In Reply to: Don't expect college sports' landmark House settlement to be comp posted by mh on April 06, 2025 at 10:43:18
Kelvin Sampson can be the first coach to win an NCAA basketball championship after being fired as head coach of another team.
LJ Cryer can be the first player to win the NCAA championship with two teams. He is already the first to reach the championship game with two different teams.
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No player has ever won NCAA basketball championships with multiple teams.
The player who came closest to achieving this is Bob Bender. He was on the undefeated 1976 Indiana team that won the national championship, and he was also on the 1978 Duke team that lost to Kentucky in the title game.
Wikipedia says Bob Bender is the only college basketball player to reach the NCAA championship game for two different teams: