One of the favorite past times of rabid college fans is to argue about which college have the best professional players. Some fans go as far as to root for guys that went to their favorite school even if they play for a pro team that hate (I’m guilty!) The debate always has many sides. Which college has the most pros? Which college has the best pros? Which college would win if they played a game? For the sake of this article I’m going to go with the last option. If you had to put a team together to play in a tournament, who would win? This format hurts some schools like those that don’t have many pros but if your school is that great it would produce more pros right? I went through the list of current NBA players and put together the rosters for the best 16 colleges with pro players. You can see the tournament bracket below. I have also listed the starters and bench for each college. Not all players from a college are listed if I didn’t think they would be needed on the team.

Duke
Starters
Kyrie Irving
JJ Reddick
Luol Deng
Carlos Boozer
Elton Brand

Bench
Chris Duhon
Gerald Henderson
Mike Dunleavy
Corey Maggette
Grant Hill
Shane Battier
Josh McRoberts
Sheldon Williams

Georgia Tech
Starters
Jarrett Jack
Anthony Morrow
Thadues Young
Chris Bosh
Derrick Favors

Bench
Will Bynum
Iman Shupert
Gani Lawal

UNC
Starters
Raymond Felton
Vince Carter
Marvin Williams
Antawn Jamison
Brendan Haywood

Bench
Ty Lawson
Wayne Ellington
Danny Green
Ed Davis
Tyler Hansborough

Wake Forest
Starters
Chris Paul
Josh Howard
Al-Farouq Aminu
James Johnson
Tim Duncan

Bench
Ish Smith
Jeff Teague
Darius Songaila

UCLA
Starters
Russell Westbrook
Arron Afflalo
Trevor Ariza
Kevin Love
Ryan Hollins

Bench
Jrue Holiday
Darren Collison
Baron Davis
Jason Kapono
Matt Barnes
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
Dan Gadzuric

Stanford
Landry Fields
Josh Childress
Robin Lopez
Brook Lopez
Jason Collins

Bench
Jarron Collins

Arizona
Starters
Gilbert Arenas
Andre Igoudala
Richard Jefferson
Derrick Williams
Channing Frye

Bench
Jerryd Bayless
Jason Terry
Luke Walton
Chase Budinger
Jordan Hill

Texas
Starters
DJ Augustin
Daniel Gibson
Kevin Durant
Lamarcus Aldridge
Dexter Pittman

Bench
TJ Ford
Cory Joseph
Maurice Evans
Jordan Hamilton
Tristan Thompson

Syracuse
Starters
Johnny Flynn
Wesley Johnson
Carmelo Anthony
Hakim Warrick
Etan Thomas

Bench
Andy Rautins
Donte Greene

UConn
Starters
Kemba Walker
Ray Allen
Rudy Gay
Charlie Villanueva
Emeka Okafor

Bench
AJ Price
Ben Gordon
Richard Hamilton
Caron Butler
Hilton Armstrong
Haseem Thabeet

Ohio State
Starters
Mike Conley
Michael Redd
Evan Turner
Kosta Koufos
Byron Mullens

Bench
Dequan Cook
Greg Oden

Kansas
Kurt Hinrich
Brandon Rush
Paul Pierce
Drew Gooden
Nick Collison

Bench
Mario Chalmers
Josh Selby
Julian Wright
Darrell Arthur
Marcus Morris
Markieff Morris
Cole Aldrich

Kentucky
Rajon Rondo
John Wall
Tayshaun Prince
Chuck Hayes
Demarcus Cousins

Bench
Eric Bledsoe
Brandon Knight
Keith Bogans
Patrick Patterson
Nazr Mohammed

LSU
Starters
Marcus Thornton
Garrett Temple
Brandon Bass
Glen Davis
Tyrus Thomas

Bench
Ronald Dupree
Anthony Randolph
Chris Johnson

Florida
Starters
Corey Brewer
Mike Miller
Matt Bonner
Al Horford
Joakim Noah

Bench
Chandler Parsons
David Lee
Udonis Haslem
Marresse Speights

Memphis
Derrick Rose
Tyreke Evans
Shawne Williams
Joey Dorsey
Earl Barron

Bench
Chris Douglas Roberts

Keep checking back as we will break down the matchups in the coming weeks and let you decide who would win each game and be the eventual champion!