PG - Will Blalock, ISU - Poised for a bigtime breakout season. Already one of the best point guards in the Big 12 he can get to the basket just about anytime he wants to and can distribute the ball. A solid defensive player and was one of the best in the conference in steals.

SG - Jeff Horner, Iowa - Can be a deadly shooter from outside and has the skills to run the point as well. Putting him at shooting guard lets him play his more natural position, IMO.

G - Ben Jacobson - A guy that can score points as the main option in an offense and a killer three point shooter. He should get plenty of looks off of Blalock drives.

PF - Greg Brunner - Easily the best returning post man in the group. Should provide some points down low and a lot of rebounds.

For my final pick I'm torn. Grant Stout is really the only other big man worthy of a team like this but I'd still rather have a player with the heart of Curtis Stinson. I know that he's been criticized for his inefficiency on this site but he's hasn't played a full season with two healthy hands or wrists. In the end I have to go with...

G - Curtis Stinson, ISU - He's a great defensive player and has played down low in ISU's 2-3 zone. The team will certainly be undersized but with the four guards that this team has they should be able to create some matchup problems of their own. With some other scorers on the team he will be able to pick his spots taking over games when he needs to (see Virginia and at Kansas last year) while cutting down on his turnovers with other scoring options for the rest of the game.

Honorable mention or coming off the bench would be Haluska from Iowa, Clark from ISU, and Stout, Crawford, and Coleman from UNI. If Taggart is as good of an offensive player as he has been billed he would also make the bench for this team. Any of those guys could have strong cases for the starting five. There's clearly a lot of talent on these three teams and they all should be playing for a higher seed in this year's NCAA tournament.
 

Ben, way to man up and take the first stab at a squad! That's a good looking team you put together. I don't agree with all the picks, but I guess that's the whole point of this question. I'm excited to make my own team now. I'm heading out of town tomorrow, so I won't get my list done until Sunday. I want to make sure I have plenty of time to think it through.

Everyone else - what's your take? Can you make a case for a better starting five? We want to hear from you.
 

My lineup surprises even me...

F: Greg Brunner
F: Adam Haluska
G: Ben Jacobson
G: Jeff Horner
G: Curtis Stinson


It's lacking in size, but my main consideration was that these guys are consistent yet have the ability to take a game over at any time.
 

Thanks for the response, Howzi. Your team looks very close to mine, which should be up in another hour or so.
 

Howzi - looks like we had the internal debate at the same point. Leave off Stinson, and your guards are pretty slow; inlude Stinson, and you sacrifice some quality shooting. In the end, I had to take Stinson for his defense and his ability to take guys off the dribble, which I want so I can free up my other guards. There should still be plenty of capable shooters on my team, with Jacobson and Haluska around, and with Brunner and Stout showing improvement this summer on already decent outside shots.
 

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