All Time OU Team

[jkjsooner]

If you were putting together an all time OU team (all players in their prime) who would you select as starters and who would come from the bench. Let's say you're putting a team together with the goal of actually winning games so instead of just an all star type team you want to consider chemistry and strengths and weaknesses.

My OU bball knowledge doesn't go back much before Tisdale. I'm sure Alvin Adams would be on the team but since I don't know a lot ab out him I can't start him.

First, the obvious choices:

Tisdale - C
Griffin - PF

I think I'd go with Blaylock at PG. The only question would be whether I wanted to pick someone who can score from that position (like maybe Hollis Price) but I think Blaylock wins the spot there.

This is going to be controversial but at SG I want someone who can shoot the 3 and I can't think of anyone better than Brent Price. I think if we have Blaylock at PG then we definitely need a pure shooter at SG.

I really can't think of anyone at small forward. We could play Griffin there and put Grant at power forward but I'm not sure that would make a great lineup. I might pick Ryan Minor here.

On the bench I'd have Hollis Price, King, Grant, Jackie Jones, Kennedy, and Adams. Unfortunately that doesn't leave enough guards.

[OUmillenium]

1. Terry Evans
2. Mookie Blaylock
3. Ryan Minor
4/5 Blake Griffin and Wayman T

[GDC]

Mike "Helicopter" Bell
Skeeter Henry
Choo Kennedy
Mookie Blaylock
Stacey "Sky" King

[soonervegas]

good question......

King
Tisdale
Griffin
Mookie
Hollis

Alvin Adams was before my time....

[cantwait48]

Skeeter Henry would make a good guy coming off the bench for that team

[KBoomer11]

Cade Davis

[the_ouskull]

Alvan Adams, Wayman Tisdale, Blake Griffin, and either Brent Price and Mookie Blaylock, or Jeff Webster and Brent Price, depending on whether or not I want to severely limit my size in the backcourt, as well as lack of a "true" swingman.

I could also go a BIT more modern and say Wayman, Blake, Ryan Minor, Webster, and Mookie.

Corey Brewer was another good one. Stacey King. Eduardo Najera. Choo Kennedy. Tim McAlister. There are a lot of good directions in which you could go. It'd depend on the kind of team you needed to put out there. Maybe you sacrifice outside shooting, and an offensive mindset from someone like Ryan Minor to replace it with Eddie's hustle and defense. It depends on the opponent.

I like my first five, though. Screw it. Run with Price and Mookie in the backcourt. Mookie'll take the big guard, and Adams can help out defensively quite a bit. Ditto Wayman on the help side. (Especially on the help side...)

I'd like to take our all-time team against the all-time team of some other schools. Can Norm Stewart coach Mizzou's team?

the_ouskull

[VaSooner]

Chucky Barnett
Bo Overton
Wayman
Charles Jones
Dave Little

[bigfatjerk]

PG-Mookie Blaylock
SG-Hollis Price
SF-Eduardo Najera
PF-Blake Griffin
C-Wayman Tisdale

Bench Alvin Adams, Ryan Minor, Corey Brewer, Stacey King off the bench.

[soonervegas]

I miss OU basketball....it was awesome.

[GDC]

I want Andre Wiley on the team, but I can't remember his nickname.

[fwsooner22]

Alvan Adams was better than all of them except Tiz and Griffin. Check how long he played in the NBA. Dude was awesome. Don Sidle was a great player as was Gar Heard. You guys nailed the rest.

The more fun list is the craziest lineup which starts with Charles "Big Time" Jones.

[GDC]

I miss OU basketball....it was awesome.

Rest in peace, Sooner basketball.

[caseysooner]

Hollis Price has to be a lock. Eduardo as the 6th man.

[ELP Sooner]

Anyone remember Gar Heard?

[bigfatjerk]

I considered both Gar Heard and Cliff Ray.

[highjumper]

No Don Sidle?

[King Crimson]

I want Andre Wiley on the team, but I can't remember his nickname.

The Creator

[nativesooner]

What about Evan Wiley?

[nativesooner]

Seriously though, no Harvey "No, I'm not the one with the Bulls" Grant?