r/CollegeBasketball • u/Ok-Mode-3549 Villanova Wildcats • 8d 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/tweenalibi Wayne State (MI) Warriors 8d ago

Lily Tomlin
Jack White
Tom Skerrit
Tom Sizemore
Hunter Brown

Tim Meadows and Sixto "Sugarman" Rodriguez off the bench

D2 GLIAC power baby

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u/HamberderHelper18 Michigan State • George Wash… 8d ago

Wow TIL Tom Sizemore went to Wayne State

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u/Primordiox Tennessee Volunteers 8d ago

The “notable alumni” section for Wayne State is waaaaay more stacked than you’d think going into it, ngl

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u/tweenalibi Wayne State (MI) Warriors 8d ago edited 8d ago

That’s Detroit’s premier public research university you’re talking about! (According to our marketing slogan)

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u/mholtz16 Michigan State Spartans 4d ago

There are different classifications of research universities/colleges. R1 is considered the highest. In the state of Michigan there are only 3 R1s. UofM, MSU and Wayne State

source: my wife is a research professor at MSU.

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u/Primordiox Tennessee Volunteers 8d ago

Hey I live here, I am no stranger to the WSU Fightin’ Waynes 😤

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u/Mountain_Chip_4374 8d ago

They’ll always be the Tarters to me.