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- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. College: UCLA. Years Active: 1966- 1969. Average: 26.4 points, 15.5 rebounds. Accolades: 3x NCAA Champion, 3x NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player, 3x National College Player of the Year, 3x Consensus first-team All-American.
- Pete Maravich. College: LSU. Years Active: 1967- 1970. Average: 44.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists. Accolades: 2x National College player of the year, 3x Consensus first-team All-American, 3x SEC Player of the Year, 3x NCAA Season Scoring Leader, All-Time NCAA Division I leading scorer.
- Bill Russell. College: San Francisco. Years Active: 1953- 1956. Average: 20.7 points, 20.3 rebounds. Accolades: 2x NCAA Champion, 2x NCAA All-Tourney, 2x NCAA All-Region, NCAA Tourney Most Outstanding Player, 2x Consensus All-American.
- Bill Walton. College: UCLA. Years Active: 1971- 1974. Average: 20.3 points, 15.7 rebounds. Accolades: 2x NCAA Champion, 3x NCAA All-Tourney, 3x NCAA All-Region, 2x NCAA Most Outstanding Player, 2x Player of the Year, 3x Naismith Award, 3x Consensus All-American.
- Luka Garza, Iowa: The Hawkeyes' Garza is the only player selected to one of last season's CBS Sports All-America teams who returned to college for the 2020-21 season, which makes him the most logical person to top this list.
- Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State: The freshman point guard who can become the face of the sport this season, Cunningham is the most coveted recruit in program history and has grown to 6-8 and is 218 pounds at last check in early November.
- Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois: After an All-Big Ten First Team breakout last season, Dosunmu opted to put a pause on his NBA career and is back as a junior to lead a top-10 Illini team.
- Marcus Zegarowski, Creighton: Our preseason pick for Big East Player of the Year is an elite 3-point shooter. But he's also an excellent distributor with a knack for creating shots inside the arc.
Feb 12, 2024 · Thompson was a three-time ACC Player of the Year and All-American and is still considered one of the most exciting players in the history of college basketball. The high-flying Thompson averaged 26.8 points and led the Wolfpack to the 1974 National Championship. He’s the only N.C. State player to have his number (44) retired by the school.
- Lew Alcindor – Size, quickness, and intelligence. Alcindor was a near-perfect player. Before he was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he was Lew Alcindor, a basketball star for UCLA.
- “Pistol” Pete Marovich – The Pistol’s scoring record remains unmatched. It may take two looks, but it is true, Pete Maravich averaged 44.2 ppg during his college career.
- Bill Russell – Started filling his trophy case at U.S.F. And here we’ve arrived at the only player who can put Alcindor/Kareem to shame in the championship category, as Russell amassed 13 total titles during his tenure with the University of San Francisco (a small, private Jesuit college located near S.F.’
- Bill Walton – He was just as good at assisting as he was at scoring, and he was a great scorer. Is it fair that UCLA had both Alcindor and Walton at the center?
- Zach Edey, Purdue. It's always fun to start this list with an easy pick. The reigning CBS Sports National Player of the Year is back to push Purdue to the top of the rankings and make a push for a Final Four.
- Armando Bacot, North Carolina. Bacot is in the top three of this list for the second straight year even though his Tar Heels were the biggest disappointment in the sport last season.
- Kyle Filipowski, Duke. Duke's national title hopes rest in no small part on Filipowski's expected emergence as a sophomore in the middle of the Blue Devils' offense.
- Hunter Dickinson, Kansas. Dickinson entered the transfer portal after three productive seasons at Michigan, where he was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2021.
Nov 1, 2023 · Austin Carr will always be known for being one of the greatest scorers of the ball in college basketball history; his scoring averages and all-time records could trump almost anyone in this list ...
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