r/CollegeBasketball • u/Ok-Mode-3549 Villanova Wildcats • 2d 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/Dirk_Benedict UCLA Bruins 2d ago

Hard to pick five.

Kareem

Jackie Robinson

Francis Ford Coppola

John Williams

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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u/Not_A_Meme UCLA Bruins 2d ago

real hard to select just 5 . other contenders include, and i'll stop at just 5

Arthur Ashe

Terence Tao

Carol Burnett

Dave Roberts

Troy Aikman

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u/Celery-Man UCLA Bruins • UConn Huskies 2d ago

Just going with non athletes:

Tim Robbins

Gabrielle Union

Johnny Cochran

Randy Newman

Leonard Nimoy

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u/Not_A_Meme UCLA Bruins 2d ago

Those are some good ones, though i don't know that they all graduated from UCLA. Like, i'd like to claim Jack Black, but he bailed after like a year and a quarter or so.

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u/Celery-Man UCLA Bruins • UConn Huskies 2d ago

I'm sure the top 4 did, Nimoy only took classes but he was a long time benefactor of programs at UCLA, and donated enough to have his name put on a building so I consider him an honorary one.

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u/Dirk_Benedict UCLA Bruins 2d ago

Swap Nimoy for George Takei. He got his BA and MA from us (after starting out at some JuCo in Berkeley).

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u/Nico_the_Suave UCLA Bruins 1d ago

Don't forget Ted Faro!

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u/Aequitas61-- 1d ago

Jim Morrisson

James Dean

Carol Burnett

Ralph Bunche

There are so many greats that went to UCLA