Starters on multiple championship teams?

[YukonDolt6]

"Since 1985, list the players who have been starters on multiple NCAA men's basketball championship teams"

ChatGPT needed my help to get the correct UConn players. I didn't check the other players (they sounded right).

It's a short list - can you answer without "Googling" it?

 

[thekollieman]

Shabazz, Giffey, Olander

Newton, Clingan, Karaban, Diarra, Johnson, Roumoglou, Andrew Hurley, and Andre Johnson Jr.

Is that all the UConn guys?

*edit: whoops, dropped the part about being starters

 

[lonsharkin51]

Alex, Tristen, Noah, Horford, Brewer, some other dude from Florida, bunch of guys from UCLA, Bill Russell, Big O and those who shall not be named from the school that shall not be named.

Edit: Didn’t notice the part about since 1985
Edit 2: Maybe Antoine Walker, Ron Mercer and another Kentucky guy or two?

 

[lonsharkin51]

Had to check for myself. No carryover starters for Kentucky from 96 and 98. List is shorter than I thought

 

[auror]

Alex, Tristen, Noah, Horford, Brewer, some other dude from Florida, bunch of guys from UCLA, Bill Russell, Big O and those who shall not be named from the school that shall not be named.

Edit: Didn’t notice the part about since 1985
Edit 2: Maybe Antoine Walker, Ron Mercer and another Kentucky guy or two?

Add Brunson, the Duke guys that I can name (Hurley, G Hill, T Hill, Laettner). I think that's it since 85. Olander started some games in 14 and 11, but I wouldn't consider him a starter in 14.

 

[YukonDolt6]

The question is about starters in the championship matches. I had to refine it a few times to be very specific.

 

[YukonDolt6]

Add Brunson, the Duke guys that I can name (Hurley, G Hill, T Hill, Laettner). I think that's it since 85. Olander started some games in 14 and 11, but I wouldn't consider him a starter in 14.

The duke players are right.

No Kentucky players.

Correct, Olander didn't start in 2014.

 

[YukonDolt6]

Alex, Tristen, Noah, Horford, Brewer, some other dude from Florida, bunch of guys from UCLA, Bill Russell, Big O and those who shall not be named from the school that shall not be named.

Edit: Didn’t notice the part about since 1985
Edit 2: Maybe Antoine Walker, Ron Mercer and another Kentucky guy or two?

UConn and Florida guys are correct including yes, there's one more Florida guy.

 

[YukonDolt6]

My results showed a total of 10 players.

 

[Mr. French]

UConn and Florida guys are correct including yes, there's one more Florida guy.

Taurean Green

 

[auror]

My results showed a total of 10 players.

I think you're missing Jalen Brunson. 12 total.

Alex, Tristen, Brunson, G Hill, T Hill, Hurley, Laettner, Noah, Horford, Humphrey, Brewer, Green.

 

[YukonDolt6]

My updated result now shows 13 players!

Now it lists 5 Florida guys (06-07), 4 duke guys (91-92), 2 UConn guys (23-24), and 2 Villanova guys (16&18)

 

[auror]

My updated result now shows 13 players!

Now it lists 5 Florida guys (06-07), 4 duke guys (91-92), 2 UConn guys (23-24), and 2 Villanova guys (16&18)

Phil Booth didn't start for both Nova years. Only Brunson started in the actual championship game for both of their champs.

 

[YukonDolt6]

It has been interesting - every time I corrected ChatGPT it just apologized and updated the list accordingly.

An important lesson on how to use info from AI.

 

[YukonDolt6]

Perfect — here’s the master table with clickable sources for each title game’s box score / game page, so you can directly verify the starting lineups.

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Starters in Multiple NCAA Championship Wins (Since 1985)​

Player	School	Championship Years as Starter	Box Score Sources
Bobby Hurley	Duke	1991, 1992	1991 box score, 1992 box score
Thomas Hill	Duke	1991, 1992	1991, 1992
Grant Hill	Duke	1991, 1992	1991, 1992
Christian Laettner	Duke	1991, 1992	1991, 1992
Joakim Noah	Florida	2006, 2007	2006 box score, 2007 box score
Al Horford	Florida	2006, 2007	2006, 2007
Corey Brewer	Florida	2006, 2007	2006, 2007
Taurean Green	Florida	2006, 2007	2006, 2007
Lee Humphrey	Florida	2006, 2007	2006, 2007
Jalen Brunson	Villanova	2016, 2018	2016 box score, 2018 box score
Alex Karaban	UConn	2023, 2024	2023 box score, 2024 box score
Tristen Newton	UConn	2023, 2024	2023, 2024

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📌 This table now has direct links to every official Sports-Reference box score for confirmation.
Do you want me to also build you a downloadable spreadsheet (Excel/CSV) with this data so you can keep it handy?

 

[Mike Honcho]

damn AI