All time starting 5

[webxu]

Offseasons are slooowww always a fun exercise to pick an all time lineup. Mine would look something like this:

PG- TU
SG- Sato
SF- Tre
PF- DWest
C- Hill

[GoMuskies]

Lavender, Larkin, Grant, West, Hill. I'm going big (well, except with Lavender!).

[xu95]

Odia, Bitter Beer Face, Kelsey, Coly, and Coleman. Ok, even I can't sell this one. :swordfight:

xu95

[94GRAD]

PG- TU
SG- Larkin
SF- Trevon
PF- West
C- Grant

[joe titan]

PG: Stan Kimbrough
SG: Byron Larkin
C: Tyrone Hill
SF: Romain Sato
PF: David West
6th Man: James Posey
HM: Dave Piontek, Steve Thomas & Bob Pelkington

[xukeith]

Tu Holloway
Jordan Crawford
Trevon Bluiett
James Posey
David West.

[D-West & PO-Z]

PG- TU
SG- Larkin
SF- Trevon
PF- West
C- Grant

I think this would be mine as well.

With a bench of:
Lavender
Crawford
Sato
Posey
Hill

[Muskie]

PG- Kimbrough
SG- Larkin
SF- Trevon
PF- West
C- Hill

Bench
Holloway
Sato
Posey
Hill
Lavender
Love
L Brown

[joe titan]

PG- Kimbrough
SG- Larkin
SF- Trevon
PF- West
C- Hill

Bench
Holloway
Sato
Posey
Hill
Lavender
Love
L Brown

Muskie: how many basketballs would you need for that starting line-up ?

[Muskie]

Muskie: how many basketballs would you need for that starting line-up ?

4 probably. Maybe Lavender would be better in the starting lineup.

[TUclutch]

PG: Stan Kimbrough
SG: Byron Larkin
C: Tyrone Hill
SF: Romain Sato
PF: David West
6th Man: James Posey
HM: Dave Piontek, Steve Thomas & Bob Pelkington

You really dont have Bluiett in there? LOL ok

[TUclutch]

If we're talking to play currently, the only correct answer IMO is this:

Hollway G
Larkin G
Bluiett F
Sato F
West F

[joe titan]

You really dont have Bluiett in there? LOL ok

You might take some note that my selections were purposefully segmented by position (seemed to conform with OP); whether Trevon to select over Romain I confess is quite a close call but overall IMO Romain was the better all-round player. Romain was a defender--something Trevon was seriously lacking--and rebounder more so than Trevon. Further, James Posey was 6th man (during his soph. & jr. yrs & but for Darnell's injury would have completed that role) something Trevon was not slotted to perform. I will stand with my choices. Selecting Trevon merely b/c his scoring prowess and stature seems rather incomplete analysis of other outstanding players. I doubt you even recognize at least 2 of the HM names. LMAO.

[birdman71]

PG- Kimbrough
SG- Larkin
SF- Trevon
PF- West
C- Hill

Bench
Holloway
Sato
Posey
Hill
Lavender
Love
L Brown

I like this one. Having seen Kimbrough and Tu, I give the edge to Stan. Slight edge to Tre over Sato. Then, I want Posey, Sato, Grant and Lavender on my bench.

[xukeith]

Muskie: how many basketballs would you need for that starting line-up ?

He didn't even have Jordan Crawford! He would need even more touches.

[D-West & PO-Z]

PG- Kimbrough
SG- Larkin
SF- Trevon
PF- West
C- Hill

Bench
Holloway
Sato
Posey
Hill
Lavender
Love
L Brown

No Grant in your top 12?

[D-West & PO-Z]

If we're talking to play currently, the only correct answer IMO is this:

Hollway G
Larkin G
Bluiett F
Sato F
West F

Currently? As in today? Larkin in 52.....if you are talking playing a game today Crawford has to be in there instead of Larkin.

[Muskie]

No Grant in your top 12?

You’re right I should have gone Grant instead of Love. I was doing it without looking at the record books and honestly just spaced it.


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[scoscox]

Hard to ignore Steve Thomas putting up 30 a game as a sophomore

Holloway
Thomas
Crawford
Bluiett
West
Hill
Grant
Larkin

[TUclutch]

Currently? As in today? Larkin in 52.....if you are talking playing a game today Crawford has to be in there instead of Larkin.

No, im talking the players in their college form, but in today's game in terms of lineups, style etc. Crawford would be my next guy and I almost picked him over Larkin. Only reason I didnt was Larkin did it for longer in college

[xu koop scoop]

Larkin, Steve Thomas, Tyrone Hill, David West, Brian Grant. 6th man James Posey - Bench Bob Pelkington. Romain Sato. Stan Kimbrough.

[xu koop scoop]

Larkin, Steve Thomas, Tyrone Hill, David West, Brian Grant. 6th man James Posey - Bench Bob Pelkington. Romain Sato. Stan Kimbrough.

Ooops! Holloway instead of Kimbrough on bench.

[joe titan]

Larkin, Steve Thomas, Tyrone Hill, David West, Brian Grant. 6th man James Posey - Bench Bob Pelkington. Romain Sato. Stan Kimbrough.

That ball never gets over half court.

[xukeith]

Currently? As in today? Larkin in 52.....if you are talking playing a game today Crawford has to be in there instead of Larkin.

100% agree

[muskienick]

Hard to ignore Steve Thomas putting up 30 a game as a sophomore

Holloway
Thomas
Crawford
Bluiett
West
Hill
Grant
Larkin

You are exactly right, scoscox!!! Anybody who doesn't have Steve Thomas among the 5 best players ever to suit up in a Xavier uniform has to be well under 50 years of age! He was exceedingly quick in his moves (and deceptively fast afoot) and was dangerous from any distance inside the half-court line. If the three-point line would have been in play during Steve's playing seasons for Xavier (only 73 games due to injuries), he would have averaged far more than "just" 23.6 ppg (more than any other Xavier player in history) while averaging 47.4% from the field, over 81% from the line, snaring 3.3 rb's and dealing 3 assists per game. Furthermore, he is the only player in Xavier history to score as many as 50 points in a game (vs Detroit when they were good)!

Perhaps some of the few other "fossils" on this board might want to chime in as well on what a great player Steve was.

[muskiefan82]

My stepdad was there for Steve Thomas. He always had an unspoken hatred for Duquesne that I came to understand later.

[XU 87]

Odia,

xu95

Every time I watch Kyle Lowry play, I think of when Matta chose Odia over Lowry. And I just want to cry.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Every time I watch Kyle Lowry play, I think of when Matta chose Odia over Lowry. And I just want to cry.

Was Lowry going to come to X over Nova if we didnt offer Odia?

[XU 87]

Was Lowry going to come to X over Nova if we didnt offer Odia?

Yes. I have heard and read that Lowry wanted to come to X, but Matta and Groce liked Odia better and offered to Odia over Lowry. Once Odia accepted, Lowry wasn't coming to X. Had they offered Lowry over Odia, Lowry would have been a Muskie.

I am getting teary eyed just writing about this.

[Tardy Turtle]

Knop
Varda
Kromer
Poynter
Smydra

Do not @ me.

[muskiefan82]

Because they started it all in1982-83......

Anthony Hicks
Dexter Bailey
Victor Fleming
Jeff Jenkins
Eddie Johnson

Bench:
Ralph Lee
John Shimko
Walt McBride
Richie Harris
Steve Wolf
et al.

[xu95]

Every time I watch Kyle Lowry play, I think of when Matta chose Odia over Lowry. And I just want to cry.

I know. I have told my son at least five times in the last two weeks while watching the playoffs that Xavier picked Odia over Lowry and he always says "who?" and I say "exactly".

xu95

[xu95]

Yes. I have heard and read that Lowry wanted to come to X, but Matta and Groce liked Odia better and offered to Odia over Lowry. Once Odia accepted, Lowry wasn't coming to X. Had they offered Lowry over Odia, Lowry would have been a Muskie.

I am getting teary eyed just writing about this.

I believe it was even a situation where Lowry tried to commit and Matta was slow rolling accepting his commitment.

xu95

[BigMoeMusketeer]

PG -- Tu
SG -- Crawford
SF -- Sato
PF -- West
C -- Grant

Bench: Kimbrough, Larkin, Bluiett, Doellman, Thomas, Hill, Strong, and Posey.