Again, ESPN Makes an Erroneous List

On both accounts! Listen, none of us are true college basketball savants—anyone who can recall Bob Kurland’s game is not reading blogs—but ESPN, again, misses the mark on one of these damned lists for the sake of bringing up flashy, familiar names in order to bring attention to something they’ve done. (I guess it’s worked again.) They’ve got Bird at #9, Jordan at #13 at Magic at #15. I’m sorry, but these guys are not among the Top 25 players in the history of college basketball. How easily the common sports fan will be fooled by this, but you must know: Bird was a solid two-year player, but not an all-time immortal on the college level (as far as his play, exclude the allure of the ‘79 title game). Magic was 1/10 of the player that he was in the pros while playing at Michigan State, and Jordan showed flashes, but was not nearly the defensive badger nor the true shooter he developed into while wearing baby blue. College career , ESPN, ... (link)