The phrase "a hypothetical team" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a team that is imagined or theoretical, often in the context of examples, scenarios, or discussions about potential situations.
Example: "In our analysis, we will consider the performance metrics of a hypothetical team to illustrate our points."
Alternatives: "an imagined team" or "a theoretical team".
Kirkwood is well aware of this sentiment, and while he hopes a hypothetical relocated team or expansion team truly becomes a second favorite for diehard fans of another team, he's banking on a new crop of fans with more of a blank easel when it comes to team loyalty.
Pomeroy ran a study computing the expected winning percentage of a hypothetical best team in college basketball, if that team played a double round-robin in each conference.
The toughest conference would be the one that produced the lowest winning percentage for the hypothetical team.
Manage a hypothetical crisis with team role-playing sessions.
So imagine a hypothetical high-school soccer team of 20 girls, a fairly typical roster size, and multiply it by the conservative estimate of 200 exposures a season.
In that scenario McEvoy would be at a loose end the following week, when he'll want to press for a senior spot for a hypothetical Hawks grand final team.
A campus Web site about the team answers a hypothetical question, "Can't you just make people leave campus if they are a problem?" in this way: "When people remain part of the Virginia Tech community, on-campus resources are available to them, and campus administrators are in contact with them to provide support they might not have if they were removed".
To prove that, the team made a hypothetical calculation: if Bristol Bay had only a single population of salmon, it would crash much more often and the fishery would have be closed 10 times more frequently than currently happens.
It is also wise to ask your candidates how they'd organize your development team, given a hypothetical project.
