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NCAA Tournament 2019: Each Final Four school’s most famous basketball alumni

EAST LANSING, MI - FEBRUARY 09: NBA legend and former Michigan State star Earvin "Magic" Johnson speaks to the crowd during halftime of the game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Breslin Center on February 9, 2019 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI - FEBRUARY 09: NBA legend and former Michigan State star Earvin "Magic" Johnson speaks to the crowd during halftime of the game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Breslin Center on February 9, 2019 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /
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LAFAYETTE HILL, PA – SEPTEMBER 11: NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley looks on while smoking a cigar during the Julius Erving Golf Classic at The ACE Club on September 11, 2017 in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. His alma mater, Auburn, will play in the Final Four this weekend. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images for PGD Global) /

Some of the biggest names in the history of college basketball got their starts at one of the schools who will play in the 2019 NCAA Tournament Final Four.

As the regional finals came to and end and all four Final Four tickets were punched, fans and media members around the country started to notice and forecast the impact of a Final Four without a true blue-blood program. Michigan State is obviously the closest remaining program to that status, but they certainly aren’t Duke, Kansas, Kentucky or North Carolina.

As a result, many are expecting the interest and subsequent ratings for the 2019 Final Four to be lower than they have been in recent years.

Be that as it may, basketball purists and anyone who pays attention beyond just a casual capacity knows and understands each of the four remaining programs’ place in the history of the sport. Each school is responsible for producing a household name in the sport of basketball, and there’s a pretty good chance that all four of these legends make an appearance in Minneapolis this weekend.

Here are the most famous basketball alumni for each team in the 2019 NCAA Men’s Final Four.