The defining Nick Collison moment, for me, came in the 2003 Sweet 16. Facing Duke, Collison rattled off a 33 point, 19 rebound effort, outscoring and outrebounding Duke’s entire frontcourt by himself. He also had almost half of Kansas’ 69 points (nice).
Of course, Collison’s career is much more than that moment. He scored 2,097 points in his KU career, ranking 2nd all time. He also ranks in the top 5 in rebounds, and is one of three members of KU’s 2,000 point 1,000 rebound club.
Collison and Kirk Hinrich are forever etched in KU history together.