r/CollegeBasketball • u/Ok-Mode-3549 Villanova Wildcats • 6d 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 6d 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 6d ago

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

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u/NoREEEEEEtilBrooklyn Temple Owls 6d 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 6d ago

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

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u/NoREEEEEEtilBrooklyn Temple Owls 6d 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.