This Project is a Sub-Project of the Notables Sports Project
| Preceded by Super Bowl Legends |
College Basketball Legends 2024 Mardh Challenge |
Succeeded by Golf Masters |
March Madness is one of the most anticipated and watched events in all of Amercian sports. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men’s basketball tournament is a single-elimination competition that began in 1939 with just eight teams competing. Over the years, it has grown into the spectacular event we know today as March Madness, involving 68 teams competing in seven rounds to vie for the national college championship.
On March 12th, the Selection Committee will reveal the full NCAA tournament bracket, including all teams and their respective seeds. This day marks the official start of the tournament frenzy. The games begin two days later and culminate in the penultimate round, known as the Final Four, where only four teams remain in contention. The final game will be played April 3rd, and a new NCAA Championship team will be crowned.
In the meantime, won't you help us to improve the profiles of these 25 college basketball legends. We need the help of BioBuilders, Sourcerers, DataDoctors, Categorizers, Formatters, Proofreaders, PhotoFinders, and more. For those who prefer research over profile building, we also want to increase each of our notables' CC7s, and of course we want to make sure each is connected to the big Tree.
Note: If the final column in the below table is empty, it means that the Notable was already connected to the Global Tree at the time of this project began.
| Notable | Photograph | Birth | Death | School | Years | Sarting CC7 | Current CC7 | CC7 Increase | Connection Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch McCracken |  | 1908 | 1970 | Indiana | 1928-1930 | 143 | - | + | Connected |
| Hank Luisetti |  | 1916 | 2002 | Stanford | 1935-1938 | 0 | 90 | +90 | Connected |
| Stanley Stutz |  | 1920 | 1975 | Rhode Island | 1938-1942 | 0 | 11 | +11 | Not Connected |
| Bob Kurland |  | 1924 | 2013 | Oklahoma State | 1942-1946 | 0 | 207 | +207 | Connected |
| George Mikan |  | 1924 | 2005 | DePaul | 1942-1946 | 0 | 2 | +2 | Not Connected |
| Arnie Ferrin |  | 1925 | 2022 | Utah | 1943-1948 | 0 | 806 | +806 | Connected |
| Alex Groza |  | 1926 | 1995 | Kentucky | 1945-1949 | 0 | 5 | +5 | Not Connected |
| Ed Macauley |  | 1928 | 2011 | Saint Louis | 1945-1949 | 0 | 1335 | +1335 | Connected |
| Paul Arazin |  | 1928 | 2006 | Villanova | 1947-1950 | 0 | - | + | Not Connected |
| Clyde Lovellette |  | 1929 | 2016 | Kansas | 1949-1952 | 0 | 394 | +394 | Connected |
| Tom Gola |  | 1933 | 2014 | La Salle | 1951-1955 | 0 | - | + | Not Connected |
| Bill Russell |  | 1934 | 2022 | San Francisco | 1953-1956 | 98 | 105 | +7 | |
| Hot Rod Hundley |  | 1934 | 2015 | Seattle | 1954-1957 | 0 | 125 | +125 | Connected |
| Elgin Baylor |  | 1934 | 2021 | Seattle | 1956-1958 | 3 | 6 | +3 | Not Connected |
| Wilt Chamberlain |  | 1936 | 1999 | Kansas | 1956-1958 | 159 | - | + | |
| Terry Dischinger |  | 1940 | 2023 | Purdue | 1959-1962 | 0 | 4 | +4 | Not Connected |
| Art Heyman |  | 1941 | 2012 | Duke | 1960-1963 | 0 | - | + | Not Connected |
| Walt Hazzard |  | 1942 | 2011 | UCLA | 1961-1964 | 0 | 2 | +2 | Not Connected |
| Jimmy Walker |  | 1944 | 2007 | Providence | 1964-1967 | 0 | - | + | Not Connected |
| Wes Unseld |  | 1946 | 2020 | Louisville | 1965-1968 | 0 | 28 | +28 | Not Connected |
| Pete Maravich |  | 1947 | 1988 | LSU | 1967-1970 | 0 | 14 | +14 | Not Connected |
| Bob Lanier |  | 1948 | 2022 | St. Bonaventure | 1967-1970 | 0 | - | + | Not Connected |
| Wayman Tisdale |  | 1964 | 2009 | Oklahoma | 1982-1985 | 2 | - | + | Not Connected |
| Len Bias |  | 1963 | 1986 | Maryland | 1983-1986 | 0 | 7 | +7 | Not Connected |
| Hank Gathers |  | 1967 | 1990 | Loyola Marimont | 1987-1990 | 0 | 13 | +13 | Not Connected |
