Hypothetical #2- Replace best player with best in team history

[MyTurn2Raise]

Red Grange to Illinois

[Chicago]

What about Grandma-ma?

[Uston]

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How about Ewing back on the Georgetown team?

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This Georgetown team would probably be better off with Iverson.

Virginia (Ralph Sampson), UNLV (Larry Johnson), Louisville (Pervis Ellison), Michigan State (Magic Johnson), and Indiana (Isiah Thomas) would all be favorites to win the NCAA's, in addition to the ones already listed.

[NLSoldier]

so basically the question is just which team in the tourney that has produced at least one NBA legend has the best 2nd best player?

[mblax10]

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Indiana (Isiah Thomas)

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Indiana would need Scott May or Kent Benson. Take out DJ White and their frontcourt is very thin.

Jamal Mashburn & Dwayne Wade carried bad teams on their back deep in the tourney. I'm sure they could do it again.

[DrewDevil]

With Laettner, Duke would be a lot better and might be able to get to the Final Four. Not only would he get 23 and 12 every night but he'd yell at McRoberts and Paulus until they stopped playing stupid.

Edit: I guess he'd replace McRoberts, who is nominally Duke's best player.

[DrewDevil]

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Kendall Gill to Illinois

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[anatta]

NC State with Philip Rivers, but Whittenburg, Lowe, Lo Charles, or Bailey?

[DrewDevil]

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so basically the question is just which team in the tourney that has produced at least one NBA legend has the best 2nd best player?

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Pretty obviously Carolina would fare the best here... even if you replace Hansbrough with Jordan you've still got plenty of size and rebounding.

[DrewDevil]

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NC State with Philip Rivers, but Whittenburg, Lowe, Lo Charles, or Bailey?

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Um, David Thompson ring a bell?