The Most College Basketball College Basketball Players | Khalid El-Amin
A soft spot will always exist for short kings who also carry the Freshman 15 through every year.
Many great college basketball players go on to become good, or at least employable for an extended period of time, professional players. Many also, for myriad reasons, top out in their collegiate exertions and are short-timers in the NBA before heading off to Europe, getting into coaching or seeking their fortune elsewhere in the world of professions that have nothing to with hoops.
Obviously, I love these particular players with all my heart and they have my sword for eternity.
That’s right, we have another semi-regular re-occurring feature! Let’s examine who fits this bill, why they were so amazing in the collegiate game and why they never really found success in the pros. The criteria: a collegiate stud, at least fitting my definition, who must have appeared in at least one NBA game, but cannot have played in more than 100. No wondering why Guy X never got a look at the League; we’re going to with those who did, then didn’t, and examining their collegiate qualifieds.
Khalid El-Amin, Guard, UConn (1997-00)
College: 15.3 ppg on 41.6% from the floor (35.5% from 3), 82.2% at the line with 4.4 apg, 3.0 rpg and 1.7 spg.
3-time All-Big East, 1997 Big East Rookie of the Year, 1998 Big East Tournament MVP, 3-time Big East All-Tournament Team, 1999 NCAA All-Tournament, 1999 NCAA Champion
NBA: 50 games (14 starts), all with the 2001 Bulls; 6.3 ppg on 37.0% from the floor (33.3% from 3), 77.8% at the line with 2.9 apg, 1.6 rpg and 1.0 spg.