Storming the Floor recently put together an intriguing fantasy roster of would-be Olympians had the United States decided to go with college rather than pro players for the 2008 Games. Using without using incoming freshman or recent draftees, their roster included the likes of UCLA’s Darren Collison, ASU’s James Harden, and — surprisingly maybe to everyone but us –- Arizona’s Jordan Hill (STF did note that finding amateur big men was a difficult task, but congrats to Jordan all the same).

Glaringly omitted, however, was Wildcat small forward Chase Budinger. Others left off the list were Kyle Singler, Luke Harangody, Austin Daye (injured), Hasheem Thabeet, Gerald Henderson and Pac-10rs Taj Gibson and Jon Brockman.

Here’s how our line-up would break down, if such things were up to us (all biases being western, obviously):

1st Team

PG: Darren Collison, UCLA
SG: James Harden, Arizona State
SF: Chase Budinger, Arizona
PF: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
C: Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

2nd Team

PG: Ty Lawson, North Carolina
SG: Stephen Curry, Davidson
SF: Kyle Singler, Duke
PF: Jon Brockman, Washington
C: Hasheem Thabeet, UConn

And then round out the roster with Florida PG Nick Calathes, Notre Dame’s PF/C Luke Harangody, and Duke’s G/F Gerald Henderson. Sorry, Jordan… Feel free to prove us wrong.