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FurdTerguson

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One team is your all-UK lineup you would use with a one point lead and the other team inbounding the ball with 20 seconds left.

The other is your all-UK lineup down one, inbounding the ball with 20 seconds to go.

Team 1
G Rajon Rondo
G DeAndre Liggins
F Tayshaun Prince
F Willie Cauley Stein
C Anthony Davis

Team 2
G Anthony Epps
G Aaron Harrison
F Tayshaun Prince
F Oscar Tschiebwe
C Dan Issel
 
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One team is your all-UK lineup you would use with a one point lead and the other team inbounding the ball with 20 seconds left.

The other is your all-UK lineup down one, inbounding the ball with 20 seconds to go.

Team 1
G Rajon Rondo
G DeAndre Liggins
F Tayshaun Prince
F Willie Cauley Stein
C Anthony Davis

Team 2
G Anthony Epps
G Aaron Harrison
F Tayshaun Prince
F Oscar Tschiebwe
C Dan Issel

Hard to argue with your defensive team picks. Maybe not much physical play, so depending on who the offense puts on the floor, I might consider someone like Hayes or Magloire for Willie.

On offense, I get Issel. Not saying he shouldn't. But most of us never saw him play (& I'm 55), so I'm limiting to those I saw play.
Team 2:
Wall - Ulis lead my all-UK team as the PG, but just needing 1 basket, I'll hope Wall doesn't turn it over and go with him.
Lamb - how do you not take the best shooter in UK history (I know Reed had a higher %, but I just trust Lamb more, maybe because played 2 years (which is opposite of me taking Wall over Ulis)
Mashburn - best all around offensive player I've seen play for UK (since never saw Issel)
Oscar - why? not because of his offense, but because if one of those other 4 misses, he will go get it and maybe put it back in or get fouled
This last one is tough! I get the Aaron love, but outside of that 1 tournament, he wouldn't even be considered. I know he struggled big-time in his only tournament game, but I might go with...
Reed (best shooter) who also can find a more open guy.
 
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Sean Woods would be running my clutch scoring team.

“Where did he find the courage to take that shot?” ——Cawood Ledford

Solid player generally, especially late in his senior year, and that shot may well have been the most clutch, highest stakes shot in program history that actually went in. Wasn’t enough to win the game because of that insane day Laetner had, but you can’t put that on Woods. Was enough to win 499 out of 500 high pressure, high stakes games.
 
Team 1
Rondo
Fitch
MKG
Davis
Cauley-Stein

Team 2
Knight
Harrison
Prince
Mashburn
Oscar
Great call on Fitch, and I like your offense. I had Issel because no one ever had a better head fake and no one ever was better from 10-15 feet.
 
Sean Woods would be running my clutch scoring team.

“Where did he find the courage to take that shot?” ——Cawood Ledford

Solid player generally, especially late in his senior year, and that shot may well have been the most clutch, highest stakes shot in program history that actually went in. Wasn’t enough to win the game because of that insane day Laetner had, but you can’t put that on Woods. Was enough to win 499 out of 500 high pressure, high stakes games.
I actually thought of him, but I see your 1992 shot and raise you a three-pointer that sent the Arizona game to overtime. Epps was Steady Eddy.
 
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I actually thought of him, but I see your 1992 shot and raise you a three-pointer that sent the Arizona game to overtime. Epps was Steady Eddy.
Love me some Anthony Epps but that’s not a raise. ‘97 Arizona was a big, big step down from ‘92 Duke.
 
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Defense team:
Chuck Hayes
Tayshaun Prince
Anthony Davis
Keith Bogans
Rajon Rondo

Offense Team:
Keep Davis and Prince, swap in Rex Chapman, Jamal Mashburn and Patrick Sparks
 
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Great call on Fitch, and I like your offense. I had Issel because no one ever had a better head fake and no one ever was better from 10-15 feet.
Fitch one of the most underrated Cats of all time. Top 10, maybe top 5 shooter, very good defender and rebounder, and could play some emergency PG.
 
This is a tough one for sure. Not many picks on here going to be wrong.

Defensive team you have to consider MKG, Cason Wallace, Jamal Magloire, Wayne Turner and others as well as the 5 you have

Offensive Team there are WAY too many options
Wall / Turner / Woods
Delk / Bledsoe / Knight / Harrison
Mashburn / Walker / Mercer
Randle / Oscar / Daniels / Hayes
Davis / KAT / Cousins

I started watching late 80s / early 90s so I'm only using that time frame.

Also: Thanks for this OP. Our work was really slow yesterday and most of my team was in my office discussing this one for 30 or so minutes
 
One team is your all-UK lineup you would use with a one point lead and the other team inbounding the ball with 20 seconds left.

The other is your all-UK lineup down one, inbounding the ball with 20 seconds to go.

Team 1
G Rajon Rondo
G DeAndre Liggins
F Tayshaun Prince
F Willie Cauley Stein
C Anthony Davis

Team 2
G Anthony Epps
G Aaron Harrison
F Tayshaun Prince
F Oscar Tschiebwe
C Dan Issel
I like Team 1
Team 2

C Issel
F Prince
F Mashburn
G King Rex
G John Wall

We could make 50 teams honestly, just from Cal’s tenure it would be hard to pick the best 5.

Davis
Randle
MKG
Booker
Fox

Cousins
T Jones
Booker
Lamb
Wall

KAT
Oscar
Miller
Murray
Ulis
 
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