- Bill Russell
William Felton "Bill" Russell (born February 12, 1934) is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. A five-time winner of the NBA Most Valuable Player Award and a twelve-time All-Star, the 6 ft 9 in Russell was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty that won eleven NBA Championships during Russell's thirteen-year career. Along with Henri Richard of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, …
- Billy Packer
Billy Packer (born February 25, 1940 in Wellsville, New York) is an American sportscaster for CBS Sports and a published author.
- Chris Webber
Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III, better known as Chris Webber or C-Webb (born March 1, 1973, in Detroit, Michigan), is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. He is a 5-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer, a former NBA rebounding champion, a former NBA Rookie of the Year, and a former #1 overall NBA Draftee.
- Don Haskins
Donald L. "Don" Haskins (born March 16, 1930 in Enid, Oklahoma, United States) is a former collegiate basketball coach and player. He played for three years under legendary coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University). He was the head coach at Texas Western College (renamed the University of Texas at El Paso in 1967) from 1961 to 1999, …
- Rick Pitino
Rick Pitino takes the same proven methods that have earned him and his teams legendary status in the NCAA to give you a plan of attack for achieving extraordinary success in your own life. Pitino's ten-step plan isn't for quitters or for people looking for the easy road to success. But neither is it for the superstar talents or those with a Midas touch who expect their luck to hold forever. "Success Is a Choice" is for anyone who is serious about making dreams reality.
- Juwan Howard
Juwan Antonio Howard (born February 7, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He is a former All-Star and All-NBA power forward and was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' "Fab Five" (along with Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson) that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both freshmen and sophomores.
- Jimmy King
Jimmy Hal King (born August 9 1973 in South Bend, Indiana) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. He was part of the famed University of Michigan Wolverines Fab Five along with Ray Jackson and current NBA players Chris Webber, Juwan Howard and Jalen Rose that reached the 1992 & 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both Freshmen and Sophomores. He was a starter for teams that reached the tournament four times.
- Jalen Rose
Jalen Anthony Rose (born January 30 1973 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA, currently with the Phoenix Suns. In college he was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' "Fab Five" (along with Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson) that reached the 1992 & 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both Freshmen and Sophomores.
- Jim Valvano
James Thomas Anthony Valvano, nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball coach. While the head coach at North Carolina State University, he won the 1983 NCAA National Championship. Valvano is remembered for running up and down the court after winning the 1983 NCAA championship, seemingly in disbelief and looking for someone to hug.
- John Thompson
John Thompson, Jr. (born September 2 1941 in Washington, D.C.) is a former basketball coach for the Georgetown University Hoyas. He is now a professional radio and TV sports commentator. In 1984, he became the first African-American head coach to win the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship when Georgetown defeated the University of Houston, 84-75.
- Ray Jackson
Ray Jackson (born November 13, 1973) is a former American college and professional basketball player. He was part of the famed University of Michigan Wolverines Fab Five along with former NBA player Jimmy King and current NBA players Chris Webber, Juwan Howard and Jalen Rose that reached the 1992 & 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both Freshmen and Sophomores. Perhaps the least talented of the Fab Five, …
- Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson (born July 13, 1964 in Washington, DC), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the New York Knicks in the 2nd round (47th overall) of the 1986 NBA Draft. A 6'2" guard from Georgetown University, Jackson played in 3 NBA seasons for the Sacramento Kings from 1987 to 1990. In his NBA career, Jackson played in 89 games and scored a total of 188 points. He was a member of Georgetown's 1984 National Championship team.
- Greg Gumbel
Sports commentator Greg Gumbel is available for personal apperarances at your next conference or corporate event. Greg Gumbels standout work in the busy world of sports broad-casting has made his face, his name and his voice as familiar as any in the industry. For starters, Greg Gumbel is the lead play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports coverage of the National Football League.
- Billy Donovan
William John “Billy” Donovan, Jr. is the head coach of the Florida Gators basketball team. He has taken the Gators to three NCAA championship game appearances, in 2000, 2006 and 2007. The Gators lost to the Michigan State Spartans in the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball final. The Gators won the national championship in 2006 with a 73-57 win over UCLA and again in 2007 with an 84-75 win over Ohio State, …
- Tubby Smith
Orlando "Tubby" Smith (born June 30, 1951 in Scotland, Saint Mary's County, Maryland) is the basketball coach at the University of Minnesota. He previously served in the same role at the University of Tulsa, the University of Georgia, and most recently, University of Kentucky. Over his 15 seasons as a head coach, Smith has had 13 twenty-win seasons, making the NCAA Tournament each of those years. In 2005, he joined Roy Williams, Nolan Richardson, …
- Sean May
Sean Gregory May (born April 4 1984, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player. A 6' 9" power forward, he currently plays for the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association. May grew up in Bloomington, Indiana. He was a three-time all-state selection at Bloomington High School North, and was at one time a teammate of current NBA player Jared Jeffries. May was named to the 2002 McDonald's High School All-American team.
- Tom Crean
Thomas Aaron "Tom" Crean (born March 25 1966, Mount Pleasant, Michigan) is the head coach of the Marquette University men's college basketball team, a position he has held since the 1999-2000 season. During Crean's tenure, the program has averaged 20 wins a year, won a conference championship, and made six postseason appearances, including the 2003 NCAA Final Four, the program's third appearance all-time and first since 1977.
- Jeff Sagarin
Jeff Sagarin is an American sports statistician well-known for his development of a methodology for ranking and rating sports teams in a variety of sports. His ratings have been a regular feature in the USA Today sports sections since 1985, have been used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee to help determine the participants in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament since 1984, …
- Mike Bibby
Michael (Mike) Bibby (born May 13, 1978 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball point guard for the NBA's Sacramento Kings, and the son of former NBA and UCLA player and former USC basketball coach and current Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Henry Bibby. He is also the nephew of former Major League Baseball player Jim Bibby. Bibby is a native of Phoenix, Arizona (or Cherry Hill, New Jersey) and attended Shadow Mountain High School.
- Jim Calhoun
The beginning of what has become one of college basketball's greatest coaching achievements-transforming the University of Connecticut into one of the nation's elite programs-was launched in May of 1986 when Jim Calhoun was named head coach. ... Jim Calhoun 's overall career record for national postseason tournament competition is a remarkable 51-20 (39-16 in NCAA play, 12-4 in NIT play).
- Branch McCracken
Branch McCracken was a college men's basketball coach. As a player at Indiana, the Monrovia, Indiana native was a three-year letter winner for Hall of Fame coach Everett Dean. At 6-4 and 200 lbs., McCracken played center, forward and guard, pacing the Hoosiers in scoring for three years. As a head coach, McCracken guided Ball State University (1930-38) and Indiana University (1938-43, 1946-65) to a 93-41 and 364-174 record, respectively.
- Miles Simon
Miles Julian Simon (born November 21 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden) is an assistant coach for the University of Arizona's men's basketball team and former professional basketball guard who played in Europe and briefly with the Orlando Magic of the NBA. He played for two seasons for the Dakota Wizards (Bismarck, ND) of the Continental Basketball Association, and led the Wizards to a CBA championship in 2002.
- Danny Manning
Daniel Ricardo Manning (born May 17, 1966 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is currently an assistant basketball coach for the University of Kansas Jayhawks. He is the son of former NBA player, Ed Manning.
- James Worthy
James Ager Worthy (born February 27 1961 in Gastonia, North Carolina) is an American former college and professional basketball player. Standing 6 ft 9 in (2.05 m), he played small forward.
- Glen Rice
Glen Anthony Rice (born May 28 1967, in Flint, Michigan) is a retired American NBA basketball player. Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star small forward well known for his pinpoint shooting accuracy, ranking 4th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made during his 15-year career. Rice has been a player on both a team that won an NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship and a team that won an NBA Championship.
- Tommy Amaker
Harold Tommy Amaker (born June 6, 1965 in Falls Church, Virginia) is the former head coach of the University of Michigan men's basketball team, and current coach of the Harvard men's basketball team. He took the job in Michigan in 2001, after being the head coach at Seton Hall University. Prior to that, he served as an assistant coach at Duke University under Mike Krzyzewski from 1988-97. Amaker was a star point guard at Duke.
- Len Elmore
Len Elmore returned to CBS Sports in 2003 for NCAA Tournament coverage. He is serving his 10th year as an analyst for the Network's NCAA Men's Basketball Championship coverage. Elmore has served as a college basketball analyst for ESPN for the past 11 consecutive years, calling ACC and Big East games including the Big East Tournament. Elmore served as an analyst for ABC Sports.
- Channing Frye
Channing Thomas Frye (born May 17, 1983 in White Plains, New York) is an American professional basketball player with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. His positions are center and power forward. He attended the University of Arizona. Standing at 6 ft 11 in and 248 lb, Frye was expected to be a high pick in the 2005 NBA Draft. He was selected 8th overall by the New York Knicks, and was the first college senior to be selected in that draft.
- Brandon Roy
Brandon Roy (born July 23, 1984 in Seattle, Washington) is an American professional basketball player with the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association.
- Rob Pelinka
Rob Pelinka (born December 23, 1969) is an American lawyer, sports agent and former college basketball player. As a sports agent he is best known as Kobe Bryant's agent and President of SFX basketball.
- John Havlicek
John J. Havlicek (born April 8, 1940 in Martins Ferry, Ohio) is a retired American professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA titles, half of them coming in his first four seasons. In the NBA, only teammates Bill Russell and Sam Jones won more championship rings during their playing careers. He is considered one of the best NBA players in history, especially on defense, …
- Keith Smart
Jonathan Keith Smart (born September 21, 1964 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American former basketball player and current coach. He is best remembered for hitting the game-winning shot in the 1987 NCAA championship game. The shot gave the Indiana Hoosiers a 74-73 victory over the Syracuse Orangemen. After two seasons at Indiana, Smart was signed by the San Antonio Spurs, where he played two games in the 1988-89 season.
- Joe B. Hall
Joe Beasman Hall, better known as Joe B. Hall (born November 30, 1928 in Cynthiana, Kentucky) was the head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky from 1972 to 1985. He previously coached at Central Missouri State University and Regis University before returning to UK in 1965 to serve as an assistant coach under Adolph Rupp. Coach Hall was given a difficult task, to follow in the footsteps of his legendary predecessor, Adolph Rupp.
- Eric Riley
Eric Riley (born June 2, 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 1993 NBA Draft. Riley played for the Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics in five NBA seasons, averaging 3.1 points per game. Prior to this, he played for Cleveland St.
- Skip Prosser
George Edward "Skip" Prosser (born November 3, 1950 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is the head basketball coach at Wake Forest University. Previously, he coached Xavier University for seven seasons, where he achieved great success. In addition, he coached for one year at Loyola College in Maryland, where he took the Greyhounds to the team's only modern-day NCAA appearance. Prosser's teams are known for their fast tempo and offensive explosiveness, …
- Nolan Richardson
Nolan Richardson (b. December 27, 1941 in El Paso, Texas, United States) was a college basketball coach at the University of Tulsa and the University of Arkansas. He won the NCAA title with the University of Arkansas in 1994 and was runner-up the following year. Richardson played collegiately at Texas Western College, now the University of Texas at El Paso, playing his senior year under the school's new coach, future Basketball Hall of Famer Don Haskins.
- Bruce Weber
Bruce Weber (born October 19, 1956 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is the head coach of the University of Illinois men's basketball team. Through his first four seasons at Illinois, Weber has led the program to an 112-28 win-loss record, two outright Big Ten Conference championships, and four trips to the NCAA Tournament, including an appearance in the championship game of the 2005 NCAA Tournament. Weber's teams are known for motion offense and quick ball movement.
- Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson (born in 1968 in Detroit, Michigan) is a legendary American sports announcer. He is best known for his play-by-play coverage of CBS Sports' "March Madness".
- Antoine Walker
Antoine Devon Walker (born August 12 1976, in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American professional basketball player with the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association. He has played for four different teams during his NBA career. Walker attended Mount Carmel High School, where he attained all-state status as a senior and earned a full scholarship to play for Rick Pitino at the University of Kentucky.
- Sean Higgins
Sean Marielle Higgins (born December 30 1968, in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player currently on the Albany Patroons of the CBA. He was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2nd round (54th overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft. Higgins played for the Spurs, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers in 6 NBA seasons. He averaged 6.3 ppg in his career.