Double Crown: Famous Athletes Who Have Won The Ncaa And Nba Championships

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Winning a championship is an athlete’s dream. They train, work, and play hard for it. So winning it at different levels of competition -- the NBA and college -- is a rare distinction. Here are some of the famous NBA players who have a knack for winning championships:

Bill Russel

If being the G.O.A.T is determined by the number of rings you have, then Bill will easily take that spot. He led San Francisco to back-to-back NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956, then won 11 titles with the Boston Celtics.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem is arguably the best center of all time. Having led the UCLA to three championships – 1967, 1968, and 1969 -- he then brought the cup to the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson

Magic Johnson not only has NCAA and NBA rings, he has won titles at every level: high school, college, the NBA, and the Olympics. He won an NCAA championship in 1979 with Michigan State and is a five-time NBA champion with the Lakers.

Isiah Thomas

Before becoming the captain of the Detroit Pistons “Bad Boys” and winning two NBA Championships with them, Isiah Thomas brought the crown to Indiana in the 1988 NCAA championships.

Michael Jordan

Even as a freshman, Michael Jordan had it in him as he scored the game-winning basket which gave the North Carolina the 1982 NCAA trophy. As a professional basketball player, he led the Chicago Bulls to six championships.

Patrick Dwyer is a financial advisor who follows college basketball and other tournaments. Visit this blog for more interesting reads on college sports.

In Focus: Coach Mark Richt And Ending Miami Hurricanes' Decade-Long Bowl Drought

A year ago, when Coach Mark Richt moved to Miami to lead the Hurricanes, he and his crew had much ground to cover: from getting to know the players, to building relationships with topnotch recruitment prospects, and of course, giving the college team its first bowl in a long time. It had been a rough journey for the new coaching team. If the team's performance up until October had been any indication of what the future held, any feelings of renewed faith in the Hurricanes would have been extinguished.

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But it ain't over till it's over. Toward the end of the season, Coach Richt cleared any doubts about the revamped program. The Hurricanes finished the season strong with a 9-4 record, closing the year with five straight wins. It was the team's victory over West Virginia at 31-14 that finally awarded the Hurricanes a bowl after 10 long years. The promising outlook for the new program has landed the team one of the best recruiting positions leading to National Signing Day: Miami has already received 20 verbal pledges and had admitted ten early enrollees for 2017.

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Patrick Dwyer, a financial advisor from Florida, is also an avid follower of NCAA football and basketball. For more news about the league, visit this page.