Mateen Cleaves has an awesome name, and played college ball for Michigan State. The team won a championship in 2000, and Cleaves was named most outstanding player. Things almost went awry, however. During a recruiting trip to the University of Michigan in 1996, Cleaves was a passenger in a car crash. Said car crash led to an investigation, which led to a big-time scandal involving a number of future NBA players and a booster named Ed Martin. It was ugly. Cleaves decided to go to Michigan State—U. of M.’s rival—instead.