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I'd argue that even if Brevin Knight was not the best men's basketball player in Stanford history - and he may have been - he had the biggest impact on the trajectory of the program. The team was 7-23 the year before he arrived on campus and made the Final Four the year after he left. Rich Jackson, a bench warmer for most of his time on the Farm, was the only other player in Brevin's recruiting class, if I recall correctly.

Well, there was Hank Luisetti.
Before he played Stanford had five straight losing seasons, 10-17 the immediately prior season.
During Luisetti's three seasons Stanford went 21-8, 25-2, 21-3, then 4 years later won the NCAA title.

... and of course there is that whole changed how everybody plays the game thing.

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I'd argue that even if Brevin Knight was not the best men's basketball player in Stanford history - and he may have been - he had the biggest impact on the trajectory of the program. The team was 7-23 the year before he arrived on campus and made the Final Four the year after he left. Rich Jackson, a bench warmer for most of his time on the Farm, was the only other player in Brevin's recruiting class, if I recall correctly.

Well, there was Hank Luisetti.
Before he played Stanford had five straight losing seasons, 10-17 the immediately prior season.
During Luisetti's three seasons Stanford went 21-8, 25-2, 21-3, then 4 years later won the NCAA title.

... and of course there is that whole changed how everybody plays the game thing.