March Madness is loved for his oppressed triumphs and his Cinderella stories, but it is the stars that tend to prevail and transport their team to the glory that leaves the biggest brand in history.
With the male NCAA tournament just at the corner of the street, we wanted to remember those who always delivered when the stakes were highest and the lights were the brightest.
Let’s take a look!
10 players with most career points in the history of the NCAA tournament
Timme was a collegial superstar par excellence because his game was absolutely dominant. Timme led Gonzaga to a season 31-1 and an appearance of a national championship match in the second year in 2021. The big man of the Bulldogs finished behind Luka Garza, Oscar Tsiebwe and Zach Edey for the honors of the John R. Wooden Award.
T-8. Corliss Williamson, Arkansas (303 points)
Williamson led Arkansas to his only NCAA championship in 1994. He scored a 23-point summit to descend Duc Blue Devils led by Grant Hill in the final, 76-72. He also helped the Arkansas reach the national championship match the following season, but the Razorbacks fell to the two-digit UCLA, 89-78.
T-8. Bill Bradley, Princeton (303 points)
Sixty years later, Bradley’s record for the most points scored from any player in the Ivy League is still standing. He was responsible for driving tigers to their final appearance of Final Four in 1964.
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Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor, left nothing on the table during his stay at the UCLA. He led Bruins with three appearances in the national championship in three seasons and also led the conference in points and rebounds each year. He poured into a flood of tears and sky on the way to climb his name in Bruin Lore.
6. Glen Rice, Michigan (308 points)
Rice’s performances throughout the Michigan National Championship in 1989 pushed him on this list, because he had four games over 30 years old – including a performance of 31 points and 11 rebounds in the Wolverines 80-79 victory against Seton Hall in the title match. Rice dominated the opponents with its athletics and its ability to get out of curly screens and shoot down the capture and gunshots with ease.
5. Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (324 points)
“The Big O” published video statistics in college, with an average of 30 points and more per game – without the line of 3 points – in three seasons with Cincinnati. He led the nation to points scored the three years, and his best season came statistically in the first year when he collected on average 35.1 points and 15.2 rebounds per match. He took the bearcates during deep races in the playoff series, but dropped a championship match every season.
4. Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina (325 points)
Hansbrough probably had the biggest university career in all Tal’s heel, because he is second behind Lennie Rosenbluth in marked points. He was an All-American from the first team throughout the first year season, won the wooden player and Naismith Player for the year of his junior year, then led the North Carolina to an NCAA championship as a senior in 2009.
3. Danny Manning, Kansas (328 points)
Manning’s senior season was one of the best in Jayhawks’s story because he has an average of 25 points and nine rebounds on his way to lead Kansas to his second national title in 1988. He scored 31 points and caught 18 rebounds in the Jayhawks defending victory against Oklahoma. Manning dominated the painting both as a rebounder and a post player, often marking second chance points and using his game of legs to oust the greatest defenders.
2. Elvin Hayes, Houston (358 points)
“The Big E” paved the way in Houston as one of the best schools for great men. He led the cougars to a pair of appearances in the Final Four in 1967 and 1968, although the two ended with losses. Hayes was one of the first centers to combine finesse and physicality, while he would face the defenders and turned the block, while making an average of 17.2 rebounds per match during his three seasons in Houston.
1. Christian Laettner, Duke (407 points)
The Banners of the NCAA Championship in 1981 and 1982 of Laettner are at the top of the Camarul stadium indoors, and its tradition will always live in the history of Duke’s basketball. His most memorable moment came when he struck a Fadeway jumper to the Buzzer to push the Blue Devils in front of Kentucky and in the Final Four in 1982. Laettner struck many mid-range strokes like this to become the top scorer of the inheritance of the NCAA, but it is his constant effort and his howling that distinguishes his heritage.
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