Last 20 years of Gopher Basketball

[gopherbadgerman]

Who would you want on your "dream team" 8 man rotation, and how do you think they would comptete with other B10 teams of the last 20...

I would pick -

Bobby Jackson
Voshon Lenard
Willie Burton
Rick Rickert
Joel P (I can't spell his last name)

and off the bench:

John Thomas
Quincy Lewis
Eric Harris

 

[Gopher Bandanna Guy]

My list isn't unlike yours, gopherbadgerman. I'd take:

Bobby Jackson - PG/SG
Vincent Grier - SG/SF
Willie Burton - SF
Kris Humphries - PF (selfish yes, but a helluva talent)
Joel Pryzbilla - C (surprisingly, the current highest paid player on the Trailblazers!)

Bench
Quincy Lewis (instant O)
John Thomas (for his ability to get you that board when you needed it)
Blake Hoffarber (gotta have some 3's off the bench)

 

[coolhandgopher]

Don't we have to go back 25 years if we're including Burton? If so. . .

PG Melvin Newburn
SG Bobby Jackson
SF Willie Burton
PF Courtney James (obviously based solely on talent)
C Joel Pryzbilla

Bench
SF Quincy Lewis
PF John Thomas
PG Ariel McDonald

How do we match up against the best of the Big Ten? I'm afraid not so well. . .

MICHIGAN
PG Gary Grant
SG Jalen Rose
SF Glen Rice
PF Chris Webber
C Juwan Howard
Bench
PF Loy Vaught
PG Rumeal Robinson
SG Manny Harris

MICHIGAN STATE
PG Mateen Cleaves
SG Steve Smith
SF Morris Peterson
PF Andre Hudson
C Paul Davis
Bench
PG Scott Skiles
SG Charlie Bell
C Goran Suton

OHIO STATE
PG Mike Conley Jr.
SG Jimmy Jackson
SF Evan Turner
PF Perry Carter
C Greg Oden
Bench
PG Scoonie Penn
SG Michael Redd
PF Lawrence Funderburke

WISCONSIN
PG Devin Harris
SG Kirk Penney
SF Michael Finley
PF Alando Tucker
C Mike Wilkinson
Bench
PG Trevon Hughes
SF-PF Marcus Landry
C Brian Butch

ILLINOIS
PG Deron Williams
PG Dee Brown
SG Kendall Gill
SF Nick Anderson
PF Ken Norman
Bench
SF-PF Kenny Battle
SG Luther Head
PF Deon Thomas

INDIANA
PG A.J. Guyton
SG Steve Alford
SF Calbert Cheaney
PF Alan Henderson
C D.J. White
Bench
SG Eric Gordon
SG Greg Graham
SF Brian Evans

That's off the top of my head, I'm sure that I am missing some obvious superstars from the last 25 years in the Big Ten. As can be seen, the last ten years for the Gophers have really been tough.

 

[Swede]

Somebody looking through the rose colored memory glasses will invariably inject Sam Jacobson into that top 8.