Summer (Hoops withdrawl) Contest

There has been some interesting dialogue comparing the '25 champ team to our previous greats. Because it's the offseason and I have a few mins in between diaper changes/baby hugs, I'm thinking about a summer contest.

What if a collection of posters chose rosters from the best Gator squads? I'm thinking about 00, 06, 07, 14, 25 for starters. We could have posters provide "votes" for players that ascribe point values, then tally up to determine the best 6-man rosters.

Is this nutz? Idk, but after baby watching and working all day, I'm ready for a pleasant distraction. Plz share your thoughts about the whole thing here.

• Which squads should be considered? I'm not interested in an all-time Gator squad, as we've done that in the past. I'm thinking pick the best six from a limited set of years; five is enough?
• Should these be six man squads or more? Or only five starters?
• Ideas about pt system? I'm thinking a simple 5 or 10 pt scale, which would be determined by a select panel of judges.

 

For example, contestant A selects:

• Walter Clayton
• Justin Hamilton
• Corey Brewer
• Joakim Noah
• Al Horford

They earn pts as determined by the judges for each player. Interesting thing will be to pool the players from those Gator squads and ascribe pt values.

 

Would everyone pick Noah/Horford? Or might we preclude that from happening?

 

For example, rulez might stipulate that a contestant must a) choose players from no fewer than 4 diff squads and b) may not choose more than 2 players from any particular squad. Idk - just throwing out ideas.

 

Maybe include the 93 FF team. I think that's where I got the JHam idea.

 

Agree, which is why I'm thinking about limits to force thinner squads. Ex - can't pick Brewer + Horford.

 

Should it be two deep?

 

May I get three volunteers to serve as judges? Your task would be simply to rank the players. We are talking about 36(ish) players. I haven't decided yet whether the players should be ranked 1-36 or perhaps by position. It seems that with any ranking system, people are going to choose near identical rosters. With that, I'm thinking about going 8 deep; you get five starters and 3 bench players of any position.

 

I'm starting to compile the Gator rosters from each of the FF teams. Will go six deep, determined by minutes/game.

1993-94
Dan Cross - G
Craig Brown - G
Andrew DeClerq - F
Jason Anderson - F
Brian Thompson - F
Dametri Hill - C

1999-00
Kenyan Weaks - G
Teddy Dupay - G
Mike Miller - F
Donnell Harvey - F/C
Udonis Haslem - F/C
Brent Wright - F

2005-06
Taurean Green - G
Lee Humphrey - G
Corey Brewer - F
Al Horford - F
Joakim Noah - C
Walter Hodge - G

2006-07
Taurean Green - G
Lee Humphrey - G
Corey Brewer - F
Al Horford - F
Joakim Noah - C
Cliff Richards - C

2013-14
Scottie Wilbekin - G
Michael Frazier - G
Casey Prather - F
Dorian Finney-Smith - F
Patric Young - C
Will Yeguete - F

2024-25
Walter Clayton Jr. - G
Alijah Martin - G
Will Richard - G
Alex Condon - F
Rueben Chinyelu - C
Thomas Haugh - F

 

Wait, this was funny?