A Sea Of Red

I stole this from another board, but pick your starting 5 from players that played at LU from 2000-2008.

I'll go first:

PG Brian Woodson
G Larry Blair
G Chris Caldwell
PF Gabe Martin
C Alex McLean

do we have to choose one from each position or can we do it like an all-conference team, where it's just the top 5 players?

I think the idea behind it is a starting 5.

I'd go with:

PG -- Bannister
SG -- Blair
SF -- Dees
PF -- Martin
C -- McLean

I'll take the heat on adding Dees. What could have been.

LUconn, make it who you would want to be in your starting 5 if you could pick any 5. If you want 4 guards and a center go ahead.

It's manson's thread, but he said pick a starting 5, and I would take that to mean a real lineup that you would start on the floor. His lineup does have 3 guards, but then so did our best team of the decade!

I would go with the same lineup except for Smitty over Caldwell. It would be pretty much a tossup right now, but if Anthony even approaches what we expect from him next year, that would put him over. Kinda sad that a Juco transfer who only played 2 years is our all-decade post player, but it's not even close. In fact, only 2 of manson's 5 are 4 year players in the program.

1. Hubbard
2. Ohman
3. Baker
4. Jeremy Eck
5. Russ Monroe


Ok now Seriously...

1. Bannister
2. Dees
3. Baker
4. Gabe Martin
5. McLean

Big Lineup!

Why not choose a McKay lineup against Kenny George and go with ALL guards?

PG Bannister
SG Blair (batman)
SG Dees (robin)
SG Smith
SG Anderson

and it wasnt just against KG we did it all season haha JOKING

Coach: Richie McKay

1. Brian Woodson
2. Chris Caldwell
3. Carl Williams
4. Gabe Martin
5. Jason Sarchet

Hon. Mention/Bench:

1. Teejay Bannister
3/4.Vincent Okotie
2. Larry Blair
3/4. Anthony Smith
4/5. Alex McClean
2/3. Dwight Brewington
1/2. Ryan Mantlo
1. Beau Wallace
3-5. Nathan Day
2/3. Mau Watkins

Gotta get my Hanky Recruits in there. I also wanted good defense which is why Blair isn't starting.

1 - Brian Woodson
2 - Chris Caldwell
3 - Carl Williams
4 - Gabe Martin
5 - Alex Mclean

BENCH:
Ryan Mantlo
Teejay Bannister
Jason Sarchet
Larry Blair
Beau Wallace
Vencent Okotie
Anthony Smith

kel varson wrote:Coach: Richie McKay

1. Brian George Woodson
2. Chris Thomas Caldwell
3. Carl Eugene Williams
4. Gabe Satchel Martin
5. Jason Harvey Sarchet

Hon. Mention/Bench:

1. Teejay Bannister
3/4.Vincent Okotie
2. Larry Blair
3/4. Anthony Smith
4/5. Alex McClean
2/3. Dwight Brewington
1/2. Ryan Mantlo
1. Beau Wallace
3-5. Nathan Day
2/3. Mau Watkins

Gotta get my Hanky Recruits in there. I also wanted good defense which is why Blair isn't starting.

2nd Team:

Teejay Donald Bannister
Larry Wayne Blair
Anthony Jefferson Smith
Vincent Abdul Okotie
Alex Samantha McClean

3rd Team

Beau Lowell Wallace
Ryan Luther Mantlo
Maurice Edwin Watkins
Dwight Grayson Brewington
Nathan Lars Day

kel varson wrote: Gotta get my Hanky Recruits in there.

Then where's ROB ATTAWAY??? He gave us the 3 best years of his life, until he was dropped from the team.

Cider Jim wrote:

kel varson wrote: Gotta get my Hanky Recruits in there.

Then where's ROB ATTAWAY??? He gave us the 3 best years of his life, until he was dropped from the team.

Unfortunately that was a gut wrenching decision, but I opted to leave him off. Had he added a tattoo it probably would have made the difference.

Alex's middle name is Samantha??? Oh how unfortunate.

LUconn wrote:Alex's middle name is Samantha??? Oh how unfortunate.

Yes. I think he prefers Sam. Its a family name (Great Aunt)

I'm glad that some fans of other teams never found out about that.

Lafser
Layer
Anderson
Soup
Russ

whmatthews wrote:I'm glad that some fans of other teams never found out about that.

See: Eric Hall

whmatthews wrote:I'm glad that some fans of other teams never found out about that.

Actually, I just made up the middle names. I thought they would be good ones.

1st Team:
Blair
Dees
McClean
Martin
Sarchet

2nd Team:
Bannister
Brewington
Jenkins
Smith
Ohman

1st
McLean
Martin
Dees
Blair
Woodson

2nd
Vince Okotie
Leo Lightbourne
Chris Caldwell
Dwight Brewington
TeeJay Bannister

Honorable mention
Anthony Smith
Ryan Mantlo
Carl Williams

I didn't think "The Mayor of LU Hoops" would have the guts to name his teams.

Kudos to Scar for stepping up.

I'm not sure how my list would go but it would have a heavy Texan presence. I believe GOAT was already gone by 2000 but formerplayer would certainly get some love.

1st Team:
Bannister
Blair
Smith
Martin
McLean

2nd Team:
Woodson
Caldwell
Brewington
Okotie
Sarchet

I have a pretty limited view because I came in in 2002 but mine would go like this

1st Team (same as Dox)

G-Larry Blair
G-TeeJay Bannister
F-Anthony Smith
F-Gabe Martin
C- Alex McLean

2nd Team

G-Ryan Mantlo
G-Brian Woodson
F-Glyn Turner
F-Dwight Brewington
C-Jason Sarchet

HM
Jeremy Monceaux
Vince Okotie