Have you ever wondered what it would be like to draft a fantasy team in college basketball? I know there’s a select few of you reading this who are sickos to the level where you already engaged for years in such nefarious behavior, but for most, college sports have never caught on from a fantasy perspective. Today, we’re changing that.
With it being 2025, and with today being the day the NFL is back, we wanted to blend the two ideas for a fun, once-in-a-quarter-century college hoops project. Being 25 years into the 21st century gives us obvious and easy reasons to reflect on college basketball since we entered the new millennium. (We previously ranked the biggest stars over the past 25 years and college basketball’s most notable stories since 2000.)
Now it’s time for our first college hoops fantasy draft. The sport has produced dozens of studs over the past 25 years: Zion, Psycho T, Carmelo, AD, KD, Kemba, Jimmer, JJ, Doug McBuckets and so many more. Who got drafted when? You’ll have to scroll down to find out. The only stipulation for our draft: In order to be eligible, a player’s career had to have started from the 1999-2000 season or later, which eliminated the likes of Shane Battier and Juan Dixon.
Our six-man roster of college hoops scribes opted for an eight-round, snake-style draft that included seven players (five starters, two guys off the bench) and a head coach. The draft order was drawn at random and here’s how it landed.
1. Isaac Trotter
2. Cameron Salerno
3. Kyle Boone
4. David Cobb
5. Matt Norlander
6. Gary Parrish
This was a draft exclusively about how good these players were in college, not their NBA careers. So, who picked the best fantasy team? Every GM makes their case. You can decide and let us know. We’ll roll out the teams in the same order as the draft, and don’t forget to cast your vote.
Trotter: AD at No. 1 + an array of super-fun guards …
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