College Basketball’s Best Names – 2010 Edition

| November 15, 2010 | 11:02 am | 8 Comments

After our research staff combed through all 346 Division I college basketball rosters, we came up with our Top 40 best names of the 2010 season.  Players have been separated into four regions.  Which region would you pick to win the All-Name Tournament?  


EAST
Cosmo Morabbi — Junior Guard — The Citadel Bulldogs
Billy Kidd — Freshman Guard — Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens
Matt Milk — Freshman Forward — St. Francis (NY) Terriers
Picasso Simmons — Senior Guard — Murray State Racers
Ivory White — Junior Guard — Alabama State Hornets — surprise, he’s black
Isaac Butts — Senior Center — Appalachian State Mountaineers
Ella Ellis — Sophomore Forward — Army Black Knights
Rob Chubb — Sophomore Center — Auburn Tigers — Rob 6’10″ 220lbs – far from a chub
Anthony Dees — Freshman Guard — Campbell Fighting Camels — I’m sure he’s never been called “Nuts” before
Pe’Shon Howard — Freshman Forward — Maryland Terrapins — Pssh.


MIDWEST
Cashmere Wright — Sophomore Guard — Cincinnati Bearcats 
Robo Kreps — Senior Guard — Illinois-Chicago Flames
Bubu Palo — Freshman Guard — Iowa State Cyclones
Baba Diallo — Sophomore Forward — Centenary Gentlemen 
Christian Standharddinger — Sophomore Forward — Nebraska Cornhuskers
Pendarvis Williams — Freshman Guard — Norfolk State Spartans — first a BenJarvus, now a Pendarvis?
Diamond Taylor — Freshman Guard — Southern Illinois Salukis — Taylor is such a unique last name
A’uston Calhoun — Sophomore Forward — Bowling Green State Falcons — for the rest of today, I am G’oergs
JaDarius Davis — Freshman Forward — Central Arkansas Bears — It’s a slippery slope with the La’s, Ja’s and Da’s before real names
Steffphon Pettigrew — Senior Forward — Western Kentucky Hilltoppers — the ‘ffph’ might be overkill

SOUTH
Dundrecous Nelson — Freshman Guard — Mississippi Rebels 
Steadman Short — Freshman Forward — Mississippi Rebels — he’s 6’9″
Brock Shorter — Junior Forward — Mississippi Rebels — he’s 6’7″…Short and Shorter…at least it makes sense
Onochie Ochie — Freshman Guard/Forward — Southeastern Louisiana Lions
Ray Ray Chase — Freshman Forward — Southern Jaguars — a white guy could never get away with “Jeff Jeff”
Keithtrick Denson — Junior Forward — Texas Southern Tigers
Junior Treasure — Senior Guard — Texas Southern Tigers
Oneykautukwu Abiakam — Senior Guard — Texas Southern Tigers — say that one time fast
Ife Eke — Freshman Forward — Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks — the anti-Oneykautukwu Abiakam
LaceDarius Dunn — Senior Guard — Baylor Bears — this makes JaDarius seem normal


WEST
Angus Brandt — Sophomore Forward/Center — Oregon State Beavers
Chris Mast — Junior Guard — Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders –’Tis the season!
Beloved Rogers — Sophomore Guard — Prairie View A&M Panthers — I wonder if he is.
Bol Kong — Junior Forward — Gonzaga Bulldogs
Tomas Bruha — Sophomore Center — San Francisco Dons — he needs an extra “ha”
Jay Wey — Junior Guard — San Francisco Dons — No wey.  Wey.
Pooh Williams — Senior Guard/Forward — Utah State Aggies
JayDee Luster — Junior Guard — Wyoming Cowboys — What’s the shortened version?
Bak Bak — Sophomore Forward — California Golden Bears — Somewhere Chris Berman is smiling
Drake U’u — Sophomore Guard — Cal Poly Mustangs — The Cameron Crazies would have a field day when he commits a foul, “you, you, you, you”

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  1. ccallaway33 says:

    I was listening to the UW Badgers play Prairie View A&M yesterday on the radio and they kept saying "Beloved Rogers" and I was wondering if I was hearing something wrong. Guess I wasn't.

  2. Anonymous says:

    fab melo?

  3. Anonymous says:

    Fab Melo and Baye Moussa Keita?

  4. Anonymous says:

    Just give it to Robokreps.

  5. Goergs says:

    No love for Drake U'u or Picasso Simmons, huh?

  6. Ralph says:

    Some great ones here.

  7. Anonymous says:

    Vander Blue – Marquette

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