The lasting effects of the 1990-91 team, and that season, were remarkable and far-reaching.
Head Coach Ben Braun proved himself to be a championship builder. He had inherited the centerpiece of the 1988 title winner, Grant Long, but the 1991 team had been entirely recruited by Braun and his staff.
By 1994, he'd successfully replicated the blueprint of the 1990-91 team. Earl Boykins replaced Lorenzo Neely. The guard/forward combo from Lansing — the Thomas twins — was now Detroit's Brian Tolbert and Derrick Dial. The middle of the lane that Marcus Kennedy owned?