NCAA Basketball: Best Players from each Big East/AAC team of the 21st Century (2000-2018)

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SAN ANTONIO, TX – MARCH 21: Doug McDermott #3 of the Creighton Bluejays reacts after a play in the second half against the Louisiana Lafayette Ragin Cajuns during the second round of the 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at AT&T Center on March 21, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

Butler

Starting Five: Gordon Hayward, Matt Howard, Kelan Martin, Mike Green, A.J. Graves

Bench: Kellen Dunham, Roosevelt Jones, Shelvin Mack, Rylan Hainje, Brandon Polk, Andrew Chrabascz, Thomas Jackson

MVP: Hayward might be the bigger name and is the more talented player, but Howard IS Butler basketball as a person.

Creighton

Starting Five: Doug McDermott, Kyle Korver, Nate Funk, Marcus Foster, Anthony Tolliver

Bench: Booker Woodfox, Khyri Thomas, Justin Patton, Maurice Watson, Brody Deren, Antoine Young, Ben Walker

MVP: I mean, come on. With all apologies to Korver’s great Blue Jay career, it’s McBuckets.

DePaul

Starting Five: Wilson Chandler, Sammy Mejia, Quentin Richardson, Bobby Simmons, Quemont Greer

Bench: Billy Garrett Jr, Drake Diener, Sam Hoskin, Andre Brown, Deonte Holland, Draelon Burns

MVP: Probably Mejia

Georgetown

Starting Five: Jeff Green, Otto Porter, Roy Hibbert, Greg Monroe, Mike Sweetney

Bench: Austin Freeman, D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera, Markel Starks, Jason Clark, Jonathan Wallace, Henry Sims, Chris Wright, Brandon Bowman, Kevin Braswell

MVP: All five starters were about equal, but Hibbert gets the edge over Green and Porter for playing all four years.

Marquette

Starting Five: Dwyane Wade, Travis Diener, Jerel McNeal, Dominic James, Jae Crowder

Bench: Darius Johnson-Odom, Lazar Hayward, Wesley Matthews, Jimmy Butler, Cordell Henry, Brian Wardle, Vander Blue, Markus Howard

MVP: He only played two seasons, but it has to be Wade.

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