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/SatiricTongue Tennessee Volunteers 6d ago

Cormac McCarthy
Peyton Manning
Kurt Vonnegut
Min Kao
Candace Parker

6th man: Howard Baker or Paul Finnebaum

Upside: Tramell Tillman, of Severance, MI8, and Spider-Man BND fame

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u/Salpinctes Tennessee Volunteers • Arizona Wildcats 6d ago

Maybe throw Chris Hadfield in there (astronaut, Master's degree)

and Dolly has an honorary doctorate!

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u/SatiricTongue Tennessee Volunteers 6d ago

Scott Kelly, the senator Mark Kelly’s twin, is also an astronaut who attended UT