BTN.com staff, February 11, 2015

NBA All-Star Weekend tips off Friday night in New York City.

The Big Ten doesn't have any players in the All-Star Game, but it will have representation in several of the festivities surrounding it.

Former Indiana teammates Victor Oladipo (Orlando) and Cody Zeller (Charlotte) and ex-Michigan point guard Trey Burke (Utah) will team up in the Rising Stars Challenge (9 p.m. ET, Friday on TNT), while Oladipo (Slam Dunk Contest; 8:30 p.m. ET, Saturday on TNT) and Burke (Skills Challenge; 8:30 p.m. ET, Saturday on TNT) will pull double duty.

College basketball has no equivalent, unfortunately, but we always like to compile a mythical Big Ten All-Star Team and offer our top slam dunk and 3-point shootout candidates.

This year, BTN.com's Sean Merriman and Brent Yarina each drafted a starting five of Big Ten players, with Merriman picking first in a five-round snaking draft.

See how the draft went below.

ROUND 1
Merriman: D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State
Yarina: Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin

ROUND 2
Yarina: D.J. Newbill, Penn State
Merriman: Yogi Ferrell, Indiana

ROUND 3
Merriman: Melo Trimble, Maryland
Yarina: Aaron White, Iowa

ROUND 4
Yarina: Branden Dawson, Michigan State
Merriman: Sam Dekker, Wisconsin

ROUND 5
Merriman: James Blackmon Jr., Indiana
Yarina: Denzel Valentine, Michigan State

TEAM MERRIMAN
G: Melo Trimble, Maryland
G: Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
G: D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State
G: James Blackmon, Indiana
F: Sam Dekker, Wisconsin

TEAM YARINA
G: Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
G: D.J. Newbill, Penn State
F: Branden Dawson, Michigan State
F: Aaron White, Iowa
F/C: Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin

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And now, it's time to pick the contestants for the always-popular 3-point shootout and dunk content. The NBA is going with eight players in the 3-point shootout and four in the dunk contest, so we have done the same.

3-POINT SHOOTOUT
James Blackmon Jr., Indiana
Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Bryn Forbes, Michigan State
Andre Hollins, Minnesota
Zak Irvin, Michigan
D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State
Kendall Stephens, Purdue
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State

Editor's note: Marc Loving, the Big Ten's leading 3-point shooter (53 percent), was not considered due to current suspension.

SLAM DUNK CONTEST
Branden Dawson, Michigan State
Sam Dekker, Wisconsin
Sam Thompson, Ohio State
Troy Williams, Indiana

Who did we miss, Big Ten fans?