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All Decade team for UofL

Russ Smith has to be on this



I know, I battled myself leaving off Russ. Decided he reminded me somewhat of Darius until everything clicked midway thru his junior year. I’ve not lost hope Darius is going to click?
 
Name 3 teams.
So Russ on 1st team.
Peyton on 2nd ?

The first question would be what’s the criteria. Clearly D Mitchell is our top pro and was fantastic his sophomore season. However he was only here a couple of years and doesn’t have any NCAA hardware. Hancock has a ton of hardware but on the other hand was coming off the bench in the championship run. I’d say Russ, Gorgui and Peyton are 1st team regardless of criteria.
 
I know, I battled myself leaving off Russ. Decided he reminded me somewhat of Darius until everything clicked midway thru his junior year. I’ve not lost hope Darius is going to click?

He was a consensus 1st team All American his senior year. And his sophomore year he set school record for steals and was second on team in scoring avg.
 
This is based only on their accomplishments while at UofL

3rd Team
Snider
Blackshear
Spalding
Knowles
Adel

2nd Team
Behanan
Mitchell
Nwora
Rozier
Kuric

1st Team
Russ
Gorgi
Siva
Hancock
Harrell

I like your list. I’m hoping that by the end of this season we will be putting Nwora on the first team list.
 
Knuckle, you are not a KY fan talking about your team turning NBA. ;)
 
Knuckle, you are not a KY fan talking about your team turning NBA. ;)

I would think success at UofL and in the NCAA tourney would be the criteria. However Mitchell has blown up in the NBA and reps UofL in the NBA the most since who...maybe Dr. Dunkenstein? I think that’s worth something.
 
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The first question would be what’s the criteria. Clearly D Mitchell is our top pro and was fantastic his sophomore season. However he was only here a couple of years and doesn’t have any NCAA hardware. Hancock has a ton of hardware but on the other hand was coming off the bench in the championship run. I’d say Russ, Gorgui and Peyton are 1st team regardless of criteria.

By UofL stats and standards.
Mitchell wasnt here long but he had a huge impact.
 
This is based only on their accomplishments while at UofL

3rd Team
Snider
Blackshear
Spalding
Knowles
Adel

2nd Team
Behanan
Mitchell
Nwora
Rozier
Kuric

1st Team
Russ
Gorgi
Siva
Hancock
Harrell

Im going steal your list, or let you introduce it to the national board.
 
I know, I battled myself leaving off Russ. Decided he reminded me somewhat of Darius until everything clicked midway thru his junior year. I’ve not lost hope Darius is going to click?
Darius is not Russ. Save it.
 
Man I do love some D. Lee. Good call.

I was also thinking about Chris Smith - solid ball player early in decade.

I thought about Chris Smith too, but your list is spot on really. For us not to have been in the one-and-done game, that’s a pretty damn impressive list of players we’ve churned out over the last ten years.
 
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3rd Team:
Spalding
Sutton
Kuric
Hancock
Lee

2nd Team:
Onaku
Behanan
Nwora
Rozier
Siva

1st Team

Dieng
Harrell
Clark
Mitchell
R Smith
 
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