re: LSU Basketball All Star Team

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I would stack this team up against any other school's all stars in the country...

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Nah, at 13 deep we could be pretty seriously outclassed. Teams like UCLA, UNC, probably Duke and Kentucky, etc., bring a lot more to the table at spots 4 or 5 through 13. But our first 3 or 4 (Pete, Shaq, CJ, maybe Petit) would be the best in the business. Probably good enough that we could put a starting 5 on the floor (with, say, Maclin) that could match up well with anyone else.

Problem with a full roster is that most truly elite historical programs may only have 1 or 2, or maybe even none, right up at the Maravich/Shaq/CJ level, but they've got buttloads of guys just a half step below that level. LSU, on the other hand, might have two or three guys a step or two off that level, and then a bunch of guys on the next tier down. But when you look at the Grant Hills, Michael Jordans (in college), Lew Alcinders, Bill Russells, Danny Ferrys, Anthony Davises, and on and on and on . . . we just don't have that kind of depth.

But man, I'd love watching that starting 5. With Pete and CJ dishing and draining, Shaq dominating the inside, and Petit and Macklin just cleaning up the rest . . . damn, that would be something.

I'd say UCLA probably would have the next best all-time starting 5.