Ahh the good old days when NBA players didn't go to the same ten schools. Southern University and A&M sounds like a made up school. It is a historically black college in Louisiana with 7300 students, and most definitely not a made up school. Thanks to Avery Johnson, I will always remember Southern University and A&M.
Iconic Nicknames: Dr. Dunkenstein, The Golden Griff. Smooth and effortless dunker. He was one of those rare players who could make announcers excitable in anticipation of what he would do on the fast break. In 1980 this wasn't easy to do. Here's Darrell embarrassing the 1985 Bulls. "In Yo Face, Mama!"
Poor Mateen. I know this set is meant to highlight the collegiate "Greats of the Game," but Cleaves is the only player of the ten to make no impact at the pro level.
I love that (H)Akeem smoothly transitioned from the Houston Cougars to the Houston Rockets. The two teams even wear the same colors. You're set for a stable career when the most significant change you undergo from college to pro is a name change.
The two best Grateful Dead albums -- Workingman's Dead and American Beauty -- were released within five months of each other. That was just unfair to every musician. Almost as unfair as UCLA losing Lou Alcindor and landing Bill Walton two years later.
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