What State Can Boast the Best All-Time College Starting 5

A friend of mine in Louisiana gave me a great idea for a blog. What state in the union would have the best all-time college all-star starting five? He made a great case for Louisiana. his starting five were Bob Petit, Pete Maravich, Shaquile Oneal, Karl Malone and Chris Jackson (later changed name to Mahmoud Abdul Raouf). That's an excellent case.

My vote might be the state of North Carolina. Here is my all-time starting five for NC: Jerry Stackhouse, Michael Jordan, Lou Hudson, Dominique Wilkins and Bobby Jones. Yes, I know some of you are screaming for Tyler Hansbrough, but he is not from the state of North Carolina. He is from Missouri. He would definitely be on the Missouri all-time starting five. The five players I mentioned all at least went to high school in North Carolina. By the way, Dominique Wilkins played high school ball in Washington, NC.

Here is my case for Georgia having the best all-time college starting five. they at least played high school ball in Georgia. Norm Nixon, started on the L.A Lakers 1982 NBA Championship team with Magic and Kareem. He went to SW Macon in Macon, Ga. I believe during his tenure there, SW Macon was ranked #1 in the country. Horace Grant, who one 6 NBA titles with Jordan and the Bulls. He played high school ball in Sparta, GA and was an All-American at Clemson. By the way, to qualify, the players need to have played college ball. Kenny "Sky" Walker, who was a star at the Univ. of Kentucky. He is from Georgia. Ricky Moore from Macon, GA, who played for the UCONN Huskies and is now in the NBA. My final Georgia player is Jody Meeks. He scored 54 points for Kentucky this past year breaking the school's all-time single game scoring total. Jody is from Norcross, GA, a suburb of Atlanta. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in this past Summer's NBA Draft. I'll make Brian Oliver my sixth man. Oliver was part of the "Lethal Weapon Three" trio who led Georgia Tech to the 1990 Final Four. There have been so many great players from Georgia to play college and pro ball. This was a tough call.

Feel free to post your state's case for the best all-time college starting five. You can throw in a sixth man also. By the way, my sixth man for the North Carolina contingent would be Stephan Curry. Your comments please.