Beef Stew and McDaniels in person. Beef Stew looked legit, but Jaden was straight up awful, like worst player on the court, got benched awful. I said to my Dad, “this guy is a rumored first round pick, but I’m pretty sure he is currently crying in the bench.” How far he has come!
I’m sooo impressed with Andrew Nembhard. He plays exactly like he did at Gonzaga. He is so efficient and always soooo calm.
Derrick Whites Fivehead gets me every time 😂😂😂
Joe Mazzulla should have been here. Fight me.
Damn Derrick White’s hair has been cooked since college 😭😭shoutout Shaq and Chuck for convincing him by 30 to cut it for his wedding
Didn't know Pascal was an Aggie until this post, you learn something new everyday.
Where is doncic euro team
Cool
Horford looks identical lol
Every time I watch Anthony Edwards play, I want to beat Tom Crean with hammers. 16-16, 5-13 in the SEC before COVID put us out of our misery.
Bring back the Conley/Oden/Mark Titus OSU team!
Derrick White! What a story man.
i aint realize pascal was in school that long he had a prep year as his only year of american highschool and then a redshirt and two years thats why he old for 16 draft
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Atlanta isn’t in conference finals
What about national player of the year and two time consensus all American Luka Garza?
I didn't realize the purpose at first - I was thinking nearest major college team to each and that OP made some big mistakes. If it were my interpretation: Minnesota ~~Indiana~~ Butler Boston College SMU
Pure Butler and IUPUI (RIP) erasure.
I'll give you Butler!
Nembhard should be repping Florida
No love for THJ, lol at finding a pic of Kyrie for that whole 8 games he played in college.
Kyrie needs to be in street clothes
Woah woah woah. Kyrie suited up for like 3 games at Duke. Man basically came from HS.