Eighteen years ago, Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans made a run through the NCAA tournament, into the Final Four, and won the 2000 championship in part to the contributions of The Flintstones - Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson, and Charlie Bell.
The Flint, Michigan natives had grown up playing basketball with each other on various teams, and committed to Michigan State after Antonio Smith had joined the team after graduating a year before. The Spartans core went to the Final Four three years in a row, and two of the four - Morris Peterson and Charlie Bell - went on to play in the NBA.