March Madness! Full!!! Topic

rhatch
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Enter your favorite college team in the What if Sports Final 24. Draft a team comprised entirely of NBA players who played for that school. See http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/colleges.fcgi?college=ohiost to find eligible players for each given school. There are at least 50 schools who could field a legitimate team. I've made a list of 36 who have at least 20 players in the NBA with a cumulative total of more than 200,000 minutes in their careers (10 times the roughly 20,000 minutes you need for a single season).

They are as follows:
School Minutes
North Carolina 855,828
UCLA 831,061
Kentucky 643,355
Duke 578,348
Kansas 518,988
Michigan 430,016
Indiana 428,571
Arizona 403,213
Ohio State 373,574
Michigan State 369,704
Connecticut 353,532
Georgia Tech 329,501
Georgetown 322,706
Minnesota 322,594
St. John's 322,086
Notre Dame 320,078
Maryland 312,949
Villanova 299,955
Syracuse 290,072
Houston 289,837
Alabama 284,510
Louisville 281,580
UNLV 278,342
Cincinnati 260,955
DePaul 257,983
Florida 256,763
Marquette 252,138
Arkansas 250,052
Wake Forest 246,593
LSU 233,382
Arizona State 233,229
Iowa 232,670
Texas 227,886
Oregon State 210,573
NC State 206,792

(Teams in bold are taken).

This list is not exhaust the possibilities of schools who could field teams. It's just a list of schools who meet the criteria above (20 players with 200,000+ total career minutes). Other possibilities include Oklahoma, Purdue, Utah, Missouri, Auburn...the list goes on.

One team entry per school. No composite teams. No foreigners. No high school only teams.

$47 million cap. Please name your team simply by the school and mascot (i.e. Ohio State Buckeyes). Chose the arena located closest to your school.

Teams will be seeded using total career minutes, number of players available, as well as number of Hall-of-Famers and perennial All-Stars. Divisions will be aligned geographically to the greatest extent possible given the final make-up of the league.

I will select Marquette to start things off.

1.) Georgetown - rhatch.
2.) UCLA - poppapomp.
3.) Kentucky - cmcafeeky.
4.) Kansas - kinoa1.
5.) North Carolina - samuelyork93.
6.) Minnesota - AV1611.
7.) UConn - ccsweet.
8.) Michigan State - all3.
9.) Wake Forest - Got_Worms.
10.) Duke - ncoldguy.
11.) Ohio State - redbooda.
12.) Texas - mdjohnston.
13.) Cincinnati - pharrop.
14.) Marquette - amcguire.
15.) Louisville - samuelyork93.
16.) Notre Dame - redbooda.
17.) Texas - mdjohnston.
18.) Syracuse - ncoldguy.
19.) LSU - AV1611.
20.) Michigan - poppapomp
21.) Georgia Tech - tamland.
22.) Arizona State - coachcroft.
23.) UNLV - amcguire.
24.) Houston - rhatch.

Teams in bold have been entered.
4/18/2017 5:32 PM (edited)
poppapomp
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UCLA for me!
3/12/2017 8:45 AM
cmcafeeky
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KENTUCKY
3/12/2017 9:02 AM
rhatch
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Welcome, poppapomp & cmcafeeky. Two number one seeds go off the board.
3/12/2017 11:06 AM
kinoa1
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I'll grab Kansas. Thanks!
3/12/2017 11:12 AM
rhatch
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Welcome, Kinoa1. Three number one seeds gone.
3/12/2017 11:17 AM
samuelyork93
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University of North Carolina!! UNC!!
3/12/2017 2:02 PM
rhatch
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You've got it, samuelyork93. The final #1 seed taken.
3/12/2017 3:30 PM
ccsweet
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UCONN
3/12/2017 5:50 PM
rhatch
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Welcome, ccsweet. UConn is off the board. Seven in already. Lot's of contending programs are still available. Grab your favorite before it's gone.
6/23/2017 1:52 AM (edited)
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Since I ask owners to join the Annual Alumni League every January, I had better join this. "My" Irish are barely competitive at lower caps with an addition or two, so I'll go with

MICHIGAN STATE
3/14/2017 5:24 PM
rhatch
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Thanks for joining, all3. The MSU Spartans are number 9 to join the field.
3/14/2017 7:44 PM (edited)
samuelyork93
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Hey I'll take a second team! I don't see any way in Th world how these guys will compete but they are my alma Mater so I have to.....

University of Louisville
3/14/2017 11:19 PM
rhatch
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I will open it up to second teams, but will wait until we get this thing more than half full before doing so. I'll put you down for a second team and give you first shot a choosing Louisville when we get to that point.
3/15/2017 5:11 PM
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Duke has been claimed by ncoldguy via Sitemail. We're about half full now.
3/19/2017 12:15 AM
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