ESPN 25 Greatest College Players

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In 2008 ESPN compiled a list of the twenty-five best players in the history of NCAA Division I men's basketball. IBM sponsored it, so it is officially called the IBM Top 25 Greatest Players in College Basketball history.

Rank	Player	School	Last Year Played
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (formerly Lew Alcindor)	UCLA Bruins	1969
2	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati Bearcats	1960
3	Bill Walton	UCLA Bruins	1974
4	Bill Russell	San Francisco Dons	1956
5	Pete Maravich	LSU Tigers	1970
6	Jerry West	West Virginia Mountaineers	1960
7	Bill Bradley	Princeton Tigers	1965
8	David Thompson	North Carolina State Wolfpack	1973
9	Larry Bird	Indiana State Sycamores	1978
10	Wilt Chamberlain	Kansas Jayhawks	1958
11	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State Buckeyes	1962
12	Christian Laettner	Duke Blue Devils	1992
13	Michael Jordan	North Carolina Tar Heels	1984
14	Elvin Hayes	Houston Cougars	1968
15	Magic Johnson	Michigan State Spartans	1979
16	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown Hoyas	1985
17	Tom Gola	La Salle Explorers	1955
18	Ralph Sampson	Virginia Cavaliers	1983
19	Elgin Baylor	Seattle Redhawks	1958
20	Bob Kurland	Oklahoma A&M Aggies	1946
21	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	1997
22	Austin Carr	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	1971
23	Calvin Murphy	Niagara Purple Eagles	1970
24	David Robinson	Navy Midshipmen	1987
25	George Mikan	DePaul Blue Demons	1946

External Links

• ESPN Top 25 page