Granted, this is almost entirely the product of the UCLA Bruins' rich basketball history.
At Kansas, he authored one of the most iconic moments in the school's proud basketball history.
The title tied Auriemma and the Huskies (35-4) with Summitt for the most in women's basketball history.
Just seven teams in college-basketball history won the NCAA tournament without losing a game along the way.
UConn will be going for its eighth national championship to match Tennessee for the most in women's basketball history.
Mitchell is building a tradition at a school rich in men's basketball history.
Since Duncan's arrival in 1997, he has done nothing less than assemble one of the great careers in basketball history.
Bryant, one of the US's highest paid sportsmen, is also known as one of the most decorated players in basketball history.
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I'm really excited for them they can be part of basketball history.
"I have been so fortunate and blessed in my life, and an opportunity to lead one of the greatest programs in college basketball history is once-in-a-lifetime, " Alford said in a statement.
"I have been so fortunate and blessed in my life, and an opportunity to lead one of the greatest programs in college basketball history is once-in-a-lifetime, " he said in a statement.
In time Tommy Heinsohn took off right before Russell grabbed that rebound, as did everyone else wearing white-and-green, and suddenly, the greatest fast break in basketball history was off and running.
But there's some precedent for that: David Thompson (in 1978) and David Robinson (in 1994) scored more than 70 on the last day of a regular season to have their names etched in basketball history.
In basketball, John Stockton who is the all-time leader in assists in NBA history knew the strengths and capabilities of his teammates enough to know where to pass the ball to, and how individual teammates could be set up for success probably better than anyone in basketball history.
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His name was John Wooden, winner of more national championships (10) than anyone in the history of college basketball.
Any college-basketball fan with any sense of history would hesitate to pick Kansas.
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But football and basketball can never fill the place of cricket in the culture and history of the region.
His team made history last weekend by being the first 15 seed in the NCAA Basketball Tournament to make it to the Sweet 16.
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The famous examples of match fixing in history- the Black Sox baseball scandal of 1919, the New York college basketball scandal of the 1950s or the English football match fixing of the early 1960s all involved players on either no pay or low pay.
During this season's playoffs, lefties have accounted for 48.5% of all Memphis field goals attempted, second in NBA playoff history only to the 48.8% of the 1968 New York Knicks, according to Basketball Reference.
Most basketball fans knew it was inevitable, only a matter of time before he would lead the Heat into the history books.
When the Associated Press college basketball poll comes out Monday, Gonzaga is poised to become No. 1 for the first time in school history.
In this season's playoffs, lefties have accounted for 46.1% of all minutes played by Memphis players, the second highest percentage in NBA playoff history behind the 46.2% of the 1969 Philadelphia 76ers, according to an analysis by Basketball Reference.
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