Anteater Coach Russell Turner started a 7-foot-6 center, three big forwards and 6-foot-10 Mike Best at guard to unofficially set a record for the longest /largest starting five as UC Irvine got by Chapman University 65-51 last night.
Anteater athletics: "UC Irvine started what is believed to be the tallest lineup in college basketball history and the Anteaters held off a game Chapman team, 65-51, in non-conference action at the Bren Events Center Friday night.
Coach Russell Turner sent out 7-6 Mamadou Ndiaye, 7-2 Ioannis Dimakopoulos, 6-10 Mike Best, 6-10 Jonathan Galloway and 6-8 Shawn Ray to start the game. That group totaled 420 inches (35 feet or the equivalent of five 7-footers), 14 inches taller than any other college basketball starting five, according to STATS LLC in records kept since 1996-97..."
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