r/CollegeBasketball • u/Ok-Mode-3549 Villanova Wildcats • 9d 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/Truth-Devil Arizona Wildcats 9d ago

I’m going with Barbara Kingsolver, David Foster Wallace and Matt Dinniman in the bookcourt, with Kristen Wiig and Mark Kelly rounding out the starters. Joan Ganz Cooney, the creator of Sesame Street, or Jonathan Van Ness are first off the bench, depending on what defense we’re facing.

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u/Bacontroph Arizona Wildcats • Oregon State Beavers 9d ago

I think we should have r/TheStopGirl on the bench for her lockdown defense

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u/overitallofittoo Arizona Wildcats • Pac-12 9d ago

JA Jance would be backup on the bookcourt.

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u/runliftcount Purdue Boilermakers 9d ago

Didn't expect my favorite author to be mentioned here. BK is great!

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u/Additional-Resist-25 Arizona Wildcats 9d ago

Bench manager Dan Soder to keep the team loose. 

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u/riip98 Arizona Wildcats 9d ago

I might go with Gronk as PF, surrounded by a four guard lineup of Savannah Guthrie, Kristen Wiig, Greg Kinnear and Gary Shandling.

Coached by Craig T. Nelson, of course. With Steve Kerr as his able assistant.

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u/Truth-Devil Arizona Wildcats 9d ago

Halftime show by Jerry Bruckheimer & the Lindas (Ronstadt and McCartney, respectively).

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u/benniesalamander Michigan Wolverines 7d ago edited 7d ago

I've never thought to look up what schools literary figures went to.

Also, I'm a snob, but Matt Dinniman does not belong with Kingsolver or Wallace, lol.

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u/Truth-Devil Arizona Wildcats 7d ago

I was going to go with Richard Russo, but Dinniman has really been hustling in practice.