NCAA Basketball: Top 15 programs that produces great NBA players

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KANSAS CITY, MO – MARCH 21: Tyreke Evans #12 of the Memphis Tigers dribbles the ball during their second round game against the Maryland Terrapins in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Sprint Center on March 21, 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Tigers defeated the Terrapins 89-70. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

No. 14 – Memphis

Memphis is honestly a school that if injuries were not a thing they would possibly be a few places higher on my list. Players like Penny Hardaway and Derrick Rose would be talked about as some of the best players to have ever played had it not been for knee injuries. Rose is a former MVP and Hardaway is a two-time first-team All-NBA guard. They also have a few other interesting players, but this spot is given to them because of Rose and Hardaway.

Some of their other talents are Tyreke Evans, who is yet another player who was a stud when he first entered the league but never put it all together and fell off tremendously with the Pacers this season. Another player is Larry Kenon, he is a player who was drafted over 45 years ago, but yet again we have a player that absolutely dominated the game for about five seasons, then at the drop of a hat was nothing.

I do not know if it is a curse of Memphis or not, but it is all too creepy that you have these players that are insanely talented, and whether or not it is an injury or not miraculously fall off. Now D-Rose has started the comeback trail, and he is one of the better stories of the season scoring 50 in a game, but it just leaves us to wonder, where would he and Hardaway be had they never gotten hurt.

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