ESPN is counting down the IBM Top 25 Greatest Players in College Basketball history, and to date they've named the following: (25) George Mikan of DePaul, (24) David Robinson of Navy, (23) Calvin Murphy of Niagara, (22) Austin Carr of Notre Dame, (21) Tim Duncan of Wake Forest, (20) Bob Kurland of Texas A&M, and (19) Elgin Baylor of Seattle. I consider myself a pretty big college basketball fan, so I'd like to take a shot at naming the remaining 18. Later, I'll take a shot at putting them in order.

The next 18 players I expect to be named among the greatest 25 in college basketball history:

* Lew Alcindor of UCLA
* Bill Walton of UCLA
* David Thompson of N.C. State
* Pat Ewing of Georgetown
* Magic Johnson of Michigan State
* Christian Laettner of Duke
* Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati
* Michael Jordan of North Carolina
* Pete Maravich of LSU
* Larry Bird of Indiana State
* Bobby Hurley of Duke
* Bill Russell of San Francisco
* Bill Bradley of Princeton
* Akeem Olajuwon of Houston
* Elvin Hayes of Houston
* Danny Manning of Kansas
* Ralph Sampson of UVA
* Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas

Other players I considered: Steve Alford of Indiana, Wayman Tisdale of Oklahoma, Isiah Thomas of Indiana, Darrell Griffith of Louisville, Bob Petit of LSU, Rick Barry of Miami, Grant Hill of Duke, Larry Johnson of UNLV, Phil Ford of UNC, Jerry West of West Virginia, Chris Mullen of St. Johns, Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas, John Wooden of Purdue.