Coolest-named Opposing Player - Round 1

[warriorchick]

I have a bit of an obsession with interesting  or colorful names, and I can't help but notice that NCAA basketball teams have more than their share.  As you recall, Vander Blue came in second in a running poll for the coolest named player in the tournament last year:

proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/polling?event_id=4766

The winner was NC State's Staats Battle.  He was a walk-on, so I'm not even sure if he should have been eligible, but moving on....

I thought it would be fun to have a running contest of the coolest-named opposing player as we go up against each team.  After each game, we put up the current leader against a few guys from our most recent opponent.

Whoever is left standing after our last game (NCAA championship, natch), will be the winner.

[chapman]

A few nice names on the list, but since Burnatowski beat the crap out of our guys I'll give him my vote.

[warriorchick]

And who woulda thunk that there would ever be another dude name Lazar playing at the BC?  Is that a common first name in Serbia?

[Dr. Blackheart]

If Mitch's name was Rick, he would have garnered my vote...however, I went with "The Murphski"

[romey]

I went with Murph too.  Too bad it isn't Damon Sherman-Newman.  The triple "man" would have been nice.  And what's with all the hyphenated last names over the past 5-10 years?

[warriorchick]

I went with Murph too.  Too bad it isn't Damon Sherman-Newman.  The triple "man" would have been nice.  And what's with all the hyphenated last names over the past 5-10 years?

Danged feminists.

They ran out of room for his name on the BC scoreboard last night.  It displayed as "Sherman-Newsome, Dam"

[brewcity77]

Gotta be Murphy Burnatowski. How can I not love another Mick Polock like myself?

[Hards Alumni]

Danged feminists.

They ran out of room for his name on the BC scoreboard last night.  It displayed as "Sherman-Newsome, Dam"

Or fathers running off.  Who knows.

[Lennys Tap]

If Mitch's name was Rick, he would have garnered my vote...however, I went with "The Murphski"

How about if his first name was Royce?

[warriorchick]

Gotta be Murphy Burnatowski. How can I not love another Mick Polock like myself?

I needed to keep the list down to a reasonable number, so unfortunately, I had to leave off Colgate bench-rider Stosh O'Callahan

[CTWarrior]

Gotta be Murphy Burnatowski. How can I not love another Mick Polock like myself?

As a fellow Mick/Eastern Euopean (Hungarian), I agree.  Not only that, the kid can play. 

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

There was also a kid on Colgate named Chad Johnson. Now, its not necessarily a unique mane but some of us in the student section did enjoy chanting "Ocho-Cinco" when he went to the free-throw line.

[MUfan12]

It's a good thing the early 2000's TCU teams aren't eligible, or this thing would be over.

[Real Chilly Podcast]

I doubt we ever played Pacific during his years there, but I'd have to say my all time favorite is... wait for it...

Solomon Horsechief

[muwarrior69]

Jumping the gun:

Butler:
Andrew Smeathers
Rotnel Clark
Chase Stigall

UNC: ( If we get past Butler)
Wade Moody
Desmond Hubert (2 first or 2 last names)

Florida:
Braxton Obgueze
Scottie Wilbekin

LSU:
Charles Carmouche
Malik Morgan

[warriorchick]

Jumping the gun:

Butler:
Andrew Smeathers
Rotnel Clark
Chase Stigall

UNC: ( If we get past Butler)
Wade Moody
Desmond Hubert (2 first or 2 last names)

Florida:
Braxton Obgueze
Scottie Wilbekin

LSU:
Charles Carmouche
Malik Morgan

Have impulse control issues, 69?

At least you didn't dip into the BEast yet.  The best conference for names, hands down.

Just ask God'sGift Achiuwa.

[Benny B]

Had to go with Mitch Rolls... probably because I've had a craving for sushi the past few days, and even a "mitch roll" sounds half-way appetizing right now.

[slack00]

Jumping the gun:

Butler:
Andrew Smeathers
Rotnel Clark
Chase Stigall

UNC: ( If we get past Butler)
Wade Moody
Desmond Hubert (2 first or 2 last names)

Florida:
Braxton Obgueze
Scottie Wilbekin

LSU:
Charles Carmouche
Malik Morgan

You went too far.  Tuesday's opponent Southeastern Louisiana has a Forward named Onochie Ochie.

[muwarrior69]

Have impulse control issues, 69?

At least you didn't dip into the BEast yet.  The best conference for names, hands down.

Just ask God'sGift Achiuwa.

Nah! Just a retired alum with some extra time on his hands today!

[muwarrior69]

You went too far.  Tuesday's opponent Southeastern Louisiana has a Forward named Onochie Ochie.

Ouch! I missed that.

[w0bbie]

You went too far.  Tuesday's opponent Southeastern Louisiana has a Forward named Onochie Ochie.

That will be hard to beat.  However, if there is a team prize I think it has to go to St. John's.  Three of their player's have an apostrophe in their first name.  That's tough to pull off.

[GGGG]

To the surprise of no one, Wisconsin has the most "vanilla" names on its roster.

[Rudy]

Damon actually showed up as "Dam" all night in the scoreboard, so that's how he got my vote.

[hairy worthen]

To the surprise of no one, Wisconsin has the most "vanilla" names on its roster.

you mean "traditional" names

[4everwarriors]

For all the hoodlums out there, "Wannah Bail."