Danny Manning
School:
Height:
6-10
Position:
Forward/Center
Hometown:
Greensboro, NC and Lawrence, KS
High School:
Page High School
- NCAA unanimous first-team All-American in 1987 and 1988, and consensus second-team All-American in 1986
- Named national player of the year by NABC in 1988
- Naismith Award and Wooden Award winner in 1988
- All-American Recognition: 1986 (Associated Press 2nd Team, National Association of Basketball Coaches 2nd Team, United Press International 2nd Team, United States Basketball Writers Association 2nd Team), 1987 (Associated Press 1st Team, National Association of Basketball Coaches 1st Team, United Press International 1st Team, United States Basketball Writers Association 1st Team) and 1988 (Associated Press 1st Team, National Association of Basketball Coaches 1st Team, United Press International 1st Team, United States Basketball Writers Association 1st Team)
- Ranked among the nation's leading scorers in 1987 (15th) and 1988 (12th)
- Ranked among the nation's leaders in field-goal percentage in 1986 (23rd) and 1987 (8th)
- Big Eight Conference's all-time leading scorer
- Leading scorer and rebounder for 1988 NCAA Tournament champion (27-11 record), and leading scorer and second-leading rebounder for 1986 Final Four team (35-4)
- Named to 1988 All-NCAA Tournament team when he was Final Four Most Outstanding Player (56 points, 17 rebounds, eight blocked shots, 55.6 FG%)
- Averaged 20.5 points and 7.3 rebounds in 16 NCAA Tournament games from 1985 through 1988 (13-3 record)
- Member of bronze-medal winning 1988 U.S. Olympic team (11.4 ppg, 6 rpg, 57.1 FG%, 84.6 FT%)
- Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in first round of 1988 NBA draft (1st pick overall).
Season | G | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PT | 3PTA | 3PT% | FTM | FTA | FT% | RB | RBA | PTS | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
34 | 209 | 369 | .566 | 78 | 102 | .765 | 258 | 7.6 | 496 | 14.6 | ||||
39 | 279 | 465 | .600 | 95 | 127 | .748 | 245 | 6.3 | 653 | 16.7 | ||||
36 | 347 | 562 | .617 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 165 | 226 | .730 | 342 | 9.5 | 860 | 23.9 | |
38 | 381 | 653 | .583 | 9 | 26 | .346 | 171 | 233 | .734 | 342 | 9.0 | 942 | 24.8 | |
Totals | 147 | 1216 | 2049 | .593 | 10 | 29 | .345 | 509 | 688 | .740 | 1187 | 8.1 | 2951 | 20.1 |