csims0917 Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 I’ve always held this belief it was definitely possible for Lebron and his ST V teammates could’ve won it all and now barstool makes a video discussing it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 Nice thought, but not sure they'd beat Carmelo's Syracuse squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 21 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Nice thought, but not sure they'd beat Carmelo's Syracuse squad. Melo would've been a rookie in the NBA, no? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Melo would've been a rookie in the NBA, no? I'm a little slow! Melo was a year older and did a year in college so they came into the same NBA draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KangarooInExile Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 This took me a minute to wrap my head around as well! So, we would be looking at whether or not a LeBron-led Zips team could beat UCONN w/ Okafor and Ben Gordon? Yikes. How confident are we that Derrick Tarver would catch fire in the title game? Dru and Romeo were solid MAC freshmen, but hard to imagine they could carry the load at that point. From what I remember of those years, Hollingsworth was a hell of a guard in stretches, so who knows? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 minute ago, KangarooInExile said: This took me a minute to wrap my head around as well! So, we would be looking at whether or not a LeBron-led Zips team could beat UCONN w/ Okafor and Ben Gordon? Yikes. How confident are we that Derrick Tarver would catch fire in the title game? Dru and Romeo were solid MAC freshmen, but hard to imagine they could carry the load at that point. From what I remember of those years, Hollingsworth was a hell of a guard in stretches, so who knows? I'd have to imagine a commitment from LeBron would've led to other high-profile recruits joining him, Dru, and Rome at Akron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 The easiest answer is "yes". It's also pretty stupid. Not sure how these morons get jobs talking about sports. This is the same level of stupidity that said a few years ago when the Browns were really struggling that Alabama could beat them. In reality, the Browns would beat Alabama 70-0 and Alabama would struggle getting the ball past the 50. Below is the Wikipedia page for the 1982 national championship game. Jordan won with UNC on a last second shot by Jordan. Look at the rosters. UNC was full of absolute studs and barely won. Maybe Akron wins a game or two, but that's about it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_NCAA_Division_I_men's_basketball_championship_game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 25, 2023 Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 If I am doing the math right (and we can't assume that after my comment above!), LBJ's Zips could have faced UConn, the champion of what would have been his freshman year. Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva. Pretty solid. They beat Jarrett Jack and Will Bynum's Georgia Tech team in the final. The LBJ-less Zips were 13-15 that year with Derrick Tarver, Romeo Travis, Drew Joyce and Matt Futch. WMU rep'd the MAC in the tournament. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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