Kareem Abdul-Jabbar laughs at Michael Jordan being named greatest college basketball player Posted Apr 4, 2020 The results of SportsCenter's (extremely informal) bracket of the greatest college basketball players of all time are in — and social media thinks Michael Jordan was the best collegian to ever play. It's a great honor for the former Tar Heel, who already claims that moniker in the NBA and who beat out Indiana State's Larry Bird to claim the college version of that title. (Sporting News)