2009-2010 College Basketball Season Preview: All-Name Teams

Kevin Pittsnoggle.

Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje.

Pops Mensah-Bonsu.

I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that a number of my favorite college hoopers of all-time are on that list simply because they had names that were, well, memorable.

With last season's clear-cut champ Chief Kickingstallionsims graduating, who will be this years best-named players?

All-Name First Team

Bak Bak, California
Just-in'Love Smith, Siena
Alibaba Odd, Deleware State
Blaise Ffrench, UTEP
Orion Outerbridge, Rhode Island

Ffrench's twitter name is JusBlaise.
(photo credit: Nathan Blue)

All-Name Second Team

Ja'Rob Macallum, UW-Milwaukee
Papa Guise, Cal St Fullerton
Colt Idol, Montana State
McIntoshe Alcius, Winston Salem
Lex Mongo, UMass

Ja'Rob McCallum played pick-up with La'Barack Obama.
(photo credit: daylife)

All-Name Third Team

Eni Cuka, North Florida
Duke Mondy, Providence
Chron Tatum, Idaho State
Wquinton Smith, Wisconsin
Dera Nd-Ezuma, Rider

All-Name Fourth Team

Nimrod Tishman, Florida
Magnum Rolle, Louisiana Tech
Bol Kong, Gonzaga
Mick Hedgepeth, Belmont
Storm Warren, LSU


So there you have it. The best 20 names in college basketball. But after going through the rosters of some 344 teams, there were more than just 20 guys with notable names.

Here are your honorable mentions.

All-Apostrophe First Team

Drake U'u , Cal Poly
An'Juan Wilderness, Charlotte
P'Allen Stinnett, Creighton
Sai'Quon Stone, Southern Mississippi
Da'Veed Dildy, Stanford

All-Apostrophe Second Team

De'Shaud Johnson, East Tennessee State
D'Walyn Roberts, Texas Tech
Jer'Vaughn Johnson, Cal. State Fullerton
La'Shard Anderson, Boise State
La'Ryan Gary, Louisiana-Lafayette


All-Sounds-Like-A-Disease Team

Tim Abromaitis, Notre Dame
Larry Gorganious, UC-Riverside
Mantoris Robinson, Winthrop
Zisis Sarikopolous, Ohio State
Dinko Marshavelski, Northeastern


All-Parents-Couldn't-Decide-On-A-Name Team

JohnMark Ludwick, William & Mary
JohnDre Jefferson, South Carolina
Markeith Cummings, Kennesaw State
Ella Ellis, Army
Gary Garris, NJIT


All-Edible Team

Cosmo Morabi, Citadel
Pawel Kielbasa, Chicago State
Derwin Kitchen, Florida State
Montarrio Haddock, Middle Tennessee State
Greg Danish, LaSalle


All-Inanimate-Object Team

Radar Onguetou, New Hampshire
Ivory McGilvery, Texas Pan-Am
Moussa Camara, Binghamton
Trinity Fields, Iona
J'hared Hall, Loyola (MD)


All-Misspelled-Name Team

Aaric Murray, La Salle
Rotnei Clarke, Arkansas
BeJay Corley, Mercer
Jarrid Famous, South Florida
Erique Gumbs, Towson