Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as ill-informed GQ poster boy #ColonKrapernick and his supporters spurring politicized multiple anthems and NFL funding anti-cop activist groups, the NCAA Tournament commenced in 1939, which was one year after the NIT triggered national postseason competition. An overlooked "versatile athlete" feat occurring in 1938 likely never to be duplicated took place at Arkansas, where the quarterback for the football squad (Jack Robbins) repeated as an All-SWC first-team basketball selection, leading the Razorbacks (19-3) to the league title. After the season, Robbins became an NFL first-round draft choice by the Chicago Cardinals (5th pick overall) and senior football/basketball teammates Jim Benton (11th pick by Cleveland Rams) and Ray Hamilton (41st pick by Rams) went on to become wide receivers for at least six years in the NFL. Yes, they created a kneeling-in-admiration shatterproof achievement - three members of a league championship basketball squad who promptly were among the top 41 selections in same NFL draft.

Two years later, All-SWC first-team hoop selection Howard "Red" Hickey was instrumental in Arkansas reaching the 1941 Final Four before becoming an end for the Cleveland Rams' 1945 NFL titlist. Two-sport college teammate and fellow end O'Neal Adams scored five touchdowns for the New York Giants the first half of the 1940s. Another two-sport Hog who played for the Giants in the mid-1940s was Harry Wynne. An earlier versatile Razorback was Jim Lee Howell, who was an All-SWC first five hoop selection in 1935-36 before becoming a starting end for the Giants' 1938 NFL titlist and Pro Bowl participant the next year. Adams, Benton, Hamilton, Hickey and Howell combined for 77 touchdowns in an 11-year span from 1938 through 1948 when at least one of the ex-Razorback hoopers scored a TD in each of those seasons.

Hickey and ex-Hog All-SWC second-team hooper in 1929-30/NFL end Milan Creighton each coached NFL franchises. Many other ex-college hoopers also displayed their wares on the gridiron. Following is exhaustive research you can tackle regarding former college basketball players who made a name for themselves on December 30 in football at the professional level (especially by ex-hoopers from Florida schools and for Sunshine State franchises):

DECEMBER 30

• FB Rick Casares (Florida's scoring and rebounding leader both seasons as All-SEC second-team selection in 1951-52 and 1952-53) contributed the Chicago Bears' lone touchdown with a nine-yard rush in 47-7 setback against the New York Giants in 1956 NFL championship game. Bears E Harlon Hill (Florence State AL hoops letterman in 1951) had six catches for team-high 87 receiving yards with squad coached by John "Paddy" Driscoll (Northwestern basketball letterman in 1916).

• Cincinnati Bengals LB James Francis (averaged 3 ppg and 3.6 rpg for Baylor in 1986-87 and 1987-88) returned an interception 17 yards for touchdown in 21-14 win against the Cleveland Browns in 1990 regular-season finale.

• Kansas City Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez (averaged 6.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg for California from 1994-95 through 1996-97) caught two touchdown passes in a 30-26 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2001. Jaguars WR Micah Ross (Jacksonville's leading scorer, rebounder and FG% shooter as senior in 1997-98) returned four kickoffs.

• New Orleans Saints TE Jimmy Graham (part-time starter for Miami FL averaged 4.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg from 2005-06 through 2008-09 under coach Frank Haith) caught nine passes for 115 yards in a 44-38 setback against the Carolina Panthers in 2012.

• Kansas City Chiefs LB Napoleon Harris (averaged 4.7 ppg and 4.8 rpg for Northwestern in 1997-98 and 1998-99 under coach Kevin O'Neill) had career-high 13 solo tackles in a 13-10 setback against the New York Jets in 2007 season finale.

• Houston Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins (played in seven hoop games for Clemson in 2010-11) had 12 pass receptions in a 20-3 win against the Jacksonville Jaquars in 2018.

• New Orleans Saints WR Willie Jackson (started five hoops games for Florida in 1989-90) caught three second-half touchdown passes in a 31-28 wild-card playoff win against the St. Louis Rams in 2000.

• Dallas Cowboys DE Too Tall Jones (backup center averaged 1.7 ppg and 2.6 rpg for Tennessee State in 1969-70 and 1970-71) had two sacks in a 27-20 win against the Atlanta Falcons in 1978 NFC divisional playoffs. Falcons CB Rolland Lawrence (captain of Tabor KS hoops squad as senior in 1972-73) had an interception.

• Jacksonville Jaguars WR Matt Jones (started two of his 11 Arkansas games in 2001-02 when averaging 4.2 ppg and 2.3 rpg and 10 of 17 in 2003-04 when averaging 5 ppg and 4.5 rpg) caught eight passes for 138 yards in a 42-28 setback against the Houston Texans in 2007 regular-season finale.

• Miami Dolphins RB Terry Kirby (averaged 2.8 ppg for Virginia's NCAA tourney teams in 1989-90 and 1990-91) contributed a rushing touchdown and eight pass receptions in a 37-22 setback against the Buffalo Bills in 1995 AFC wild-card game.

• Minnesota Vikings DT Gary Larsen (ex-Marine played multiple hoops seasons for Concordia MN in early 1960s) had a sack in 27-10 win against the Dallas Cowboys in 1973 NFC Conference championship playoff contest.

• Jacksonville Jaguars TE Marcedes Lewis (collected nine points and four rebounds in seven UCLA basketball games in 2002-03 under coach Steve Lavin) posted career highs of seven pass receptions and 103 receiving yards in a 38-20 setback against the Tennessee Titans in 2012 season finale.

• Cleveland Browns WR Greg Little (collected five points and five rebounds in 10 basketball games for North Carolina in 2007-08 under coach Roy Williams) caught a touchdown pass in his second consecutive contest in 2012.

• Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb (averaged 2.3 points in 18 games for Syracuse in 1995-96 and 1996-97) threw three touchdown passes in a 24-21 win against the New York Giants in 2001. Six years later, McNabb passed for 345 yards in a 17-9 win against the Buffalo Bills in 2007 season finale.

• St. Louis Rams rookie LB Tommy Polley (played in one basketball game for Florida State in 1996-97 under coach Pat Kennedy) had 11 solo tackles in a 42-17 win against the Indianapolis Colts in 2001.

• New York Giants WR Del Shofner (Baylor hoops letterman in 1956) caught five passes for 69 yards in a 16-7 setback against the Green Bay Packers in 1962 NFL championship contest.

• San Francisco 49ers WR Tai Streets (collected four points and seven rebounds in 13 games for Michigan's NIT titlist in 1997 under coach Steve Fisher) had two second-quarter touchdown receptions in a 31-20 setback against the St. Louis Rams in 2002 season finale.

• Miami Dolphins DE Jason Taylor (averaged 8 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Akron in 1994-95) contributed two solo tackles in a 23-17 win against the Indianapolis Colts in 2000 AFC wild-card playoff game.

"It is not length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The time for my departure has come. I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race: I have kept the faith." - II Timothy 4:6-7

"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count; it's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln

Gone but not forgotten. With Auld Lang Syne chords playing in the background, the end of the calendar year offers another time to say goodbye by acknowledging the passing away in 2025 of a striking number of major-college basketball movers and shakers. The deceased included an abundance of coaches directing mid-major schools to their initial NCAA tourney appearance - Roger Gaeckler (Hofstra in 1976), Gene Iba (Houston Baptist in 1984), Frank Layden (Niagara in 1970), Kevin Mackey (Cleveland State in 1986), Don Monson (Idaho in 1982), Ernie Nestor (George Mason in 1989) and Bob Reinhart (Georgia State in 1991).

Four different California universities and former Pacific-8 Conference members had All-Americans in necrology category this year among Dick Barnett (Tennessee State), Junior Bridgeman (Louisville), Dave Downey (Illinois), Mike Farmer (San Francisco), David Greenwood (UCLA), Vern Hatton (Kentucky), Allan Hornyak (Ohio State), Barry Kramer (New York University), Stan Love (Oregon), Larry Miller (North Carolina), Lawrence Moten (Syracuse), Johnny O'Brien (Seattle), Gary Phillips (Houston), Rodney Rogers (Wake Forest), John Shumate (Notre Dame), Lenny Wilkens (Providence), Gus Williams (Southern California), Max Williams (Southern Methodist) and Andy Wolfe (California).

Among schools hit particularly hard in the obituary column were:
* Kentucky - All-SEC selections Vern Hatton and Larry Johnson.
* Louisville - all-league picks Junior Bridgeman and Ricky Gallon.
* Saint Louis - coach Ron Ekker and his top recruit with the Billikens (two-time All-Metro Conference guard David Burns).
* San Francisco - Final Four participants Stan Buchanan and Mike Farmer.
* Toledo - captains Bill Drenser (1958), Larry Jones (1962 and 1964) plus Joe Keifer (1965) in eight-year span.
* UCLA - first NCAA tourney team in 1950 under coach John Wooden (Art Alper and Eddie Sheldrake).

These are stark reminders that quality athletes, despite occasionally performing exceptional feats, are not superhuman. They're not immortal. Instead, they're comparable to the remainder of us. They get injured. They shed blood. They age. They get hospitalized for illness. They even die. Sadly, Elden Campbell (Clemson) and Danny Sumner (William & Mary) drowned on seemingly innocuous fishing trips as did transfers Gregg Glenn III (Tulane) and Deng Mayar (Omaha) on swimming excursions. They are among the following alphabetical list of deceased who usually didn't "drop the ball" on the court:

• Mark Agather, 76, averaged 10.3 ppg and 6.2 rpg for Montana in 1967-68 (Grizzlies' runner-up in rebounding) and 1968-69.
• Bob Allen, 79, averaged 7.5 ppg and 11.9 rpg for Marshall from 1965-66 through 1967-68, leading the Mid-American Conference in rebounding each of his last two seasons. He was an all-league second-team selection as a junior.
• Art Alper, 96, averaged 3 ppg for UCLA from 1948-49 through 1950-51 in John Wooden's first three seasons as coach of the Bruins. As a junior, Alper played for their first-ever NCAA tourney team. He started for U.S. Volleyball team the second half of the 1950s (fourth place at 1956 World Championships in Paris and gold medal at 1959 Pan American Games).
• Ed Anderson, 92, averaged 11.2 ppg and 4.9 rpg for Montana from 1951-52 through 1953-54, finishing runner-up in scoring with the Grizzlies each of his last two seasons. Team MVP and All-MSAC first-team selection as school's top rebounder as senior. Football team MVP in 1954. C hit .276 in the New York Yankees' farm system in three years (1954-57-58). One of his teammates with Peoria (Class B IL-IN-IA League in 1957) was Rod Kanehl, who went on to be a utilityman with the New York Mets.
• Clyde "The Glide" Austin, 67, averaged 12 ppg, 3 rpg, 4.1 apg and 1.4 spg for North Carolina State from 1976-77 through 1979-80 in Norm Sloan's last four seasons as coach of the Wolfpack. All-ACC second-team selection as a sophomore.
• Bob Badger, 92, was a juco recruit who averaged 1.4 ppg for Pacific in 1954-55 and 1955-56.
• Charles Barham Jr., 95, played for Wake Forest in 1949-50 and 1950-51 under coach Murray Greason.
• Ralph Barkey, 89, compiled a 169-144 coaching record with alma mater UC Santa Barbara in 12 seasons from 1966-67 through 1977-78.
• Jim Barley, 91, averaged 5.1 ppg for Indiana from 1953-54 through 1955-56 under coach Branch McCracken.
• Dick Barnett, 88, was a two-time All-American and NAIA Tournament MVP for Tennessee State in 1957-58 and 1958-59 before becoming 5th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Norton Barnhill, 72, averaged 9.4 ppg and 4.2 rpg for Washington State from 1973-74 through 1975-76 under coach George Raveling.
• James "Ted" Bassett III, 103, was a Yale letterman in 1942-43 before serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII.
• Bob Beckel, 88, averaged 21.1 ppg and 4.5 rpg for Air Force in 1957-58 and 1958-59. Eventual Lieutenant General led the Falcons in scoring both seasons.
• William "Whitey" Bell, 92, averaged 9.4 ppg and 3 rpg for North Carolina State in 1953-54, 1956-57 and 1957-58 under coach Everett Case.
• Major General Richard Beltson, 87, played for Lehigh in 1956-57.
• Hank Bertelkamp, 94, averaged 8.9 ppg for Tennessee from 1950-51 through 1952-53. He was senior captain as third-leading scorer (14.3 ppg) and rebounder (7.5 rpg) with the Volunteers after finishing runner-up in boards (8.2 rpg) the previous season. His son, Bert, averaged 6.1 ppg, 1.8 rpg and 3 apg with the Vols from 1976-77 through 1979-80.
• Don Blakley, 84, played for Oklahoma State in 1960-61 under coach Hank Iba. Blakley also competed as a high jumper with the school's track and field squad.
• Tom "Red" Booker, 85, averaged 13.3 ppg and 3.8 rpg for Richmond from 1958-59 through 1960-61. After becoming All-Southern Conference Tournament second-team selection in 1958, Booker led the Spiders in scoring average as a senior with 17.7 ppg. OF hit .240 in the New York Yankees' farm system from 1961 through 1963. In 1962 with Fort Lauderdale (Class D Florida State League), he was a teammate of eventual 15-year MLB OF Roy White.
• Henry Booth Jr., 87, averaged 1 ppg for Navy in 1960-61 under coach Ben Carnevale.
• Ken Boyd Sr., 73, averaged 20.6 ppg and 10.9 rpg for Boston University from 1971-72 through 1973-74. All-Yankee Conference first-team selection as a senior when Boyd led league in scoring (21.3 ppg) and finished among top five in rebounding for second year in a row. He also paced the Terriers in scoring as a sophomore with 23.4 ppg.
• Tommy Boyer, 84, averaged 15.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg while shooting 89.2% from the free-throw line for Arkansas from 1960-61 through 1962-63. Two-time All-Southwest Conference selection led the nation in free-throw shooting as a junior (93.3%) and senior (91.3%).
• Ron Bradley, 90, averaged 2.5 ppg for Georgia from 1953-54 through 1955-56. He led the Bulldogs' baseball squad in RBI in 1957.
• Kevin Braswell, 46, averaged 13.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 5.4 apg and 2.7 spg for Georgetown from 1998-99 through 2001-02. Two-time All-Big East Conference selection finished all four seasons among league's top six in assists per game and top five in steals per game.
• Sheldon "Skip" Brechtel Jr., 73, averaged 3 ppg and 1.3 rpg for Loyola of New Orleans in 1970-71 and 1971-72 in the school's last two seasons at major-college level.
• James R. Brennan, 97, averaged 1.1 ppg for Niagara in 1947-48 and 1948-49 under coach Taps Gallagher.
• Jim Breslin Jr., 82, was a member of St. Bonaventure's 1964 NIT team coached by Larry Weise.
• Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman, 71, averaged 15.4 ppg and 7.6 rpg for Louisville from 1972-73 through 1974-75 under coach Denny Crum. All-American as senior when three-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection was second-leading scorer and rebounder with Final Four team before becoming 8th pick overall in NBA draft. As a businessman, he owned more than 450 fast-food restaurants (including over 160 Wendy's and 120 Chili'[s franchises). In 2016, Forbes ranked him as the fourth-wealthiest retired athlete in the world behind only Michael Jordan, David Beckham and Arnold Palmer.
• Dave Brill, 81, averaged 1.4 ppg and 1.7 rpg for Kansas from 1962-63 through 1964-65.
• Bill Broderick, 80, averaged 5 ppg for Loyola of New Orleans in 1964-65.
• Dale Brooks, 88, averaged 4 ppg for Denver in 1956-57 and 1957-58.
• Bob Brown, 89, averaged 5.4 ppg and 6.4 rpg for NYU in 1956-57 and 1957-58 in Howard Cann's last two seasons as coach of the Violets.
• Dion Brown, 57, averaged 12.6 ppg, 6.5 rpg and 2 apg for Washington from 1988-89 through 1990-91 after transferring from Chaminade (Hawaii). Senior captain and team MVP.
• Joseph Broz, 84, averaged 4.6 ppg and 5.1 rpg for Navy in 1960-61 and 1961-62 under coach Ben Carnevale.
• Stan Buchanan, 91, averaged 3.9 ppg for San Francisco from 1952-53 through 1954-55 under coach Phil Woolpert. As a senior, Buchanan averaged 5.2 ppg as teammate of Bill Russell and K.C. Jones on NCAA Tournament titlist.
• Don Buchman, 91, averaged 4 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Pacific in 1953-54.
• Jay Buckley, 83, averaged 10.9 ppg and 8.4 rpg for Duke from 1961-62 through 1963-64 under coach Vic Bubas. All-ACC second-team selection as a senior when leading Final Four club in rebounding.
• Charlie Buechlein, 90, averaged 1.1 ppg and 1.2 rpg for Vanderbilt from 1952-53 through 1955-56 under coach Bob Polk.
• Ned Bumgarner, 73, averaged 2.5 ppg and 1.5 rpg for Army in 1971-72 and 1973-74.
• Joe Buneta, 90, averaged 6.3 ppg and 7.2 rpg for Toledo from 1954-55 through 1956-57. As a junior, he led the Rockets in rebounding with 10.9 rpg.
• David Burns, 66, was a juco recruit who averaged 19.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.2 apg and 2.1 spg for St. Louis in 1979-80 and 1980-81. Metro Conference co-Player of the Year as a senior when leading league in scoring (21.4 ppg).
• Greg Bush, 81, played for DePaul in the early 1960s under coach Ray Meyer.
• Kenny Byrd, 64, was a juco recruit who averaged 11.5 ppg and 5.6 rpg for Southern Illinois in 1981-82 and 1982-83. He led the Salukis in scoring both seasons.
• Bob Camp, 82, averaged 10.7 ppg and 7.6 rpg for West Virginia from 1962-63 through 1964-65 in George King's last three seasons as coach of the Mountaineers. As senior captain, Camp was the leading scorer and rebounder with their NCAA tourney team.
• Elden Campbell, 57, averaged 15.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.7 bpg and 1.1 spg while shooting 56.2% from the floor for Clemson from 1986-87 through 1989-90. Two-time All-ACC selection ranked among the nation's top 30 in blocked shots all four seasons and ranked 10th in field-goal shooting as a sophomore (62.9%). He died from drowning after a medical emergency while fishing solo in Florida.
• Charles "Curtiss" Cates, 90, played for Davidson in 1953-54.
• John Cegalis, 82, averaged 5.4 ppg and 6.5 rpg for Duquesne from 1961-62 through 1963-64. He was among the Dukes' top three rebounders each of his last two seasons.
• Bill Chamberlain, 75, averaged 12.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg and 2.5 apg for North Carolina from 1969-70 through 1971-72 under coach Dean Smith. Chamberlain was a member of NCAA Tournament third-place team as a senior.
• Frank Clark Jr., 75, averaged 1.4 ppg and 1.2 rpg for Davidson in 1969-70 in Terry Holland's first season as coach of the Wildcats.
• Dwayne Collins, 37, averaged 9.9 ppg and 7 rpg for Miami (Fla.) from 2006-07 through 2009-10 under coach Frank Haith, leading the Hurricanes in rebounding three of those seasons.
• Robert Conibear, 97, averaged 1.5 ppg for Wayne State (Mich.) from 1948-49 through 1951-52 after serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Jackie "Jack" Conway, 89, played for Wichita in 1953-54 under coach Ralph Miller. He was a football QB affiliated with the CFL in 1956.
• Jaraan Cornell, 48, averaged 12.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.2 apg and 1.4 spg while shooting 36.9% from beyond the three-point arc for Purdue from 1996-97 through 1999-00 under coach Gene Keady. All-Big Ten Conference third-team selection as a sophomore and junior.
• Dick Crews, 89, averaged 3.4 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Washington from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Tippy Dye. Crews was the Huskies' first African-American player.
• William Currie, 94, averaged 2 ppg for New Mexico from 1949-50 through 1951-52.
• Ken Daniel, 92, averaged 12.1 ppg and 11.1 rpg for Richmond from 1952-53 through 1955-56, becoming the Spiders' all-time rebounding leader.
• Jim Davidson, 75, was a Concord College WV transfer who averaged 16.1 ppg and 8.2 rpg for Marshall from 1966-67 through 1968-69, leading the Thundering Herd's second straight NIT club in field-goal shooting as a junior (47.6%).
• Kirk Davidson, 53, played for Brigham Young in 1989-90 before transferring to Nevada, where he averaged 5.3 ppg and 2.4 rpg in 1991-92 and 1992-93.
• Dave Delaney, 80, averaged 2.5 ppg and 3.7 rpg for Boston University in 1964-65.
• John DeVincentis, 91, played for Niagara in the mid-1950s under coach Taps Gallagher.
• Donte "Don" DeVincenzi, 84, averaged 7.8 ppg and 3.6 rpg for Saint Mary's in 1964-65, 1965-66 and 1969-70, leading the Gaels in scoring as a junior with 14.7 ppg. He had a distinguished 35-year career with NASA including his last position as Chief of Life Sciences.
• Dave Downey, 84, averaged 18.9 ppg and 11 rpg for Illinois from 1960-61 through 1962-63 under coach Harry Combes, leading the Illini in scoring and rebounding all three seasons. All-American and All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection as a senior when he scored school single-game record of 53 points against Indiana before becoming 30th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Thomas Drabczyk, 88, lettered with Niagara in 1957-58.
• Bill Drenser, 82, averaged 7.9 ppg and 3.3 rpg for Toledo from 1962-63 through 1964-65. He was senior co-captain.
• Tommy Duffer, 84, averaged 3.9 ppg and 3 rpg for Tennessee Tech in 1960-61 and 1961-62 under coach John Oldham.
• Randy Echols averaged 9.6 ppg and 4.1 rpg for Cal State Los Angeles in 1974-75 in school's final season at major-college level.
• Ron Ekker, 90, compiled a 101-142 coaching record in nine DI seasons with West Texas State (64-71 in five years from 1973-74 through 1977-78) and St. Louis (37-71 in four years from 1978-79 through 1981-82). WTSU reached the Top 20 in 1975-76 when Maurice Cheeks was the Buffs' point guard.
• Lee Elia, 87, averaged 13.7 ppg in three basketball games with Delaware in 1957-58 in the Blue Hens' inaugural season at major-college level. Shortstop hit .203 with the Chicago White Sox in 1966 and Chicago Cubs in 1968. He compiled a 238-300 managerial record with the Cubs (1982 and 1983) and Philadelphia Phillies (1987 and 1988).
• Kenny Elliott, 67, averaged 13.3 ppg and 2.6 rpg while shooting 80.2% from the free-throw line for Eastern Kentucky from 1975-76 through 1978-79. All-Ohio Valley Conference selection as a senior when NCAA Tournament participant (against Tennessee) led the Colonels in free-throw shooting for the third consecutive campaign.
• Nolen Ellison, 83, averaged 13.9 ppg and 4.4 rpg for Kansas from 1960-61 through 1962-63. Two-time All-Big Eight Conference selection before becoming 29th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Dr. Ray Esquibel, 95, averaged 8 ppg for New Mexico in 1949-50, 1950-51 and 1954-55. After his college career was interrupted by serving in U.S. military, he was the Lobos' leading scorer as a senior with 12.4 ppg.
• Aaron Etherington, 25, was on Toledo's roster in 2019-20 before transferring to UIndy.
• Jim Fallon, 94, averaged 4 ppg for Duquesne from 1952-53 through 1954-55 under coach Dudey Moore. As a senior, Fallon scored four points in NIT final when the Dukes defeated Dayton.
• Don "Mike" Farmer, 88, averaged 10.6 ppg and 8.5 rpg for San Francisco from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Phil Woolpert. Two-time All-WCAC first-team selection was second-leading rebounder and fifth-leading scorer for undefeated 1956 NCAA Tournament titlist before becoming second-leading scorer and rebounder with national third-place team in 1957. All-American as a senior before becoming 3rd pick overall in NBA draft.
• Eartha Faust, 71, was a juco recruit who averaged 9.8 ppg and 1.8 rpg for West Virginia in 1973-74 (team runner-up in scoring with 15.6 ppg) and 1974-75.
• Bob Fedorko, 82, was a juco recruit who averaged 6.6 ppg and 3.9 rpg while shooting 55% from the floor for Tulsa in 1963-64 and 1964-65.
• Larry Florence, 49, averaged 9.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 1.8 apg for Nebraska from 1996-97 through 1999-00 in Danny Nee's last four seasons as coach of the Huskers. Participated in NCAA playoffs as a sophomore before becoming leader in scoring (13 ppg) and steals (1.5 spg) as a senior.
• George Flynn, 88, was a member of Loyola of New Orleans' 1958 NCAA tourney team.
• Tom Flynn, 91, averaged 2.6 ppg for Iona in 1954-55 under coach Jim McDermott.
• Dr. John Foker averaged 1.4 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Harvard in 1958-59. He was a football letterman with the Crimson in 1957 and 1958.
• Eddie Ford, 81, averaged 3.9 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Murray State in 1964-65 and 1965-66. He is the father of former Missouri/Kentucky player and long-time DI coach Travis Ford.
• Wally Fredricks, 90, averaged 4.5 ppg and 6.1 rpg for La Salle from 1954-55 through 1956-57. Member of the Explorers' 1955 NCAA Tournament runner-up tied for team leadership in rebounding as a senior with 8.7 rpg.
• John Furlong, 86, averaged 2.9 ppg for Cornell from 1957-58 through 1959-60.
• David "Roger" Gaeckler, 84, averaged 6.1 ppg and 8.4 rpg for Gettysburg College PA from 1961-62 through 1963-64, leading the Bullets in rebounding as a junior (10.9 rpg). He coached Hofstra to the school's first two NCAA playoff berths in 1976 and 1977, compiling an 84-102 record with the Flying Dutchmen in seven seasons from 1972-73 through 1978-79.
• Ricky Gallon, 67, averaged 11.6 ppg and 6.6 rpg while shooting 55.2% from the floor for Louisville from 1974-75 through 1977-78 under coach Denny Crum. As a freshman, Gallon was in regular rotation for a Final Four squad. As a sophomore, he led the Cardinals in scoring (15.3 ppg), rebounding (7 rpg) and field-goal shooting (59.4%/runner-up in Metro Conference). As a senior, Gallon paced their NCAA tourney team in rebounding (8.2 ppg) and blocked shots (1.5 bpg).
• Bobby Gaston, 101, was a Georgia Tech hoops letterman in 1944. Wingback on football team participating in Sugar Bowl following 1943 season went on to officiate 19 Bowl games.
• James "Buck" Geary, 98, averaged 5.7 ppg for Wake Forest from 1948-49 through 1950-51 under coach Murray Greason after serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Dr. John "Hoot" Gibson, 94, averaged 4.4 ppg for Kansas State from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Jack Gardner. Gibson posted a career-high 6.1 ppg with NCAA Tournament runner-up in 1950-51.
• Oliver Gibson, 53, collected eight points and five rebounds in seven basketball games for Notre Dame in 1990-91 in Digger Phelps' final year as coach of the Fighting Irish. Defensive tackle was was a fourth-round draft choice by the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers in 1995, playing four seasons for them before finishing nine-year career with five campaigns on roster of the Cincinnati Bengals.
• Gregg Glenn III, 22, played briefly for Michigan in 2022-23 under coach Juwan Howard before transferring to Tulane, where Glenn averaged 7.3 ppg and 4 rpg in 2023-24 and 2024-25 under coach Ron Hunter. Florida native drowned while swimming off the coast of Miami with a friend.
• Bill Glidewell Jr., 92, played for Davidson in 1951-52.
• E. "Bob" Goebel, 82, averaged 4.7 ppg for Murray State in 1961-62 and 1963-64.
• Reid Goldsberry, 86, averaged 4.6 ppg and 4.1 rpg for Utah State in 1958-59, 1961-62 and 1962-63 (missed 1959-60 and 1960-61 seasons while serving Mormon mission in Australia). As a senior, he was a teammate of All-American Wayne Estes with the Aggies' NCAA tourney team coached by Ladell Andersen.
• Bob Gongleski, 74, averaged 8.1 ppg and 5.9 rpg for Gettysburg College PA in 1970-71 before transferring to King's College PA.
• Ken "Zeke" Grabinski, 75, averaged 4.6 ppg and 3.3 rpg for Iowa from 1969-70 through 1971-72. He played in NCAA tourney as a sophomore before becoming the Hawkeyes' runner-up in rebounding as a junior with 5.8 rpg.
• Larkin Gram, 80, played for Niagara in 1962-63 under coach Taps Gallagher.
• Frank Grebowski, 86, averaged 4.3 ppg for Duquesne from 1957-58 through 1959-60. As a junior, he was the Dukes' third-leading rebounder with 5.7 rpg.
• David Greenwood, 68, averaged 14.6 ppg and 8.7 rpg while shooting 54.3% from the floor for UCLA from 1975-76 through 1978-79. Freshman member of Final Four team was a senior All-American before becoming 2nd pick overall in NBA draft.
• James Griffin, 78, was a juco recruit who averaged 2.7 ppg for Hardin-Simmons in 1968-69.
• Jerry Grote, 85, averaged 13.3 ppg and 5.8 rpg for Loyola Marymount from 1959-60 through 1961-62, finishing among the Lions' top two scorers each season including their first NCAA tourney team his junior year. Three-time All-WCAC selection became 30th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Don Haase Sr., 92, averaged 11 ppg and 11.5 rpg for Detroit from 1954-55 through 1957-58 under coach Bob Calihan. Haase led the Titans in rebounding each of his last two seasons.
• Charles Hagenah, 88, averaged 10.9 ppg and 8.9 rpg for Colgate in 1957-58 and 1958-59 (captain when leading Red Raiders in scoring with 13.4 ppg).
• Darnel Haney, 88, averaged 12.2 ppg and 8.9 rpg for Utah State in 1960-61 and 1961-62. He was the Aggies' runner-up in scoring (15.7 ppg) and rebounding (10.3 rpg) with their NCAA tourney team in his final season.
• Clester Harrington, 89, averaged 8.9 ppg and 8.6 rpg for Tulsa from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Clarence Iba. Harrington led the Golden Hurricane in rebounding each of his first two seasons before finishing runner-up as a senior.
• Jim Hatfield, 81, compiled a 96-122 coaching record in eight seasons with Louisiana-Lafayette (47-35 from 1975-76 through 1977-78), Mississippi State (40-42 from 1978-79 through 1980-81) and Hardin-Simmons (1981-82 and 1982-83). As a player, he averaged 1.1 ppg with East Tennessee State from 1963-64 through 1965-66.
• Vern Hatton, 89, averaged 15.2 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Kentucky from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Adolph Rupp. All-American as a senior when leading NCAA Tournament titlist in scoring with 17.1 ppg before becoming 10th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Phillip "Doom" Haynes, 63, averaged 12.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 1.6 apg for Memphis State from 1980-81 through 1983-84 under coach Dana Kirk. Haynes participated in Sweet 16 of NCAA playoffs each of his last three seasons. He was an All-Metro Conference second-team selection as a senior.
• Jeff Hazard, 80, averaged 5.4 ppg and 3.7 rpg for St. Bonaventure from 1964-65 through 1966-67 under coach Larry Weise.
• Tommy Hemans, 90, averaged 11.7 ppg for Niagara from 1953-54 through 1955-56 under coach Taps Gallagher. As a senior, Hemans led the Purple Eagles in scoring with 18.5 ppg. He finished runner-up in rebounding with them each of his final two seasons with 14.2 rpg and 12.2 rpg, respectively.
• Cornell Hess, 85, averaged 1.9 ppg for Fordham in 1960-61 and 1961-62 under coach John Bach.
• Dave Hilger, 83, averaged 2 ppg for Montana in 1962-63.
• Doug Hoffman, 88, averaged 9.4 ppg and 5.6 rpg for Clemson from 1956-57 through 1958-59 in Press Maravich's first three seasons as coach of the Tigers. CF led the Tigers' 1959 College World Series team in triples (five), homers (four) and walks (33).
• Wynn Hoffman, 84, averaged 2.4 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Colorado State from 1960-61 through 1963-64 under coach Jim Williams (redshirt in 1962-63).
• Dave Hollingsworth, 88, averaged 13.1 ppg for Davidson from 1955-56 through 1958-59. He led the Wildcats in rebounding as a sophomore (8.7 rpg) and junior (8.6 rpg) before pacing them in scoring as a senior (18.6 ppg).
• Allan Hornyak, 74, averaged 22.8 ppg and 4.1 rpg for Ohio State from 1970-71 through 1972-73 under coach Fred Taylor. Two-time All-American and three-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection led the Buckeyes in scoring each season.
• Walt Hoye Jr., 88, averaged 6.6 ppg and 4.4 rpg for Loyola Marymount from 1955-56 through 1957-58, finishing runner-up in scoring with the Lions as a senior with 10.3 ppg.
• Pete Hugdahl, 82, averaged 8.6 ppg and 3 rpg for Air Force in 1964-65 and 1965-66 under coach Bob Spear.
• Kim Hughes, 73, averaged 13.6 ppg and 11.2 rpg for Wisconsin from 1971-72 through 1973-74, leading the Badgers in rebounding all three seasons. He also paced them in scoring as a senior.
• Bob "Pudgy" Hunt, 86, averaged 3.1 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Oregon in 1958-59 before transferring to Gonzaga, where he led the Zags in scoring with 20.3 ppg in 1961-62.
• Johnny Hunton, 97, played hoops for Maryland in 1948-49. INF in the New York Yankees' farm system for three years from 1952 through 1954. In his first year of Organized Ball with Norfolk (Class B Piedmont League), he was a teammate of eventual 14-year MLB INF-OF Woodie Held under eventual MLB manager Mayo Smith. In his final season in the minors with Binghamton (Class A Eastern League), Hunton's teammates included a couple of World Series participants at least five times apiece - 2B Bobby Richardson and RHP Ralph Terry. Hunton was Liberty's baseball coach when school transitioned to NCAA DI level in 1990s (compiling 175-175-3 record in seven campaigns highlighted by 1993 Big South Conference title).
• Gene Iba, 84, compiled a 226-202 coaching record in 15 seasons at NCAA DI level with Houston Baptist (128-96 in eight years from 1977-78 through 1984-85) and Baylor (98-106 in seven years from 1985-86 through 1991-92), appearing in NCAA tourney with both schools. He played with Tulsa in 1959-60 and 1960-61.
• Billy Bob Ingram, 83, was a juco recruit who averaged 3.4 ppg for Auburn in 1962-63 under coach Joel Eaves.
• Bob Johnson, 83, averaged 2.8 ppg for Massachusetts in 1961-62 before transferring to Fitchburg State MA.
• Davey Johnson, 82, averaged 1.7 ppg as a Texas A&M sophomore in 1961-62. Four-time All-Star INF hit .261 in with the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago in 13 years from 1965 to 1978. Slugged 43 (N.L. runner-up) of his 136 career homers with the Braves in 1973 after appearing in four World Series with the Orioles (1966-69-70-71). Owns distinction of being the only player to have hit behind both Hank Aaron and Japan's all-time home-run king (Sadaharu Oh). A.L. Manager of the Year in 1977 with the Orioles directed the New York Mets to victory over the O's in 1986 World Series. His 17-year managerial record with the Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals was 1,372-1,071.
• Larry Johnson, 70, averaged 7.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 2.8 apg for Kentucky from 1973-74 through 1976-77. Member of NCAA Tournament runner-up in 1975 and NIT champion in 1976. All-SEC third-team selection as senior before becoming 24th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Larry Jones, 82, averaged 20.9 ppg and 9 rpg for Toledo from 1960-61 through 1963-64 (missed majority of 1962-63 after suffering fractured wrist in season opener). Two-time all-league selection in Mid-American Conference led the Rockets in scoring average in three campaigns.
• Bill Juby, 90, averaged 1.9 ppg for Oklahoma City's NCAA tourney teams in 1954-55 and 1955-56.
• Dan Kaufman, 85, was on roster of Butler's first-ever NCAA tourney team in 1962 coached by Tony Hinkle.
• Joe Keifer, 91, averaged 12.3 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Toledo from 1954-55 through 1957-58 (redshirt in 1956-57). He was senior captain.
• Kim Kellenberg, 77, averaged 2.3 ppg and 2.9 rpg for San Francisco in 1966-67 and 1967-68 before transferring to Humboldt State CA.
• John "Jack" Kelly, 88, averaged 10.5 ppg and 8.1 rpg for Villanova from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Alex Severance. As a senior, Kelly was the Wildcats' scoring leader (14.9 ppg). He compiled a 22-40 pitching record in the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system in four years from 1958 through 1961. In 1959, lefthander was on same staffs with Columbus/Gastonia (Class A South Atlantic League) and Wilson (Class B Carolina League) as eventual MLB veterans of at least seven years Jack Lamabe, Bob Veale and Dave Wickersham. In Kelly's last two years of Organized Ball with Burlington (Class B IL-IN-IA League) and Asheville (Class A South Atlantic League), he led both teams in defeats on same staffs with eventual nine-year big leaguers Bob Priddy and Tommie Sisk. Kelly was also a Pirates farmhand during same time as fellow hurler Tom Butters, who was the A.D. responsible for hiring and then retaining Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski as Duke's basketball coach during some early difficult campaigns.
• James "Mike" Kimmins, 77, averaged 1.6 ppg for West Texas State in 1967-68.
• Al Kindelmann, 77, averaged 6.2 ppg and 6.2 rpg for Iona from 1967-68 through 1969-70 under coach Jim McDermott. As a junior, Kindelmann was the Gaels' runner-up in rebounding with 9 rpg.
• Nate Koppel, 89, averaged 3.4 ppg for Boston University in 1957-58 when the Terriers made transition to major-college level.
• Bob Kordish, 91, averaged 4.5 ppg and 4.2 rpg for Colgate in 1953-54 and 1954-55.
• Barry Kramer, 82, averaged 22.5 ppg and 9.3 rpg for New York University from 1961-62 through 1963-64, finishing runner-up in nation in scoring average as a junior with 29.3 ppg. As a senior, two-time All-American was runner-up to teammate Happy Hairston in scoring and rebounding with the Violets' NIT semifinalist. Kramer, the eighth overall pick in 1964 NBA draft, twice scored 42 points in Madison Square Garden.
• Dick Kretch, 96, averaged 3.4 ppg for Miami of Ohio in 1948-49 and 1949-50.
• Larry Krohn, 92, averaged 2.5 ppg and 2.2 rpg for Portland in 1953-54. He served in the U.S. Army.
• Dr. Paul Kudelko, 82, averaged 1.2 ppg for Duquesne in 1961-62 and 1962-63.
• Pete Kuzma, 68, averaged 7 ppg and 4.2 rpg for Ball State from 1974-75 through 1976-77.
• Fred Lang, 74, averaged 1.9 ppg and 1.7 rpg for Harvard in 1970-71.
• Billy Lawrence, 81, was a North Carolina transfer who averaged 11.8 ppg and 2.4 rpg for St. John's in 1963-64 under coach Joe Lapchick.
• Bob Lawry, 84, averaged 1.3 ppg for Fordham in 1960-61 and 1961-62 under coach John Bach.
• Frank Layden, 93, compiled a 119-97 coaching record with Niagara in eight seasons from 1968-69 through 1975-76. He guided the Purple Eagles to their initial NCAA Tournament appearance in 1970 before participating in NIT in 1972 and 1976.
• George Leftwich, 84, averaged 10.5 ppg and 4.1 rpg for Villanova from 1961-62 through 1964-65 (redshirt in 1962-63) in Jack Kraft's first four seasons as coach with the Wildcats. As a sophomore, Leftwich was third-leading scorer (13.2 ppg) with their East Regional finalist.
• Bob "Snake" LeGrand, 81, compiled a 122-184 coaching record with Texas-Arlington in 11 seasons from 1976-77 through 1986-87. He directed the Mavericks to their first-ever 20-win season and NIT in 1980-81.
• Larry Lewis, 78, averaged 17.2 ppg and 17.7 rpg for St. Francis (Pa.) from 1966-67 through 1968-69, leading the Red Flash in rebounding all three seasons as one of nation's top nine boardmen (runner-up as senior with 20.6 rpg). In his final season, he scored a school single-game record of 46 points against St. Vincent (Pa.).
• Bill Librera, 79, averaged 13.6 ppg and 8 rpg for Vermont from 1965-66 through 1967-68. He led the Catamounts in scoring as senior captain and paced them in rebounding each of his last two seasons.
• Dave Lillevand Jr., 88, averaged 4.2 ppg and 2.2 rpg for San Francisco from 1956-57 through 1958-59 in Phil Woolpert's final three seasons as coach of the Dons. As a sophomore, Lillevand played in Final Four against Wilt Chamberlain-led Kansas.
• Bob Long, 83, played for Wichita in 1960-61 and 1961-62 under coach Ralph Miller. Long was a fourth-round selection by the Green Bay Packers in 1964 NFL draft (44th pick overall) who caught 98 passes for 1,539 yards and 10 touchdowns with the Pacers, Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Rams in seven years through 1970.
• Larry Loudis, 88, averaged 5.4 ppg for Syracuse from 1955-56 through 1957-58.
• Stan Love, 76, averaged 21.1 ppg and 10.5 rpg for Oregon from 1968-69 through 1970-71. Three-time all-league selection in Pacific-8 Conference led the Ducks in scoring and rebounding each season. Father of UCLA All-American Kevin Love and younger brother of Beach Boys singer Mike Love was employed as a caretaker/front man/bodyguard for Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson, the Loves' cousin who also perished this year at the age of 82.
• Boyd Lynch, 77, averaged 11.4 ppg and 7.9 rpg for Eastern Kentucky from 1967-68 through 1969-70. As a senior, he was the Colonels' runner-up in scoring (14.8 ppg) and rebounding (11.2 rpg) while leading team in both shooting categories (52.4 FG% and 80.8 FT%).
• Kevin Mackey, 79, compiled a 142-69 coaching record with Cleveland State in seven seasons from 1983-84 through 1989-90. He guided the Vikings to three consecutive national postseason tournament appearance from 1986 through 1988 (1 NCAA/2 NIT). Mackey recruited Manute Bol to CSU from Sudan and created a birthdate for him in conjunction with local immigration office. But the 7-7 center couldn't speak English well enough and transferred to Bridgeport CT. The Vikings were placed on two years' probation for providing improper financial assistance to Bol and two other African players.
• Bill Madaus, 85, played for Holy Cross in 1960-61.
• Nick Mandravelis, 84, averaged 13.2 ppg for New Hampshire from 1960-61 through 1963-64 (redshirt in 1961-62). As a senior, he was the Wildcats' leader in scoring (19.8 ppg) and runner-up in rebounding (8.8 rpg).
• John Mangan, 88, averaged 7.5 ppg and 6.8 rpg for Penn in 1956-57 in Jack McCloskey's first season as coach of the Quakers. Mangan played in five U.S. Open tennis tournaments (Forest Hills).
• Dave Mannen, 87, played for Kent State in the mid-1950s before serving in U.S. military during the Berlin Crisis.
• Gene Marcy, 91, played for Niagara in 1955-56 under coach Taps Gallagher.
• Leon Marlaire, 90, was an Illinois native who averaged 9.2 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Alabama from 1952-53 through 1955-56 during Johnny Dee's four seasons as coach of the Crimson Tide. As a sophomore, Marlaire was an All-[SEC](conferences/southeastern-conference0 third-team selection.
• Peter Marra, 84, was an Indiana football transfer who played hoops with Niagara in 1961-62 under coach Taps Gallagher.
• Zeke Marshall, 52, averaged 11.3 ppg and 5.7 rpg for Cornell from 1990-91 through 1993-94 under coach Jan van Breda Kolff. Marshall was an All-Ivy League second-team selection each of his last two seasons when finishing runner-up in scoring average with the Big Red.
• Brian Martin, 62, was a juco recruit who averaged 4.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg for Kansas from 1981-82 through 1983-84 under coaches Ted Owens and Larry Brown. Martin participated in the NCAA playoffs as a senior.
• David Grier "D.G." Martin Jr., 85, averaged 5 ppg for Davidson from 1959-60 through 1961-62. As a senior, he was named top defensive player with the Wildcats' first winning team under coach Lefty Driesell. Democrat narrowly lost two races for Congress from North Carolina in 1984 and 1986.
• Daryl Mason, 73, averaged 10.6 ppg and 12.3 rpg for Butler from 1971-72 through 1973-74. He led the Bulldogs in rebounding all three seasons.
• Dick Mast, 90, averaged 14.8 ppg and 5.3 rpg for Northwestern from 1954-55 through 1956-57. He was junior captain when finishing fourth in the Big Ten Conference in scoring with 21 ppg.
• Virgil "Buddy" Matthews, 95, was a juco recruit who averaged 7.1 ppg for Hardin-Simmons in 1950-51.
• Deng Mayar, 22, drowned in late summer after transferring to Omaha from North Dakota, where he averaged 5.7 ppg and 3.9 rpg in 2023-24 and 2024-25.
• John McDonald, 94, averaged 3.6 ppg for Dartmouth in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
• Thomas McGrann, 83, averaged 12.5 ppg and 7 rpg for Minnesota from 1960-61 through 1962-63 under coach John Kundla, leading the Golden Gophers in scoring and rebounding as a sophomore.
• Harlan "Lefty" Melton, 92, was an All-PCC North Division first-team selection as Idaho's leading scorer with 14.9 ppg in 1954-55.
• Gene Millard, 90, averaged 6 ppg for Ohio State from 1954-55 through 1956-57, serving as senior captain.
• Larry Miller, 79, averaged 21.8 ppg and 9.2 rpg for North Carolina from 1965-66 through 1967-68 under coach Dean Smith. Two-time All-American was leading scorer and second-leading rebounder for NCAA Tournament runner-up as senior and national fourth-place finisher as a junior.
• Oliver Miller, 54, averaged 12.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.2 apg and 2.5 bpg while shooting 63.6% from the floor for Arkansas from 1988-89 through 1991-92 under Nolan Richardson Jr. As a sophomore, Miller led the Razorbacks' Final Four team in rebounds, blocked shots and field-goal shooting before pacing nation in FG% the next season (70.4) as All-SWC first-team selection. He twice led the SWC in rejections and field-goal percentage before All-SEC third-team choice as a senior became 22nd pick overall in NBA draft.
• Patrick Milmoe, 87, played for William & Mary in 1956-57.
• Eric Minkin, 74, averaged 9.5 ppg and 7.1 rpg for Davidson from 1969-70 through 1971-72 in Terry Holland's first three seasons as coach of the Wildcats. Minkin was an All-Southern Conference second-team selection each of his last two seasons when finishing as team runner-up in rebounding.
• Cliff Moller, 78, was a New York City product and juco recruit who averaged 3.1 ppg for Nebraska as a sophomore in 1968-69.
• Don Monson, 92, compiled a 216-186 coaching record in 14 seasons with Idaho (100-41 in five years from 1978-79 through 1982-83 and Oregon (116-145 in nine years from 1983-84 through 1991-92), participating in six national postseason tournaments (2 NCAA/4 NIT). He averaged 3 ppg for Idaho in 1953-54 and 1954-55.
• Steve Mortara, 76, averaged 5.2 ppg and 2.3 rpg for San Jose State in 1968-69 and 1969-70.
• Lawrence Moten III, 53, averaged 19.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.5 apg and 1.8 spg for Syracuse from 1991-92 through 1994-95 under coach Jim Boeheim. Three-time All-Big East Conference first-team selection and All-American as a senior averaged 23.3 ppg in seven NCAA playoff contests.
• Tom Mounkhall, 80, averaged 2.8 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Holy Cross from 1963-64 through 1965-66.
• Russ Mueller, 83, averaged 6.2 ppg and 4.8 rpg for Eastern Kentucky from 1960-61 through 1962-63.
• Malik Murray, 50, played for DePaul from 1992-93 through 1995-96 under coach Joey Meyer.
• Bill Murtha, 80, was a Loyola of Chicago transfer who averaged 10.9 ppg and 6.7 rpg for George Washington in 1964-65 under coach Bill Reinhart. While home for winter break in Staten Island, Murtha was in a catastrophic auto accident and spent the next nine months in the hospital, curtailing his college basketball career.
• Dick Myers, 81, was a juco recruit who played for Texas Western's 1966 NCAA Tournament champion coached by Don Haskins.
• Ernie Nestor, 78, compiled a 135-198 Division I coaching record in 11 seasons with George Mason (68-81 in five years from 1988-89 through 1992-93) and Elon (67-117 in six years from 2003-04 through 2008-09). He guided GMU to NCAA playoffs in his inaugural campaign with the Patriots.
• Emanuel "Manny" Newsome, 83, averaged 26.1 ppg and 4.3 rpg for Western Michigan from 1961-62 through 1963-64, finishing among the nation's Top 20 scorers all three seasons. Three-time All-Mid-American Conference first-team selection provided three outbursts of at least 44 points as a senior (against Loyola of Chicago, Michigan State and Toledo).
• Dean Nims, 93, played for Oklahoma State in 1951-52 under coach Hank Iba before transferring to Iowa State, where Nims averaged 4.5 ppg and 1.3 rpg in 1953-54.
• Chester "Chet" Noe Jr., 93, averaged 11.4 ppg for Oregon from 1950-51 through 1952-53. All-PCC selection as a senior when leading league with 14.6 rpg before becoming 15th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Johnny O'Brien, 94, was a two-time All-American who averaged 25.8 ppg for Seattle from 1950-51 through 1952-53. As a senior averaging 32 ppg in three NCAA playoff games, he ranked 3rd in nation in scoring average, 5th in FG% and 6th in FT%. INF-RHP hit .250 and compiled a 1-3 pitching record with the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Braves in six seasons (1953 and 1955 through 1959).
• Art Obrock, 87, averaged 11.9 ppg and 4.1 rpg for Washington University (Mo.) from 1957-58 through 1959-60 in the Bears' final three seasons at the major-college level. He was runner-up in total points each of his last two years.
• Elijah Olaniyi, 26, averaged 12.2 ppg and 5.2 rpg for Stony Brook from 2017-18 through 2019-20 and 2021-22. He transferred to Miami (Fla.) for the 2020-21 campaign, averaging 10.5 ppg and 5.1 rpg under coach Jim Larranaga. America East Conference Rookie of the Year became an all-league selection the next two seasons when finishing 10th in AEC in rebounding average both years.
• Kyle Owens, 24, averaged 6.5 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Montana from 2019-20 through 2021-22 before transferring to UC Riverside, where he averaged 9.3 ppg and 5.5 rpg in 2022-23 and 2023-24.
• Jim Painten, 82, averaged 7.1 ppg and 3.6 rpg for Massachusetts in 1963-64 and 1964-65 in Johnny Orr's first two seasons as coach of the Minutemen.
• Tony Parker Sr., 70, averaged 17.4 ppg and 6.9 rpg for Loyola of Chicago from 1973-74 through 1976-77. Father of Hall of Fame playmaker with same name was incredibly consistent, averaging from 17.1 ppg to 17.7 ppg all four seasons while finishing among the Ramblers' top two in scoring average each campaign. Another one of his sons, Pierre, played for them in 2004-05 and 2005-06.
• Battista "B.J." Pecoraro, 89, was a juco recruit and member of Loyola of New Orleans' 1958 NCAA tourney team.
• Bill Perusek, 94, averaged 6.1 ppg for John Carroll (Ohio) from 1949-50 through 1951-52. As a senior, he was team runner-up in scoring with 9.8 ppg.
• Ron Petro, 84, led Manhattan in scoring (21.5 ppg) and rebounding (8.5 rpg) in 1961-62 under coach Ken Norton. Petro coached Marist when the Red Foxes made transition to major-college level, compiling a 40-44 record from 1981-82 through 1983-84.
• Gary Phillips, 85, averaged 18.4 ppg and 5.9 rpg for Houston from 1958-59 through 1960-61 under coach Guy Lewis before becoming 8th pick overall in NBA draft. As a senior All-American, Phillips averaged 20.3 ppg in three NCAA playoff games.
• Larry Phillips, 82, averaged 15 ppg and 8.6 rpg for Rice from 1961-62 through 1963-64. All-SWC second-team selection as a senior was the Owls' runner-up in scoring and rebounding to eventual ABA player Kendall Rhine each season.
• Walt Piatkowski Jr., 80, averaged 21.6 ppg and 8.6 rpg for Bowling Green State from 1965-66 through 1967-68. Three-time all-league selection in Mid-American Conference while finishing among loop's top three scorers each season.
• Stan Pivic, 94, averaged 4.8 ppg for Colorado State from 1951-52 through 1953-54. As a senior, he scored a team-high 13 points for the Rams' first-ever NCAA tourney team in a West Regional setback against Idaho State.
• Walter Poff, 93, averaged 11.2 ppg and 3.7 rpg for Detroit from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Bob Calihan. All-Missouri Valley Conference second-team selection as a senior when Poff led the Titans in scoring with 16.7 ppg.
• John "Jack" Powers, 89, averaged 15.4 ppg and 7.5 rpg for Manhattan from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Ken Norton, leading the Jaspers in scoring as a senior. Powers posted game highs of 29 points and 15 rebounds when upsetting top-ranked West Virginia in 1958 NCAA tourney, outscoring and outrebounding All-American Jerry West (10-4). Powers also scored a game-high 26 points in school's first-ever NCAA playoff contest (1956 defeat against Connecticut). He compiled a 142-114 coaching record with his alma mater in 10 seasons from 1968-69 through 1977-78) before becoming executive director of the NIT.
• Elliott Press, 92, averaged 6.5 ppg for St. Francis (N.Y.) from 1951-52 through 1954-55 under coach Daniel Lynch. Press was the Terriers' runner-up in scoring average as a senior with 10.7 ppg.
• Ian Progin, 47, was a Rutgers walk-on in 1999-00.
• Roy Quinn, 87, averaged 8.6 ppg and 4.3 rpg for VMI from 1957-58 through 1959-60.
• Ed Quinones, 93, averaged 1 ppg for St. Bonaventure from 1951-52 through 1953-54.
• Jon Rapp, 82, averaged 8 ppg and 4.4 rpg for Regis CO in 1963-64 under coach Joe B. Hall.
• Charles Rappard, 83, averaged 5.8 ppg and 6.4 rpg for Hardin-Simmons in 1962-63 in Lou Henson's first season as coach of the Cowboys. Two years later, Rappard was their runner-up in rebounding average with 7.1 rpg.
• Marshall Rauch, 102, played for Duke under coach Eddie Cameron before serving in the U.S. Air Force during WWII. He was founder of one of the largest Christmas ornament manufacturers in the world. His grandson, Julian, kicked field goal with 26 seconds remaining to give Appalachian State a stunning football victory at Michigan in 2007 season opener.
• George Raveling, 88, averaged 9.8 ppg and 12.1 rpg for Villanova from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Alex Severance, leading the Wildcats in rebounding as a junior and senior. Raveling compiled a 336-292 coaching record in 22 seasons with Washington State (167-136 in 11 years from 1972-73 through 1982-83), Iowa (54-38 in three years from 1983-84 through 1985-86) and Southern California (115-118 in eight years from 1986-87 through 1993-94).
• Ryan Reid, 38, averaged 5 ppg and 3.9 rpg for Florida State from 2006-07 through 2009-10 under coach Leonard Hamilton, participating in NCAA tourney each of his last two seasons.
• Bob Reinhart, 87, was a Kentucky Wesleyan transfer who averaged 1.7 ppg for Indiana in 1958-59 and 1959-60 under coach Branch McCracken. Reinhart compiled a 107-148 coaching record with Georgia State in nine seasons from 1985-86 through 1993-94, guiding the Panthers to their first-ever NCAA playoff berth in 1991.
• Naseby Rhinehart Jr., 88, played for Montana in 1955-56. He was also on the Grizzlies' track and field squad.
• Carmen Riazzi, 90, averaged 5.8 ppg and 2.3 rpg for Dayton from 1954-55 through 1956-57 under coach Tom Blackburn.
• Michael Ray Richardson, 70, averaged 17.1 ppg and 6.3 rpg for Montana from 1974-75 through 1977-78 under coaches Jud Heathcote and Jim Brandenburg before becoming 4th pick overall in NBA draft. Three-time All-Big Sky Conference first-team selection led the league in scoring as a senior with 24.2 ppg.
• Bob Risk, 87, averaged 3.1 ppg for SEC member Tulane from 1956-57 through 1958-59 under coach Clifford Wells.
• Jason Roberts, 52, averaged 9.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.3 apg and 1.8 spg for Saint Francis (Pa.) from 1992-93 through 1995-96. He led the Red Flash in steals all four seasons.
• Mike Roberts, 71, averaged 9 ppg for Canisius from 1972-73 through 1974-75. As a junior, Roberts averaged 12.2 ppg when teammate Larry Fogle paced the nation in scoring with 33.4 ppg.
• Gaylen Rodgers, 90, played for Wichita in 1954-55 under coach Ralph Miller before transferring to McPherson College KS.
• Rodney Rogers Jr., 54, averaged 19.3 ppg and 7.9 rpg for Wake Forest from 1990-91 through 1992-93 under coach Dave Odom. ACC Freshman of Year became a two-time all-league first-team selection and All-American as a junior before declaring early for NBA draft (ninth pick overall). He averaged 20.7 ppg in six NCAA playoffs while competing in tourney each of his three seasons.
• Jerry Romney, 96, averaged 6.5 ppg for Brigham Young from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Stan Watts. In Romney's first two seasons, he played for the Cougars' first two NCAA tourney teams. As a senior, he was their runner-up in scoring (10.7 ppg).
• Gary Ruprich, 83, averaged 1.2 ppg and 1.3 rpg for Western Michigan in 1960-61 and and [1961-62](seasons/1961-620.
• John Russell, 83, averaged 12.9 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Vanderbilt from 1960-61 through 1962-63 under coaches Bob Polk and Roy Skinner. Russell led the Commodores in scoring as a junior with 15.4 ppg.
• Bill Ryczaj, 80, averaged 7.8 ppg and 3.2 rpg for West Virginia from 1963-64 through 1965-66. He participated in the NCAA playoffs as a junior.
• Bob Salankiewicz, 88, averaged 2.7 ppg for Bucknell from 1955-56 through 1957-58.
• Steve Satir, 80, led Gettysburg College PA in scoring with 16 ppg in 1966-67.
• Jim Savoini, 91, averaged 4.2 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Colorado State in 1953-54 (Rams first-ever NCAA tourney team) and 1954-55.
• Donald Scharlach, 98, was a U.S. Navy veteran who played for Rice in 1945-46 in Buster Brannon's last season as coach of the Owls.
• Charlie Schmaus, 81, averaged 19.5 ppg and 10.5 rpg for VMI from 1963-64 through 1965-66. Two-time All-Southern Conference first-team selection ranked 15th in the nation in scoring as a senior with 25.9 ppg (runner-up in league). Coached his alma mater to a 75-90 record in six seasons from 1976-77 through 1981-82, guiding the Keydets to their first NCAA playoff victory in his inaugural campaign as bench boss.
• Burke Scott, 92, averaged 8.2 ppg for Indiana from 1952-53 through 1954-55 under coach Branch McCracken. As a sophomore, Scott was fourth-leading scorer with NCAA Tournament titlist.
• Don Seamster, 83, averaged 8.8 ppg and 3.3 rpg for Hardin-Simmons in 1961-62 and 1962-63 (Lou Henson's first season as coach of the Cowboys).
• Bill Shanahan Jr., 84, averaged 4.4 ppg and 5.1 rpg for Dartmouth from 1959-60 through 1961-62 under coach Doggie Julian. Shanahan was third-leading rebounder (8.1 rpg) as senior captain. He was COO and President of Colgate-Palmolive for more than four decades.
• Edward "Ned" Sharpenter, 77, averaged 2.6 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Dayton from 1966-67 through 1968-69 under coach Don Donoher. As a sophomore, Sharpenter collected eight points and five rebounds in 1967 NCAA Tournament final setback against Lew Alcindor-led UCLA.
• Chuck Sheaffer, 102, was a member of Washington's first-ever NCAA tourney team in 1943. After having his college career interrupted by serving in U.S. Army during WWII, he was the Huskies' co-captain in 1946-47 in Hec Edmundson's 27th and final season as their coach.
• Ralph "Cooney" Shearer, 88, scored 11 points for Tennessee Tech in the John Oldham-coached Golden Eagles' first-ever NCAA playoff game (defeat against Notre Dame in 1958).
• Eddie Sheldrake, 98, was an All-PCC South Division selection as a UCLA senior in 1950-51 when team captain averaged 10.4 ppg under coach John Wooden after serving in U.S. Navy. Sheldrake scored 11 points in the Bruins' first-ever NCAA Tournament game (73-59 setback against Bradley in 1950) before tallying team-high 21 points in 83-62 loss against Brigham Young in Western Regional third-place contest. Restauranteur was largest holder of Kentucky Fried Chicken and Anaheim-based Polly's Pies franchises in the country, operating as many as 15 KFCs and 13 Polly's in Southern California. Co-founded the first Polly's Pies Restaurant in 1968 with his brother.
• Tanner Shell, 44, averaged 6.5 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Arizona State from 1999-00 through 2001-02.
• Joe Sheridan Sr., 77, played for Niagara in the mid-1960s.
• Clarence Sherrod, 75, averaged 19.6 ppg and 7.2 rpg for Wisconsin from 1968-69 through 1970-71. All-Big Ten Conference second-team selection each of his last two seasons when leading the Badgers in scoring (among top seven in league).
• Jake Shoff, 46, averaged 6.5 ppg and 5.3 rpg for Weber State in 1997-98 and 2000-01 before transferring to Brigham Young, where he averaged 2.7 ppg and 2.8 rpg with NCAA tourney teams in 2002-03 and 2003-04. His college career was interrupted by serving a Mormon mission in Honduras.
• John Shumate, 72, averaged 22.6 ppg and 11.6 rpg for Notre Dame in 1972-73 and 1973-74 under coach Digger Phelps before All-American declared for NBA draft as an undergraduate and became fourth pick overall. In 1973-74, he ranked 10th in nation in scoring average (24.2 ppg) and fourth in field-goal shooting (62.7%). Shumate compiled a 78-118 coaching record with Southern Methodist in seven seasons from 1988-89 through 1994-95.
• Alan Simpson, 93, lettered with Wyoming in 1952-53 by scoring seven points in six games for an NCAA tourney team coached by Everett Shelton. Staunch conservative was a U.S. Senator from the state from 1978 to 1996.
• Joe Simpson, 93, was a juco recruit who averaged 8.6 ppg for Hardin-Simmons in 1951-52 and 1952-53.
• Fred Slaveski, 86, averaged 1.4 ppg for St. Joseph's in 1957-58 under coach Jack Ramsay.
• Ed Slevin, 88, played for San Francisco in 1958-59 under coach Phil Woolpert.
• Bill Smith, 89, averaged 8.4 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Muhlenberg PA in 1954-55.
• Bob Dudley Smith Sr., 95, averaged 7.7 ppg for Vanderbilt from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Bob Polk. Smith was an All-SEC Tournament second-team selection as a junior.
• Don Smith, 83, compiled an 84-83 record with New Orleans in six seasons from 1979-80 through 1984-85 after the Privateers moved up to NCAA Division I level in the mid-1970s.
• Don R. Smith, 83, averaged 2.1 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Dayton from 1961-62 through 1963-64 in Tom Blackburn's final three seasons as coach of the Flyers.
• John Smith, 85, averaged 4.6 ppg for Siena in 1958-59 and 1959-60.
• Kevin Smith Sr., 60, averaged 5.9 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Minnesota from 1983-84 to 1985-86. As a junior, his career was disrupted by a sexual assault case involving him and two teammates although all were acquitted.
• Bruce Springate, 87, averaged 7.4 ppg for Eastern Kentucky from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Paul McBrayer. Springate appeared in 1959 NCAA playoffs against Louisville before finishing runner-up with the Colonels in scoring as a senior (11.7 ppg).
• John Stafford Jr., 87, averaged 1.7 ppg for Davidson in 1957-58.
• Maurice Stevens, 87, averaged 1 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Oregon State in 1963-64 and 1964-65 after serving in U.S. Navy.
• Joe Stiltner, 66, played for North Carolina State in 1977-78 under coach Norm Sloan.
• Charles Stockton, 82, played for New Mexico State in 1962-63.
• John "Jack" Storer III, 97, played for Penn State's hoops squad in 1949-50 after serving in U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. He was a member of school's football team participating in Cotton Bowl following 1947 campaign.
• Charles Stroughter, 82, averaged 4.7 ppg and 6 rpg for Portland from 1965-66 through 1967-68 after serving hitch in U.S. Army. East St. Louis native was runner-up in rebounding average with the Pilots each of his first two seasons.
• Danny Sumner, 37, averaged 9.8 ppg and 3.4 rpg for William & Mary from 2006-07 through 2009-10, finishing runner-up in scoring and rebounding with the Tribe as a junior before helping school reach its second-ever national postseason tournament appearance (NIT) as a senior. He and his six-year-old son drowned on a fishing trip.
• Dr. Tom Sutherland, 77, averaged 5.3 ppg and 2 rpg for Loyola of New Orleans in 1966-67 and 1967-68.
• Joe Sutter, 74, was a two-time All-Southern Conference first-team selection who averaged 15.8 ppg and 7.5 rpg for Davidson in 1970-71 (Wildcats' leading scorer and rebounder) and 1971-72 under coach Terry Holland.
• Ed Swails, 66, averaged 3.8 ppg for Howard University in 1981-82 under coach A.B. Williamson.
• Alasdair "Al" Swanson, 90, averaged 10.7 ppg and 5.1 rpg for Navy from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Ben Carnevale. Leading scorer (11.9 ppg) as senior captain. Football RB-P rushed 40 times for 150 yards and one TD while catching seven passes for 68 yards in 1956 and 1957.
• Ed Szczerba Sr., 81, averaged 3.4 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Delaware from 1963-64 through 1965-66.
• Paul Tagliabue, 84, averaged 11.4 ppg and 9 rpg for Georgetown from 1959-60 through 1961-62. He led the Hoyas in rebounding as a sophomore and junior. NFL commissioner from October 1989 to July 2006.
• Lionel Taylor, 89, averaged 16 ppg for New Mexico Highlands, leading team in scoring average with 13.6 ppg in 1955-56 and 20.3 ppg in 1956-57. First player in pro football history to catch 100 passes in a season holds the AFL record for most pass receptions in a career with 587 as wide receiver with the Denver Broncos (1960 through 1966) and Houston Oilers (1967 and 1968). Three-time Pro Bowl selection led the AFL in pass receptions five times (1960-61-62-63-65).
• Oliver "Ollie" Taylor, 78, was a juco recruit who averaged 22 ppg, 10.3 rpg and 3.3 apg for Houston in 1968-69 and 1969-70 under coach Guy Lewis. Taylor led the Cougars in scoring both seasons, tallying 26 points in two of three NCAA playoff contests as a senior.
• Lamont "Tip Dog" Thornton, 58, was a juco recruit who averaged 3.7 ppg and 3.7 apg for New Orleans in 1987-88 and 1988-89 (team-high 5.1 apg in Tim Floyd's first season as coach of the Privateers). Harlem legend was stabbed to death by his son.
• Billy Tindall, 79, averaged 17.3 ppg, 11.3 rpg and 2.1 apg for Massachusetts from 1965-66 through 1967-68 under coaches Johnny Orr and Jack Leaman. Three-time All-Yankee Conference selection led the Minutemen in scoring each of his last two seasons and paced them in rebounding as a sophomore and senior.
• Bill "Squirrel" Tipton, 84, averaged 16.9 ppg and 4 rpg for East Tennessee State in 1965-66.
• Elmer Tolson, 95, averaged 14.9 ppg for Eastern Kentucky in 1951-52 and 1952-53 under coach Paul McBrayer. All-OVC selection was the top scorer (17.7 ppg) and runner-up in rebounding (8.8 rpg) with the Colonels' first-ever NCAA tourney team in 1953.
• Steve Toyloy, 37, was a juco recruit who averaged 3.6 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Cincinnati in 2008-09 and 2009-10 under coach Mick Cronin.
• Larry Trunk Sr., 86, averaged 12.4 ppg for Loyola of New Orleans from 1958-59 through 1960-61. In an abbreviated senior season, Trunk led the Wolfpack in scoring average (18 ppg) and was runner-up in rebounding average (9.3 rpg). He also paced team in scoring as a junior.
• William "Milam" Turner Jr., 90, averaged 2.1 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Washington & Lee VA in 1953-54.
• LeRoy Walker, 81, was a juco recruit who averaged 17.7 ppg and 7.3 rpg for Utah State in 1963-64 and 1964-65 under coach Ladell Andersen.
• Graylin Warner, 62, averaged 14.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 2.2 apg while shooting 53.6% from the floor for Louisiana-Lafayette from 1980-81 through 1983-84. All-Southland Conference second-team selection as a sophomore and team-leading scorer as junior for pair of NCAA playoff participants.
• Larry Weatherford, 76, averaged 14.5 ppg and 3.4 rpg while shooting 84% from the free-throw line for Purdue from 1968-69 through 1970-71 under coach George King. Member of NCAA Tournament runner-up as a sophomore before pacing the Boilermakers in scoring and assists as a senior.
• James "Norman" Weaver, 79, was a Kentucky transfer who averaged 3.7 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Western Kentucky from 1965-66 through 1967-68 under coach John Oldham. Weaver appeared in the NCAA Tournament as a junior.
• Jim Whalen Sr., 86, was a juco recruit who averaged 2.2 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Colorado State in 1959-60 under coach Jim Williams.
• Jon Wickizer, 51, averaged 6.1 ppg and 3.3 rpg for Utah State from 1992-93 through 1995-96.
• Randy Wiel, 74, averaged 1.3 ppg for North Carolina from 1975-76 through 1978-79 under coach Dean Smith. Wiel compiled a 116-140 coaching record in nine seasons with UNC Asheville (32-50 in three years from 1993-94 through 1995-96) and Middle Tennessee (84-90 in six years from 1996-97 through 2001-02).
• Kenny Wiens, 75, was a juco recruit who averaged 14.3 ppg and 5.1 rpg for Cornell in 1969-70 and 1970-71 (team-high 17.3 ppg).
• Leonard "Lenny" Wilkens, 88, averaged 14.9 ppg for Providence from 1957-58 through 1959-60. All-American as a senior when he was NIT's MVP before becoming first-round selection in NBA draft.
• Clarence "Max" Williams, 86, averaged 12.9 ppg and 4 rpg for Southern Methodist from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Doc Hayes. Three-time All-SWC selection was an All-American as a senior.
• Culbert Williams, 86, played for New Mexico State in 1958-59.
• Gus Williams, 71, averaged 16 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 4.4 apg for Southern California from 1972-73 through 1974-75. NCAA consensus second-team All-American as a senior when leading the Pac-8 Conference in assists per game (5.4 apg) and finishing league runner-up in scoring average (21.2 ppg).
• Quayson Williams, 28, averaged 7.4 ppg and 2.4 rpg for The Citadel from 2015-16 through 2018-19. As a freshman, he tied for the Bulldogs' lead in three-pointers made with 65.
• Rich Wilson, 72, played for Bucknell in 1972-73.
• Jackie Winders, 89, averaged 1.2 ppg for Murray State in 1957-58 before transferring to Austin Peay State after serving stint in U.S. Army.
• Efrem Winters, 61, averaged 11.5 ppg and 6.6 rpg for Illinois from 1982-83 through 1985-86 under coach Lou Henson. Winters led the Illini's 1984 Mideast Regional finalist in scoring (14.7 ppg).
• Hal Wissel, 86, compiled a 122-195 coaching record in 12 seasons with three different DI schools - Lafayette (43-59 in four years from 1967-68 through 1970-71), Fordham (57-74 in five years from 1971-72 through 1975-76) and UNC Charlotte (22-62 in three years from 1982-83 through 1984-85).
• Rich Witkowski, 80, played for DePaul from 1965-66 through 1967-68 under coach Ray Meyer.
• Andy Wolfe, 99, was a three-time All-PCC South Division selection who averaged 11.5 ppg for California from 1945-46 through 1947-48. Leading scorer for 1946 fourth-place team in NCAA Tournament became an All-American as a senior.
• Cameron Woodall, 26, averaged 8.4 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Grambling State in 2020-21 before transferring to Tougaloo College MS. He died in an ATV accident.
• Bob Wright, 85, averaged 2.3 ppg and 2 rpg for Detroit from 1958-59 through 1960-61 under coach Bob Calihan. RHP compiled a 1-6 record in the Detroit Tigers' farm system in 1962. A fellow hurler with Jamestown (Class D NY-Penn League) was eventual 13-year MLB veteran Jim Rooker.
• Art Yancy averaged 5.7 ppg and 5.8 rpg for Oklahoma City from 1966-67 through 1969-70 under coach Abe Lemons.
• Gerald Yentes, 87, averaged 3.7 ppg and 4.2 rpg for Morehead State from 1956-57 through 1958-59.
• Lawrence Young Jr., 95, played for Southern Methodist in the early 1950s under coach Doc Hayes.
• Bill Zepplin was a juco recruit who averaged 2.2 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Virginia Commonwealth in the Rams' inaugural season at NCAA DI level in 1973-74.
• Adrian Zuber, 77, played for Bowling Green State in 1967-68 under coach Bill Fitch.

NECROLOGY AND NOTABLE OBIT ITEMS FROM PREVIOUS 13 YEARS
2024 - couple of Top Ten players in NCAA history (UCLA's Bill Walton and West Virginia's Jerry West) passed away along with Hall of Fame coaches Lou Carnesecca, Don Donoher and Lefty Driesell while Western Kentucky lost All-Americans Tom Marshall and Bobby Rascoe, New Mexico lost conference players of the year Greg Brown and Ruben Douglas and a pair of 1950-51 All-Americans from Philly schools perished (Penn's Ernie Beck and Temple's Bill Mlkvy)
2023 - deceased ex-college hoopers included eventual vital NFL championship game/Super Bowl participants Jim Brown, Bud Grant and Joe Kapp; two prominent Penn State players from 1950s with last name of Edwards; Colorado State twins Floyd and Lloyd Kerr (both selected by Phoenix Suns in third round of 1969 NBA draft); former Big 12 Conference first-team selections Ryan Minor (Oklahoma) and Dedric Willoughby (Iowa State) at only 49 years of age, plus inordinate number of all-league selections from old Yankee Conference
2022 - deceased included striking number of African-Americans breaking color barrier at predominantly white major universities while Dayton was hit particularly hard in obituary column by losing five notable players who participated in national postseason tournament competition
2021 - former all-conference selections from five different Pac-12 members perished as did two former Murray State coaches registering more than 100 victories for the Racers (Ron Greene and Cal Luther), striking number of players with last name of Clark plus two backup frontcourters for UCLA's first NCAA titlist in 1964 (Doug McIntosh and Kim Stewart)
2020 - Connecticut had at least 15 former players bid adieu while Brigham Young was also particularly hard hit with four former all-conference players passing away; celebrated coaches who perished included Lou Henson (797 wins), Lute Olson (779), Eddie Sutton (802), John Thompson Jr. (596) and Billy Tubbs (609) - combining for 14 Final Four appearances and more than 3,600 Division I victories
2019 - brothers Jim and Leo Power - Boston College players in the mid-1950s - both passed away along with a pair of Ole Miss All-Americans (Joe Gibbon and Johnny Neumann) plus striking number of players with last name of Cox
2018 - in a version of "Louisiana Perish," Louisiana-Lafayette had three former hoopers 45 or younger die, Louisiana State active player Wayde Sims was murdered, highly-regarded small-college Pelican State coach Billy Allgood died while brothers Gary and Roy Stoll - Indiana products who combined to start for SEC member Tulane much of the 1950s - both passed away
2017 - striking number of deceased ex-college hoopers were versatile athletes who went on to play at least eight seasons at MLB level (Bob Cerv, Gene Conley, Dick Gernert, Jerry Kindall, Don Lock, Sam Mele and Gene Michael) plus brothers Roman Jones and Steve "Snapper" Jones - both of whom played for Oregon in first half of 1960s - died in same week while brothers Jim Burst (Washington MO) and Don Burst (St. Louis) perished a little over two months apart
2016 - deceased included Iowa All-Americans John Johnson and Murray Wier, pair of national Top 20 scorers for Jacksonville (Ernie Fleming and Rex Morgan), novelist Pat Conroy (The Citadel), heart surgeon Denton Cooley (Texas), New Orleans columnist Peter Finney Sr. (Loyola NO) plus Rear admiral Ned Hogan (Navy)
2015 - deceased included members of legendary UCLA coach John Wooden's first and final NCAA tourney teams - John Matulich in 1950 and Dave Meyers in 1975 - plus a pair of Illinois All-Americans (George BonSalle and Dave Scholz)
2014 - MLB Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn Sr. (San Diego State playmaker), two St. Joseph's players with last name of Carney and Tarzan actor (UCLA's Denny Miller) were among the deceased
2013 - two Vermont players among top 16 selections in 1947 BAA Draft died (Larry Killick and Bob Jake) while Ivy League brothers George Hauptfuhrer Jr. (Harvard after transferring from Louisville) and Bob Hauptfuhrer (Princeton) perished nine days apart during first half of August
2012 - Cincinnati All-American Jack Twyman and his brother (Duquesne's Ned Twyman) died within a two-month span and five former Kentucky regulars under legendary coach Adolph Rupp passed away

Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as ill-informed GQ poster boy #ColonKrapernick and his supporters spurring politicized multiple anthems and NFL funding anti-cop activist groups, the NCAA Tournament commenced in 1939, which was one year after the NIT triggered national postseason competition. An overlooked "versatile athlete" feat occurring in 1938 likely never to be duplicated took place at Arkansas, where the quarterback for the football squad (Jack Robbins) repeated as an All-SWC first-team basketball selection, leading the Razorbacks (19-3) to the league title. After the season, Robbins became an NFL first-round draft choice by the Chicago Cardinals (5th pick overall) and senior football/basketball teammates Jim Benton (11th pick by Cleveland Rams) and Ray Hamilton (41st pick by Rams) went on to become wide receivers for at least six years in the NFL. Yes, they created a kneeling-in-admiration shatterproof achievement - three members of a league championship basketball squad who promptly were among the top 41 selections in same NFL draft.

Two years later, All-SWC first-team hoop selection Howard "Red" Hickey was instrumental in Arkansas reaching the 1941 Final Four before becoming an end for the Cleveland Rams' 1945 NFL titlist. Two-sport college teammate and fellow end O'Neal Adams scored five touchdowns for the New York Giants the first half of the 1940s. Another two-sport Hog who played for the Giants in the mid-1940s was Harry Wynne. An earlier versatile Razorback was Jim Lee Howell, who was an All-SWC first five hoop selection in 1935-36 before becoming a starting end for the Giants' 1938 NFL titlist and Pro Bowl participant the next year. Adams, Benton, Hamilton, Hickey and Howell combined for 77 touchdowns in an 11-year span from 1938 through 1948 when at least one of the ex-Razorback hoopers scored a TD in each of those seasons.

Hickey and ex-Hog All-SWC second-team hooper in 1929-30/NFL end Milan Creighton each coached NFL franchises. Many other ex-college hoopers also displayed their wares on the gridiron. Following is exhaustive research you can tackle regarding former college basketball players who made a name for themselves on December 27 in football at the professional level (especially by three individuals from Texas universities for Detroit Lions in 1953 championship contest):

DECEMBER 27

• Detroit Lions E Cloyce Box (combined with twin brother Boyce to help West Texas win Border Conference hoop championship in 1943) caught four passes for 54 yards in a 17-16 win against the Cleveland Browns in 1953 NFL championship contest. Lions QB Bobby Layne (Texas hooper in 1944-45) threw a 33-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. Lions HB Doak Walker (Southern Methodist hoops letterman as freshman in 1945-46) opened game's scoring with a rushing TD.

• Cleveland Browns FB Jim Brown (#2-scorer with 14 ppg for Syracuse as sophomore in 1954-55 before averaging 11.3 as junior) rushed for 114 yards on 27 carries in 1964 NFL championship game (27-0 against Baltimore Colts). It was Brown's lone playoff win.

• Philadelphia Eagles WR Harold Carmichael (averaged 9.8 ppg and 10.6 rpg for Southern in 1969-70) contributed a game-long 28-yard pass reception and 15-yard touchdown catch from Ron Jaworski in 27-21 setback against the New York Giants in 1981 NFC wild-card playoff contest.

• Weeb Ewbank (hoops letterman for Miami OH in 1926-27 and 1927-28) coached the Baltimore Colts to a 31-16 victory against the New York Giants in 1959 NFL championship game. Colts DB Johnny Sample (freshman hooper for UMES) had two interceptions - returning one 42 yards for a touchdown.

• Chicago Bears TE Jimmy Graham (part-time starter for Miami FL averaged 4.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg from 2005-06 through 2008-09) caught two touchdown passes in 41-17 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2020.

• Miami Dolphins QB Bob Griese (sophomore guard for Purdue in 1964-65) threw two touchdown passes in a 21-14 divisional round playoff setback against the Oakland Raiders in 1970.

• Baltimore Ravens TE Todd Heap (grabbed 14 rebounds in 11 games for Arizona State in 1999-00) caught two touchdown passes from Joe Flacco for second straight week in 2009.

• Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb (averaged 2.3 points in 18 games for Syracuse in 1995-96 and 1996-97) threw three touchdown passes in a 31-7 win against the Washington Redskins in 2003. Six years later, McNabb passed for 322 yards and three TDs in a 30-27 win against the Denver Broncos in 2009.

• San Francisco 49ers DB R.W. McQuarters (Oklahoma State hooper in 1995-96 and 1996-97 started two games) returned a punt 72 yards for touchdown in 38-19 win against the St. Louis Rams in 1998 season finale.

• New York Giants CB Jason Sehorn (averaged 12.5 ppg and 6 rpg for Shasta Community College CA in 1990-91) had four solo tackles and returned an interception 36 yards in 23-22 setback against the Minnesota Vikings in 1997 wild-card playoff game.

• Denver Broncos WR Rod Smith (swingman was Missouri Southern State hoops letterman as sophomore in 1990-91) caught a 43-yard touchdown pass from John Elway in 42-17 AFC wild-card playoff win against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1997. Jaguars rookie TE Damon Jones (averaged 3.9 ppg and 3.1 rpg for Southern Illinois in 1995-96 under coach Rich Herrin) delivered a 37-yard pass reception from Mark Brunell. The next year, Smith had nine pass receptions for 158 yards in a 28-21 win against the Seattle Seahawks in 1998 regular-season finale.

Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as ill-informed GQ poster boy #ColonKrapernick and his supporters spurring politicized multiple anthem and NFL funding anti-cop activist groups, the NCAA Tournament commenced in 1939, which was one year after the NIT triggered national postseason competition. An overlooked "versatile athlete" feat occurring in 1938 likely never to be duplicated took place at Arkansas, where the quarterback for the football squad (Jack Robbins) repeated as an All-SWC first-team basketball selection, leading the Razorbacks (19-3) to the league title. After the season, Robbins became an NFL first-round draft choice by the Chicago Cardinals (5th pick overall) and senior football/basketball teammates Jim Benton (11th pick by Cleveland Rams) and Ray Hamilton (41st pick by Rams) went on to become wide receivers for at least six years in the NFL. Yes, they created a kneeling-in-admiration shatterproof achievement - three members of a league championship basketball squad who promptly were among the top 41 selections in same NFL draft.

Two years later, All-SWC first-team hoop selection Howard "Red" Hickey was instrumental in Arkansas reaching the 1941 Final Four before becoming an end for the Cleveland Rams' 1945 NFL titlist. Two-sport college teammate and fellow end O'Neal Adams scored five touchdowns for the New York Giants the first half of the 1940s. Another two-sport Hog who played for the Giants in the mid-1940s was Harry Wynne. An earlier versatile Razorback was Jim Lee Howell, who was an All-SWC first five hoop selection in 1935-36 before becoming a starting end for the Giants' 1938 NFL titlist and Pro Bowl participant the next year. Adams, Benton, Hamilton, Hickey and Howell combined for 77 touchdowns in an 11-year span from 1938 through 1948 when at least one of the ex-Razorback hoopers scored a TD in each of those seasons.

Hickey and ex-Hog All-SWC second-team hooper in 1929-30/NFL end Milan Creighton each coached NFL franchises. Many other ex-college hoopers also displayed their wares on the gridiron. Following is research you can tackle regarding former NCAA Tournament hoopers Tony Gonzalez and Brad Johnson who made a name for themselves on December 25 in football at the professional level:

DECEMBER 25

• Kansas City Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez (averaged 6.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg for California from 1994-95 through 1996-97) caught 11 of his league-high 102 passes - including two second-quarter touchdowns - in a 31-30 win against the Oakland Raiders in 2004.

• Minnesota Vikings QB Brad Johnson (part-time starting forward for Florida State as freshman in 1987-88 when averaging 5.9 ppg and shooting 89.1% from free-throw line) threw two first-half touchdown passes in a 30-23 setback against the Baltimore Colts in 2005.

Christmas week is the most wonderful time of year despite leftist lunacy and overpaid Dr. Fraudci previously infecting holiday season with his #Dimorat deity drivel. Yes, holiday festivities can go Grinch-inspired awry between Christmas and New Year's Eve akin to Pocahontas Warren (a/k/a Cherokee asset) mandating everyone use her "stolen" recipe in Pow Wow Chow. In ghosts of Christmas' past, just ask top-ranked Virginia, which lost at tiny Chaminade in 1982, and NCAA champion-to-be Michigan, which bowed to Alaska-Anchorage on a neutral court in 1988.

Amid some bone-chilling cold celebrations as liberals such as roof-top dancing bartender AOC and Dummy Crockett with intellectual depth of a kiddie pool want us to cower in corner because of coal-bearing global warming while freezing our butts off, a Christmas holiday week absolutely can not go by without the time-honored tradition of making a list and checking it twice. For instance, many observers are thankful national health-care costs for eye and ear care were dramatically decreased for your years from looking at and listening to Melania and Ivanka rather than #ShrillaryRotten and self-righteous Chelsea despite occasional myopic musings from prayerful #NannyPathetic after regaining the House gavel. The college basketball wish list, a stocking stuffer distinguishing between the naughty and nice, doesn't change much from the previous month at Thanksgiving or next week among New Year Resolutions. Opting out from responding to apology demands, some of them may fall in the Christmas Miracle petition category but following is a healthy serving of food-for-thought wishes presented to college hoop observers:

• Wish peace and comfort to family and friends of striking number of former All-American players and prominent coaches who passed away this year.

• Wish deserving mid-major players earn All-American acclaim this season and majority of Final Four participants are mid-majors because power conferences have never encountered such widespread mediocrity.

• Wish ex-college hoopers continued success as prominent NFL tight ends.

• Wish special seasons for standout seniors because they didn't abandon college hoops early and give the sport at least some modicum of veteran leadership.

• Wish proper acclaim for pristine playmakers who show again and again that "pass" is not a dirty four-letter word amid the obsession with individualistic one-on-one moves by self-absorbed one-and-done scholars.

• Wish many highlights for entertaining little big men (players 5-10 or shorter) who inspire us with their self-confidence and mental toughness in the Land of the Giants.

• Wish junior college players and foreigners could overcome perceptions in some misguided quarters that they are the rogues of recruiting.

• Wish patience for the numerous promising first-year coaches assuming control of programs this season. They need to remember the fortitude exhibited by many of the biggest names in coaching who rebounded from embarrassing defeats in their first season as a head coach. An active luminary who lost multiple games to non-Division I colleges in his initial campaign before ascending to stardom as the all-time winningest coach is Duke's Mike Krzyzewski (lost to SUNY-Buffalo, Scranton and King's College in 1975-76 while coaching Army).

• Wish Division I schools will soon find their bearings amid the chaotic restructuring of conferences forsaking tradition although the quest for mega-leagues could be delusional because they're vying for nonexistent television revenue.

• Wish more accuracy for recruiting services incapable of discerning multiple recent national player of the year honorees should have been ranked higher. Ditto to announcers who infect the sport by spreading this virus without ever seeing any of the players enough to properly evaluate them.

• Wish marquee coaches wouldn't serve up assistants as sacrificial lambs resembling Grinch when the heat of an investigation of their program intensifies. This practice really got out of hand when the FBI was involved, leading to myopic mentors promoting postseason tournament bans to try to influence NCAA enforcement as sentencing got closer and closer.

• Wish prominent programs would reduce, if not eliminate, academic exceptions. Of course, the quality of play will diminish by emphasizing textbook student-athletes but it's not as if half of the non-league games on TV aren't mismatches, anyway.

• Wish wisdom for anyone who incessantly castigates the majority of undergraduates declaring early for the NBA draft. Before accepting the party line that many of the players are making monumental mistakes by forgoing their remaining college eligibility, remember that more than half of the NBA's All-Pro selections in the last quarter century or so left college early or never attended a university.

• Wish a heart for any school not promptly granting a recruit seeking to enroll elsewhere a release from its letter-of-intent when he wants to attend another institution for legitimate reasons.

• Wish jaws wired shut for "Me Generation" showmen and "trippers" who've failed to comprehend their respective teams don't benefit on the court from a trash-talking Harlem Globetrotter routine.

• Wish self-absorbed players will finally see the light and spend less time getting tattoos and practicing macho dunks and more on team beneficial free throws. It all hinges on dedication. There is a reason they're supposed to be "free" throws instead of Shaq-like "foul" shots.

• Wish high-profile coaches would show more allegiance rather than taking off for greener pastures despite having multiple years remaining on their contract. Also wish said pacts didn't include bonus for graduation ratio or GPA insofar as many coaches become Sgt. "I Know Nothing" Schultz whenever academic anemia issues surface.

• Wish network analysts would refrain from serving as apologists for the coaching community. When their familiar spiels echo throughout hoopdom, they become nothing more than the big mouths that bore.

• Wish marquee schools will vow to stop forsaking entertaining non-conference games with natural rivals while scheduling a half-dozen or more meaningless "rout-a-matics" at home. Aren't two or three gimmes enough?

• Wish a generous dose of ethics to defrauding coaches who manipulate junior colleges and high schools into giving phony grades. Ditto coaches who steer prize high school prospects to third parties toying with standardized test results.

• Wish authenticity for those "fatherly-advice" coaches who don't mandate that any player with pro potential take multiple financial literacy courses. Did they notice in recent years that products from Alabama, Georgia Tech, Georgetown, Kentucky and Syracuse filed for bankruptcy after combining for more than half a billion dollars in salaries over their NBA careers? What kind of classes are taken in college anyway if a staggering 60% of NBA players file for bankruptcy five years after retirement? There's personal responsibility, but shouldn't the universities they attended feel some sort of culpability? And don't you wish most agents would become extinct if such a high percentage of pros end up with holes in their pockets?

• Wish overzealous fans will stop flogging freshmen for not living up to their high school press clippings right away. The impatient onlookers need to get a grip on themselves.

• Wish many of the excessive number of small schools with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, thinking they can compete at the Division I level, would return to DII, DIII or NAIA. There are far too many examples of dreamy-eyed small schools such as Chicago State believing that competing with the big boys will get them national recognition, make big bucks from the NCAA Tournament and put the institutions on the map. They don't know how unrealistic that goal is until most of the hyphenated and directional schools barnstorm the country during their non-conference schedules in college basketball versions of Bataan Death Marches.

• Wish lapdog-lazy media outhustled by Louisville Escort Queen, creepy porn lawyer #Avenaughty and Duke student newspaper would display more energy exhibiting enterprising analysis. Why do almost all of the principal college basketball websites "progressively" look and read virtually the same? It's a byproduct of predictably pathetic press needing a jolt of adversarial reporting in toy department (sports) as well as dimwits such as former CNN know-nothing nabob Fredo Cuomo, the most distrusted snake among #MessMedia at most distrusted name in news (including anal legal analyst and his pet snake colleagues can Zoom in on).

• Wish coaches would "shut up and sing" rather than weigh in with opinions on restroom access, let alone POTUS pap criticism offered principally to appease their player pipeline of 90%-plus leftists exhibiting actual discrimination by voting one way.

• Wish ESPN, failing to acknowledge significant reduction in subscribers stems from #KneelWithJemele liberalism being a mental disorder, would cease becoming BSPN by giving politically-correct forums to insufferable leftist lunatics such as Howard Bryant and "experts" who either lie to NCAA investigators as a coach, drop their pants for locker-room motivation, get fired for intoxication, participate as agent in funneling funds to regal recruit, can't quite figure out Dell Curry's sons could also be All-Americans (while instead recruiting multiple thugs) and practice reprehensible race-baiting with the intellectually-bankrupt "Uncle Tom" bomb. If not, Extra Sensitive Pious Network needs yet another new Skipper for sinking ship.

Two days before Christmas marks the 42nd anniversary of a "David vs. Goliath" game hailed as one of biggest upsets in college basketball history when national player of the year Ralph Sampson and Virginia got coal in their stocking by losing at Chaminade, 77-72, in Hawaii in 1982-83. The contest triggered one of the greatest achievements in small-college history as Chaminade went on to defeat an NCAA Division I school winning at least one NCAA playoff game in three consecutive campaigns. Following is a chronological list of victories by small schools over major universities going on to win at least one NCAA playoff game that season:

NOTES: Michigan '89 became NCAA champion and Louisville '59 reached the Final Four. . . . UC Riverside subsequently moved up to the NCAA Division I level in 2000-01.

Virginia's Terry Holland was among many of the biggest names in college coaching history recovering from embarrassing defeats certainly not cited on their otherwise mostly-regal resumes. For instance, there are numerous mentors who captured NCAA championships despite losing to a small school at some point during their careers - Phog Allen (lost to Emporia State), Jim Calhoun (American International, Assumption, Brandeis, Bridgeport, Florida Southern, Merrimack, St. Anselm, Stonehill and Tufts), John Calipari (Florida Tech and Lowell), Denny Crum (Chaminade), Scott Drew (BYU-Hawaii), Jim Harrick (Abilene Christian), Don Haskins (Louisiana College), Hank Iba (Abilene Christian and Westminster), George Ireland (Regis), Doggie Julian (Amherst, Colby, St. Anselm, St. Michael's, Springfield, Tampa and Williams), Mike Krzyzewski (King's, Scranton and SUNY-Buffalo), Rollie Massimino (New Orleans and Philadelphia Textile), Al McGuire (Evansville and Washington MO), Rick Pitino (Adelphi), Nolan Richardson Jr. (American-Puerto Rico), Norman Sloan (Presbyterian), John Thompson Jr. (Assumption, Gannon, Randolph-Macon and Roanoke) and Jim Valvano (Armstrong State, Bloomsburg, Gannon, Tampa and Wilkes).

Kansas' Bill Self lost 18 consecutive contests bridging the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons with Oral Roberts but at least he didn't lose a decision to a non-Division I institution. Last season, Green Bay coach Doug Gottlieb received a generous dose of humble pie by losing to Michigan Tech. If he learns how to coach while maintaining radio gig, he may join the following alphabetical list "retracing steps" of prominent coaches losing games to non-Division I colleges during their major-college careers:

• Forrest "Phog" Allen - Lost to Emporia State (Kan.) in 1947-48 while coaching Kansas.
• Forrest "Forddy" Anderson - Lost to Emporia State (Kan.) in 1947-48 while coaching Drake. Lost to Northern Michigan in 1960-61 while coaching Michigan State.
• John Bach - Lost to Adelphi (N.Y.) in 1958-59 while coaching Fordham.
• Kevin Bannon - Lost to Grand Canyon (Ariz.) at Hawaii in 1991-92 while coaching Rider.
• Rick Barnes - Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1991-92 while coaching Providence and in 2012-13 while coaching Texas.
• J.D. Barnett - Lost to Louisiana Christian in 1995-96 while coaching Northwestern State (La.).
• Jim Baron - Lost to Walsh (Ohio) in 1992-93 while coaching St. Bonaventure. Lost to Lubbock Christian (Tex.) at Las Vegas in 2003-04 while coaching Rhode Island. Lost to Metro State (Colo.) in 2013-14 while coaching Canisius.
• Gene Bartow - Lost at American-Puerto Rico in 1994-95 while coaching UAB.
• Dick Bennett - Lost to Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1985-86 and 1986-87 while coaching Wisconsin-Green Bay.
• Eddie Biedenbach - Lost to Montreat (N.C.) in 2001-02 and Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) in 2005-06 while coaching UNC Asheville.
• Tom Blackburn - Lost to Anderson (Ind.) in 1947-48, Ohio Wesleyan in 1948-49, Muskingum (Ohio) in 1949-50 and Wittenberg (Ohio) in 1962-63 while coaching Dayton.
• Bill Blair - Lost to Morris Harvey (W. Va.) and twice to Roanoke (Va.) in 1972-73 and to West Virginia Tech and Shepherd (W. Va.) in 1973-74 while coaching VMI.
• George Blaney - Lost to Springfield (Mass.) in 1969-70 and 1971-72 while coaching Dartmouth. Lost to Assumption (Mass.) in 1973-74 and 1985-86 and at Florida Southern in 1979-80 while coaching Holy Cross.
• Dave Bliss - Lost to Rollins (Fla.) and Texas Wesleyan in 1980-81 and at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1984-85 while coaching SMU. Lost to Eastern New Mexico in 1991-92 while coaching New Mexico.
• Bob Boyd - Lost to Tennessee-Martin in 1981-82 and Delta State (Miss.) in 1985-86 while coaching Mississippi State.
• Jim Brandenburg - Lost to South Dakota in 1979-80 while coaching Wyoming.
• Byron "Buster" Brannon - Lost to Sam Houston State (Tex.) twice in 1938-39 and once in 1940-41 while coaching Rice. Lost to East Texas State, at Hamline (Minn.) and twice to Austin (Tex.) College in 1948-49, Midwestern State (Tex.) in 1953-54 and Kentucky Wesleyan in 1955-56 while coaching Texas Christian.
• Tom Brennan - Lost to Florida Southern in 1982-83, Clark (Mass.) in 1985-86 and Trinity (Conn.) in 1985-86 while coaching Yale. Lost to St. Michael's (Vt.) in 1986-87, 1987-88 and 1988-89 while coaching Vermont.
• John Bunn - Lost to Eastern New Mexico (six times from 1957-58 through 1962-63), Fort Hays (Kan.) State (five times from 1957-58 through 1962-63), New Mexico Highlands in 1960-61, twice to Panhandle State (Okla.) in 1957-58, St. Cloud State (Minn.) in 1962-63, Southwestern Oklahoma State in 1956-57, Wayne State (Neb.) in 1962-63 and Western New Mexico in 1961-62 while coaching Northern Colorado.
• Jim Calhoun - Lost to Assumption (Mass.) in 1972-73; to Tufts (Mass.), American International (Mass.), Bridgeport (Conn.) and at Assumption (Mass.) in 1973-74; Assumption (Mass.) and Brandeis (Mass.) in 1974-75; Merrimack (Mass.) in 1975-76; Bridgeport (Conn.), Merrimack (Mass.), St. Anselm (Vt.) and Stonehill (Mass.) in 1976-77; American International (Mass.) and Assumption (Mass.) in 1978-79 and Florida Southern in 1980-81 while coaching Northeastern.
• John Calipari - Lost at Florida Tech in 1988-89 and to Lowell (Mass.) in 1989-90 while coaching Massachusetts.
• Lou Campanelli - Lost to West Virginia Tech in 1980-81 while coaching James Madison. Lost to Alaska-Anchorage in 1990-91 on neutral court while coaching California.
• Howard Cann - Lost to Panzer in 1938-39 and Brandeis (Mass.) in 1956-57 while coaching NYU.
• P.J. Carlesimo - Lost at Bentley (Mass.), to Southern Connecticut on a neutral court, to C.W. Post (N.Y.), at Springfield (Mass.) and at Bridgeport (Conn.) in 1976-77; to New Haven (Conn.) and at C.W. Post (N.Y.) in 1977-78, and at Staten Island (N.Y.) and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (N.Y.) in 1981-82 while coaching Wagner.
• Henry "Doc" Carlson - Lost to Bethany (W. Va.) in 1948-49, Geneva (Pa.) in 1941-42, 1950-51 and 1952-53 and Carnegie Tech (Pa.) three times in four seasons from 1938-39 through 1941-42 plus five times in six seasons from 1949-50 through 1954-55 while coaching Pittsburgh.
• Pete Carril - Lost to East Stroudsburg (Pa.) in 1966-67 while coaching Lehigh.
• Don Casey - Lost to Philadelphia Textile in 1975-76 while coaching Temple.
• Joe Cipriano - Lost at Hawaii-Hilo in 1976-77 while coaching Nebraska.
• Gary Colson - Lost to John Brown (Ark.) in 1972-73 and Moorhead (Minn.) State in 1973-74 while coaching Pepperdine. Lost to Alaska-Anchorage in 1983-84 while coaching New Mexico.
• Bobby Cremins - Lost to Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) in 1975-76 and twice in 1977-78 while coaching Appalachian State.
• Denny Crum - Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1983-84 and 1984-85 while coaching Louisville.
• Charles "Chick" Davies - Lost to Waynesburg (Pa.) in 1937-38 and 1938-39 and to Wooster (Ohio) in 1937-38 while coaching Duquesne.
• Tom Davis - Lost to Moravian (Pa.) in 1973-74 and at Albright (Pa.) in 1975-76 while coaching Lafayette. Lost to Chico State (Calif.) in 1982-83 while coaching Stanford. Lost to UC Riverside in 1988-89 while coaching Iowa.
• Johnny Dee - Lost to Jacksonville (Ala.) State in 1952-53 while coaching Alabama.
• Don DeVoe - Lost to Johns Hopkins (Md.) in 2002-03 while coaching Navy.
• Ed Diddle - Lost to Kentucky Wesleyan in 1955-56, David Lipscomb (Tenn.) in 1962-63 and LeMoyne (N.Y.) in 1963-64 while coaching Western Kentucky.
• Bob Donewald - Lost to Cal State Bakersfield in 1980-81 while coaching Illinois State.
• Homer Drew - Lost to Bethel (Ind.) in 1997-98 while coaching Valparaiso.
• Scott Drew - Lost at Brigham Young-Hawaii in 2003-04 while coaching Baylor.
• Charles "Lefty" Driesell - Lost to Catawba (N.C.) twice in 1960-61 and to Carson-Newman (Tenn.) and Erskine (S.C.) in 1961-62 while coaching Davidson.
• Hugh Durham - Lost at Puerto Rico-Mayaguez in 2001-02 while coaching Jacksonville.
• Bobby Dye - Lost at Chapman (Calif.) in 1975-76 while coaching Cal State Fullerton. Lost to Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) in 1985-86 while coaching Boise State.
• Norm Ellenberger - Lost at Hawaii-Hilo in 1976-77 while coaching New Mexico.
• Fred Enke - Lost to Regis (Colo.) in 1959-60 while coaching Arizona.
• Larry Eustachy - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1991-92 and to Elizabeth City State (N.C.) in 1992-93 while coaching Idaho.
• Paul Evans - Lost at Rollins (Fla.) in 1981-82 while coaching Navy.
• Bill C. Foster - Lost at University of the South (Tenn.) and Roanoke (Va.) in 1970-71 and to Valdosta (Ga.) State in 1971-72 while coaching UNC Charlotte. Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1987-88 while coaching Miami (Fla.).
• Bill E. Foster - Lost at Albright (Pa.) in 1964-65 while coaching Rutgers. Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1981-82 while coaching South Carolina. Lost to Rollins (Fla.) in 1986-87 and 1987-88 while coaching Northwestern.
• Harold "Bud" Foster - Lost to South Dakota in 1956-57 while coaching Wisconsin.
• Bill Frieder - Lost to Alaska-Anchorage on a neutral court in 1988-89 while coaching Michigan.
• Jack Friel - Lost at Centenary (La.) and to Spring Hill (Ala.) in 1955-56 and Whitworth (Wash.) five times from 1951-52 through 1956-57 while coaching Washington State.
• John "Taps" Gallagher - Lost to Wayne State (Mich.) in 1951-52 and Gannon (Pa.) and Rochester (N.Y.) in 1964-65 while coaching Niagara.
• Dave Gavitt - Lost at Springfield (Mass.) in 1967-68 while coaching Dartmouth.
• Boyd Grant - Lost to Wisconsin-Parkside in 1978-79 while coaching Fresno State.
• Murray Greason - Lost to Rio Grande (Ohio) in 1953-54 while coaching Wake Forest.
• Ron Greene - Lost to Spring Hill (Ala.) in 1966-67 while coaching Loyola of New Orleans. Lost to Tennessee Wesleyan and Mississippi College in 1978-79, Arkansas College in 1981-82, West Virginia Tech in 1982-83 and Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) in 1984-85 while coaching Murray State. Lost to Rollins (Fla.) in 1986-87 while coaching Indiana State.
• Tim Grgurich - Lost to Morris Harvey (W. Va.) in 1977-78 while coaching Pittsburgh.
• Frank Haith - Lost to Southeastern Oklahoma State in 2014-15 while coaching Tulsa.
• Leonard Hamilton - Lost at BYU-Hawaii in 1987-88 while coaching Oklahoma State.
• Jim Harrick - Lost at Abilene (Tex.) Christian in 1984-85 while coaching Pepperdine.
• Dick Harter - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1978-79 while coaching Penn State.
• Jack Hartman - Lost to Kentucky Wesleyan four times in three years from 1967-68 through 1969-70 while coaching Southern Illinois.
• Don Haskins - Lost to Louisiana College in 1977-78 while coaching Texas-El Paso.
• George "Jud" Heathcote - Lost at Puget Sound (Wash.) in 1972-73, 1973-74 and 1975-76 and at Southern Colorado in 1972-73 while coaching Montana.
• Bill Henderson - Lost to Howard Payne (Tex.) in 1955-56 while coaching Baylor.
• Lou Henson - Lost to Howard Payne (Tex.) twice, Midwestern State (Tex.), Eastern New Mexico and Abilene Christian (Tex.) in 1962-63; Abilene Christian and Midwestern State in 1964-65, and Pittsburg State (Kan.) in 1965-66 while coaching Hardin-Simmons. Lost at Eastern New Mexico in 1966-67, to Angelo State (Tex.) in 1971-72, at Alaska-Fairbanks in 1998-99 and at BYU-Hawaii in 2001-02 while coaching New Mexico State.
• Eddie Hickey - Lost to South Dakota in 1938-39 and 1939-40 while coaching Creighton.
• Bernard "Peck" Hickman - Lost to Georgetown College (Ky.) in 1958-59 while coaching Louisville.
• Paul "Tony" Hinkle - Lost to Wabash (Ind.) in 1959-60, twice in 1960-61 and in 1966-67 while coaching Butler.
• Terry Holland - Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1982-83 while coaching Virginia.
• Ben Howland - Lost to Concordia (Calif.) in 1994-95 while coaching Northern Arizona.
• Henry "Hank" Iba - Lost to Westminster (Mo.) in 1934-35 and 1936-37 and Abilene (Tex.) Christian in 1965-66 while coaching Oklahoma A&M/Oklahoma State.
• Moe Iba - Lost to Union (Tenn.) in 1968-69 and 1969-70 while coaching Memphis State.
• George Ireland - Lost to Regis (Colo.) in 1954-55, North Dakota State in 1966-67, Illinois Wesleyan in 1970-71 and Missouri Western in 1972-73 while coaching Loyola of Chicago.
• Maurice "Maury" John - Lost to South Dakota State in 1958-59 and Washington (Mo.) in 1963-64 while coaching Drake.
• Alvin "Doggie" Julian - Lost to St. Michael's (Vt.), at St. Anselm (N.H.) and at Tampa (Fla.) in 1950-51; to Amherst (Mass.) in 1952-53; at St. Michael's (Vt.), to Williams (Mass.) and at Springfield (Mass.) in 1960-61; to Colby (Maine) in 1961-62, and to Williams (Mass.) in 1964-65 while coaching Dartmouth.
• Jim Killingsworth - Lost to Westmont (Calif.) in 1980-81 while coaching Texas Christian.
• Bob King - Lost at Washington (Mo.) in 1963-64 while coaching New Mexico.
• Dana Kirk - Lost to Wisconsin-Parkside in 1979-80 while coaching Memphis State.
• Jack Kraft - Lost to Assumption (Mass.) in 1974-75 while coaching Rhode Island.
• Mike Krzyzewski - Lost to SUNY-Buffalo, Scranton (Pa.) and King's College (Pa.) in 1975-76 while coaching Army.
• Steve Lappas - Lost to Springfield (Mass.) in 1988-89 while coaching Manhattan.
• Jim Larranaga - Lost to Findlay (Ohio) in 1991-92 while coaching Bowling Green.
• Frank Layden - Lost to Thomas More (Ky.) in 1970-71 while coaching Niagara.
• Jack Leaman - Lost to American International (Mass.) in 1966-67 and 1969-70, Springfield (Mass.) in 1970-71 and Bentley (Mass.) in 1978-79 while coaching Massachusetts.
• A.E. "Abe" Lemons - Lost to Centenary (La.) in 1958-59, McMurry (Tex.) in 1960-61 and Wayland Baptist (Tex.) in 1984-85 while coaching Oklahoma City. Lost to Texas A&I in 1973-74 while coaching Pan American.
• Jim Les - Lost to Lubbock (Tex.) Christian at Las Vegas in 2003-04 while coaching Bradley.
• Guy Lewis - Lost to St. Mary's (Tex.) in 1969-70 and 1974-75, Texas A&I in 1979-80 and Alaska-Anchorage and Biscayne (Fla.) in 1980-81 while coaching Houston.
• Harry Litwack - Lost to West Chester (Pa.) in 1969-70 while coaching Temple.
• Taylor "Tates" Locke - Lost to North Park (Ill.) in 1978-79 while coaching Jacksonville.
• Ken Loeffler - Lost to Centenary (La.) in 1956-57 while coaching Texas A&M.
• Jim Lynam - Lost to Saint Leo (Fla.) and at Assumption (Mass.) in 1968-69 and to Southern Connecticut in 1969-70 while coaching Fairfield. Lost at King's (Pa.) in 1975-76 while coaching American University. Lost at Rollins (Fla.) in 1979-80 while coaching St. Joseph's.
• Nick Macarchuk - Lost to Buffalo State in 1982-83 while coaching Canisius.
• John MacLeod - Lost to Samford (Ala.) in 1971-72 while coaching Oklahoma. Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1998-99 while coaching Notre Dame.
• John "Red" Manning - Lost to Carnegie-Mellon (Pa.) in 1959-60 while coaching Duquesne.
• Rollie Massimino - Lost at New Orleans in 1973-74 and to Philadelphia Textile in 1975-76 and 1976-77 while coaching Villanova.
• James "Babe" McCarthy - Lost to University of the South (Tenn.) in 1955-56 and Mississippi College in 1964-65 while coaching Mississippi State.
• Neil McCarthy - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1978-79 while coaching Weber State. Lost to Western New Mexico in 1986-87 while coaching New Mexico State.
• Al McGuire - Lost at Washington (Mo.) in 1964-65 and Evansville in 1965-66 while coaching Marquette.
• Frank McGuire - Lost at Florida Southern in 1979-80 while coaching South Carolina.
• Jack McKinney - Lost to Catholic (D.C.) in 1966-67 while coaching St. Joseph's.
• Eddie Melvin - Lost to Cortland (N.Y.) State in 1947-48 and Gannon (Pa.) in 1948-49 while coaching St. Bonaventure. Lost to Morris Harvey (W. Va.) in 1956-57 and Wittenberg (Ohio) in 1958-59 and 1959-60 while coaching Toledo.
• Shelby Metcalf - Lost at Eastern Montana in 1980-81 and to St. Mary's (Tex.) in 1984-85 while coaching Texas A&M.
• Ray Meyer - Lost to Beloit (Wis.) in 1950-51, Wayne State (Mich.) in 1955-56, at North Dakota in 1965-66 and to St. Joseph's (Ind.) in 1969-70 while coaching DePaul.
• Eldon Miller - Lost to Winona (Minn.) State and Wisconsin-Platteville in 1986-87 and at American-Puerto Rico and to Morningside (Iowa) in 1990-91 while coaching Northern Iowa.
• Ralph Miller - Lost at Beloit (Wis.) in 1951-52 while coaching Wichita.
• Charles Moir - Lost to Dillard (La.) in 1973-74 and 1974-75 and Xavier (La.) in 1973-74 while coaching Tulane.
• Mike Montgomery - Lost to Puget Sound (Wash.) in 1978-79 and 1980-81 while coaching Montana. Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1992-93 while coaching Stanford.
• Stan Morrison - Lost to San Francisco State in 1974-75 and at North Dakota in 1978-79 while coaching Pacific.
• Joe Mullaney - Lost to Assumption (Mass.) in 1963-64 and 1984-85 while coaching Providence. Lost to Stonehill (Mass.) in 1979-80 while coaching Brown.
• Jeff Mullins - Lost at Florida Southern in 1987-88 while coaching UNC Charlotte.
• Gerald Myers - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1990-91 while coaching Texas Tech.
• Lynn Nance - Lost to Nebraska-Omaha in 1979-80 while coaching Iowa State.
• Danny Nee - Lost to Charleston (W. Va.) in 1980-81 while coaching Ohio University.
• Jim O'Brien - Lost at Florida Tech in 1988-89 while coaching Boston College.
• Dave Odom - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1993-94 while coaching Wake Forest.
• Johnny Orr - Lost at Washington (Mo.) in 1964-65 while coaching Massachusetts. Lost at Eastern Montana in 1981-82 while coaching Iowa State.
• Bobby Paschal - Lost to Tampa in 1986-87 and 1987-88 while coaching South Florida.
• Tom Penders - Lost at CCNY in 1974-75 and at San Francisco State in 1977-78 while coaching Columbia. Lost at Hawaii-Pacific in 1985-86 while coaching Fordham.
• Jerry Pimm - Lost to Midwestern State (Tex.) in 1979-80 while coaching Utah. Lost to San Francisco State in 1983-84 while coaching UC Santa Barbara.
• Rick Pitino - Lost to Adelphi (N.Y.) in 1978-79 while coaching Boston University.
• Harry Rabenhorst - Lost to Louisiana College in 1955-56 and at Centenary (La.) in 1956-57 while coaching Louisiana State.
• Bill Raftery - Lost to Siena (N.Y.) in 1972-73, at Rollins (Fla.) in 1973-74 and to King's College (Pa.) in 1975-76 while coaching Seton Hall.
• Jack Ramsay - Lost to Albright (Pa.) in 1957-58 and 1961-62 while coaching St. Joseph's.
• George Raveling - Lost to St. Martin's (Wash.) in 1980-81 and Eastern Montana in 1981-82 while coaching Washington State.
• Roger Reid - Lost to Colorado-Colorado Springs in 2007-08 while coaching Southern Utah.
• Nolan Richardson Jr. - Lost at American-Puerto Rico in 1997-98 while coaching Arkansas.
• Alfred "A.J." Robertson - Lost to South Dakota in 1947-48 while coaching Bradley.
• Les Robinson - Lost to Francis Marion (S.C.) in 1983-84 while coaching The Citadel.
• Lee Rose - Lost at Eastern Montana in 1977-78 while coaching UNC Charlotte.
• Lou Rossini - Lost to Scranton (Pa.) in 1975-76 and Bentley (Mass.) in 1978-79 while coaching St. Francis (N.Y.).
• John "Honey" Russell - Lost at Saint Thomas (Minn.) in 1937-38, to David & Elkins (W. Va.) in 1949-50 and to Albright (Pa.) in 1949-50 and 1957-58 while coaching Seton Hall.
• Herb Sendek - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 2017-18 while coaching Santa Clara.
• Alex Severance - Lost to Albright (Pa.) in 1941-42, Swarthmore (Pa.) in 1943-44 and 1944-45 and Scranton (Pa.) in 1957-58 while coaching Villanova.
• Norman Sloan - Lost at Presbyterian (S.C.) in 1956-57 while coaching The Citadel.
• Jim Snyder - Lost to Marietta (Ohio) four times in five years from 1949-50 through 1953-54 and in 1959-60, Mount Union (Ohio) in 1949-50, Muskingum (Ohio) in 1950-51, Beloit (Wis.) and Lake Forest (Ill.) in 1951-52, Ohio Wesleyan in 1952-53 and Otterbein (Ohio) in 1966-67 while coaching Ohio University.
• Norm Stewart - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1985-86 while coaching Missouri.
• John Thompson Jr. - Lost to Assumption (Mass.) in 1973-74; Gannon (Pa.) in 1975-76; Randolph-Macon (Va.) in 1974-75; Roanoke (Va.) in 1972-73, and at South Florida in 1972-73 while coaching Georgetown.
• Ken Trickey - Lost to Union (Tenn.) in 1965-66, Transylvania (Ky.) in 1966-67 and 1968-69 and Oglethorpe (Ga.) in 1967-68 while coaching Middle Tennessee State. Lost to Nebraska-Omaha and South Dakota in 1975-76 while coaching Iowa State. Lost to Cameron (Okla.) in 1980-81 while coaching Oral Roberts.
• Billy Tubbs - Lost to Ohio Northern in 1980-81 while coaching Oklahoma. Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1995-96 while coaching Texas Christian. Lost to Delta State (Miss.) in 2005-06 while coaching Lamar.
• M.K. Turk - Lost at Florida Southern in 1979-80 and to Fairmont State (W. Va.) in 1984-85 while coaching Southern Mississippi.
• Jim Valvano - Lost to Armstrong State (Ga.) and Gannon (Pa.) in 1972-73, Wilkes (Pa.) in 1973-74 and Bloomsburg (Pa.) in 1974-75 while coaching Bucknell. Lost at Tampa in 1986-87 while coaching North Carolina State.
• Bob Vanatta - Lost at Centenary (La.) in 1956-57 while coaching Memphis State.
• Willem "Butch" van Breda Kolff - Lost at Albright (Pa.) in 1951-52 while coaching Lafayette. Lost at Florida Southern in 1988-89 while coaching Hofstra.
• Perry Watson - Lost to Wayne State (Mich.) in 1993-94 while coaching Detroit.
• Stan Watts - Lost to Hamline (Minn.) in 1951-52 while coaching Brigham Young.
• Bruce Weber - Lost to Fort Hays State (Kan.) in 2020-21 while coaching Kansas State.
• Clifford Wells - Lost to Spring Hill (Ala.) in 1953-54 and Louisiana College in 1962-63 while coaching Tulane.
• Bob Weltlich - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1986-87 while coaching Texas.
• Paul Westhead - Lost at Biscayne (Fla.) in 1971-72 and Florida Southern in 1978-79 while coaching La Salle.
• Davey Whitney - Lost to Delta State (Miss.) six times in five years from 1985-86 through 1989-90; Dillard (La.) in 1986-87; Miles (Ala.) in 1988-89 and 1990-91; Mississippi College in 1990-91, 1992-93 and 1993-94; Slippery Rock (Pa.) in 1993-94, and Tougaloo (Miss.) in 1996-97 while coaching Alcorn State.
• Ralph Willard - Lost to Williams (Mass.) in 2003-04 while coaching Holy Cross.
• Carroll Williams - Lost to San Francisco State in 1970-71 and at Alaska-Anchorage in 1991-92 while coaching Santa Clara.
• Charlie Woollum - Lost to Rochester (N.Y.) in 1975-76 and 1976-77, Upsala (N.J.) in 1977-78 and Messiah (Pa.) in 1981-82 while coaching Bucknell.
• Jay Wright - Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 2003-04 while coaching Villanova.
• Ned Wulk - Lost to Lawrence Tech (Mich.) and twice to Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) in 1952-53 while coaching Xavier. Lost to Cal Poly Pomona in 1969-70 while coaching Arizona State.

You win some; you lose some. Virginia-based Radford was involved the last two times a transfer from another Division I institution set an existing school single-game scoring record with more than 50 points. Eerily, both transfers averaged 3.8 ppg in two campaigns with their original DI outpost. This season, North Carolina State transfer Dennis Parker Jr. became the fourth player to establish an existing DI scoring mark (53 points for Radford vs. Coppin State) after averaging fewer than four points per game with another university. Six years ago, Radford transfer Christian Lutete set UMass-Lowell's standard with 51 vs. Long Island.

Parker and Lutete joined Illinois-connected record holders Scott Haffner (65 points for Evansville vs. Dayton after averaging 1.7 ppg with Illinois) and Von McDade (50 for Milwaukee vs. Illinois after averaging 3.6 ppg with Oklahoma State) as transfers erupting in games after assembling anemic scoring averages elsewhere of fewer than four points per game. Another player from Virginia nearly joining this group was Bob McCurdy, who tallied 53 points for Richmond vs. Appalachian State in 1974-75 after averaging a modest 4.2 ppg with Virginia in 1971-72.

Following is a chronological list of transfers setting a university single-game scoring record at DI level with 50 or more points after previously playing for another major college:

*USIU subsequently de-emphasized its program.

NOTE: Transfers Elgin Baylor (60 points for Seattle vs. Portland on 1-30-58/College of Idaho 55) and Frank Burgess (52 for Gonzaga vs. UC Davis on 1-26-61/Arkansas-Pine Bluff) set school single-game scoring records but began their college careers with small four-year colleges. UAPB moved up to DI level in 1998-99.

Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as ill-informed GQ poster boy #ColonKrapernick and his supporters spurring politicized anthems and league funding anti-cop activist groups, the NCAA Tournament commenced in 1939, which was one year after the NIT triggered national postseason competition. An overlooked "versatile athlete" feat occurring in 1938 likely never to be duplicated took place at Arkansas, where the quarterback for the football squad (Jack Robbins) repeated as an All-SWC first-team basketball selection, leading the Razorbacks (19-3) to the league title. After the season, Robbins became an NFL first-round draft choice by the Chicago Cardinals (5th pick overall) and senior football/basketball teammates Jim Benton (11th pick by Cleveland Rams) and Ray Hamilton (41st pick by Rams) went on to become wide receivers for at least six years in the NFL. Yes, they created a kneeling-in-admiration shatterproof achievement - three members of a league championship basketball squad who promptly were among the top 41 selections in same NFL draft.

Two years later, All-SWC first-team hoop selection Howard "Red" Hickey was instrumental in Arkansas reaching the 1941 Final Four before becoming an end for the Cleveland Rams' 1945 NFL titlist. Two-sport college teammate and fellow end O'Neal Adams scored five touchdowns for the New York Giants the first half of the 1940s. Another two-sport Hog who played for the Giants in the mid-1940s was Harry Wynne. An earlier versatile Razorback was Jim Lee Howell, who was an All-SWC first five hoop selection in 1935-36 before becoming a starting end for the Giants' 1938 NFL titlist and Pro Bowl participant the next year. Adams, Benton, Hamilton, Hickey and Howell combined for 77 touchdowns in an 11-year span from 1938 through 1948 when at least one of the ex-Razorback hoopers scored a TD in each of those seasons.

Hickey and ex-Hog All-SWC second-team hooper in 1929-30/NFL end Milan Creighton each coached NFL franchises. Many other ex-college hoopers also displayed their wares on the gridiron. Following is exhaustive research you can tackle regarding former college basketball players who made a name for themselves on December 20 in football at the professional level (especially in 2009 plus Eagles QBs from current ACC members and Chargers receivers catching multiple touchdown passes):

DECEMBER 20

• Carolina Panthers rookie TE Luther Broughton (forward scored five points in five games for Furman in 1994-95) contributed go-ahead touchdown with a 68-yard reception in fourth quarter of 20-13 win against the St. Louis Rams in 1998.

• Chicago Bears QB Jack Concannon (grabbed one rebound in one Boston College basketball contest in 1961-62) threw three touchdown passes in a 24-3 win against the New Orleans Saints in 1970 season finale.

• QB Len Dawson (Purdue hooper in 1956-57) threw a 19-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to give the Kansas City Chiefs a 13-6 AFL divisional playoff win against the New York Jets in 1969.

• San Francisco 49ers WR Bruce Ellington (South Carolina's leading scorer as freshman point guard with 12.8 ppg in 2010-11 before averaging 11.1 ppg as sophomore) scored two touchdowns - one receiving/one rushing - in a 38-35 setback against the San Diego Chargers in 2014. Chargers TE Antonio Gates (second-team All-MAC selection in 2002 when Kent State finished runner-up in South Regional) caught two second-half TD passes from Philip Rivers.

• New York Giants DB Percy Ellsworth (appeared in all four of Virginia's NCAA tourney contests for 1995 Midwest Regional finalist) had two interceptions - including one for 43-yard touchdown - in a 28-7 win against the Kansas City Chiefs in 1998.

• Tennessee Titans WR Justin Gage (averaged 2.1 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Missouri from 1999-00 through 2001-02) caught two first-half touchdown passes from Vince Young in a 27-24 win against the Miami Dolphins in 2009.

• Minnesota Vikings TE Andrew Glover (All-SWAC second-team selection as senior in 1990-91 when leading Grambling with 16.2 ppg and 8.6 rpg while pacing league in field-goal shooting) caught two touchdown passes from Randall Cunningham in a 50-10 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1998.

• Baltimore Ravens TE Todd Heap (grabbed 14 rebounds in 11 games for Arizona State in 1999-00) caught two first-quarter touchdown passes from Joe Flacco in a 31-7 win against the Chicago Bears in 2009.

• San Diego Chargers WR Vincent Jackson (Northern Colorado's scoring leader with 13.6 ppg in 2003-04 while also contributing 5.6 rpg and 3.1 apg) caught two touchdown passes from Philip Rivers in a 27-24 win against the Cincinnati Bengals in 2009.

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Brad Johnson (part-time starting forward for Florida State as freshman in 1987-88 when averaging 5.9 ppg and shooting 89.1% from free-throw line) passed for 346 yards and four touchdowns in a 30-28 setback against the Atlanta Falcons in 2003.

• Phoenix Cardinals RB Johnny Johnson (averaged 11.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg and 3.2 apg in 1988-89 after majority of hoop team members walked off San Jose State squad) rushed for 146 yards in a 16-13 setback against the Indianapolis Colts in 1992.

• Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb (averaged 2.3 points in 18 games for Syracuse in 1995-96 and 1996-97) passed for 306 yards in a 27-13 win against the San Francisco 49ers in 2009.

• Houston Oilers QB Gifford Nielsen (BYU swingman averaged 6.5 ppg and 2.7 rpg in 1973-74 and 1974-75) passed for a career-high 377 yards - including three touchdowns to Dave Casper - in 21-20 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1981 season finale.

• Kansas City Chiefs WR Stan Rome (All-ACC second-team choice as Clemson junior averaged from 10.4 to 15.3 ppg while hitting 53% of FGAs from 1974-75 through 1977-78) scored game's lone touchdown with a 15-yard pass reception in 10-6 win against the Minnesota Vikings in 1981 season finale.

• Philadelphia Eagles QB Norm Snead (averaged 7.8 ppg in four Wake Forest games as senior in 1960-61) threw two first-half touchdown passes in a 30-20 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1970 season finale.

• Minnesota Vikings DB Charlie West (collected two points and one rebound in two UTEP games in 1967-68 under coach Don Haskins) returned a kickoff 66 yards in 37-7 win against the Atlanta Falcons in 1970 regular-season finale.

As a polarized country careens out of control in municipalities leaning to the political left, will some college basketball clubs propel themselves in rankings via left-handed players? People write what they're going to write. Will big tech allow such an online question to generate incisive feedback if query originates from Trump supporter who believes prayerful #NannyPathetic really is bat-spit crazy (let alone vile and vindictive when not digesting deluxe ice cream similar to Plagiarist Biledumb or trying to discern which amount of money is "crumbs" whether or not secured via insider trading)? There are a slew of sterling southpaws again this season. In mid-December, the top one this year probably is Texas Tech's JT Toppin.

Come on, man! In the scam-artist political arena sans self-awareness, Duke has had its share of "political leftist" graduates among the predictably pathetic press and pundits including "crazy commentators" David Brooks (conservative author my #NY Slimes fake-news a__), Seth Davis, David Gergen, Melissa Harris-Perry, Charlie Rose, Howard Wolfson and Judy Woodruff. In the basketball arena, Marvin Bagley III/R.J. Barrett/Vernon Carey Jr./Zion Williamson continued a recent run of regal left-handers entertaining Cameron Crazies including Rodney Hood, Justise Winslow and Luke Kennard. Studies show lefties may have an advantage in sports.

Unless nearsighted dolt covered fact from public with ISIS black burka or bomb vest like detonating dad/deceased demon Al-Baghdadi (austere religious scholar according to #Washington Compost), nearly 90% of humans are right-handed. In a quest to support an exempt-from-criticism minority, right thinkers need to discern where one-and-done players will eventually rank among southpaws in NCAA history driving-in-left-lane mix. At any rate, did you know four of five presidents from Reagan to Obama were left-handed? Using guerrilla or gorilla tactics, leftist lunatics will again claim imaginary racism because the #AudacityofHype isn't included but former Duke All-Americans Johnny Dawkins and Jack Marin are among the following alphabetical list of all-time top 250 or so hoop lefties (who should have been coached, of course, by Duke graduate Lefty Driesell):

Lefthanded Hooper, School (College Career Statistics)
Richie Adams, UNLV (12.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg and 52.9 FG% from 1981-82 through 1984-85)
Justin Anderson, Virginia (8.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 35.7 3FG% from 2012-13 through 2014-15)
Kenny Anderson, Georgia Tech (23 ppg and 7 apg in 1989-90 and 1990-91)
Mark Anglavar, Marquette (8 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 3.1 apg, 81 FT% and 43.1 3FG% from 1987-88 through 1990-91)
Greg Anthony, Portland/UNLV (12.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 6.9 apg, 2.4 spg and 37.9 3FG% from 1986-87 through 1990-91)
Nate "Tiny" Archibald, Texas-El Paso (20 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 50.7 FG% from 1967-68 through 1969-70)
Brandon Armstrong, Pepperdine (18.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.7 spg, 82.4 FT% and 39.1 3FG% in 1999-00 and 2000-01)
Stacey Augmon, UNLV (13.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg and 55.5 FG% from 1987-88 through 1990-91)
James Augustine, Illinois (10.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg and 61.7 FG% from 2002-03 through 2005-06)
William "Bird" Averitt, Pepperdine (31.4 ppg and 4.9 rpg in 1971-72 and 1972-73)
Luke Babbitt, Nevada (19.4 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 89.3 FT% and 42.1 3FG% in 2008-09 and 2009-10)
Marvin Bagley III, Duke (21 ppg, 11.1 rpg and 61.4 FG% in 2017-18)
Kamar Baldwin, Butler (14.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.6 spg and 80.4 FT% from 2016-17 through 2018-19)
Mitch Ballock, Creighton (9.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.6 apg and 38.4 3FG% in 2017-18 and 2018-19)
Scott Barnes, Fresno State (11.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 2.1 apg and 51.9 FG% in 1983-84 and 1984-85)
Dick Barnett, Tennessee State
R.J. Barrett, Duke (22.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg and 4.3 apg in 2018-19)
Jarvis Basnight, UNLV (8.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 60.8 FG% from 1985-86 through 1987-88)
Tim Bassett, Georgia (14.4 ppg, 13.6 rpg and 2.5 apg in 1971-72 and 1972-73)
Kenny Battle, Northern Illinois/Illinois (17.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.3 spg and 56.9 FG% from 1984-85 through 1988-89)
Frankie Baumholtz, Ohio University (16.4 ppg from 1938-39 through 1940-41)
Kent Bazemore, Old Dominion (10.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.7 apg and 1.8 spg from 2008-09 from 2011-12)
Michael Beasley, Kansas State (26.2 ppg, 12.4 rpg and 53.2 FG% in 2007-08)
Carl Belz, Princeton (17 ppg and 14 rpg from 1956-57 through 1958-59)
Tony Bennett, Wisconsin-Green Bay (19.4 ppg, 5.1 apg, 52.8 FG% and 84% FT% from 1988-89 through 1991-92)
Grant Benzinger, Wright State (11 ppg, 4 rpg, 83.7 FT% and 39.8 3FG% from 2014-15 through 2017-18)
Walter Berry, St. John's (20.1 ppg, 9.9 rpg and 58.1 FG% in 1984-85 and 1985-86)
Travis Best, Georgia Tech (16.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 5.6 apg, 1.8 spg, 80.9 FT% and 39.3 3FG% from 1991-92 through 1994-95)
Glynn Blackwell, Illinois (8.8 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.1 spg and 50.5 FG% from 1984-85 through 1987-88)
Nate Blackwell, Temple (13.2 ppg, 4.1 apg and 82.8 FT% from 1983-84 through 1986-87)
Phillip Bond, Louisville (8.4 ppg, 4.6 apg and 81.7 FT% from 1972-73 through 1976-77)
Trevor Booker, Clemson (12.9 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.1 spg and 55.9 FG% from 2006-07 through 2009-10)
Calvin Booth, Penn State (11.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 3.8 bpg and 50.7 FG% from 1995-96 through 1998-99)
Chris Bosh, Georgia Tech (15.6 ppg, 9 rpg, 2.2 bpg and 56 FG% in 2002-03)
Freddie Boyd, Oregon State (15.3 ppg and 2.7 rpg from 1969-70 through 1971-72)
Charlie Bradley, South Florida (19.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg and 80.7 FT% from 1981-82 through 1984-85)
Matt Bradley, California/San Diego State (14.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 81.4 FT% and 39.1 3FG% from 2018-19 through 2022-23)
Adrian Branch, Maryland (16.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg and 2.4 apg from 1981-82 through 1984-85)
Clyde Bradshaw, DePaul (9.3 ppg and 3.4 rpg from 1977-78 through 1980-81)
Ignas Brazdelkls, Michigan (14.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg and 39.2 3FG% in 2018-19)
J.R. Bremer, St. Bonaventure (15.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 3 apg, 1.7 spg and 33.3 3FG% from 1998-99 through 2001-02)
Miles Bridges, Michigan State (17 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 2.4 apg and 37.5 3FG% in 2016-17 and 2017-18)
Allan Bristow, Virginia Tech (23.1 ppg and 12.7 rpg from 1970-71 through 1972-73)
De'Mon Brooks, Davidson (14.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg and 53.5 FG% from 2010-11 through 2013-14)
Derrick Brown, Xavier (10.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 57.3 FG% and 41.5 3FG% from 2006-07 through 2008-09)
Lewis Brown, UNLV (11.4 ppg and 9 rpg from 1973-74 through 1976-77)
Wiley Brown, Louisville (5.7 ppg and 3.3 rpg from 1978-79 through 1981-82)
Jalen Brunson, Villanova (14.4 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 3.7 apg, 51 FG%, 82 FT% and 39.3 3FG% from 2015-16 through 2017-18)
Rick Brunson, Temple (12 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 3.8 apg and 2 spg from 1991-92 through 1994-95)
Todd Burgan, Syracuse (12.5 ppg, 6 rpg, 2.2 apg and 35.9 3FG% from 1991-92 through 1994-95)
Pat Burke, Auburn (8.9 ppg and 6 rpg from 1993-94 through 1996-97)
Leland Byrd, West Virginia (11.5 ppg from 1944-45 through 1947-48)
Marty Byrnes, Syracuse (11 ppg and 6.2 rpg from 1974-75 through 1977-78)
Michael Cage, San Diego State (16.5 ppg, 11.8 rpg and 54.8 FG% from 1980-81 through 1983-84)
Tim Cain, Manhattan (17.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg and 51.3 FG% from 1981-82 through 1984-85)
Adrian Caldwell, SMU/Lamar (8.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg and 55.6 FG% in 1986-87 and 1988-89)
Vernon Carey Jr., Duke (17.8 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 1.6 bpg and 57.7 FG% in 2019-20)
Matt Carlino, Brigham Young/Marquette (13.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.6 spg and 36 3FG% from 2011-12 through 2014-15)
Khadeen Carrington, Seton Hall (14 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.9 apg and 35.3 3FG% from 2014-15 through 2017-18)
Pat Carroll, St. Joseph's (12 ppg, 3.3 rpg and 44.5 3FG% from 2001-02 through 2004-05)
Maurice Carter, Louisiana State (12 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 35.4 3FG% from 1995-96 through 1998-99)
Siyani Chambers, Harvard (10.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 5.1 apg, 1.4 spg and 36.8 3FG% from 2012-13 through 2016-17)
Calbert Cheaney, Indiana (19.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg and 55.9 FG% from 1989-90 through 1992-93)
Pete Chudy, Syracuse (16.1 ppg and 7.2 rpg from 1958-59 through 1960-61)
Keon Clark, UNLV (14.8 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 3.5 bpg and 55.4 FG% in 1996-97 and 1997-98)
Jim Cleamons, Ohio State (18.5 ppg, 7.3 rpg and 54.2 FG% from 1968-69 through 1970-71)
Keith Closs, Central Connecticut State (11.9 ppg, 8.4 rpg and 53.3 FG% in 1994-95 and 1995-96)
Amir Coffey, Minnesota (14.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 3.2 apg from 2016-17 through 2018-19)
Jerry Colangelo, Illinois (10.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg and 80.2 FT% from 1959-60 through 1961-62)
Derrick Coleman, Syracuse (15 ppg, 10.7 rpg and 56.8 FG% from 1986-87 through 1989-90)
Jason Collier, Indiana/Georgia Tech (13.9 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 1.1 bpg and 36.9 3FG% from 1996-97 through 1999-00)
Mike Conley, Ohio State (11.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 6.1 apg, 2.2 spg and 51.8 FG% in 2006-07)
Steve Connor, Boise State (17.8 ppg from 1974-75 through 1977-78; finished among top five in Big Sky Conference in assists per game each of his last three seasons)
Jaraan Cornell, Purdue (12.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.2 apg and 36.9 3FG% from 1996-97 through 1999-00)
James Cotton, Long Beach State (18.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.2 spg, 80 FT% and 36.9 3FG% from 1993-94 through 1996-97)
Dave Cowens, Florida State (19 ppg, 17.2 rpg and 51.9 FG% from 1967-68 through 1969-70)
John Crotty, Virginia (12.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 5.3 apg and 34.6 3FG% from 1987-88 through 1990-91)
Billy Cunningham, North Carolina (24.8 ppg and 15.4 rpg from 1962-63 through 1964-65)
Bill Curley, Boston College (16.7 ppg, 7.9 rpg and 56.5 FG% from 1990-91 through 1993-94)
Erik Daniels, Kentucky (8.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg and 55.9 FG% from 2000-01 through 2003-04)
Ed Davis, North Carolina (9.2 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 2.1 bpg and 54.8 FG% in 2008-09 and 2009-10)
Josh Davis, North Carolina State/Tulane/San Diego State (10 ppg and 8.1 rpg from 2009-10 through 2013-14)
Johnny Dawkins, Duke (19.2 ppg, 4 rpg and 50.8 FG% from 1982-83 through 1985-86)
James Donaldson, Washington State (8.5 ppg, 8.1 rpg and 54.2 FG% from 1975-76 through 1978-79)
Sam Dower, Gonzaga (9.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 56.2 FG% from 2010-11 through 2013-14)
Ralph Drollinger, UCLA (7.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg and 52.4 FG% from 1972-73 through 1975-76)
Jerry Eaves, Louisville (9.7 ppg, 2.6 apg and 50.5 FG% from 1978-79 through 1981-82)
Leroy "Cowboy" Edwards, Kentucky (16.3 ppg in 1934-35)
Nick Emery, Brigham Young (12.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.4 spg, 81.5 FT% and 37.5 3FG% from 2015-16 through 2018-19)
Brian Evans, Indiana (13.7 ppg, 6 rpg and 80 FT% from 1992-93 through 1995-96)
C.J. Fair, Syracuse (11.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg and 1.1 spg from 2011 through 2013-14)
Desmon Farmer, Southern California (13.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 33.8 3FG% from 2000-01 through 2003-04)
Kay Felder, Oakland (17.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 7.8 apg, 1.6 spg, 82.2 FT% and 34.5 3FG% from 2013-14 through 2015-16)
Henry "Hank" Finkel, Dayton (23.7 ppg, 13.3 rpg and 61.8 FG% from 1963-64 through 1965-66)
Matt Fish, UNC Wilmington (11.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg and 59.8 FG% from 1988-89 through 1991-92)
Derek Fisher, UALR (12.4 ppg and 4.2 apg from 1992-93 through 1995-96)
Jerry Fleishman, NYU
Chico Fletcher, Arkansas State (12.9 ppg and 7.8 apg from 1996-97 through 1999-00)
Damon Flint, Cincinnati (10.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.2 apg and 1.2 spg from 1993-94 through 1996-97)
Courtney Fortson, Arkansas (16 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 5.9 apg and 1.2 spg in 2008-09 and 2009-10)
Jimmy Foster, Connecticut (16 ppg, 3.4 rpg and 3.6 apg in 1972-73 and 1973-74)
De'Aaron Fox, Kentucky (16.7 ppg, 4 rpg, 4.6 apg and 1.5 spg in 2016-17)
Trent Frazier, Illinois (13.1 ppg, 2 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.5 spg and 37.8 3FG% in 2017-18 and 2018-19)
Todd Fuller, North Carolina State (13.8 ppg, 7.7 rpg and 80 FT% from 1992-93 through 1995-96)
Lawrence Funderburke, Indiana/Ohio State (14.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.6 bpg and 53.8 FG% from 1989-90 through 1993-94)
Chris Gatling, Old Dominion (21.3 ppg, 10.1 rpg and 60.6 FG% from 1988-89 through 1990-91)
Joe Gibbon, Mississippi (18.9 ppg and 9.6 rpg from 1953-54 through 1956-57)
Artis Gilmore, Jacksonville (24.3 ppg, 22.7 rpg and 57.4 FG% in 1969-70 and 1970-71)
Thomas Gipson, Kansas State (9.4 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 53.3 FG% from 2011-12 through 2014-15)
Jack "Goose" Givens, Kentucky (16.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg and 51.5 FG% from 1974-75 through 1977-78)
Robert Godbolt, Louisiana Tech (11.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg and 57.4 FG% from 1983-84 through 1986-87)
Gail Goodrich, UCLA (19 ppg and 4.7 rpg from 1962-63 through 1964-65)
Ricky Grace, Oklahoma (13 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 6.5 apg, 2.5 spg and 38.5 3FG% in 1986-87 and 1987-88)
Devin Gray, Clemson (14.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.5 spg and 54.6 FG% from 1991-92 through 1994-95)
Johnny Green, Michigan State (16.9 ppg and 16.4 rpg from 1956-57 through 1958-59)
Lynn Greer, Temple (15.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1.4 spg, 85.2 FT% and 39.8 3FG% from 1997-98 through 2001-02)
Kevin Grevey, Kentucky (21.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg and 51.7 FG% from 1972-73 through 1974-75)
Adrian Griffin, Seton Hall (11.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.7 spg and 50.6 FG% from 1992-93 through 1995-96)
Tony Gwynn, San Diego State (8.6 ppg, 2 rpg, 4.7 apg and 1.8 spg from 1977-78 through 1980-81)
Rudy Hackett, Syracuse (16.6 ppg, 11 rpg and 55.1 FG% from 1972-73 through 1974-75)
Steve Hale, North Carolina (7.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 3.8 apg, 52 FG% and 81.3 FT% from 1982-83 through 1985-86)
Shaler Halimon, Utah State (25.2 ppg and 10.2 rpg in 1966-67 and 1967-68)
Devon Hall, Virginia (6.9 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.1 apg, 80.7 FT% and 38.9 3FG% from 2014-15 through 2017-18)
Roy Hamilton, UCLA (12.5 ppg and 4.7 apg from 1975-76 through 1978-79)
Steve Hamilton, Morehead State (17.9 ppg and 16.4 rpg from 1954-55 through 1957-58)
Zendon Hamilton, St. John's (15.9 ppg and 8.3 rpg from 1994-95 through 1997-98)
Julian Hammond, Tulsa (12.2 ppg, 7.6 rpg and 62.7 FG% in 1964-65 and 1965-66)
James Harden, Arizona State (19 ppg, 5.4 rpg and 50.6 FG% in 2007-08 and 2008-09)
Jerrick Harding, Weber State (18.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 37.2 3FG% from 2016-17 through 2019-20)
Jerry Harkness, Loyola of Chicago (21.6 ppg and 8.2 rpg from 1960-61 through 1962-63)
Dylan Harper, Rutgers (19.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 4 apg and 1.4 spg in 2024-25)
Othella Harrington, Georgetown (13.9 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.5 bpg and 56.1 FG% from 1992-93 through 1995-96)
Donnell Harvey, Florida (10.1 ppg, 7 rpg and 50.7 FG% in 1999-00)
Juaquin Hawkins, Long Beach State (6.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2 apg and 1.7 spg from 1992-93 through 1995-96)
Robert "Bubbles" Hawkins, Illinois State (14.9 ppg and 4.1 rpg from 1972-73 through 1974-75)
Desmond Haymon, Stephen F. Austin (10.3 ppg and 3.9 rpg from 2010-11 through 2013-14)
August "Bud" Heineman, Missouri (8.5 ppg from 1948-49 through 1950-51)
James "Skip" Henderson, Marshall (20.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg and 50.9 FG% from 1984-85 through 1987-88)
Mark Hendrickson, Washington State (13.9 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 56.7 FG% and 37.4 3FG% from 1992-93 through 1995-96)
Al Henry, Wisconsin (11.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg from 1967-68 through 1969-70)
Xavier Henry, Kansas (13.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.5 spg and 41.8 3FG% in 2009-10)
Mustapha Heron, Auburn/St. John's (15.4 ppg and 5.4 rpg from 2016-17 through 2018-19)
Bobby Joe Hill, Texas Western (10.9 ppg from 1964-65 to 1966-67)
Thomas Hill, Duke (11.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 51.9 FG% from 1989-90 through 1992-93)
Robert Hite, Miami FL (14.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.5 spg, 84.8 FT% and 38.4 3FG% from 2002-03 through 2005-06)
Darington Hobson, New Mexico (15.9 ppg and 9.3 rpg in 2009-10)
Blake Hoffarber, Minnesota (9.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2 apg, 80.2 FT% and 41 3FG% from 2007-08 through 2010-11)
Ronnie Hogue, Georgia (17.8 ppg and 5.3 rpg from 1970-71 through 1972-73)
Randy Holcomb, Fresno State/San Diego State (12.5 ppg and 6.2 rpg from 1998-99 through 2001-02)
Wilbur Holland, New Orleans
Lionel Hollins, Arizona State (17 ppg and 3.3 rpg in 1973-74 and 1974-75)
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Arizona (10.2 ppg and 6.3 rpg in 2013-14 and 2014-15)
John Holloran, George Washington (13.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 51.2 FG% and 80.3 FT% from 1973-74 through 1976-77)
Jason Holsinger, Evansville (12.2 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 4.3 apg, 83.6 FT% and 39 3FG% from 2005-06 through 2008-09)
Michael Holton, UCLA (7 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 2.2 apg and 51.1 FG% from 1979-80 through 1982-83)
Rodney Hood, Mississippi State/Duke (13.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.1 apg and 39.6 3FG% in 2011-12 and 2013-14)
Stephen Howard, DePaul (13.4 ppg and 7 rpg from 1988-89 through 1991-92)
Kim Hughes, Wisconsin (13.6 ppg and 11.2 rpg from 1971-72 through 1973-74)
Andre Hutson, Michigan State (10.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg and 60.9 FG% from 1997-98 through 2000-01)
Darrall Imhoff, California (10 ppg and 9.5 rpg from 1957-58 through 1959-60)
Luke Jackson, Oregon (15.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg and 84.9 FT% from 2000-01 through 2003-04)
Phil Jackson, North Dakota
Rick Jackson, Syracuse (8.7 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 1.8 bpg and 59.1 FG% from 2007-08 through 2010-11)
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana (17.9 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.1 bpg and 56.5 FG% from 2019-20 through 2022-23)
Joe Jakubick, Akron (23.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 50.9 FG% and 81.2 FT% from 1980-81 through 1983-84)
Bernard James, Florida State (9.7 ppg, 7 rpg, 2.4 bpg and 62.7 FG% in 2010-11 and 2011-12)
Chris Jent, Ohio State (8.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg and 38.2 3FG% from 1988-89 through 1991-92)
Justinian Jessup, Boise State (12 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 81.5 FT% and 40.6 3FG% from 2016-17 to 2019-20)
Armon Johnson, Nevada (14.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 4.4 apg from 2007-08 through 2009-10)
Avery Johnson, Southern LA (9.2 ppg and 12 apg in 1986-87 and 1987-88)
B.J. Johnson, Syracuse/La Salle (13.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg and 84.3 FT% from 2013-14 through 2017-18)
Chris Johnson, Dayton (10.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 82.6 FT% and 37.1 3FG% from 2008-09 through 2011-12)
Tyler Johnson, Fresno State (10.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.1 spg and 37.2 3FG% from 2010-11 through 2013-14)
Derrick Jones Jr., UNLV (11.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 58.9 FG% in 2015-16)
Kameron Jones, Marquette (14.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.9 apg and 1.2 spg from 2021-22 through 2024-25)
Terrence Jones, Kentucky (14 ppg, 8 rpg and 1.2 spg in 2010-11 and 2011-12)
DeAndre Jordan, Texas A&M (7.9 ppg, 6 rpg, 1.3 bpg and 61.7 FG% in 2007-08)
Marcus Jordan, UCF (12.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 2.7 apg from 2009-10 through 2011-12)
Reggie Jordan, New Mexico State (12.5 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 2.2 apg and 1.9 spg in 1989-90 and 1990-91)
Kerem Kanter, Green Bay/Xavier (7.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 53.1 FG% from 2014-15 through 2017-18)
Gary Keller, Florida (14.5 ppg and 11.3 rpg from 1964-65 through 1966-67)
Ron Kellogg, Kansas (11.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.1 apg, 52.9 FG% and 82.8 FT% from 1982-83 through 1985-86)
Luke Kennard, Duke (15.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2 apg, 86.7 FT% and 38.3 3FG% in 2015-16 and 2016-17)
D.J. Kennedy, St. John's (11.7 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.4 spg and 35.8 3FG% from 2007-08 through 2010-11)
Stacey King, Oklahoma (17.6 ppg, 7.2 rpg and 51.6 FG% from 1985-86 through 1988-89)
Nick Kladis, Loyola of Chicago (12.8 ppg from 1949-50 through 1951-52)
Toby Knight, Notre Dame (9.4 ppg, 7.3 rpg and 51.1 FG% from 1973-74 through 1976-77)
Tyler Kolek, George Mason/Marquette (11.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 6.2 apg, 1.5 spg and 81.9 FT% from 2020-21 through 2023-24)
Milo Komenich, Wyoming (14.7 ppg from 1941-42 through 1945-46)
Howard "Butch" Komives, Bowling Green (25.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 84.7 FT% from 1961-62 through 1963-64)
Cameron Krutweg, Loyola of Chicago (13.7 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 2.8 apg and 59 FG% from 2017-18 through 2020-21)
Raef LaFrentz, Kansas (15.8 ppg, 9.1 rpg and 55.5 FG% from 1994-95 through 1997-98)
Walker Lambiotte, North Carolina State/Northwestern (10.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.2 spg and 50.9 FG% from 1985-86 through 1989-90)
Keith Langford, Kansas (13.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg and 2.4 apg from 2001-02 through 2004-05)
Bob Lanier, St. Bonaventure (27.6 ppg, 15.7 rpg and 57.6 FG% from 1967-68 through 1969-70)
Byron Larkin, Xavier (22.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg and 52.4 FG% from 1984-85 through 1987-88)
Acie Law IV, Texas A&M (13.7 ppg and 4.5 apg from 2003-04 through 2006-07)
Dennis "Mo" Layton, Southern California (17.1 ppg and 2.5 rpg in 1969-70 and 1970-71)
Hal Lear, Temple (19 ppg from 1953-54 through 1955-56)
David Lee, Florida (11.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2 apg and 58.1 FG% from 2001-02 through 2004-05)
James Lee, Kentucky (8.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg and 53.7 FG% from 1974-75 through 1977-78)
Ron Lee, Oregon (18.6 ppg and 5.2 rpg from 1972-73 through 1975-76)
Leroy "Axle" Leslie, Notre Dame (13.5 ppg from 1949-50 through 1951-52)
Tommie Liddell III, Saint Louis (12.4 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2.5 apg and 37.1 3FG% from 2005-06 through 2008-09)
Kevin Lisch, Saint Louis (13.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.1 spg, 81 FT% and 39.5 3FG% from 2005-06 through 2008-09)
Rahim Lockhart, Mississippi (9.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 1.1 bpg and 56.1 FG% from 1997-98 through 2000-01)
Kenneth Lofton Jr., Louisiana Tech (14.3 ppg, 9 rpg, 2.1 apg and 55 FG% in 2020-21 and 2021-22)
Brad Lohaus, Iowa (6.3 ppg and 4.6 rpg from 1982-83 through 1986-87)
Ryan Lorthridge, Jackson State (11.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 2.6 apg from 1991-92 through 1993-94)
John Lucas Jr., Maryland (18.3 ppg, 4.7 apg and 52.5 FG% from 1972-73 through 1975-76)
Ray Lumpp, NYU (14.1 ppg in 1947-48 after career interrupted by serving in U.S. military during WWII)
Durand "Rudy" Macklin, Louisiana State (16.9 ppg, 10.4 rpg and 59.5 FG% from 1976-77 through 1980-81)
Randy Mahaffey, Clemson (16 ppg and 9.7 rpg from 1964-65 through 1966-67)
Jack Marin, Duke (14.9 ppg, 8.1 rpg and 50 FG% from 1963-64 through 1965-66)
Kendall Marshall, North Carolina (7.2 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 8 apg, 1.1 spg and 36.6 3FG% in 2010-11 and 2011-12)
Darrick Martin, UCLA (9.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 4.9 apg and 1.4 spg from 1988-89 through 1991-92)
Scott Martin, Purdue/Notre Dame (9 ppg and 4.9 rpg from 2007-08 through 2012-13)
Anthony Mason, Tennessee State (18.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg from 1984-85 through 1987-88)
E.C. Matthews, Rhode Island (14.8 ppg and 4.3 rpg from 2013-14 through 2017-18)
Don May, Dayton (22 ppg and 14.5 rpg from 1965-66 through 1967-68)
Bob McCann, Morehead State (17.5 ppg, 10.5 rpg and 52.4 FG% from 1984-85 through 1986-87)
Dwayne McClain, Villanova (12.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 57.5 FG% from 1981-82 through 1984-85)
Julius McCoy, Michigan State (20.9 ppg from 1953-54 through 1955-56)
Bob McCurdy, Virginia/Richmond (19.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg and 56 FG% from 1971-72 through 1974-75)
Greg McDougald, Oral Roberts (14.1 ppg and 9.3 rpg in 1972-73 and 1973-74)
Ken "Mouse" McFadden, Cleveland State (19.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 4 apg, 2.1 spg and 39.6 3FG% from 1985-86 through 1988-89)
Mitch McGary, Michigan (7.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.2 spg and 58.8 FG% in 2012-13 and 2013-14)
Terrell McIntyre, Clemson (14.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 4.6 apg, 1.5 spg and 37.2 3FG% from 1995-96 through 1998-99)
Billy McKinney, Northwestern (18.6 ppg, 3 rpg and 2.3 apg from 1973-74 through 1976-77)
Tom McMillen, Maryland (20.5 ppg, 9.8 rpg and 55.5 FG% from 1971-72 through 1973-74)
Mark McNamara, Santa Clara/California (16.4 ppg, 9.1 rpg and 63.4 FG% from 1977-78 through 1981-82)
Bob McNeill, St. Joseph's (17.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg and 81.9 FT% from 1957-58 through 1959-60)
Paul McPherson, DePaul (11.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.6 spg and 53 FG% in 1999-00)
Josh McRoberts, Duke (10.8 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.2 spg, 1.9 bpg and 54 FG% in 2005-06 and 2006-07)
Gary Melchionni, Duke (10.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.4 apg and 83.5 FT% from 1970-71 through 1972-73)
Leland "Lee" Melear, Virginia Tech (11.7 ppg and 4 rpg from 1960-61 through 1962-63)
Julius Michalik, Iowa State (14.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.1 spg, 53.4 FG% and 82.5 FT% from 1991-92 through 1994-95)
Pete Mickeal, Cincinnati (14.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.5 spg and 54.5 FG% in 1998-99 and 1999-00)
Bob Miller, Cincinnati (12.9 ppg, 9.1 rpg and 56.1 FG% from 1974-75 through 1977-78)
Larry Miller, North Carolina (21.8 ppg, 9.2 rpg and 51.5 FG% from 1965-66 through 1967-68)
Harold Miner, Southern California (23.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg and 81.4 FT% from 1989-90 through 1991-92)
Steve Mix, Toledo (23 ppg, 11.9 rpg and 53.3 FG% from 1966-67 through 1968-69)
Cuttino Mobley, Rhode Island (14.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2 apg, 1.5 spg, 82.1 FT% and 35.4 3FG% from 1994-95 through 1997-98)
Jerome Moiso, UCLA (12 ppg and 6.8 rpg in 1998-99 and 1999-00)
Greg Monroe, Georgetown (14.5 ppg, 8.2 rpg and 54.3 FG% in 2008-09 and 2009-10)
Mike Moran, Marquette (18.6 ppg and 9.2 rpg from 1956-57 through 1958-59)
Jackie Moreland, Louisiana Tech
Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA (17.9 ppg, 5.2 rpg and 37.7 3FG% in 2012-13)
Chris Mullin, St. John's (19.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 55 FG% and 84.8 FT% from 1981-82 through 1984-85)
Troy Murphy, Notre Dame (21.4 ppg and 9.8 rpg from 1998-99 through 2000-01)
Kris Murray, Iowa (12.1 ppg and 5 rpg from 2020-21 through 2022-23)
Lee Nailon, Texas Christian (23.9 ppg, 9.1 rpg and 53.2 FG% in 1997-98 and 1998-99)
Drew Neitzel, Michigan State (11.1 ppg, 2 rpg, 4.2 apg, 86.6 FT% and 39.9 3FG% from 2004-05 through 2007-08)
Jack Nichols, Southern California/Washington (11.2 ppg from 1944-45 through 1947-48)
Carl Nicks, Indiana State (16.8 ppg, 3 rpg and 1.5 spg from 1976-77 through 1979-80
Martyn "Moochie" Norris, Auburn (12.5 ppg, 4 rpg, 4.9 apg, 1.8 spg and 35.4 3FG% in 1994-95)
Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga (13.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.2 spg, 83.6 FT% and 37 3FG% in 2017-18 and 2018-19)
Kendrick Nunn, Illinois/Oakland (14.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.2 spg, 82.1 FT% and 38.6 3FG% from 2013-14 through 2017-18)
Ed O'Bannon, UCLA (15.5 ppg, 7 rpg and 51.3 FG% from 1991-92 through 1994-95)
Lamar Odom, Rhode Island (17.6 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 3.8 apg and 1.5 bpg in 1998-99)
Carlos "Bud" Ogden, Santa Clara (18.2 ppg and 8.8 rpg from 1966-67 through 1968-69)
Dean Oliver, Iowa (12.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 4.5 apg, 1.6 spg and 36.8 3FG% from 1997-98 through 2000-01)
Kelly Oubre Jr., Kansas (9.3 ppg, 5 rpg, 1.1 spg and 35.8 3FG% in 2014-15)
Carlton "Silk" Owens, Rhode Island (17.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 4.2 apg and 46.2 3FG% from 1984-85 through 1987-88)
Eddie Owens, UNLV (18.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg and 51.7 FG% from 1973-74 through 1976-77)
Josh Pace, Syracuse (7.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.4 apg and 1.2 spg from 2001-02 through 2004-05)
Victor Page, Georgetown (17.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg and 1.9 spg in 1995-96 and 1996-97)
Marcus Paige, North Carolina (13.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 4.3 apg, 1.4 spg, 84.8 FT% and 37.4 3FG% from 2012-13 through 2015-16)
Andrew Parker, Iowa State (15 ppg and 4.4 rpg from 1975-76 through 1978-79)
Tom Parker, Kentucky (15.5 ppg and 8.3 rpg from 1969-70 through 1971-72)
Cameron Payne, Murray State (18.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 5.7 apg and 1.8 spg in 2013-14 and 2014-15)
Gary Payton II, Oregon State (14.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 4.1 apg and 2.8 spg in 2014-15 and 2015-16)
Anthony Peeler, Missouri (16.8 ppg and 5.1 rpg from 1988-89 through 1991-92)
John "Jake" Pelkington, Manhattan
Sam Perkins, North Carolina (15.9 ppg, 8.6 rpg and 57.6 FG% from 1980-81 through 1983-84)
Elliot Perry, Memphis (17.5 ppg, 4.3 apg and 34.5 3FG% from 1987-88 through 1990-91)
Morris Peterson, Michigan State (11.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg and 37.7 3FG% from 1995-96 through 1999-00)
Derrick Phelps, North Carolina (7.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 4.8 apg and 1.9 spg from 1990-91 through 1993-94)
Shamorie Ponds, St. John's (19.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.3 apg and 2.3 spg from 2016-17 through 2018-19)
Trevor Powell, Marquette (14 ppg, 6.8 rpg and 53.4 FG% from 1987-88 through 1990-91)
J.P. Prince, Arizona/Tennessee (7.6 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.5 apg and 1.2 spg from 2005-06 through 2009-10)
Tayshaun Prince, Kentucky (13.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 32.9 3FG% from 1998-99 through 2001-02)
Darryl Prue, West Virginia (11.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.8 spg and 55.8 FG% from 1985-86 through 1988-89)
Julius Randle, Kentucky (15 ppg, 10.4 rpg and 50.1 FG% in 2013-14)
Anthony Randolph, Louisiana State (15.6 ppg, 8.5 rpg and 2.3 bpg in 2007-08)
Zach Randolph, Michigan State (10.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg and 58.7 FG% in 2000-01)
Michael Redd, Ohio State (19.6 ppg and 6.2 rpg from 1997-98 through 1999-00)
Dexter Reed, Memphis State (16.5 ppg and 4.3 rpg from 1973-74 through 1976-77)
Willis Reed, Grambling (18.7 ppg, 15.2 rpg and 59.7 FG% from 1960-61 through 1963-64)
Don Rehfeldt, Wisconsin (14.4 ppg from 1944-45 through 1949-50)
Kareem Reid, Arkansas (11.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 5.7 apg and 1.9 spg from 1995-96 through 1998-99)
Robbie Reid, Brigham Young/Michigan (9.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.3 spg and 38.7 3FG% from 1993-94 through 1998-99)
Terrence Rencher, Texas (18.6 ppg, 5 rpg, 3.5 apg and 2.1 spg from 1991-92 through 1994-95)
Johnny Rhodes, Maryland (14.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 3.6 apg, 2.8 spg and 33.4 3FG% from 1992-93 through 1995-96)
Lafester Rhodes, Iowa State (11.1 ppg and 4 rpg from 1984-85 through 1987-88)
Tyrese Rice, Boston College (15.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 4.5 apg, 1.2 spg, 82.5 FT% and 35.3 3FG% from 2005-06 through 2008-09)
Tom Riker, South Carolina (15.8 ppg, 9.1 rpg and 51.7 FG% from 1969-70 through 1971-72)
Mike Riordan, Providence (11.2 ppg and 8.2 rpg from 1964-65 through 1966-67)
Terrence Roberts, Syracuse (7.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 54 FG% from 2003-04 through 2006-07)
Bernard Robinson, Michigan (12.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3 apg, 1.4 spg and 81.4 FT% from 2000-01 through 2003-04)
David Robinson, Navy (21 ppg, 10.3 rpg and 61.3 FG% from 1983-84 through 1986-87)
Justin Robinson, Virginia Tech (11.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 4.5 apg and 38.5 3FG% from 2015-16 through 2018-19)
Dave Robisch, Kansas (21.1 ppg and 9.8 rpg from 1968-69 through 1970-71)
Guy Rodgers, Temple (19.6 ppg and 6.5 rpg from 1955-56 through 1957-58)
Rodney Rogers, Wake Forest (19.3 ppg, 7.9 rpg and 57.9 FG% from 1990-91 through 1992-93)
Garry Roggenburk, Dayton (16.1 ppg and 11.8 rpg from 1959-60 through 1961-62)
Jalen Rose, Michigan (17.5 ppg and 4.7 rpg from 1991-92 through 1993-94)
Bob Rule, Colorado State (15.4 ppg, 9.2 rpg and 51.8 FG% in 1965-66 and 1966-67)
Kareem Rush, Missouri (18.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.2 spg and 42.2 3FG% from 1999-00 through 2001-02)
Bill Russell, San Francisco (20.7 ppg, 20.3 rpg and 51.6 FG% from 1953-54 through 1955-56)
D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State (19.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 5 apg, 1.6 spg and 41.1 3FG% in 2014-15)
Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga (13.5 ppg, 9.4 rpg and 63.2 FG% in 2014-15 and 2015-16)
Juan "Pepe" Sanchez, Temple (8.5 ppg and 5.9 apg from 1996-97 through 1999-00)
Chris Sandle, Arizona State/Texas-El Paso (13.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg and 50.1 FG% from 1984-85 through 1987-88)
Steve Scheffler, Purdue (10.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg and 68.5 FG% from 1986-87 through 1989-90)
Baylor Scheierman, South Dakota State/Creighton (13.8 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 3.6 apg, 82 FT% and 39 3FG% from 2019-20 through 2023-24)
Ronnie Schmitz, UMKC (17.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.3 spg and 39.9 3FG% from 1989-90 through 1992-93)
Ansu Sesay, Mississippi (13 ppg and 6.4 rpg from 1994-95 through 1997-98)
Jaden Shackelford, Alabama (15.2 ppg and 4.6 rpg from 2019-20 through 2021-22)
Lynn Shackelford, UCLA (9.7 ppg and 5 rpg from 1966-67 through 1968-69)
Craig "Big Sky" Shelton, Georgetown (15.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg and 59.1 FG% from 1976-77 through 1979-80)
Aubrey Sherrod, Wichita State (14.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 3.3 apg and 1.3 spg from 1981-82 through 1984-85)
Mike Silliman, Army (19.7 ppg and 11.5 rpg from 1963-64 through 1965-66)
Ben Simmons, Louisiana State (19.2 ppg, 11.8 rpg, 4.8 apg, 2 spg and 56 FG% in 2015-16)
Willie Simmons, Louisiana Tech (10.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg and 2.4 bpg from 1981-82 through 1984-85)
Al Skinner, Massachusetts (15.6 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 4.1 apg and 55.7 FG% from 1971-72 through 1973-74)
Keith Smith, Loyola Marymount (18 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 5.4 apg and 1.3 spg from 1982-83 through 1985-86)
Lenzelle Smith Jr., Ohio State (7.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 35.2 3FG% from 2010-11 through 2013-14)
Michael Smith, Providence (11.8 ppg, 11 rpg, 1.1 bpg and 55.4 FG% from 1990-91 through 1993-94)
Willie Smith, Missouri (23.9 ppg and 5.6 rpg in 1974-75 and 1975-76)
Elmore Spencer, Georgia/UNLV (10.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2.5 bpg and 60.3 FG% from 1988-89 through 1991-92)
Larry Spriggs, Howard University (14.9 ppg, 8.7 rpg and 52.1 FG% from 1978-79 through 1980-81)
TJ Starks, Texas A&M (11 ppg, 2.1 rpg and 2.8 apg in 2017-18 and 2018-19)
Terrell Stoglin, Maryland (16.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.6 apg, 80 FT% and 37.7 3FG% in 2010-11 and 2011-12)
Damon Stoudamire, Arizona (15 ppg, 5.4 apg and 80.4 FT% from 1991-92 through 1994-95)
Salim Stoudamire, Arizona (15.2 ppg, 87 FT% and 45.8 3FG% from 2001-02 through 2004-05)
Erick Strickland, Nebraska (12.5 ppg, 4 rpg, 3.3 apg, 2 spg and 34.9 3FG% from 1992-93 through 1995-96)
Levern "Jelly" Tart, Bradley (14.4 ppg and 8.6 rpg from 1961-62 through 1963-64)
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State (14.4 ppg, 5 rpg, 80.2 FT% and 34.2 3FG% from 2010-11 through 2012-13)
Elijah Thomas, Texas A&M/Clemson (10.1 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.9 bpg and 58.6 FG% from 2015-16 through 2018-19)
Isaiah Thomas, Washington (16.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4 apg and 1.2 spg from 2008-09 through 2010-11)
Bernard Thompson, Fresno State (12 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.2 spg and 57.7 FG% from 1980-81 through 1983-84)
Brooks Thompson, Texas A&M/Oklahoma State (13.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 4.7 apg, 2.2 spg and 40 3FG% from 1989-90 through 1993-94)
Stephen Thompson, Syracuse (13.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.3 spg and 56 FG% from 1986-87 through 1989-90)
Tres Tinkle, Oregon State (17.7 ppg, 7 rpg, 3 apg and 1.6 spg from 2015-16 through 2019-20)
Wayman Tisdale, Oklahoma (25.6 ppg, 10.1 rpg and 57.8 FG% from 1982-83 through 1984-85)
Jeff Trepagnier, Southern California (10.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg and 1.9 spg from 1997-98 through 2000-01)
Kerry Trotter, Marquette (10.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 3.1 apg and 1.3 spg from 1982-83 through 1985-86)
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona (15.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg and 54.4 FG% from 2020-21 through 2022-23)
Jeff Turner, Vanderbilt (10.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 50.6 FG% from 1980-81 through 1983-84)
Nick Van Exel, Cincinnati (15.2 ppg, 3.6 apg and 35.8 3FG% in 1991-92 and 1992-93)
Mark Wade, Oklahoma/UNLV (3.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 8.5 apg and 1.9 spg from 1983-84 through 1986-87)
Neal Walk, Florida (20.8 ppg and 15.3 rpg from 1966-67 through 1968-69)
CJ Walker, Florida State/Ohio State (6.5 ppg, 2 rpg and 1.9 apg in 2016-17 and 2017-18)
Rex Walters, Northwestern/Kansas (13.4 ppg, 3.6 apg, 83.7 FT% and 42.6 3FG% from 1988-89 through 1992-93)
Paul Walther, Tennessee (12.9 ppg from 1944-45 through 1948-49)
Nick Ward, Michigan State (13.1 ppg, 6.6 rpg and 60.5 FG% from 2016-17 through 2018-19)
Kyle Washington, North Carolina State/Cincinnati (9 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.1 bpg and 37.2 3FG% from 2013-14 through 2017-18)
Thorpe Weber, Vanderbilt (15.5 ppg and 8.6 rpg from 1968-69 through 1970-71)
Bob Weiss, Penn State (16.3 ppg and 4.4 rpg from 1962-63 through 1964-65)
Delonte West, Saint Joseph's (13.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 83.1 FT% and 37.7 3FG% from 2001-02 through 2003-04)
Tyson Wheeler, Rhode Island (15.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 5.7 apg, 1.6 spg and 37.1 3FG% from 1994-95 through 1997-98)
Lenny Wilkens, Providence (14.9 ppg and 7.3 rpg from 1957-58 through 1959-60)
Aaron Williams, Xavier (9.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.7 bpg and 55.6 FG% from 1989-90 through 1992-93)
Brian Williams, Maryland/Arizona (12.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg and 59.4 FG% from 1987-88 through 1990-91)
Elliot Williams, Duke/Memphis (11.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg and 34.5 3FG% in 2008-09 and 2009-10)
Harper Williams, Massachusetts (12.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.9 bpg and 51.3 FG% from 1989-90 through 1992-93)
Henry Williams, UNC Charlotte (20.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.5 spg, 82.2 FT% and 39.4 3FG% from 1988-89 through 1991-92)
JaCorey Williams, Arkansas/Middle Tennessee (7.5 ppg and 3.7 rpg from 2012-13 through 2016-17)
Johnathan Williams, Missouri/Gonzaga (10.3 ppg, 7.1 rpg and 51.1 FG% from 2013-14 through 2017-18)
Marcus Williams, Connecticut (9 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 7.3 apg and 37.5 3FG% from 2003-04 through 2005-06)
Mike Williams, Cincinnati/Bradley (12.3 ppg, 7.1 rpg and 54.6 FG% from 1981-82 through 1985-86)
Reggie Williams, Virginia Military (22.8 ppg and 7.3 rpg from 2004-05 through 2007-08)
Sylvester "Sly" Williams, Rhode Island (21.2 ppg and 8.4 rpg from 1976-77 through 1978-79)
Travis Williams, South Carolina State (17.5 ppg, 9.2 rpg and 50.5 FG% from 1988-89 through 1990-91)
Zion Williamson, Duke (22.6 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 2.1 spg, 1.8 bpg and 68 FG% in 2018-19)
Desi Wilson, Fairleigh Dickinson (21.4 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 2 spg and 57.1 FG% from 1988-89 through 1990-91)
Dylan Windler, Belmont (13.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg and 54.1 FG% from 2015-16 through 2018-19)
Justise Winslow, Duke (12.6 ppg, 6.5 rpg and 1.3 spg in 2014-15)
Stevie Wise, Colorado (14.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 3.2 apg and 1.5 spg from 1987-88 through 1990-91)
Luke Witte, Ohio State (16.6 ppg, 11.2 rpg and 52.3 FG% from 1970-71 through 1972-73)
Dave Wohl, Penn (15.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg and 83.7 FT% from 1968-69 through 1970-71)
Brandan Wright, North Carolina (14.7 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.8 bpg and 64.6 FG% in 2006-07)
Jerrell Wright, La Salle (11.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg and 56.1 FG% from 2011-12 through 2014-15)
Michael Wright, Arizona (15.1 ppg, 8.4 rpg and 57.5 FG% from 1998-99 through 2000-01)
Tony Wroten, Washington (16 ppg, 5 rpg, 3.7 apg and 1.9 spg in 2011-12)
Rich Yonakor, North Carolina (5.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 50.3 FG% from 1976-77 through 1979-80)
Ed Young, Dayton (11.7 ppg, 6 rpg and 52.1 FG% from 1982-83 through 1986-87)
Jahmir Young, Charlotte/Maryland (17.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.3 spg, 85 FT% and 34.1 3FG% from 2019-20 through 2023-24)
James Young, Kentucky (14.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg and 34.9 3FG% in 2013-14)
Michael Young, Houston (15.2 ppg and 5.9 rpg from 1980-81 through 1983-84)
Thaddeus Young, Georgia Tech (14.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg and 41.9 3FG% in 2006-07)
Rich Yunkus, Georgia Tech (26.6 ppg, 11.4 rpg and 50.7 FG% from 1968-69 through 1970-71)
Mike Zagardo, George Washington (13.5 ppg, 7.8 rpg and 59 FG% from 1976-77 through 1979-80)
Martin Zeno, Texas Tech (14.7 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 3.1 apg and 1.3 spg from 2004-05 through 2007-08)
Bill Zopf, Duquesne (13.3 ppg and 4.7 rpg from 1967-68 through 1969-70)

In all of the discussion regarding Jim Larranaga stepping down as coach at Miami (Fla.) last season, it should have been acknowledged he is perhaps the premier major-college player since WWII to go on and coach two different schools to the Final Four. Following is how Larranaga, a prominent player for Providence during the first half of the 1970s along with Lon Kruger, Bob Huggins and Rick Pitino, stacks up among the Finest Four including three different universities in Florida:

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Gonzaga was gouged on neutral court by Michigan by 40 points, but has there even been a school not a member of power conference defeating three such schools by at least 27 points in pre-league competition (Creighton at home plus Maryland Kentucky on neutral courts). The Zags also upended Oklahoma, Arizona State, Alabama, UCLA and Oregon on the road or on neutral courts by double digits.

While recently focusing more on transfers, has there ever been a coach with consistent track record for dramatic player development anywhere close to matching Gonzaga's Mark Few? The Zags, capturing outright or sharing 23 of the previous 25 WCC regular-season championships, catapulted to annual high rankings in national polls due largely to significant increases in scoring average from previous season for their top point producers. Vastly-improved Braden Huff is on the following alphabetical list of many Few pupils starting with All-American Dan Dickau at the turn of the century who blossomed under him after redshirt season or undistinguished freshman campaign:

• Joel Ayayi - freshman RS in 2017-18 and 1.7 ppg in 2018-19 to 10.6 ppg in 2019-20 and 12 ppg as All-WCC first-team selection in 2020-21
• Casey Calvary - 3.7 ppg and 2.7 rpg as freshman in 1997-98 (when Few was Zags assistant) to All-WCC selection with 19.1 ppg and 6.5 rpg in 2000-01
• Dan Dickau - 4 ppg as Washington freshman/sophomore in 1997-98 and 1998-99 to transfer becoming NCAA consensus first-team All-American in 2001-02 with 21 ppg
• Sam Dower - freshman RS in 2009-10 to All-WCC selection with 14.4 ppg and 7.2 rpg in 2013-14
• Ben Gregg - 0.9 ppg as freshman in 2000-21 to 9 ppg in 2023-24 and 9.1 ppg in 2024-25
• Rui Hachimura - 2.6 ppg as freshman in 2016-17 to NCAA consensus first-team All-American with 19.7 ppg and 6.5 rpg in 2018-19
• Josh Heytvelt - 3.4 ppg and 2 rpg as freshman in 2005-06 to All-WCC selection with 14.9 ppg and 6.5 rpg in 2008-09
• Nolan Hickman - 5.1 ppg as freshman in 2021-22 to 14 ppg as junior in 2023-24 and 10.1 ppg as senior in 2024-25
• Braden Huff - 9.3 ppg as freshman in 2023-24 to 17.4 ppg early in 2025-26
• Korey Kispert - 8 ppg as freshman in 2018-19 to All-WCC first-team selection with 13.9 ppg in 2019-20 and 18.6 as NCAA consensus first-team All-American in 2020-21
• Zach Norvell Jr. - freshman RS in 2016-17 to All-WCC selection with 14.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg and 3.1 apg in 2018-19
• Kelly Olynyk - 3.8 ppg as freshman in 2009-10 and RS season in 2011-12 to NCAA unanimous first-team All-American with 17.8 ppg and 7.3 rpg as junior in 2012-13
• Jeremy Pargo - 2.7 ppg as freshman in 2005-06 to All-WCC selection with 12.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg and 4.6 apg in 2006-07
• Filip Petrusev - 6.5 ppg as freshman in 2018-19 to WCC Player of the Year with 17.5 ppg in 2019-20
• Derek Raivio - 3.1 ppg and 1 apg as freshman in 2003-04 to All-WCC selection with 13 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 4.8 apg and 1.6 spg in 2004-05
• Robert Sacre - 2.8 ppg and 1.8 rpg as freshman in 2007-08 to All-WCC selection in 2010-11 with 12.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg and 1.9 bpg
• Julian Strawther - 3.4 ppg as freshman in 2020-21 to 11.8 ppg in 2021-22 to 15.2 ppg in 2022-23
• Killian Tillie - 4.2 ppg as freshman in 2016-17 to All-WCC second-team selection with 12.9 ppg the next season
• Drew Timme - 9.8 ppg as freshman in 2019-20 to 19 ppg as NCAA consensus second-team All-American in 2020-21, 18.4 ppg in 2021-22 to 21.2 ppg in 2022-23
• Anton Watson - 4.9 ppg and 3.1 rpg as freshman in 2019-20 to 11.1 ppg and 6.2 rpg in 2022-23 and 14.5 ppg and 7.1 rpg in 2023-24
• Kyle Wiltjer - 5 ppg and 1.8 rpg as Kentucky freshman in 2011-12 to transfer becoming NCAA consensus second-team All-American in 2015-16 with 20.4 ppg and 6.3 rpg