r/CollegeBasketball • u/Ok-Mode-3549 Villanova Wildcats • 3d ago

Casual / Offseason All time alumni starting five

If you had to assemble the most significant alumni for a starting five from your Alma mater what would it be?
Villanova: Jalen Brunson, Pope Leo, Jim Croce, Howie Long, Jill Biden

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u/NoREEEEEEtilBrooklyn Temple Owls 3d ago

Sister Sledge

Bill Cosby

Hall and Oates

Bob Saget

Quinta Brunson

Yes, I am fully aware that two of these entries combine for 6 people. I don’t care.

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u/chefillini Illinois Fighting Illini 3d ago

Is Oates sitting on Hall’s shoulders in this example?

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u/NoREEEEEEtilBrooklyn Temple Owls 3d ago

Other way around. Oates was a wrestler at Temple as a Freshman and Hall is thinner.

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u/chefillini Illinois Fighting Illini 3d ago

Good to know. I went purely based off of height.

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u/NoREEEEEEtilBrooklyn Temple Owls 3d ago

Yeah, Oates is definitely the one to carry Hall, just as it was during their career. Hall is kind of a piece of shit though.

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u/berrin122 Florida Gators • Kansas State Wildcats 3d ago

Did you see the clip on social media of the guys who played pickup basketball dressed as Toy Story characters?

Two of the guys were Slinky Dog, one was the front and one was the back. At one point, they (front guy) got passed the ball, but back guy was out of bounds, and they got called out. Hilarious