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Big East Basketball: Building 21st century lineups for each school with $15

By Brian Foley

Villanova's Kyle Lowry (1) and Randy Foye (2) celebrate in the final seconds of the game Monday, February 13, 2006 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA. Villanova University (4) upset University of Connecticut (1) 69-64. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images)
Villanova's Kyle Lowry (1) and Randy Foye (2) celebrate in the final seconds of the game Monday, February 13, 2006 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA. Villanova University (4) upset University of Connecticut (1) 69-64. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK – MARCH 07: Dante Cunningham #33 of the Villanova Wildcats defends against Wilson Chandler #22 of the DePaul Blue Demons during the first round of the Big East Championship at Madison Square Garden On March 7, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – MARCH 07: Dante Cunningham #33 of the Villanova Wildcats defends against Wilson Chandler #22 of the DePaul Blue Demons during the first round of the Big East Championship at Madison Square Garden On March 7, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /

DePaul Blue Demons

Guard

$5: Brandon Young (15 ppg and 4 apg, 2010-14)
$4: Billy Garrett Jr. (2015 honorable mention all-Big East, 2013-17)
$3: Imari Sawyer (11 ppg and 6 apg, 2000-02)
$2: Will Walker (11 ppg and 2 apg, 2006-10)
$1: Eli Cain (13 ppg and 3 apg, 2015-19)

Guard

$5: Max Strus (2019 second-team all-Big East, 2016-19)
$4: Draelon Burns (2008 second-team all-Big East, 2004-08)
$3: Drake Diener (2005 third-team all-Conference USA, 2001-05)
$2: Sammy Mejia (2007 second-team all-Big East, 2003-07)
$1: Jamee Crockett (9 ppg and 3 rpg, 2011-15)

Forward

$5: Quemont Greer (2005 first-team all-Conference USA, 2001-05)
$4: Wilson Chandler (2007 second-team all-Conference USA, 2005-07)
$3: Dar Tucker (16 ppg and 5 rpg, 2007-09)
$2: Myke Henry (13 ppg and 6 rpg, 2013-16)
$1: Tre’Darius McCallum (10 ppg and 6 rpg, 2016-18)

Forward

$5: Bobby Simmons (2000 second-team all-Conference USA, 1998-2001)
$4: Delonte Holland (2004 second-team all-Conference USA, 2002-04)
$3: Sam Hoskin (2003 second-team all-Conference USA, 2001-03)
$2: Cleveland Melvin (2012 honorable mention all-Big East, 2010-14)
$1: Paul Reed (9 ppg and 6 rpg, 2017-present)

Center

$5: Andre Brown (2004 second-team all-Conference USA, 2000-04)
$4: Mac Koshwal (13 ppg and 9 rpg, 2007-10)
$3: Lance Williams (11 ppg and 6 rpg, 1998-2002)
$2: Tommy Hamilton (9 ppg and 5 rpg, 2013-16)
$1: Marin Maric (14 ppg and 7 rpg, 2017-18)

My Lineup

G: Imari Sawyer ($3)
G: Max Strus ($5)
F: Quemont Greer ($5)
F: Paul Reed ($1)
C: Marin Maric ($1)

Scouting Report: Sawyer is a heady facilitator, Strus and Greer are elite bucket-getters, and Reed and Maric are $1 steals capable of swinging a game from their frontcourt posts.

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