Here's the 2016 NCAA Tournament All-Name Team
By Kyle Koster
The field is set. Possible Cinderellas have been identified. Office pool managers around this great nation are walking into work with an added sense of purpose this morning.
There are so many reasons to be excited for the NCAA Tournament. The Big Lead’s All-Name Team is near the top of that list.
The team is broken down by region. We’ll allow each squad to dress as many players as deserve recognition because this, after all, a fictional team.
To the names …
First Four
Guard: Maxx Bleecher, Florida Gulf Coast
Guard: Ghassan Nehme, Fairleigh Dickinson
Guard: Wade Baldwin IV, Vanderbilt
Forward: Marc Eddy Norelia, Florida Gulf Coast
Forward: Derek Mountain, Holy Cross
Subs: TK Edogi, Tulsa; Emmanuel Ezechinonso, Tulsa; Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, Michigan; Moritz Wagner, Michigan; Trelun Banks, Southern
East
Guard: Shaqquan Aaron, USC
Guard: Junior Lomomba, Providence
Guard: Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Forward: Skal Labissiere, Kentucky
Forward: Khalil Iverson, Wisconsin
Subs: Strahinja Gavrilovic, USC; OG Anunoby, Indiana; ZaQwaun Matthews, Chattanooga; DeShaun Thrower, Stony Brook; Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame; Daxter Miles Jr., West Virginia; Dallas Cameron, Stephen F. Austin; Alonzo Nelson-Ododa, Pittsburgh; Kaiser Gates, Xavier; Kiko Stavrev, Weber State; McKay Cannon, Weber State; Kyndahl Hill, Weber State
Midwest
Guard: Schadrac Casimir, Iona
Guard: Scoochie Smith, Dayton
Guard: Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn, Jr, Michigan State
Forward: Jack Salt, Virginia
Forward: Basil Smotherman, Purdue
Subs: Quinton Chievous, Hampton; Donovan Ham, Texas Tech; Dakota Mathias, Purdue; Lis Shoshi, Arkansas-Little Rock; Nazareth Mitrou-Long, Iowa State; Georges Niang, Iowa State; Ryden Hines, Iona; Khadeen Carrington, Seton Hall; Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga; Brekkott Chapman, Utah; Doyin Akintobi-Adeyeye, Syracuse; Giddy Potts, Middle Tennessee; Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
South
Guard: Ayan Nunez de Carvalho, Temple
Guard: Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova
Guard: Skyler Flatten, South Dakota State
Forward: Amida Brimah, UConn
Forward: Diamond Stone, Maryland
Subs: Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Kansas; Cheick Diallo, Kansas; Melo Trimble, Maryland; Roger Moute a Bidias, California; Ivan Cruz Uceda, Miami; Jarryn Skeete, Buffalo; Dom Uhl, Iowa; Levan Shawn Alston Jr., Temple; Giacomo Zilli, UNC Ashville
West
Guard: Turner Botz, Green Bay
Guard: Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Forward: Papa Ndao, Saint Joseph’s
Forward: Prince Ibeh, Texas
Forward: DJ Hogg, Texas A&M
Subs: Roman Sorkin, Oregon; Pierfrancesco Oliva, Saint Joseph’s; Octavius Ellis, Cincinnati; Rico Gathers, Baylor; Chase Jeter, Duke; Kerwin Roach Jr., Texas; Wyatt Lohaus, Northern Iowa; Tonny Trocha-Morelos, Texas A&M; Tres Tinkle, Oregon State; Mo Alie-Cox, VCU
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