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Old 03-23-2007, 03:22 AM
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Every year it's crazy to think about the amount of talent that could be in this tournament, but is now in the NBA, NBDL, overseas, working at McDonalds, in jail, and so on. What would the end of this tournament look like if these guys were all still in school? I guess that largely would be defined by where the 22 straight to NBA players decided to go to school. Plus there are 7 players (by my count) who came from teams who made it to the Sweet 16 this year.

<u>Seniors:</u>

LeBron James - N/A
Travis Outlaw - N/A
Ndudi Ebi - N/A
Kendrick Perkins - N/A
James Lang - N/A
Luol Deng - Duke
Kris Humphries - Minnesota
Trevor Ariza - UCLA
Andrew Bogut - Utah
Chris Paul - Wake Forest
Charlie Villanueva - UConn
Linas Kleiza - Missouri
Brandon Bass - LSU
Von Wafer - Florida St.
Chris Taft - Pitt
Sean Banks - Memphis
Olu Famutimi - Arkansas
Deji Akindele - Chicago St.
Adam Morrison - Gonzaga
Ronnie Brewer - Arkansas
Quincy Douby - Rutgers
Renaldo Balkman - South Carolina
Marcus Williams - UConn
Josh Boone - UConn
Shannon Brown - Michigan St.
PJ Tucker - Texas
Alexander Johnson - Florida St.
Paul Millsap - Louisiana Tech
Guillermo Diaz - Miami
JR Pinnock - George Washington
Will Blalock - Iowa St.
Thomas Gardner - Missouri
Marcus Slaughter - San Diego St.
Curtis Stinson - Iowa St.

<u>Juniors:</u>

Dwight Howard - N/A
Shaun Livingston - N/A
Robert Swift - N/A
Sebastian Telfair - N/A
Al Jefferson - N/A
Josh Smith - N/A
JR Smith - N/A
Dorell Wright - N/A
Jackie Butler - N/A
Marvin Williams - UNC
LeMarcus Aldridge - Texas
Rudy Gay - UConn
Patrick O'Bryant - Bradley
Cedric Simmons - NC State
Rajon Rondo - Kentucky
Kyle Lowry - Villanova
Jordan Farmar - UCLA
Daniel Gibson - Texas
Leon Powe - California
Darius Washington - Memphis

<u>Sophomores:</u>

Martell Webster - N/A
Andrew Bynum - N/A
Gerald Green - N/A
CJ Miles - N/A
Monta Ellis - N/A
Louis Williams - N/A
Andray Blatche - N/A
Amir Johnson - N/A
Tyrus Thomas - LSU
Shawne Williams - Memphis

34 seniors, 20 juniors, and 10 sophomores that still could be in school. Feel free to chime in if you know where some of the HS guys would have went if they didn't jump, if they committed anywhere.

UConn would probably be a factor with Villanueva, M. Williams, and Boone. Memphis could add Banks, Washington, and S. Williams to their already pretty good team. UCLA could have Ariza and Farmar. Think Texas could have beat USC with Tucker, Aldridge, and Gibson on the roster? Oh well, still a pretty good tournament.
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Old 03-23-2007, 03:33 AM
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Gerald Green - OK state
Leon Powe - California
Rajon Rondo - Kentucky
Sebastian Telfair - Louisville
Al Jefferson - Ole Miss (?)
Kendrick Perkins - Memphis
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Old 03-23-2007, 08:07 AM
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/si...al_round_1.html

CNNSI did this.
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Old 03-23-2007, 11:45 AM
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I believe Lebron was going to Ohio St if he didn't declare for the draft (not that there was any doubt he was skipping college). tOSU wouldn't be as balanced as some of the other teams, but Lebron and Oden could dominate, and Conley and some shooters would be pretty good.

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Old 03-23-2007, 11:50 AM
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Gerald Green - OK state
Leon Powe - California
Rajon Rondo - Kentucky
Sebastian Telfair - Louisville
Al Jefferson - Ole Miss (?)
Kendrick Perkins - Memphis

[/ QUOTE ]

Lol at celtics.

memphis would have been pretty damn good, considering they lost 3 first round picks and are still back in the elite 8, and Texas with Aldridge would be too.

I also think about UVA if Gillen hadnt been fired, then if you negate the transfers, the team would have been

G - Sean Singletary
G - JR Reynolds
G/F - Derrick Byars
F - Donte Minter
C - Jason Cain

This team would have been great, like villanova last couple years.
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Old 03-23-2007, 11:54 AM
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LeBron at Ohio State pretty much gives them the title, I think.

Texas would be very good with Aldridge, Gibson, Tucker and Durant. Wow.

Where was Dwight Howard going to go?
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Old 03-23-2007, 11:58 AM
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JR Smith would be at UNC.
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Old 03-23-2007, 11:58 AM
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Just checked the SI page and they have him going to UNC
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Old 03-23-2007, 12:00 PM
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Josh Smith-Indiana (LOI)
Shaun Liv-Duke
JR Smith-UNC
Telfair-Louisville
Robert Swift-USC

Green-tOSU
Ellis-Mississippi State
Webster-Washington
Williams-George
Bynum-UCONN
Amir Johnson-Louisville
Miles-Texas

Perkins-memphis
Outlaw-MSU
Ebi-Arizona
Wright-Depaul
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Old 03-23-2007, 12:00 PM
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Well, if Smith and Howard were both at UNC, then they'd bump Texas from the title game.

Ohio State-UNC for the marbles.
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