Come up with the 20 best basketball players in Michigan State history.
Seems like a simple enough task, but once you really start diving and breaking down numbers, comparing team success and factoring not only the impact on the program but the different style of play in various eras, it’s tough.
And, oh yeah, there’s way more than 20 “great” players in the Spartans’ history. Imagine winning a national title and earning All-American honors and not making the list (hello, Jason Richardson) or holding the single-season blocks record and barely being considered (yes, we’re talking about Jaren Jackson Jr.