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LSU All-time basketball team vs. anyone else's

Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:03 pm
Posted by BayouBengals03
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:03 pm
Just saw this on TV

G Pete Maravich
G Chris Jackson
F Bob Pettit
F Rudy Macklin
C Shaquille O'Neal

Could any other school put together an all-time starting five like this, maybe besides North Carolina, Duke, or UCLA?

Just based on how they played while in college, this is almost as good as it gets.
Posted by ADAMATDAPARTY
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:04 pm to
I was thinking the same thing. That would be a tough team for anyone to beat with simply the Pistol and Shaq.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:04 pm to
quote:

Could any other school put together an all-time starting five like this, maybe besides North Carolina, Duke, or UCLA?

not really
Posted by YouthInAsia
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:04 pm to
and 0 NCAA Championships with these guys, which is truly a shame, cuz that really is a freaking great all-time starting 5....not like I have any room to talk FSU doesnt really have any kind of basketball tradition to speak of...but still.
This post was edited on 1/24/09 at 9:05 pm
Posted by BayouBengals03
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:10 pm to
I mean it's pretty solid. No doubt about it.
Posted by LSU
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:11 pm to
Kentucky
Posted by Palm Beach Tiger
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:13 pm to
IMO, that LSU team would beat anything Duke had either. UCLA and UNC both would be a push IMO.
Posted by alajones
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:15 pm to
Georgetown's would be pretty impressive. But I'd say LSU's is top 5.
Posted by wil
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:16 pm to
If there had been a 3 point shot when Maravich played, they likely would have won at least 1 Final Four.
Posted by TBubba
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:17 pm to
UNC would whoop our arse especially if Brady was coaching.
Posted by TexTiga
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:18 pm to
quote:

Georgetown's would be pretty impressive. But I'd say LSU's is top 5.

Who would the players be other than Ewing?
Posted by LockdownDefense
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:18 pm to
I don't think any other team could beat our 5.

Not even UCLA or NC. Shaq would punish any center in the post and Pete and CJ would just take turns going unconscious from outside all night long.
Posted by LockdownDefense
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:19 pm to
Imagine the flashy lobs pete would throw to shaq all night too
Posted by Obi-Wan Tiger
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:20 pm to
quote:

UCLA and UNC both would be a push IMO.


UCLA would be pretty rough...

Jabbar
Walton
Goodrich
Wicks
Allen
Wilkes
Johnson
Bibby
Hazzard

Posted by Pistol 23
Member since Feb 2007
443 posts
Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:22 pm to
I remember a few years ago, someone (maybe ESPN) had an all-time NCAA tournament. They took the best 5 players for each school and played a mythical tournament. I can't remember how many teams, maybe 32 or 64. Anyway, they had LSU making the final four with (Shaq, Pistol, CJ, Macklin and Pettit). UNC and UCLA were 2 of the schools in the final four but I can't remember the other one.
Posted by LockdownDefense
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:22 pm to
Shaq would punish any center in front of him. Jabbar would have to have the hookshot working. If it isn't, Shaq city all night
Posted by alajones
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:24 pm to
quote:

Who would the players be other than Ewing?
I'm not a CBB guru by any means, but just off the top of my head, Alonzo Mourning, AI? I'm sure there are some others.
Posted by Obi-Wan Tiger
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Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:27 pm to
quote:

Shaq would punish any center in front of him. Jabbar would have to have the hookshot working. If it isn't, Shaq city all night



Well yeah, but I think when you look at this sort of stuff, you have to take into account how good they were in the era they played in. I mean, I'm sure Ed O Bannon would throttle Bob Petit too. Rudy Macklin is well known in LSU circles, but he's not known as a national all time great.

Posted by UnoMe
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:30 pm to
Exactly what did any of these guys ever win?
Posted by Hardwood Tiger
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Posted on 1/24/09 at 9:33 pm to
With Gtown and they sucked before John Thompson:

AI
Mourning
Mutumbo
Ewing
Jaren Jackson
Othella Harrington

LSU would wax GTown
UNC, UCLA not so much
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