Can you name the Top 25 College Basketball Players of all-time (according to ESPN)?

Rank	Player	College (Years)
1		UCLA (1966-1969)
2		Cincinnati (1957-1960)
3		UCLA (1971-1974)
4		San Francisco (1953-1956)
5		LSU (1967-1970)
6		West Virginia (1957-1960)
7		Princeton (1963-1965)
8		North Carolina State (1973–1975)
9		Indiana State (1976-1979)
10		Kansas (1956-1958)
11		Ohio State (1959-1962)
12		Duke (1988-1992)
13		North Carolina (1981-1984)

Rank	Player	College (Years)
14		Houston (1965-1968)
15		Michigan State (1977-1979)
16		Georgetown (1981-1985)
17		LaSalle (1952-1955)
18		Virginia (1979-1983)
19		Seattle (1955-1957)
20		Oklahoma A&M (1944-1946)
21		Wake Forest (1993-1997)
22		Notre Dame (1969-1971)
23		Niagara (1967-1970)
24		Navy (1983-1987)
25		DePaul (1942-1946)

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	johnlk:	May 23rd, 2009 at 17:29 GMT		16 points
	Currently the best players tend not to stay in college, so I guess it's not too surprising. What current players would you think should be included who are not?

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	Kicking222:	May 23rd, 2009 at 18:05 GMT		-3 points
	How do I ALWAYS miss Elgin Baylor? Grr.

	ElDavo:	May 23rd, 2009 at 18:06 GMT		21 points
	Ralph Sampson won an award as the best player in college basketball three years straight, including two years when Michael Jordan was also playing. How is he only 18th?

	BrettCaudill:	May 23rd, 2009 at 18:26 GMT		-1 points
	no lebron james?! (but really, i kid)

	gammajamma:	May 23rd, 2009 at 19:00 GMT		9 points
	im surprised there was no len bias on the list

	y2jdilemma:	May 23rd, 2009 at 19:08 GMT		7 points
	@gamma...so am I...there are SOME...who say he was better at Maryland than Jordan was at UNC.

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	Kevin:	May 23rd, 2009 at 21:33 GMT		9 points
	Didn't Sampson also win the Naismith three years running?

	bradwell:	May 23rd, 2009 at 21:41 GMT		1 point
	despite only attending la salle for two semesters before transferring to columbia, it makes me happy whenever i get to type tom gola's name

	ElDavo:	May 23rd, 2009 at 22:00 GMT		0 points
	Kevin: That's what I meant, I couldn't remember the name and was too lazy to Wiki it.

	ElDavo:	May 23rd, 2009 at 22:01 GMT		1 point
	beckleyman: I'm not saying you're wrong, but are you saying players that have better teammates and are in bigger programs get higher on this list, even if they aren't better?

	stealthamo:	May 23rd, 2009 at 22:25 GMT		-4 points
	Please tell me I'm not the only one who couldn't figure out how to spell Laettner.

	cocky:	May 24th, 2009 at 01:04 GMT		4 points
	So why is Larry Bird so high? His teammates at Indiana State were worse than Sampson's guys at Virginia. A player should be judged by what he does, not by what he has to work with.

	DQuinn1575:	May 24th, 2009 at 01:41 GMT		4 points
	Oscar is #2, but less than 50% of people got him. ouch.

	toocool:	May 24th, 2009 at 01:52 GMT		5 points
	@widowmaker yeah Kurland is such a household name I too am totally shocked few people remember a guy from the 40's ;]

	toocool:	May 24th, 2009 at 02:22 GMT		3 points
	cocky: May 24th, 2009 at 05:04 GMT 1 point So why is Larry Bird so high? His teammates at Indiana State were worse than Sampson's guys at Virginia. A player should be judged by what he does, not by what he has to work with...... Hmmm,Bird took a small college who had NEVER even been in the NCAA tourney and just twice since,to the Nat'l Title game UNDEFEATED.A place Sampson never was.I say that IS being judged by what he did and it shows how great he actually was by his lack of help.Player of the Year is great but its just an award.I'm sure Blake Griffin would trade his P.O.Y. for a chance to be a champion.

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	Camden:	May 24th, 2009 at 04:47 GMT		-3 points
	What is TRUELY criminal is the omission of Danny Manning. The fact that he isn't in the top 10 is controversial. The fact that he isn't even on the list is just irresponsible. Michael Jordan had Scottie Pippen. Bird had McHale and Parish. Laettner had Hill and Hurley. Elway never won until he got Terrell Davis. Montant and Rice. I could go on and on.... Name me another player on a championship team in THE HISTORY OF TEAM SPORTS who was more esential to his team's success than Danny Manning. Take Danny Manning off of that team and they don't make the NIT let alone the NCAAs. Every single night you played Kansas you had to stop one guy. Danny Manning. Who else was going to beat you on that team? Scooter Barry? And they STILL won the National Title!! Danny Manning did what Kobe Bryant has been trying to prove he can do ever since Shaq left LA: Win it all with NO ONE else. No one. Larry Bird almost did it in college... Danny Manning did it. Magic Johnson had an all-american teammate in Greg Kelser. Alcindor and Walton had talent all around them. Robertson never won a title in college. Neither did Wilt! Danny Manning was Kevin Garnett before guys were going pro out of HS. Manning was what Garnett would have been had he gone to college. The fact that he isn't on this list infuriates me to no end.

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	Woopee:	May 24th, 2009 at 06:18 GMT		4 points
	Much agreed on the Len Bias point. Just because he never ended up in the NBA (truly a sad story) shouldn't count against his amazing college career at Maryland

	rutterb0:	May 24th, 2009 at 06:45 GMT		10 points
	Pete Maravich is the best player in college history, bar none.

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	Michael:	May 24th, 2009 at 15:07 GMT		7 points
	Maravich averaged 44 ppg in 3 years at LSU wow

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	Arthur:	May 24th, 2009 at 22:54 GMT		13 points
	@Camden: Come on man. I agree with a lot of your statements, Danny Manning was a good player. But you really need to stop ranting. You don't need 3 and 4 consecutive long posts.

	mister_pianoman:	May 25th, 2009 at 00:38 GMT		2 points
	Bevo Francis for the win. (look him up before you mark the post down)

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	cocky:	May 25th, 2009 at 22:24 GMT		3 points
	@enwl...My comment was somewhat toungue in cheek. I was responding to the comment that Jordan is higher than Sampson because he has a better team around him. I agree Bird was a spectacular college player to take that group to the finals.

	Dina:	May 26th, 2009 at 00:00 GMT		-4 points
	Whoa, I had no idea Abdul-Jabbar wasn't his real name. You learn something new every day!

	Nuclear_Knuckles:	May 26th, 2009 at 00:58 GMT		3 points
	It is his real name. It's not his given name.