Famous Alumni Of NCAA Tournament Teams....

[The Great Escape]

http://www.fanhouse.com/news/ncaa-tournament/alumni-of-ncaa-tournament-teams/386694


several I did not know


Richard Simmons - Florida State
Ed Harris - Oklahoma
Kurt Vonnegut - Butler

and many others.

[TZ]

1. Billy Mays is an alumnus of WVU...

Oh Lyric..:P

[leftyclimber]

5. Not technically. He dropped out to hawk weird stuff and yell on television.

;)

[KamaAina]

2. Oh, these are just alumni of the *schools*

for a second there, I thought Richard Simmons actually played for the Seminoles! I know FSU hoops didn't use to be much, but sheesh!

One who did play for one of this year's tournament teams is Donovan McNabb of Syracuse. Yes, he walked on to basketball as his spring sport. He was a reserve guard on the Orange team that went to the '96 national final, making him (I believe) the only athlete to play in (or at least suit up for) both the Super Bowl and the Final Four.

http://www.orangehoops.org/dmcnabb.htm

I always thought they should have tried an onside kick with him jumping for it at the end of the SB with the Pats, considering kicker Akers is probably the most accurate in the NFL...

[fishwax]

13. Julius Peppers also played in the final four and the super bowl

He was a reserve on the North Carolina team that made the final four in 2000.

I didn't know that about McNabb, but that's definitely impressive.

[KamaAina]

14. After Allen Iverson was traded to the Pistons,

long-suffering Lions fans suggested that he might be the best quarterback currently residing in Detroit, having led his high school team to a state title.

Alas, he played hoops for Georgetown, which did not have football at the time, or he might be in this elite group.

[leftyclimber]

3. Jerry West - West Virginia University

along with Homer Hickham (one of the Rocket Boys), Don Knotts, Chris Sarandon, Marc Bulger, Chris Henry, Sam Huff, Stephen Coontz, and Kathy Mattea, to name a few.

(I cheated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notable_Alumni_of_West_Virginia_University)

[The Great Escape]

7. Homer Was a Hokie...

his brother Jim played football at VPI.

[leftyclimber]

9. Oops -- Hickham's from WV, not WVU.

The other ones are probably all wrong, too.

Except for Billy Mays. :rofl:

[The Great Escape]

11. no I believe the others are right....

the female lead singer of eighties one hit wonder band "Will to Power" graduated from WVU! LOL

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Ah, what a load of bullshit. It would mean something if any of the PLAYERS ever amounted to anything

[Ptah]

6. How about Morris Udall - U of AZ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Udall

[TZ]

8. How about Len Elmore of Maryland?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Elmore

[The Great Escape]

10. Gayle King

[hellbound-liberal]

15. Don't forget Lenny Bias, Larry David and Jim Henson were Terps!

Jim Henson went to the first school where I taught too. Right around the corner from UMd at Northwestern High in Hyattsville.

[hellbound-liberal]

16. Fred Biletnikoff went to Florida State, he amounted to something!

Non athletic alumni include Burt Reynolds, Robert Urich and Jim Morrison.

[sasquatch]

12. Richard Simmons...Kurt Vonnegut!!

:wow: