Greatest Starting 5 of All Time

[HuskyHawk]

Nobody has mentioned this, but we are a #2 seed in this bracket. That's pretty solid "blue blood" status.

• Looking at the top squads, Duke isn't that impressive really.
• North Carolina, somebody has to stop Jordan and Worthy, but they've got only Hansbrough at center. There is no way that team beats Kansas or UCLA.
• Kansas is pretty brutal up front with Chamberlain, Manning and Pierce, but the guards aren't that strong. Jo Jo White should be there in place of Hinrich or Mason.
• Kentucky isn't that impressive at all.
• UCLA...I am not sure how anyone handles Jabaar and Walton on the same team. That's a bit unfair since both are pure centers, then add Westbrook and Reggie Miller.
• I'm not sure who they have for Georgetown, but assume Ewing, Mourning, Iverson, Williams and Floyd. Damn that's a great team.
• Houston was robbed. Has a top 3 up there with anyone. Should be in the bracket.

 

[Storrs South]

 

[BUConn10]

We should handle LSU easily before almost certainly losing to Duke.

I bet we lose. These things are a popularity contest and UConn is simply not popular, certainly not when going up against an LSU. People still equate football power with athletics power overall, it doesn't matter if they are voting for all time top 5 ping pong players.

 

[UConn3432]

I can't believe Kerry Kittles was left off of the Villanova team.

 

[mrl2016]

Gotta think having Drummond somewhere on this squad would help pull some votes from younger bball fans who have no allegiance to UConn.

 

[Guapo]

Lol

 

[Horatio]

Lol

Lol

 

[superjohn]

Could be worse...

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Wow, people are dumb. Those numbers should be reversed. It doesn't get much better than The Big O and Kenyon Martin.

 

[Excalibur]

How does Purdue even make it in over Houston?

 

[superjohn]

How does Purdue even make it in over Houston?

Akeem, Drexler, and Elvin Hayes never really existed.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

How does Purdue even make it in over Houston?

Especially if Joe Barry Carroll is left off the team.

Hakeem Olajuwan is one of the 10 best players in NBA history, and was a dominant college player too. Houston should have been in the bracket.

 

[Storrs South]

 

[Travelman6]

Lsu has 51 percent of the vote, come on uconn fans, ONE DAY Left, let's swing this over to Uconn!

 

[auror]

We're likely to lose this one as "All-Time NBA Greats" generally trumps "good players who won recent NCAA championships" and we're losing All Time Greats 3-1.

 

[guyergym]

Who cares about polls like this. UConn buried a Shaq-led LSU team in the tournament in 1991. That's the one that really counted.

 

[superjohn]

LSU should win this fairly easily. Since this seems to be about just the best basketball players and not what they won in college. LSU has three of the best players ever in Maravich, Shaq, and Petit. I would put Chris Jackson on their team over Macklin.

 

[StepbackCity]

I voted UConn, but there’s no way we beat Shaq, Pistol Pete, and Pettit (NBA MVP).

 

[CL82]

I voted UConn, but there’s no way we beat Shaq, Pistol Pete, and Pettit (NBA MVP).

I guess but UConn made Shaq look pedestrian when they actually played.

Just voted it's 50/50 right now. Posting to bump the thread.

 

[StepbackCity]

I guess but UConn made Shaq look pedestrian when they actually played.

Just voted it's 50/50 right now. Posting to bump the thread.

We are gonna lose, the instagram vote is at 61% to our 39%.

 

[methodology]

LSU should win this fairly easily. Since this seems to be about just the best basketball players and not what they won in college. LSU has three of the best players ever in Maravich, Shaq, and Petit. I would put Chris Jackson on their team over Macklin.

Abdul-rauf is Chris Jackson

 

[Dogdeacon]

Abdul-rauf is Chris Jackson

Its 50-50 as of my vote #8,384!!
I can't believe that Oliver Macklin is playing for LSU, what a turncoat!

 

[Storrs South]

We are gonna lose, the instagram vote is at 61% to our 39%.

Instagram votes only come into play if the Twitter poll ends at 50/50

 

[FlippinCrazy!]

No faith in UConn people? Just voted, uconn winning 51/49..

 

[HuskyV]

uconn 51
lsu 49