Without “LJ,” there’d likely have been no national championship—or consecutive Final Four appearances—for UNLV’s men’s basketball program. Johnson, the 1991 Naismith College Player of the Year and the first pick in that year’s NBA Draft, averaged 21.6 points and 11.2 rebounds per game over two UNLV seasons. Collegebasketballexperience.com/members/larry-johnson.

Runner-up: Randall Cunningham