NCAA Tournament Hypothetical

[Laxtothemax12]

Got into this discussion last month with some buddies; who is the worst PG in the NBA that could take a 16 seed in the tournament and win a national championship?

Or, is there any PG in the NBA that could lead a 16 seed to the national title?

 

[AdaSooner]

All NBA point guards could make a sixteen seed better. Carrying the team to a national championship is another matter entirely.

There is a reason a sixteen seed has never beaten a one seed. It's the talent gap at nearly every position, not just the point. A sixteen seed may have one player (two is even possible) who might be a candidate to start on some of the top teams in the country. That's never enough to win a national title. The gap is even wider when it comes to depth.

 

[Eielson]

I think the only NBA player I'd pick to take a 16-seed to an NCAA Championship is Lebron James. I'm not sure there are any PG's I'd take, but it's hard to count out Steph, seeing as he basically took a team of similar caliber to the Elite 8.

The 16 seeds are often worse than quite a few non-tournament teams, though. As bad as OU was this year, I think we could have beaten all the 16-seeds. Before we had the 11-seed play-in games, USC might have been the last team out, and simply having a guy like Ball, Morris, Mason, etc. would have put them in contention for a Final 4 spot. If the criteria were "Best Non-NCAA Tournament Team," then I think there'd be a lot of NBA PG's capable of it.

 

[Laxtothemax12]

All NBA point guards could make a sixteen seed better. Carrying the team to a national championship is another matter entirely.

There is a reason a sixteen seed has never beaten a one seed. It's the talent gap at nearly every position, not just the point. A sixteen seed may have one player (two is even possible) who might be a candidate to start on some of the top teams in the country. That's never enough to win a national title. The gap is even wider when it comes to depth.

My thought is who would stop Curry? He can make any shot and is so much better than he was at Davidson when he went to the Elite 8. I think if you double or triple team him he would find guys open for easy layups. He also would drop 50-60 on each team.

 

[BoulderSooner]

My thought is who would stop Curry? He can make any shot and is so much better than he was at Davidson when he went to the Elite 8. I think if you double or triple team him he would find guys open for easy layups. He also would drop 50-60 on each team.

easy you play triangle and 2 ..

that takes away him (for the most part) and gives up no layups ..


unc would KILL a 16 seed plus curry

 

[Sooner04]

If this guy is the point guard then anything is possible.

 

[Eielson]

easy you play triangle and 2 ..

that takes away him (for the most part) and gives up no layups ..


unc would KILL a 16 seed plus curry

They ran a triangle-2 against Davidson once in college. Davidson won by 30.

 

[BoulderSooner]

They ran a triangle-2 against Davidson once in college. Davidson won by 30.

Davidson was way above a 16 seed ...

 

[Eielson]

Davidson was way above a 16 seed ...

No, they actually missed the tournament.

 

[AdaSooner]

My thought is who would stop Curry? He can make any shot and is so much better than he was at Davidson when he went to the Elite 8. I think if you double or triple team him he would find guys open for easy layups. He also would drop 50-60 on each team.

Who would stop Curry? Easy answer. Put Draymond Greene or Patrick Beverley on him for one quarter and he would be so beat up he couldn't lift his arms to shoot.