Updated: Dec 30, 2005, 1:01 PM

Vote: Who built the best team?


A tourney-tested former head coach, a former player and assistant coach on championship teams, a former standout floor general and the college game's ultimate insider sit down to build the perfect college basketball team. No, it's not the beginning of a long-winded joke; it's the "build-a-team" challenge that confronted Fran Fraschilla, Jay Bilas, Doug Gottlieb and Andy Katz.

Each ESPN expert was asked to build a squad from the best the college game has to offer. The catch? The top seven players at each position were ranked, and each expert could pick just one No. 1, one No. 2, etc. So if they picked J.J. Redick at shooting guard, they couldn't pick Adam Morrison at small forward/wing or Shelden Williams as the big man.

Championship Update: It turns out J.J. Redick, Dee Brown, LeMarcus Aldridge and Al Horford seems like a pretty good template to SportsNation. Both Jay Bilas and Andy Katz picked those four players, and both Bilas and Katz scored easy semifinal wins.

Now it's time to see which expert picked the best complementary pieces. Do you prefer Bilas' selections of Hassan Adams, Craig Smith and Arron Afflalo, or Katz's picks of Rodney Carney, Shawne Williams and Tyler Hansbrough? Vote below!

(Click on the expert's name in the table for an explanation of his choices)

ESPN.com College Basketball "Build-a-Team" Rosters
Pos. Team Bilas Team Fraschilla Team Gottlieb Team Katz
PG Dee Brown Dee Brown Jordan Farmar Dee Brown
SG J.J. Redick Randy Foye Randy Foye J.J. Redick
SF Hassan Adams Hassan Adams Adam Morrison Rodney Carney
F Craig Smith Steven Smith Steven Smith Shawne Williams
Big LaMarcus Aldridge Shelden Williams Paul Davis LaMarcus Aldridge
Bench Al Horford Vincent Grier Vincent Grier Al Horford
Bench Arron Afflalo Tyler Hansbrough Tyler Hansbrough Tyler Hansbrough
  • 1) Championship: Which team would win between Team Bilas and Team Katz?

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