George mikan was voted by the associated press as the most outstanding college basketball player of the first half of the 20th century. he was born in joliet, illinois, and educated at depaul university, chicago. while playing center on the depaul basketball team, mikan was a three-time all-american selection (1944-1946) and led the team to the 1945 national invitational tournament (nit) title. he became a member of the chicago american gears professional team in 1947. mikan then played for eight seasons with the minneapolis lakers (1947-1956), leading the team to five league championships (1949, 1950, 1952-1954). one of the first dominant centers in the national basketball association (nba), he scored a record 11,764 points in 520 games and led the nba in scoring three times (1949-1951). what is the style of this passage?