Who is your all-time Ute basketball starting five?

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- 04/24/2017 at 6:43 PM #33095
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  Tony (admin)
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  Offseason discussion topic. Who is your all-time Utah basketball starting five? Here’s mine:
  
  Guard: Andre Miller
  Guard: Jimmy Soto
  Forward: Danny Vranes
  Forward: Keith Van Horn
  Center: Andrew Bogut
- 04/24/2017 at 6:51 PM #33096
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  Texasute
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  Trade Manny Hendrix for Jimmy Soto and you have my list……
- 04/24/2017 at 7:11 PM #33097
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  harryute
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  Trade Mike Newlin for Soto and Billy McGill for Bogut.
- 04/24/2017 at 7:50 PM #33098
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  Milton Vanderslice
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  How good was Tom Chambers? His number hasn’t been retired, but I have memories of him being great. Where would he rank all time in the Utah Centers list?
  
  He was drafted #8 in the NBA so I take it that he was really good, and I’d say he had a better NBA career than Bogut so far.
  
  Chambers is the only NBA player to score 20,000+ points and not make it to the Hall of Fame.
  - 04/24/2017 at 8:00 PM #33099
    
    Milton Vanderslice
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  - 04/24/2017 at 8:10 PM #33102
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    Tony (admin)
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    His number was retired by the Phoenix Suns. He was a stud. The Vranes, Chambers, Bankowski group was awesome.
- 04/25/2017 at 9:21 AM #33105
  
  utefansince79
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  For an all time list, you certainly have to include Arnie Ferrin (4 time All American and helped lead the Utes to NCAA and NIT titles.)
- 04/25/2017 at 10:11 AM #33106
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  Great1Ute
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  Good list. I might replace Jimmy Soto with Delon Wright or Pace Mannion.
- 04/25/2017 at 10:12 AM #33107
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  Mano
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  I can only really comment on players I have watched, which would start in the Jerry Pimm era.
  
  Starters:
  G – Jeff Jonas
  G – Andre Miller
  F – Danny Vranes
  F – Keith Van Horn
  C – Andrew Bogut
  
  Second team
  G – Delon Wright
  G – Jeff Judkins
  F – Josh Grant
  F – Tom Chambers
  C – Mike Doleac
  - 04/25/2017 at 4:58 PM #33114
    
    ironman1315
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    I’d put Ninja Poetl on the second team.
- 04/25/2017 at 10:13 AM #33108
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  Newbomb Turk
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  I would replace Soto with Ticky Burden and Bogut with Billy McGill.
- 04/25/2017 at 4:47 PM #33112
  
  javadave
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  No Kelvin Upshaw?
  - 04/25/2017 at 10:01 PM #33123
    
    homer
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    Kelvin was a nice player. Not in Newlin’s, Ticky’s, or several others league.
- 04/26/2017 at 2:54 PM #33142
  
  Uterider
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  Who on this list would have been a PAC 12 POY as a sophomore? Well Poetel was.
  
  I don’t know where you put him but you can’t leave him off a two deep roster.
- 11/22/2023 at 8:20 PM #205508
  
  Ute Dub
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  Is it weird that Utah went further, to the title game, without Van Horn?
  - 11/22/2023 at 9:03 PM #205509
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    EagleMountainUte
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    Andre Miller he is the GOAT Ute basketball player to me always and forever. He also was a class act and great person all around.
- 11/23/2023 at 8:27 AM #205541
  
  Jim Vanderhoof
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  G- Miller
  G- Ticky Burden (pre 3 pt shot still averaged 28)
  F- VanHorn
  F- Vranes
  C- Bogut
  - 11/23/2023 at 12:16 PM #205584
    
    Rick
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    I’ve loved reading this thread. There are so many others that were terrific or had memorable moments.
    -Mike Doleac
    -Jeff Jonas
    -Earl Williams
    -Greg Deane
    -Buster Matheney
    -Angelo Robinson
    -Mitch Smith
    -Jerry Stroman
    -Walter Williams
    -Paul Afeaki
    I could keep going. So many memories.
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