Ok, here's my all-time starting five:

Christian Anigwe at the post
Chima Moneke at PF
Corey Hawkins at SG
Elijah Pepper at SG
TJ Shorts at PG

And for some amazing depth off the bench:

Ezra Manjon
Siler Schneider
JT Adenrele
Josh Ritchart
Brynton Lamar
Darius Graham
Joe Mooney
Ryan Sypkens

This team takes us to the Sweet 16 and pulls an upset for an Elite 8 spot! :up:

I like that list ! But, I would definately have Harden and Caligari ahead of Mooney and Silar. I was always a bit disappointed in both of their senior years. Harden and Dom had to endure Gary Stewart and that should count for something!

I’m going to try and put together a starting five of guys not mentioned so far. Across the front I’ll go Josh Fox, AJ John and Lawerence White. A little light on interior defense maybe, but the flexibility would be hard to guard. In the backcourt it’ll be Stefan Gonzalez and Tyler Les. Ok no real point guard, but Ill be leading the conference in made 3 point shots.

I completely forgot about Stefan Gonzalez...incredible 3 point shooter! I think he led the nation in 3 point percentage in his senior year.

Just looked it up. Yes, Gonzalez .477 3-point average led the nation ins the 2019-20 season.

Wow...shooting nearly 50% from 3 is amazing!

Dr. Preston Neumayr in the starting five.

Neal Monson and Tyler Les good players, not elite.

looking at the record book, Hawkins was .488 in 14-15. I’d forgotten how accurate he was from behind the arc. Ritchart is the career leader at .563 but on only on 32 attempts (must have been injured). Gonzo and Corey were in the 170 shot range

I agree with that about Monson and Les.

Honestly think that if we look at this list in a few years, we might be adding TY near the top. He needs to play a little more under control, limiting the turnovers, but considering this is really his first year, he’s shown huge potential

Wow...I'd forgotten about how accurate Hawkins was from 3 also. Les has a knack for finding good 3 point shooters which is a strategy that has worked well for the best, mid-major programs. It's extremely hard for mid-major programs to land highly talented big men. They're snatched up quickly by the power schools so finding elite outside shooters can be great equalizers for the smaller programs when they face teams with great size. Of course, the very best elite, power programs have both great size and deadly, outside shooters.

Totally agree about TY. He's only going to get better and better with each game he plays. Some of our best PG's have been small like Manjon and Shorts. At 6'3, TY has good size for a PG to go along with his long arms and leaping ability which allows him to be a more disruptive defender and better rebounder. He has a lightening quick first step when he drives also. He has a higher dribble which is a bit of a disadvantage when he drives through traffic simply because it's a bit easier for the defenders to get a hand on the ball and cause a TO. I think that has improved a lot for him recently though. It's going to be fun watching him continue to grow and, as you noted, he could end up being one of our very best players ever. Let's hope the bright lights of the bigger programs don't lure him into the portal.

I wish he’d work on his body language at times. Seems to get a little pouty.

Yeah I've noticed the same thing. Perhaps just some more game minutes will help with that.

All players express their emotions on the court differently. For example, Pepper is a fierce competitor and he wears his emotions on his sleeve. He has a fire in his belly and, when things aren't going his way, he just becomes even more determined and fired up but his emotions never get out of control. On the other hand, Anigwe is a fierce competitor also but you rarely see his emotions. He's calm, cool and collected even though he's giving it 100%. He's steady as a rock.

TY is young and you can tell that he has high expectations for himself and, consequently, you can see his disappointment when things don't go his way. You can see a slump in his body language when he's struggling and he can get a bit chippy at times especially if he gets baited. I think that will improve as he grows and matures with the game. He'll learn to let stuff go more easily and just compete even harder when things happen like getting hacked with no foul called or getting called for a cheap bump when playing aggressive defense. Those things are frustrating for any player and, right now, he just shows his frustration a little more and a little longer.

I've noticed that Les sits TY down for a while at times when he sees his emotions are getting in the way of his performance. Some players just need a little more time to settle and let go of stuff and that will get better for him with more experience. He's got great coaches and teammates around him to help and his performance, growth ceiling is very high. It's going to be a pleasure to watch him in the years to come..

One big problem with a player who lets his emotions get to and control him, is that the other teams can use it to their advantage with trash talk to throw him off his game, but we digress...

I like BlueGold's starting five, but I've seen all of them and I have to disqualify myself from anyone who played prior to 2012, when Hawai`i joined the league and I had a chance to watch even one UCD game, let alone the plethora I get to see now.

Can we get a women's comparison too? Would anyone from 2011 make that team? Or do more recent teams have the starters?

Good question. Paige Mintun’s last year was 10-11 I think. At 6’3” she could drive, post up, and step out and hit a three.

Speaking of former Ag greats, Garrison Goode was at the game Saturday.

When I was going to UCD, there was no women's intercollegiate team, so I never got attached to it. In fact the first year I was there, women weren't even allowed to play full court 5 on five IM basketball or any kind of football. That changed remarkably fast.

Jed Maddela for the pantheon. Put him at center.

I loved that 2011 team. Went to a bunch of games that season, my last quarter at school.

We were always one year off for a while.

Corey Hawkins couldn’t overlap with shorts who couldn’t really overlap with Chima.

Can we talk about how good this team would be this year if Ezra didn’t transfer?

Ezra 1
TY 2
Pepper 3
Adebayo 4
Anigwe 5

Key bench players
- debruhl
- Beasley
- milling
-borra
- lose

The problem with the ags was who could score after the top 2 players in recent years. No one.

Right now we have 3 scorers and then we drop off steep. The lineup I posted above would be scary in the big west…