On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle January 11 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as GQ cover boy #ColonKrapernick tried to pinpoint where Iran is on a map, 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 the 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 hoops 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 January 11 in football at the professional level (especially in Super Bowl IV following 1969 season):
JANUARY 11
Chicago Bears DE Doug Atkins (third-leading scorer as Tennessee center with 9.9 ppg in 1950-51) named co-NFL Pro Bowl MVP following the 1958 season.
Cleveland Browns DE Sam Clancy (two-time Eastern 8 first-team selection ended career in 1981 as Pittsburgh's all-time leading rebounder) had a sack in his second straight playoff game following 1986 campaign.
Bud Grant (third-leading scorer for Minnesota in 1948-49 after named team MVP previous season over first-team All-American Jim McIntyre) coached the Minnesota Vikings when they suffered a 23-7 setback against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl IV following 1969 season. Vikings QB Joe Kapp (backup forward averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.2 rpg for California's PCC champions in 1957 and 1958) completed 16-of-25 passes for 183 yards. Vikings DB Charlie West (collected two points and one rebound in two UTEP basketball games in 1967-68 under coach Don Haskins) returned three kickoffs and two punts. Chiefs FL Otis Taylor (backup small forward for Prairie View A&M) caught a 46-yard touchdown pass from Len Dawson (Purdue hooper in 1956-57). Chiefs DE Buck Buchanan (earned hoops letter as Grambling freshman in 1958-59) recorded a sack.
Tennessee Titans TE Erron Kinney (averaged 2.5 ppg and 1.3 rpg in six basketball games for Florida in 1996-97 under coach Billy Donovan) caught a touchdown pass from Steve McNair in 34-31 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Divisional Playoff Round following 2002 season.
Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb (averaged 2.3 points in 18 games for Syracuse in 1995-96 and 1996-97) threw two touchdown passes in a 20-17 Divisional Playoff Round win against the Green Bay Packers in overtime following 2003 season.
Name Game: NCAA on Warpath Regarding Offensive Nickname Changes
Caving in to the Bolshevik mob, mascots and flags beware as history know-nothing protesters peddle their cancel-culture nonsense tearing down statues. It's major-league inconceivable, but cow-towing Cleveland is dropping its MLB franchise nickname (Indians) amid the leftist lunatic "parler" games. Please say the Atlanta Braves won't be next. Previously, an initiative stemming from higher education do-gooders spawned the NCAA's meddling progressive-policy police focusing on changing nicknames and logos allegedly hostile to American Indians. Believe it or not, the word-and-thought police foolishness spilled over to religion history whereby Holy Cross contemplated shedding its moniker (Crusaders) before settling on just changing mascot from a knight.
"It's nonsense," said recently-deceased Tom Heinsohn, an All-American for HC in the mid-1950s after the Crusaders posted their last NCAA playoff victory in 1953. "Political correctness. Gimme a break." It's unfortunate Heinsohn was no longer around to chime in on smug shark Mark Cuban and other language/thought police poohbahs. Heinsohn might have encouraged patriotic Texan fans attending Dallas Mavericks home games to put their hands on hearts and spontaneously sing National Anthem.
Previous schools failing to show sufficient spunk and making politically-correct decisions by switching their supposedly demeaning and highly-insensitive nicknames were Arkansas State (changed from Indians to Red Wolves), Colgate (Red Raiders to Raiders), Dartmouth (Indians to Big Green), Eastern Michigan (Hurons to Eagles), Louisiana-Monroe (Indians to Warhawks), Marquette (Warriors to Golden Eagles), Massachusetts (Redmen to Minutemen), Miami of Ohio (Redskins to RedHawks), North Dakota (Fighting Sioux to Fighting Hawks), Oklahoma City (Chiefs to Stars), Quinnipiac (Braves to Bobcats), St. John's (Redmen to Red Storm), Seattle (Chieftains to Redhawks), Siena (Indians to Saints), Southeast Missouri State (Indians to Redhawks) and Stanford (Indians to Cardinal). What is the infatuation with Redhawks, anyway?
For those insensitive louts non-pulsed by an offensive holier-than-thou victimization obsession resembling the Washington Redskins cowering in corner because of cancel culture, are they to feel "new normal" shame at the extent of the alleged discrimination? Rather than bow to pressure like MLB's Cleveland Indians franchise, many traditional observers hope the following "Last of the Mohegans" remain steadfast and retain their time-honored monikers: Alcorn State (Braves), Bradley (Braves), Central Michigan (Chippewas), Florida State (Seminoles), Illinois (Fighting Illini), Utah (Utes) and William & Mary (Tribe).
If not, you run the risk of left-wing zealots from PETA (unless they are card-carrying members of the parallel universe People for Eating Tasty Animals) and the Bird Lovers International crowd possibly feeling empowered to capitalize on this catalyst for constructive social change by making it a heartless foul to have any nickname referencing a precious animal or fowl. What was the cumulative cost for nickname changes and how many mental midgets did it take at the NCAA to concoct this colossal caricature intervention? No wonder it's so easy to ridicule the governing body with a name-calling barrage. In the aftermath of authentic turmoil across the country at so-called elite institutions, many think there are more significant issues in intercollegiate athletics such as academic integrity and athletes assaulting females requiring correction from the NCAA rather than where transgenders go to bathroom and giving a selective outrage forum to pious pinheads manufacturing a mascot/nickname problem that really didn't exist to any meaningful degree.
CollegeHoopedia.com has conducted significant research on DI school nickname changes over the years and the origin of unusual DI school nicknames. Check the summaries and decide how critical the issue is for yourself as we strive to survive in Liberal-land's weak-kneed Fantasy World full of "green" gestapos and having National Guard troops sleep on cold pavement in DC swamp. Many misplaced monologues consumed with climate-change collective salvation mockingly hide behind widows and orphans while pointedly picking on concerned bible-clinging Christians rather than marauding Muslims. Don't you think right-thinking Americans, seeking terrorist control; not gun control or climate control, need to turn up the heat to find a brave "warrior" to combat big-tech censors or even "contain" authentic savages?
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle January 10 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as GQ cover boy #ColonKrapernick tried to pinpoint where Iran is on a map, 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 the 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 hoops 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 January 10 in football at the professional level (especially St. Louis Rams in NFC divisional-round playoff game following 2003 season):
JANUARY 10
Cincinnati Bengals QB Ken Anderson (swingman finished Augustana IL career in early 1970s as fifth-leading scorer in school history with 1,044 points) threw two touchdown passes in 27-7 AFC championship playoff win against the San Diego Chargers following 1981 season.
Tennessee Titans WR Justin Gage (averaged 2.1 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Missouri from 1999-00 through 2001-02) had 10 pass receptions for 135 yards in a 13-10 AFC divisional-round playoff setback against the Baltimore Ravens following 2008 season.
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 a touchdown pass from Randall Cunningham in 41-21 NFC divisional-round playoff win against the Arizona Cardinals following 1998 season.
St. Louis Rams WR Dane Looker (averaged 4.8 ppg as Western Washington freshman in 1995-96 and 10.2 ppg as sophomore in 1996-97 before transferring to Washington and concentrating on football) caught two passes for 31 yards and a two-point conversion late in fourth quarter of 29-23 NFC divisional-round setback in double overtime against the Carolina Panthers following 2003 season. Rams LB Tommy Polley (played in one basketball game for Florida State in 1996-97 under coach Pat Kennedy) returned an interception 37 yards.
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle January 9 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as GQ cover boy #ColonKrapernick tried to pinpoint where Iran is on a map, 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 the 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 hoops 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 January 9 in football at the professional level (especially in 1982 playoff games before the Denver Broncos in postseason contests during the 1990s):
JANUARY 9
Cincinnati Bengals QB Ken Anderson (swingman finished Augustana IL career in early 1970s as fifth-leading scorer in school history with 1,044 points) threw two first-quarter touchdown passes in a 44-17 AFC wild-card playoff setback against the New York Jets following the 1982 season.
Bud Grant (third-leading scorer for Minnesota in 1948-49 after named team MVP previous season over first-team All-American Jim McIntyre) coached the Minnesota Vikings when they suffered a 32-14 setback against the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XI following 1976 season.
Minnesota Vikings TE Joe Senser (two-time NCAA Division I leader in FG% averaged 11.4 ppg and 7.4 rpg while shooting 66.2% from floor in four-year career for West Chester State PA) caught six passes for 81 yards in a 30-24 NFC first-round playoff win against the Atlanta Falcons following 1982 campaign.
Denver Broncos WR Kitrick Taylor (Washington State hooper in 1984-85 and 1986-87) had a 13-yard pass reception in 42-24 AFC wild-card playoff game setback against the Oakland Raiders following 1993 season.
Denver Broncos DE Marvin Washington (played in 1985 NCAA Tournament with UTEP under coach Don Haskins before averaging 2.9 ppg and 5.7 rpg for Idaho under Tim Floyd in 1987-88) had a sack in 38-3 win against the Miami Dolphins in AFC Divisional Round following 1998 season.
Dallas Cowboys rookie DE Peppi Zellner (averaged 10.3 ppg and team-high 9.1 rpg for Fort Valley State GA in 1997-98) had four tackles in a 27-10 NFC wild-card playoff game setback against the Minnesota Vikings following 1999 campaign.
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hooper Ready to Tackle January 8 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as GQ cover boy #ColonKrapernick tried to pinpoint where Iran is on a map, 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 the 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 hoops 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 player Greg Pruitt making a name for himself on January 8 in football at the professional level:
JANUARY 8
- Oakland Raiders RB Greg Pruitt (Oklahoma frosh hooper in 1969-70) rushed three times for 15 yards, caught two passes for 14 yards, returned two kickoffs for 57 yards and returned five punts for 45 yards in a 27-10 AFC first-round playoff win against the Cleveland Browns following 1982 season.
Lethal Lefthanded Fraternity: Prominent Southpaw Hoopers in NCAA History
As a polarized country careens out of control leaning to the political left, has there been another Top 10 team such as Tennessee featuring an all-lefty starting lineup (Victor Bailey Jr., John Fulkerson, Josiah-Jordan James, Yves Pons and Santiago Vescovi)? 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 or trying to discern which amount of money is "crumbs")?
The Dynasty in Durham promotes all sorts of flashy figures regarding their recent streak of lethal left-handers, but will the school acknowledge the difference between SAT scores of scholars and average such mark for a normal Duke freshman? In the aftermath of Marvin Bagley III, R.J. Barrett, Vernon Carey Jr. and Zion Williamson taking scholarships away from authentic student-athletes, don't forget a Robert E. Lee statue near the entrance of Duke Chapel was vandalized by campus vermin. Wouldn't you love to give these social Al-Not-So-Sharpton/Rhodes scholars a basic quiz on Lee's background to see if any victim-hood tribalism major passes a rudimentary civics test? The safe-space seeking snowflake rot are so full of spit; all of the toilets in Durham must be as clogged as the Harvard-educated minds of lefty leaders Barney Fag/Ann Lewis brother/sister political-puke act. Amid "sneaking" Bagley, Barrett, Carey and Williamson into its performance arts department (performing on hardwood), the school's "courageous" administration "expressed its deep and abiding values" (a/k/a leaving streaks in their undies) by removing Lee's statue in the middle of the night. Alumnus Jay Bilas may need to provide comp copies of his book (Toughness) to quivering university brass in dire need of therapy puppies.
Come on, man! Generally, Duke already defaced academic integrity by overdosing on one-and-done recruits. But perhaps Duke's lust will be much more than un-retire All-American Danny Ferry's uniform number (35) like they did to seduce Bagley. Diehards would have replaced General Lee with a statue of one of the lefties if they directed the Devils to 35 victories or so; especially if it included another Final Four while attending more games than classes in the spring semester before joining growing list of freshmen from Krzyzewskiville among NBA's top three draft choices.
In the scam-artist political arena, Duke has had its share of "political leftist" graduates among the predictably pathetic press and pundits including "crazy commentators" David Brooks (conservative author my #NYSlimes fake-news a__), Seth Davis, David Gergen, Melissa Harris-Perry, Charlie Rose, Howard Wolfson and Judy Woodruff. In the basketball arena, Bagley/Barrett/Carey/Williamson continued a recent run of regal left-handers entertaining Cameron Crazies including Rodney Hood, Justise Winslow and Luke Kennard. Perhaps frosh Jalen Johnson would have exhibited a mite more loyalty and ethical standards this season if he was a lefthander (studies show lefties may have 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 #WashingtonCompost), 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 including Memphis' James Wiseman entering the 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Lynn Shackelford, UCLA (9.7 ppg and 5 rpg from 1966-67 through 1968-69)
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)
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)
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)
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)
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle January 7 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as GQ cover boy #ColonKrapernick tried to pinpoint where Iran is on a map, 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 the 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 hoops 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 January 7 in football at the professional level (especially in AFC and NFC championship contests following 1978 campaign):
JANUARY 7
New York Giants CB Jason Sehorn (averaged 12.5 ppg and 6 rpg for Shasta Community College CA in 1990-91) intercepted a pass from Donovan McNabb (averaged 2.3 ppg for Syracuse in 1995-96 and 1996-97) and returned it 32 yards for touchdown in 20-10 win against the Philadelphia Eagles in NFC divisional-round playoff game following 2000 season.
Dallas Cowboys QB Roger Staubach (Navy varsity hooper in 1962-63) threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes in a 28-0 win against the Los Angeles Rams in NFC Championship contest following 1978 season.
Houston Oilers CB Greg Stemrick (played in two basketball games for Colorado State in 1973-74) intercepted a pass by QB Terry Bradshaw in their 34-5 setback against the Pittsburgh Steelers in AFC Championship game following 1978 season.
War on Women: When Will NCAA Raise Academic Standards to Reduce Abuse?
A campaign can't go by without having to wade through college basketball's corrosive "Cradles of Criminals" cesspool. Former Notre Dame assistant coach Ryan Ayers was charged with three counts of voyeurism and one count of domestic violence. Charges involved his relationships with two women over a four-year span where he allegedly recorded them, without their consent, naked or while having sex with them. Ayers, who averaged 6.5 ppg and 2.4 rpg for UND from 2005-06 through 2008-09 under coach Mike Brey, is also said to have hit one of the females in the face during an altercation in his car. Son of former Ohio State/Philadelphia 76ers coach Randy Ayers abruptly left the less-than-candid Fighting Irish program at start of 2020-21 school year "to pursue opportunities (to do heaven or impish leprechaun knows what) elsewhere." The state's subsequent motion to dismiss charges came after prosecutors twice asked a superior court judge to recuse himself from the case for allegedly making inappropriate comments about an accuser and photographic evidence in the case.
Last season, Georgetown's roster was depleted when majority of four exiting players departed due to off-the-court transgressions. The "hood" ornaments of self-indulgence striving to bask in glory of Hoya Paranoia heroes such as Allen Iverson and Victor Page drove away without admission of or finding of guilt regarding sexual harassment and assault charges in mid-September including FaceTime "we'll send people after you" threat and complaint that one of the suspects "showed her his erect clothed penis." One of the female accusers expressed fear for her safety and her roommate's safety, alleging assault and battery plus theft of personal property (Playstation 4, Nikon camera among other items with value of $1,625). Seems as if Hoyas coach Patrick Ewing should have taken his "G-men" scholars on "cultural" field trip to g-string Atlanta strip club, where former All-American center admitted twice having oral sex with dancers compliments of the club owner according to testimony in a racketeering trial. At a "bare-it-all" minimum, Ewing could conduct free #MeToo seminar explaining to his pupils how abusing women similar to Georgetown graduate William Jefferson Clinton could be detrimental to their careers if facing an authentic impeachment. Perhaps by now the inept #MessMedia, including "unbiased" Clinton lackey George Step-on-the-truth-to-us and his throat-slitting gesture on ABC to cut input from Donald Trump lawyer, discerned who blew past him as #SickWillie's "whistle" blower relieving his anxieties.
Amid the incessant indiscretions at NCAA DI level, there should be a GoFundMe account for those offended whenever self-promoting mother/daughter duo Gloria Allred and Lisa Bloom - women's rights lawyers/extortionists "extraordinaire" - hit the airwaves with doctored evidence and therapeutic crying towels. Prior to making Prince Andrew profusely sweat, boisterous Bloom sought to solicit cash from donors and media outlets for accusers of sexual misconduct alleged about #TheDonald. Unscrupulous Bloom, affiliating with demented demagogue David Brock, offered to sell the victims' Pay-to-Say tales while wanting to pocket a portion for herself as a commission. She persuaded a Democratic donor to pay off one accuser's flip-flopping make-up artist mortgage and tried to get a hefty six-figure payday for a hospitalized woman who eventually declined to come forward despite exponentially-increasing offers up to $750,000. Read Bloom's disgusting emails and text messages if you want to lose your lunch and get an urge to recycle leech lawyer jokes. Misguided Allred/Bloom tandem should make themselves useful by keeping mouths fulls of fellow insufferable Left Coast lunatics/swamp mistresses #NannyPathetic and #MadMaxine via "fohty-five" scoops of #Dimorat diva deluxe (im)peach ice cream.
At any rate, which sexual-deviant B.C. (Bill Clinton or Bill Cosby) should be designated BC (Biggest Conniver)? Moreover, which BCs (Basketball Coaches) should be sued for BC (Bringing to Campus) so many BCs (Bad Characters)? Beyond Clinton's Oral Office, is nothing sacred as father-figure Cosby's silence about numerous female accusations spoke volumes before and as his sexual assault retrial unfolded? We'll never think of Fat Albert and Jell-O pudding in the same way after hearing about a settlement and conviction involving former Temple women's basketball staffer Andrea Constand and Cosby, the school's most famous alumnus. Standards depend upon how much one donates to a university on or off the court/field. Temple's indifferent brass, apparently much too fond of Jello-O pudding samples or Quaaludes lethargic, kept Cosby as a member of its Board of Trustees while many other entities dropped Dr. Huxtable off a cliff quicker than a Ferguson or Baltimore thief mishandling a liquor bottle scampering out of a looted convenience store hurdling debris like an aging track star fantasizing about an aphrodisiac drink. The Cosby Show was finally cancelled as a TU Trustee after Thanksgiving before degenerate's striking number of accusers formed a cathartic coalition. Cigars stored elsewhere, perv prez Clinton must have a freezer full of Jell-O pops spiked with "distinguishing-characteristic" Quaaludes provided by admirer Cos, going blind from who knows what as his attack-dog legal team assaulted his victims again. Have you woke-wondered if #SickWillie's attorney with wallet full of his sex-dollar bills was immersed in negotiating #HarveySwinestein's contract tolerating sexual harassment by acknowledging prospect of pathetic pig, supported by Bloom, paying Cosmic settlements to aggrieved women? #Swinestein had millions of reasons invested in a recent massage-my-ego project.
Excluding slip-and-fall ambulance chasers, what self-respecting attorney would contemplate representing repulsive rollator-requiring #Swinestein? If Jimmy Carter felt comfortable smiling while criticizing "we-know-what-has-to-be-done," then there is an absolute absence of mentally-tough authentic leaders. The NFL essentially ignored domestic violence until Candid Camera delivered demonstrable deviance igniting a cover-up. In sports, what the "presstitutes" miss is that zero tolerance for the troubling "War on Women" needs to be addressed in high school and college before the lack of a moral compass reaches the green room for pink-ribbon and pink-shoe donning pros. Actually, Allred and Bloom missed the boat dwelling on celebrities and politicians when they could have made a fortune focusing on college sports during and after scholars were big man on campus. For instance, former Arkansas State guard Arthur Agee Jr., featured in documentary Hoop Dreams (1994 Oscar-nominated film following prep players in Chicago) was accused of punching a woman in mid-November 2017, causing her to incur three fractured ribs (charges subsequently dropped). In 2018, UMBC earned national acclaim by becoming the first #16 seed to defeat a #1 seed (Virginia) but the Retrievers didn't receive similar headlines only four years earlier when four members of team allegedly gang raped a female athlete at a dormitory in late summer. The deliberate debauchery has existed for decades. Fifty years ago, Pan American was investigated regarding a sexually explicit interracial photo album used in recruitment.
Only heaven knew where tawdry allegations would end up in aftermath of legal "Hoop Nightmare" maneuverings against former Memphis guard Derrick Rose, Sacramento Mayor/Depreciated Democrat Kevin Johnson and OTL investigative reporting about Michigan State's pill-pushing Cosby wannabees. Rose, hoop royalty speaking with all the credibility of "sweating-and-learning" Prince Andrew explaining friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, testified he was taught at the NBA's rookie camp to take used condoms with him after sex. Cynically, coach John Calipari could have been referring to Rose's group-effort escapades several years ago when saying "he (great kid) is taking better care of his body than at any other point during his career." Other observers digesting trial accounts of possible Lamar Odom/Tristan Thompson (Kardashi)can-chasing wannabee might view him as the youngest MVP (Most Vile Pervert) in NBA history or that Karma is a bitch when it came to his series of injuries.
Unless you are progressive puke approving of Bernie Sanders' rape-fantasy essay and completely ignore Tara Reade's accusations regarding #Plagiarist Bi-dumb going farther than hair-sniffing, shouldn't there be more reflexive concern for victims rather than impact on roster of team with alleged criminal? According to FBI, about 70% of domestic violence probes fail to result in criminal cases. Those figures coincide with estimates claiming about 2/3 of sexual assault charges involving soup-kitchen college athletes are dropped or not filed similar to couple of TCU hoopers in 2006; multiple Syracuse hoopers in fall of 2007 carrying on SU tradition stemming from bizarre incident involving Villanova cheerleader at 1982 Big East Tournament in Hartford; St. John's players attending a strip club to drown their sorrows following loss at Pittsburgh in 2004; two Michigan State freshmen playing mini-hoop version of strip poker during orientation in fall of 2010 plus three apparently wayward scholars "running a train" in spring of 2015; a Washington player probed in 2010-11; pair of Providence freshman "players" several seasons ago on the heels of recruiting rot revealed upon dismissal of leading scorer after 2009-10 campaign; Wake Forest band member allegation after 2009 NCAA playoff defeat against Cleveland State in Miami, and salacious Kansas sexcapade in dormitory housing hoopers relieving stress "running away" from studying for final exams in mid-December 2016. Criminal charges also weren't filed at KU stemming from an alleged elevator exposure incident in mid-May 2007. In light of Marquette failing to report multiple messy incidents to Milwaukee police, can you begin to fathom how many times monopolistic schools covered up "Boys Gone Wild" indiscretions with get-out-of-trouble-free cards to keep rap sheets shorter than stat sheets? If in idealistic denial, read accounts regarding raunchy book written by Kyle Fuller, a starting guard several years ago for Vanderbilt, the so-called "Harvard of the South."
Forfeiting any recruiting dignity, the MSU and PC freshman felonious activity coupled with Minnesota's frosh porn-star tryout in 2015-16 and Louisville's "Thrill in the Ville" indicate that, at the very least, schools need to improve their background checks. In an era where athletic departments solely review accusations against their own, statistics show disturbing pattern of inaction where athletes are convicted at a much lower rate than the general population. According to a USA Today study during a trial involving wayward Kobe Bryant, prominent athletes are much less likely to be convicted of sexual assault than the average citizen. Consider this stark statistical comparison: 2/3 of the public-at-large is convicted when charged with sexual assault while 2/3 of prominent athletes are exonerated in similar allegations involving the brotherhood of scumbags. Accordingly, can you imagine how many self-serving boosters (such as Sam Gilbert at UCLA) and coaches helped orchestrate and underwrite abortions since Roe vs. Wade decision? Naked thought is as ugly as #Hollyweird mosaic of male celebs exposed as sexual abusers the last few years.
Public-at-large has virtually become numb to the seemingly never-ending sordid shenanigans such as Saint Louis having multiple players suspended for 1 1/2 to 2 years and another expelled before prize prospect Jordan Goodwin was sanctioned stemming from an on-campus apartment incident concluding with three women telling police they were sexually assaulted. Earlier in the decade, SLU had its top two players dropped from the Billikens' roster amid similar accusations. Michigan State's poor judgment, including redacting information on public records to a point where the material became useless, wasn't restricted to basketball obfuscation in order to try to maintain national acclaim. Reports of sexual misconduct by disgraced Dr. Larry Nassar reached at least 14 MSU representatives in two decades before his arrest. MSU is an inspiration to mediocrities everywhere. It missed multiple opportunities to halt Nassar, a graduate of its osteopathic medical school who also served as USA Gymnastics national team doctor while reportedly molesting more than 250 girls and women under the guise of treating them for pain. Circling the wagons before settling with survivors for $500 million, MSU's purported concern for victims included spending $500,000 for dig-up-dirt/peeping Tom monitoring of some of their social media accounts along with journalists. But Spartan Nation has always been suspect, if not textbook lax, in regard to accountability going back to All-American guard Scott Skiles, the nation's second-leading scorer in 1985-86 who incurred two DUI arrests, a drug possession arrest, two jail sentences and 18 days in jail during a 16-month span in mid-1980s. As a result of these numerous indiscretions, Skiles received a whopping one-game suspension. What "train" engineering courses do athletes with "loco-motives" take at maniacal MSU? Manhood Selfie 101 (like Snap-chat sensation Draymond Green). Who do these vain denizens think they are? As Amazon irresistible as #WashingtonCompost owner Jeff Bezos and his intimate texts to girlfriend? Thus, it was no surprise ESPN unearthed that aroused MSU athletes were about three times as likely as other students to be accused of sexual misconduct or domestic violence in complaints made at the "institution."
Tortured observers needed "other stuff" treatment after listening to and watching image-protecting hoops icon Tom Izzo's painful healing and support-for-survivors post-game weasel words weekend following retirement/resignation of school prez and AD. If Izzo has a "part-of-life" soul, he should donate his "sole" income (sneaker endorsement money) to victims of recruits he brought to campus (including post-MSU career) and/or help underwrite MSU paying ESPN's attorneys' fees after Michigan courts ruled the university violated open-records laws. Izzo's contacting witness before school in another sordid incident and unsettling silence was interrupted by seemingly rehearsed remarks such as "I can do whatever I want to do" resembling Slick Rick's smug trivialization during "get your fill in the Ville" than "we'll cooperate with any investigation and always have." Among the things a good Christian man like Izzo might "want to do" is religiously meet with FBI-indicted agent Christian Dawkins to go over their donation endeavors. For candor's sake, let us hope an undergraduate assistant coach didn't live in Izzo's basement completing his degree the season Izzo said he couldn't recall why a rare three-year captain exited the program. Was Izzo also unaware of captain/undergrad aide's child support order? By the way, what is the deal with becoming MSU captain or Final Four "playmaker" in the last 20 years? Did stress of duty contaminate Mateen Cleaves, Charlie Bell, Travis Walton, Korie Lucious and Keith Appling or did they wash down idiot pills with toxic tap water from Flint? Something sinister surely is in state's water after Michigan and MSU each had an All-American with multiple Final Deplore appearances sued by women claiming they gave them herpes as NBA players. STD seems to have also infected fellow Big Ten Conference member Purdue if lawsuit involving center Isaac Haas had any merit. Enterprising engineering students apparently should have invested more time and energy helping Haas with a different pliable and protective appendage sleeve than designing brace for his fractured right elbow. What could possibly be the genesis for these raw animalistic instincts? UM physician Robert E. Anderson engaged in sexual misconduct (multiple forms of inappropriate examinations) with patients on countless occasions. Dr. "Drop Your Drawers" Anderson worked in various capacities at the university between 1966 and 2003. Other names by which student-athletes referred to him included "Handy Andy," "Goldfinger" and "Dr. Handerson."
After MSU's gymnastics coach was charged with lying about her knowledge of sexual assault complaints, Izzo exhibited similar lack of candor. Amid the airing-of-dirty-laundry debris including an "entitled" walk-on, it didn't appear prudent to put much stock in arousal-discretion dialogue from Earvin Johnson. But MSU's most famous alumnus (even more than ex-ESPN egomaniac #KneelWithJemele) lectured nation as if he was male version of Oprah by calling for the firing of any employee who failed to report sexual assault allegations on campus to the proper authorities. Consider the ravenous source insofar as Johnson admitted his Magical Mystery Tour sexual frivolity included sleeping with 300 to 500 partners per year (entertainment venue featured the Los Angeles Lakers' locker room and sauna). How many enablers resembling "Clintonistas" such as Betty "Hoover" Curry and former DePauw (Ind.) hooper Vernon Jordan, perhaps humming "Do You Believe in Magic?", facilitated indulgence over the decades of decadence? Of course, this great feat of Magic paled in comparison to legendary Wilt Chamberlain's community partnership claim to bedding 20,000 women from coast to coast before and after son of janitor left Philly to drive around the Kansas plains in a souped-up red and white Oldsmobile convertible (with license plate BIG DIPPER) not all that far from NCAA headquarters at the time. "I feel sorry for the Stilt," wrote New York Daily Mirror columnist Leonard Lewin. "When he enters the NBA, he'll have to take a cut in salary." Truth be told, the LA (Lay All) Lakers' debauchery and Olympian appetite for copulation likely didn't originate there; "littering" simply escalated on free-love Left Coast. Perhaps it is time to allow sanctuary-sick and homeless-infested California to go ahead and secede before U.S. version of salty Sodom and Gomorrah turns into bankrupted ruins. Don't look back!
Distributing pain to anyone with belief system, disturbing allegations at Louisville (Chris Jones), Kansas (multiple players) and Duke (Rasheed Sulaimon and Corey Maggette) had their celebrated coaches either making comments as incoherent as their scholars or hiding under their desk memorizing athletic department versions of pleading the fifth. Minnesota and West Virginia endured similar unseemly "violation-of-team-rules" situations in the mid-1980s. Ditto Arizona State in the mid-1990s and priorities across the country haven't improved. Consider an Inside Higher Ed article written about a Syracuse dean facing dismissal for refusing to cover up an assault of a female student on campus by basketball players. Elsewhere, a culture concerning abuse of females frequently goes unchecked at sports factories reminiscent of group assault charges at Arkansas under coaches Nolan Richardson and John Pelphrey resulting in Ray Rice-like initial modest sanctions. UA probably failed to meet #MeToo college-town investigation standards in wake of late summer 2009 frat-house party incident when prosecutor was son-in-law of former athletic director Frank Broyles and brother-in-law of athletic department spokesman. Did the tumult really change much under coach Mike Anderson, who also had more than his share of undignified problem children at Missouri before moving on to St. John's?
Only one in five college-aged female students report their assaults to law enforcement. There are words and there are actions as well as "tough" guys and "cool" guys in this criminal "no-means-no" emphasis. One-sided co-ed boxing apparently needs to get personal before the player-predator issue penetrates thick skulls in establishment media and cavalier campuses. For instance, ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale, obsessed with "payday" and "cash" as always, tweeted he doesn't "dig actions away from ring but he (Floyd Mayweather Jr.) is an all-time great." Well, let's "dig" on one easy hipster wannabee layup straight from the grandstanding opening bell. Unless mindset of role model/ex-analyst Dancin' Ray contaminated network judgment across the sports spectrum including Screamin' A. Stiff, no one with an extensive history of domestic abuse charges such as misfit Mayweather should be designated an all-time great in any way, shape or form with or without a cover-your-fanny-like-commish qualifier. Ditto for Florida State's troubled Jameis Winston, who Vitale tweeted was "great to have on your side on Saturday" (at least until Nike severed its relationship with QB before promoting kneeling knucklehead #ColonKrapernick).
Presumably, Dickie V didn't mean late Saturday night with him and Uber driver or at any sort of Winston post-college game celebration leaving an accuser susceptible to dragging through the mud one way or the other (perhaps on a scooter). In a textbook example of Buc-kissing shilling, Vitale bragged about Shameless Jameis joining him at gala in Tampa Bay QB's first appearance as NFL player before the university settled with Winston's accuser for $950,000 in the spring of 2016. Methinks Vitale knows little, if anything, about FSU "football-fixer" associate AD who served time in prison for cocaine distribution. The general public's prevailing ignorance resembles failing to acknowledge the corrupt Clintons' "War on Women" exemplified by #Shrillary's faith advisor.
If the holier-than-thou press is so concerned about PC-police nickname changing, perhaps they should encourage schools to be more accurate with monikers such as Auburn Whore Eagles, Bailor Needed For Bad News Bears, Cincinnati Barely Can Read 'Cats, UConn Artists, Florida Maters, Florida State Sininoles, Georgetown Beatdowns, Indiana Booziers, Kansas Jailhawks, Louisville Slug-her Breaking Cardinal Rules, Memphis Mafia Malcontents, The U (as in "unsavory"), Michigan State Hard-ons, Minnesota Go-for-hers, Miz-zou Animals, UNCheat Tarrin (Gals in) Heels, Oklahoma Sinners, Syracuse Orange Jumpsuits, TCU Horny Dawgs, UNLV Sincredibles, USC Trojan Ultra Ribbed, X-rated Musketeers, etc. Wherever the #MessMedia and school administrators may have been in same veiled-secret toilet sweeping stench under sullied carpet, someone needs to finish the "movement" and flush them all! Emptying the excrement should include infected hangers-on although prosecutors declined to pursue charges against Baylor's former manager after his arrest early in 2017 on allegations of harassing two women via sexually-explicit social media messages. How could Baylor bear such bewildering behavior while boasting a director of sports ministry on staff? An "I'm-such-a-stud" mindset in culture breeding risky behavior goes way out of bounds to near epidemic proportions as an alarming number of conniving former college hoopers think they're still BMOC when hired by a high school district and victimize vulnerable females.
Amid the extensive flaws, can any of the journalistic jackals unearth whether "The Carolina (Academic) Way" for Raymond Felton and Ty Lawson included a rigorous African and Afro-American independent study course on how to treat the opposite sex, Africa's subjugation of females or discerning the origin of HIV and Ebola virus rather than the importance of Swahili language? If the scheme was solely for GPA boosting, Carolina's 2005 (10 of 15 members were AFAS majors with total of 35 "pretty doggone good" bogus classes over two semesters) and 2009 NCAA titles should of been in jeopardy of being vacated. But the UNC placed on probation for scholastic shenanigans was Northern Colorado; not Carolina. At the very least, for the sake of supplying a good chuckle to offset a portion of the angst, we should be entitled to digest a sampling of prose from those unread Prime Time 10-page papers (assigned mostly A grades with few B+ marks since a few players may have misspelled their names). UNC, admitting "regrettable actions," should have been sanctioned simply because disgraceful no-show classes came under umbrella of Center For Ethics apparently as unethical as seven-layered Comey and FBI toadies Baker/Clinesmith/McCabe/Page/Priestap/Strzok.
UNC paid over $21 million in assorted costs dealing with the scholastic scandal but that exorbitant fee might have been an affordable expense insofar as there was significant savings over these many years when no faculty was necessary to actually provide instruction for bogus book-work. Rather than learning classy pass fakes on the court, the courted players passed by "learning" in fake classes. It's no excuse but, if the let's-not-dwell-on-the-negative media would get off its royal cushion, how many other schools across the nation have comparable compromising courses? A polluted program under current coach Richard Pitino, who brought in troubled transfers Reggie Lynch and Daquein McNeil, isn't exactly virgin territory among power-league members. The Gophers have "hole" history featuring a former Minnesota tutor claiming she wrote or helped write more than 400 papers or pieces of coursework for in excess of 20 Gophers players in the mid-1990s, multiple pre-Lynch/pre-#AlFrankenstein prospects-turned-suspects (Courtney James/Mitchell Lee/Trevor Mbakwe/Royce White) and recent out-of-control athletic director. After academic anemia decades ago involving Creighton's Kevin Ross taking rigorous courses such as theory of baseball and ceramics, the NCAA should remember: "If you don't stand for something (such as higher scholastic standards), you'll fall for anything (excessive number of criminals)." If NCAA movers and shakers didn't do anything meaningful back then addressing scholastic shenanigans, why would we expect them to do something now such as condemn Auburn's class clustering? In this charade, many of the recruits contemptible coaches and media butt kissers drool upon are "self-reliant students" as much as culpable kids of actress Lori Loughlin/Aunt Becky are "authentic athletes."
How in Heel is having athletic department personnel steering players into sham classes for 18 years not, at its core curriculum, a textbook definition of "lack of institutional control?" When will ESPN get to the bottom of the chicanery yielding answers via another orchestrated interview with coach Roy Williams serving as master of "really-bothered-by-whole-thing" ceremonies featuring backdrop of supportive ex-players? ESPN should have just gone ahead and issued Williams' support group "Game Day" posters for their little pep rally at former big boss' alma mater. Network could have called charade, appearing as if it was created by coke-head Rolling Stone editor, Skipper's short three-hour tour. What most media outlets skip over is the disgusting percentage of prize prospects becoming prime predatory suspects in abusing underage females (including after they leave college).
How difficult would it have been for Williams, instead of pleading educational mission ignorance, to take a few minutes per semester assessing academic progress of each of his players? Didn't he acknowledge there was "class clustering" early in his Carolina head coaching tenure? It is the height of hypocrisy for him and other DI mentors/"fathers" to have a contract bonus provision stemming from APR/graduation rates. Will UNC encourage him to apologize to whistle-blower tutor Mary "Just Keep My Players Eligible" Willingham? Didn't Williams figuratively punch her (triggering death threats in aftermath of additional administration admonishments) by impugning Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary's character saying her illiteracy claims were untrue and totally unfair about a striking number of scholars boasting middle-school reading skills? Said Willingham prior to settling a lawsuit with UNC for $335,000 (about $1,000 per basketball player enrollment in paper class minus attorneys' fees): "I went to a lot of basketball games in the Dean Dome, but Roy never came and sat with me while I tutored his guys." Naturally, the first step to academic-anemia recovery at reformatory is admitting you're a huge hypocrite. Heaven help us if Williams' "sad-time" excuses and pleading ignorance about suspension of guard Jalek Felton - most heralded member of freshman class for defending NCAA champion - are typical of the coaching community level of interest in authentic advancement toward a genuine diploma.
Which is worse - free grades/dean's list for not even attending rogue class (see Rashad McCants), free abuse of female tutor or free rental cars for top returning scorer (P.J. Hairston) linked to an ex-convict? An absence of press accountability in the Carolinas probably is why a Democratic male running for statewide office can chuckle after calling a Republican female sitting governor a "whore." What we have here is a failure to exhibit standards; not so much an inability to thoroughly discuss the (physical and/or verbal) beat-down topic and appease the all-women sports gabfest "We Need to Talk" on CBS. The coaches' Sgt. Schultz "I-know-nothing" routine is insulting spit because they usually know when a regular takes an irregular dump. The NFL and NBA likely will announce policies "to do more," but when will colleges and the media do likewise to mitigate Sharia Law-like malignant message dumping on women? Instead, we get Kansas' Selfless coach creatively saying one of his Adidas-adoring players involved in school probe was "ill" upon missing a couple of games. Truth be told, the sport will remain "sick" if scholastic standards aren't raised.
The NCAA should embrace the Nwagwu Rules of Engagement. Jackson State guard Chuck Nwagwu's father, a professor at the school, forced the part-time starter to quit the Tigers' team in 1996-97 after receiving a grade of C in two classes. "I am an academician," said the elder Nwagwu. "My job is to educate young black men. That should be the primary objective. Basketball is secondary." Nwagwu's dad also made him move out of the dormitory and canceled his meal tickets. "I had to impress him that school comes first," the Nigerian native said. "He thinks he's going to be the next Michael Jordan." Regrettably, JSU didn't last long as beacon of integrity among HBCU institutions as seven players were arrested five years later and charged with sexual abuse.
What is it about punks flourishing at sports that makes adults fall all over themselves making excuses for abhorrent behavior infecting the sport? Amid the pimpish compartmentalization, there are also "clever" outfits such as Oregon stemming from its timing in waiting to expel three players implicated in an alleged sexual assault in order to avoid a reduction in its Academic Progress Rate score before reaching 2017 Final Four with another player under comparable criminal investigation. Telephone records clearly convey Oregon athletic officials including coach Dana Altman were concerned about a recent recruit and NCAA gumshoes should be, too, instead of whether an assistant coach refereed a scrimmage. Meanwhile, fellow Pac-12 Conference member California adopted a stricter admissions policy when it comes to academics and Indiana embraced a no-admittance policy regarding previous indiscretions. Will Cal and IU set a nationwide trend for increased scholastic and decorum standards or will majority of universities duck the issue? Not if their on-court performances this season are any barometer or the condescending NCAA headquarters remains much more concerned about Indian nicknames and transgender restrooms than ending licking of dames. Can the NCAA, featuring a president informed at the start of this decade about MSU mayhem, at least encourage its members to consider utilizing Norway's syllabus teaching Muslim male migrants how to treat non-veiled women? At times such as Evansville firing coach Walter McCarty midway through 2019-20 season amidst a Title IX probe into alleged sexual misconduct, the ethically-bankrupt atmosphere doesn't appear to be much better at mid-major schools. St. Francis (N.Y.) had two different teammates busted for sex abuse on back-to-back days in early 2014 and an alleged cover-up at North Texas is equally disturbing.
Speaking of "tough, cool and clever" guys resembling deranged DeNiro, Mayweather told CNN that "only God can judge me." But let's play The Almighty role and make things personal prior to enablers going on their merry way "earning" academic-anemia "dollars" off the next round of ill-equipped recruits. Father-figure coaches masquerading as social workers who persuade admissions offices to enroll some of the "exception" vermin should be sued by victims if the abuse is campus connected under their stewardship. As for the #MessMedia (student newspaper had to step up to the plate at Duke), perhaps Vitale's next illuminating book should be "You're Awful, Baby! With a Capital A!: 100 Players I Praised as Great But Glad My Daughters Didn't Date." Striving to avoid turning a blind eye to problem like so many in the press, below we'll give his researchers a head start on the EBOLA (Excessive Beatings are Outlandish of Ladies by Athletes) plague with robust list of scholars to assess en route to him setting a Guinness Book of World Records for most basketball volumes he didn't write, yet having name on covers as author.
Research shows that arrests of college athletes are more than double those of pros. Former Duke starter Jay Bilas has experiential ACC knowledge competing against colorful North Carolina State coach Jim Valvano's suspect squads (735 average SAT score - featuring Chris Washburn at 470 - and excessive number of positive drug tests during the 1980s). While pondering rigorous courses washout Washburn somehow passed to remain academically eligible for more than one season, a cold-blooded question surfaces as to whether the academic anemia at UNC is worse than what occurred at N.C. State, which probably gains the negative nod if only because of Washburn teammate Charles Shackleford's following animal-expert quote: "Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." The "A" in "bring your A-game" in an old ACC ad apparently didn't stand for academics.
If bookish Bilas genuinely knows self-evaluation "toughness" beyond "if they (coaches) knew," the policy wonk will maneuver upstream and shift his passion from lambasting the NCAA about paying these gentlemen and scholars to a lawyer-like focus on stopping the NCAA from preying on players who have little to no business representing universities because they aren't authentic student-athletes (although "Sullen-man" was still enrolled as student when allegations against him surfaced). Granted, such an academic-values modification will translate into an inferior product for him and his network to promote (and for walk-on-water luminaries such as Jim Boeheim, Calipari, Bob Huggins, Izzo, Mike Krzyzewski, Rick Pitino plus Williams to coach for that matter). But does a mediocre Duke player such as Lance Thomas need more than $30,000 as down payment on jewelry? What about multiple Memphis players reporting they were robbed of more than $66,000 worth of vital items for Calipari-coached college students (mink coats, diamond earrings, stereo equipment, flat-screen TV)? Ask CIA jurisprudence jackal John Brennan!
Moreover, Syracuse's Boeheim wouldn't have an opportunity to be "impressed" about one-and-done Carmelo Anthony's 1.8 gpa before failing to mention if Anthony attended more classes than games his second semester. Did Melo mellow out in Orange-hot Child and Family Studies en route to underwriting Cuse's hoops centerpiece (The Melo Center)? No word yet from blow-hard Boeheim after former Orange hooper/NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb was accused of sexual harassment by a former female colleague at the NFL Network and discarded by ESPN. At least the win-at-all-costs mentality is gender neutral as goalie Hope Solo flew above the Soccer Wars like Han Solo and school spirit took on a whole new meaning among Coastal Carolina's cheerleaders. More coaches are becoming members of the Garbage Collectors Guild as they don't give a rat's ass about anything beyond winning a few more games. What quality of classes could possibly be taken in college by mercenary professional-caliber athletes if a mind-numbing 60% of NBA players file for bankruptcy five years after retirement? Symbolic of a normal DI rescue-mission campaign, more than 50 people were arrested in a sex trafficking sting operation during Final Four weekend in Minneapolis a couple of seasons ago. Instead of paying athletes, just let sperminator stallions have free erectile access to on-campus brothels.
In a 2015 sexcapade, a former recruit said he felt as if "I was in a strip club" when visiting Louisville. Georgia Tech apparently felt comfortable transporting impressionable high school prospect directly to jiggle joint. It's almost time to hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete and reboot nearly everything about the sport. A striking number of prominent schools (down to Florida, LSU and Oregon first week of new year not long ago before LSU "won" commitment) recruited power forward Emmitt Williams, who was arrested the previous fall in Florida on sexual battery and false imprisonment charges before charges were dismissed just before Christmas. Zach Harvey, a prize prep prospect in Kansas, pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor crimes (endangering a child and breach of privacy) after facing two felony sex crime charges stemming from an alleged incident in March 2017 involving two other teens and an underage girl. Amid a scholastic schedule laden with decidedly non-academic courses, personal character flaws didn't surface solely upon reaching the professional level and power-league members unscathed by female battery are clearly in the minority.
Immersed in an era fraught with human debris devoid of moral compass, ORU committed athletic program suicide during the previous decade when mandating the Titans, who averaged 22 victories annually in their first six seasons at the NCAA DI level in the 1970s, could only sign players without tattoos and new recruits would have to take a "faith exam" as well. Facing unvarnished truth, all hormonal basketball roads seem to lead to liberal lunacy including "tolerant" fans condoning shameless womanizing comparable to Los Angeles Lakers zealot Jack Nicholson. As many local and national press heads should roll as incompetent school administrators if there is anything close to equivalence of their overall hear-no-evil, see-no-evil and speak-no-evil oversight. While much of the lame-stream media looks the other way like referee in waning moments seeking blowout contest to conclude as soon as possible, following are vital facts on what really is outside the lines since ESPN came on the scene in the late 1970s and CBS assumed control of March Madness. High-profile commentators, appearing as if they were drugged, aimlessly address relevant "no-means-no" issues about as much as Cosby and Izzo answered pertinent inquiries. Celebrated coaches such as Altman, Boeheim, Izzo, Greek philosopher Pitino and many of their peers never will "get it" until they're hit in the pocketbook or, God forbid, their daughters are victimized by a cretin. Compare how much power conference/prominent mid-major player air-time was given to "singing the praises" of the following alphabetical list of Three-S "Men" (Stupid, Sin-tillating and Sin-sational) to how much gutless wonders devoted to elaborating on their Hoop Hall of Shame misdeeds against women or offering solutions preventing exploitation of such derelict student-athletes even if the quality of basketball is reduced and might negatively affect ratings, endorsement deals, speaking engagement fees, charity donations or circulations of periodicals:
- Abdul Abdullah (Providence) - arrested as fugitive from justice and held for extradition to Georgia as probation violator on statutory rape conviction
- Richie Adams (UNLV) - convicted of manslaughter after being accused of stalking and killing a 15-year-old Bronx girl in a housing project
- Courtney Alexander (Virginia/Fresno State) - convicted of misdemeanor assault after arrest for striking his live-in girlfriend
- Darryl Allen (Oklahoma) - accused of breaking into woman's apartment and assaulting her
- Teddy Allen (West Virginia/Wichita State/Nebraska/New Mexico State) - dismissed from WSU's squad following disturbance at woman's home
- Tony Allen (Oklahoma State) - charged with domestic assault, domestic vandalism and interference with emergency calls in connection with incident at his wife's apartment
- Rafer Alston (Fresno State) - pleaded no contest to assaulting former girlfriend
- Keith Appling (Michigan State) - accused with teammate Adrien Payne of raping student in their dorm room during freshmen orientation
- Ron Artest (St. John's) - arrested on suspicion of domestic violence
- Vincent Askew (Memphis State) - accused of unlawfully having sex with minor
- Brandon Austin (Providence/Oregon) - twice accused of sexual assault
- Ryan Ayers (Notre Dame) - charged with three counts of voyeurism and one count of domestic violence (charges involved his relationships with two women over a four-year span where he allegedly recorded them, without their consent, naked or while having sex with them)
- D'Juan Baker (Cincinnati) - aggravated assault charge for striking his girlfriend in head with flower pot
- Sean Banks (Memphis) - arrested in connection with domestic-violence complaint
- Lucas Barnes (Miami/Southern LA/Florida International) - dispute with girlfriend
- Matt Barnes (UCLA) - arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence although his then-fiancee denied he abused her before subsequently choking woman during brawl at New York City nightclub
- Armon Bassett (Indiana/Ohio University) - apprehended after allegedly pouring bleach over his girlfriend's head and face in front of victim's toddler
- Michael Beasley (Kansas State) - investigated for alleged sexual assault
- Benoit Benjamin (Creighton) - charged with simple battery and resisting arrest following a domestic disturbance
- Corey Benjamin (Oregon State) - domestic battery
- Keith Benjamin (Pittsburgh) - arrested and charged with simple assault after altercation with former girlfriend
- Winston Bennett (Kentucky) - Rick Pitino assistant violated Boston Celtics' contractual agreement for practicing at Brandeis by having sexual relationship with female student enrolled there
- Joseph Bertrand (Illinois) - arrested for domestic battery before charge was dismissed because alleged victim became uncooperative
- Mike Bibby (Arizona) - police investigated sexual-abuse harassment accusations made against coach of his high school alma mater (likely won't face criminal charges)
- Kavell Bigby-Williams (Oregon/Louisiana State) - played entire 2016-17 season for Final Four-bound Oregon while under criminal probe for sexual assault
- Chauncey Billups (Colorado) - settled lawsuit with Boston Celtics teammate stemming from incident as NBA rookie
- Jabari Bird (California) - arrested and faced domestic abuse and kidnapping charges
- Jimmy Black (North Carolina) - jailed after arrest in domestic-abuse case while serving as assistant coach for Notre Dame
- Daron "Mookie" Blaylock (Oklahoma) - became violent with his wife in summer of 2001 and cops came to his house in 2009 for a domestic disturbance after his girlfriend called them
- Charles Boozer (Iowa State) - arrested and charged with simple assault
- Anthony Bowie (Oklahoma) - suspended without pay following accusation of twice exposing himself to another teacher
- Todd Bozeman (Rhode Island) - former California coach reached court-approved settlement with woman accusing him of harassment
- Jamel Bradley (South Carolina) - fired as resource officer at high school amid internal investigations into multiple predatory sexual relationships with students
- Carlton Bragg Jr. (Kansas/Arizona State/New Mexico) - battery charges dropped after incident when he allegedly struck his girlfriend and pushed her down flight of stairs during argument; served three-game suspension stemming from police probe of attempted rape of girlfriend's best friend (college town politics included wife of county DA being UNM's Dean of Students)
- Rick Brunson (Temple) - indicted for sexual assault stemming from encounter with massage therapist before he was found not guilty
- Andrew Bryant (Boston College) - violated in dining hall a restraining order a woman secured against him
- Glenn Bryant (Arkansas/Eastern Michigan) - accused of choking girlfriend during argument
- Joe Bunn (North Carolina A&T/Old Dominion) - convicted for assaulting girlfriend
- Todd Burgan (Syracuse) - suspended for seven games following breach of school's Student Conduct Code
- Antonio Burks (Memphis) - arrested after fight with his girlfriend
- Darryl Butterfield (Missouri) - arrested for allegedly punching ex-girlfriend during domestic dispute
- Jason Caffey (Alabama) - charged with domestic violence
- J.J. Caldwell (Texas A&M/New Mexico) - suspension linked to accusation of battery against ex-girlfriend
- Derrick Caracter (Louisville/Texas-El Paso) - arrested and jailed after allegedly striking a cashier
- Aquille Carr (Seton Hall commitment) - arrested on domestic-assault charge
- Parrish Casebier (Evansville) - received eight-year prison sentence for felony rape of minor
- Duane Causwell (Temple) - alleged domestic violence dispute
- Cedric Ceballos (Cal State Fullerton) - faced warrant for allegedly assaulting former girlfriend in school dormitory
- Tony Christie (Clemson) - pleaded "no contest" to charge of assault after female student claimed high school coach touched her inappropriately
- Keon Clark (Temple commitment/UNLV) - domestic battery
- Monterale Clark (Marquette commitment) - J.C. recruit from Milwaukee arrested and charged with alleged second-degree felony sexual assault stemming from dorm-room party
- Mateen Cleaves (Michigan State) - charged with sexually assaulting woman who said she was driven to motel and attacked following Flint-area charity golf outing and group trip to local bar for drinks (subsequently acquitted)
- Ricky Clemons (Missouri) - assault case involving former girlfriend after she didn't want to watch Roots
- Verice Cloyd (Alabama/Chattanooga) - accusation he enticed 12-year-old girl into apartment and raped her
- Tony Cole (Georgia) - arrested for violating protection order involving ex-girlfriend he pleaded guilty to punching in face
- Derrick Coleman (Syracuse) - faced civil lawsuit after accusation of trespassing and battery at woman's home
- James Collins (Florida State) - arrested on charges of stalking ex-girlfriend
- Sherron Collins (Kansas) - accused of exposing himself and rubbing against older woman in elevator at Jayhawker Towers (accuser subsequently dropped civil suit)
- Darren Collison (UCLA) - arrested on domestic-violence charge
- Deshawn Corprew (Texas Tech) - juco recruit left program following suspension from 2019 NCAA tourney finalist after allegations of Title IX allegations
- Attila Cosby (Pittsburgh/New Mexico/George Washington/Bowie State MD) - found guilty by judge in sexual assault case involving 46-year-old prostitute
- DeMarcus Cousins (Kentucky) - faced arrest warrant on misdemeanor domestic violence charge before harassment allegation was dropped three months later
- Morgan Tyler Crawford (Georgetown) - arrested for felonious assault after punching woman in face several times
- Dante Cunningham (Villanova) - suspected of domestic assault
- Avery Curry (Florida State/Idaho) - found innocent of battery in separate hotel incident but pleaded guilty to disturbing peace, was fined $298 and wrote letter of apology to another woman
- Quintin Dailey (San Francisco) - pleaded guilty to aggravated assault of nursing student in dormitory
- Samuel Dalembert (Seton Hall) - arrested after alleged battery involving his girlfriend after finding out she was leaving with their two children
- Myles Davis (Xavier) - restraining order issued amid facing two charges involving former girlfriend
- Terence Davis (Mississippi) - arrested for assault after getting into verbal dispute with his girlfriend (charges dropped four months later)
- Branden Dawson (Michigan State) - arrested on suspicion of felony spousal abuse
- Yuri Demetris (Pittsburgh) - booted from team following arrest after altercation at his ex-girlfriend's apartment where he twice climbed through window
- Eric Devendorf (Syracuse) - punished for punching female student in face
- Michael Dixon Jr. (Missouri/Memphis) - accused in a couple of unseemly incidents while attending Mizzou
- Damonte Dodd (Maryland) - accused of having sex with intoxicated woman without her consent (subsequently acquitted)
- Robert Dozier (Memphis) - police took simple assault domestic violence report before complaint stemming from argument at 3:30 a.m. outside nightclub was dismissed; also arrested on domestic assault charge in attack reportedly leaving victim with dislocated shoulder and finger
- Nikola Dragovic (UCLA) - arrested although charges weren't filed in case involving suspicion of misdemeanor battery on ex-girlfriend with which he co-habitated
- Bobby Dulin (Penn State/Connecticut) - pleaded no contest to sexual assault in second degree stemming from affair with teenage girl he coached in summer program
- Devan Dumes (Eastern Michigan/Indiana) - faced charges of domestic battery before suspect shooting
- LaceDarius Dunn (Baylor) - arrested on charges he punched his girlfriend and broke her jaw in two places
- Teddy Dupay (Florida) - pleaded guilty to attacking a woman at a Utah ski resort
- Billy Edelin (Syracuse) - two accusations of sexual assault although court charges were dropped because of insufficient evidence
- Eugene Edgerson (Arizona) - faced two domestic violence arrests in two-month span
- Jay Edwards (Indiana) - charged with two counts of battery following accusation by woman he slapped and punched her at party
- Craig Ehlo (Washington State) - arrested on domestic violence charge
- Dale Ellis (Tennessee) - found guilty of assaulting wife and resisting arrest
- Tyree Evans (Cincinnati signee/Maryland signee/Kent State) - pleaded guilty to reduced assault-related misdemeanor
- Jim Farmer (Alabama) - arrested during sting operation on charges of seeking sex from minor (human trafficking charge subsequently dropped)
- Jamaal Faulkner (Arizona State/Alabama) - arraigned for assaulting his girlfriend
- John Fedders (Marquette) - SEC enforcement director in Reagan Administration admitted in divorce court to having beaten his wife
- Kay Felder (Oakland) - booked amid allegations of domestic violence
- Rakym Felder (South Carolina) - dropped from roster after arrest around 2:45 a.m. stemming from brawl reportedly precipitated by him spitting on woman
- Jalek Felton (North Carolina) - expelled for sexual assault and sexual violence
- Raymond Felton (North Carolina) - estranged wife allegedly told police she was threatened with gun
- Ronnie Fields (DePaul signee) - charged with sexual assault
- Dedrick Finn (Xavier) - accused of shoving his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping her pug dog
- Damon Flint (Cincinnati) - pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charge of domestic violence
- Eric "Sleepy" Floyd (Georgetown) - arrested on misdemeanor-assault charge after fight with his wife
- Dwayne Fontana (Arizona State) - charges dropped following arrest after co-ed's rape allegations
- Steve Francis (Maryland) - woman on his record label filed groping complaint against him
- Kevin Gaines (Michigan/Houston) - arrested for assaulting woman at nightclub
- Travis Garrison (Maryland) - pleaded guilty to assault and sex offense charges stemming from slapping incident at local bar before he was required to register as sex offender after assaulting multiple women present at his wife's overnight birthday party
- Naseem Ikena Gaskin (Utah/Montana) - arrested for felony strangulation of partner
- Andre Gilbert (South Dakota State/Kansas State) - juco recruit for K-State was acquitted by jury on two counts of second-degree rape after female SDSU student accused him and teammate of sexual assault
- C.J. Giles (Southern California commitment/Miami FL signee/Kansas/Oregon State) - kicked off KU team for misdemeanor battery to his girlfriend
- David Girley (Oregon) - accused of trying to harass women who claim he sexually abused them
- Ben Gordon (Connecticut) - arrested for allegedly slapping female student
- Benny Green (Kansas State/Chattanooga) - struck female cheerleader from opposing team in face at conclusion of contest when she held her index finger in his face in "We're No. 1" gesture
- Jeremy Green (Stanford) - arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence
- Orien Greene (Florida/Louisiana-Lafayette) - arrested after being accused of breaking into two Florida homes and fondling woman
- Wendell Greenleaf (Baylor) - faced misdemeanor charge of assault-family violence after already on two years' deferred probation upon pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief and assault (breaking down apartment door and slapping ex-girlfriend)
- Eddie Griffin (Seton Hall) - woman accused him of punching her in face and shooting pistol at her car as she drove away
- Teddy Grubbs (DePaul) - convicted of lewd fondling and simple battery
- Anthony Grundy (North Carolina State) - arrested and charged with simple assault on female
- P.J. Hairston (North Carolina) - charged with assault on a female, interfering with emergency communication and injury to personal property
- Darvin Ham (Texas Tech) - arrested on suspicion of violence against his wife
- Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway (Memphis) - charged with threatening and intimidating his girlfriend while carrying gun at his side
- Greg Hardy (Ole Miss) - arrested as an NFL defensive end and charged with attacking and threatening his girlfriend
- James Hardy III (Indiana) - arrested for abusing mother of his child and their infant boy
- Keith Harris (Kansas) - charged with assault after choking and biting female student in her apartment
- Paul Harris (Syracuse) - pleaded guilty to menacing
- Jaxson Hayes (Texas) - arrested after altercation with police when law enforcement was summoned to LA area home for domestic disturbance
- Daniel Hayles (Auburn/South Alabama) - arrested on domestic violence charge
- Eric Hayward (Connecticut) - sentenced to three years in prison for multiple counts of sexual assault and risk of injury to child
- Cedric Henderson (Memphis) - booked on warrant to appear in court on domestic-assault charge
- Jason Henry (Arkansas) - pimp known as "Allstar" booked on multiple sex crimes
- LaDontae Henton (Providence) - charged with domestic assault after fighting with ex-girlfriend although charges were eventually dropped
- Eric Hicks (Cincinnati) - faced felony charges for assault
- Jordan Hill (Arizona) - felony assault charge after allegedly shoving and choking his girlfriend
- Baskerville Holmes (Memphis State) - arrested twice for domestic violence
- Jonathan Holton (Rhode Island/West Virginia) - pleaded no contest to sex crime of video voyeurism
- Dennis Hopson (Ohio State) - pleaded guilty to menacing charge for threatening to shoot his wife
- Daniel Horton (Michigan) - arraigned on domestic-violence charge
- Byron Houston (Oklahoma State) - pleaded guilty to multiple counts of indecent exposure and became registered sex offender
- Rolando Howell (South Carolina) - arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence
- Dewan Huell/Hernandez (Miami FL) - arrested after reportedly entering his ex-girlfriend's dorm room uninvited and finding her in closet with another man
- Ron Huery (Arkansas) - received five-year prison sentence for violating probation and attempting to break into ex-girlfriend's home
- Jordy Hultberg (Louisiana State) - arrested after shoving his estranged wife into dresser when she caught him with another woman
- Jeremy Hunt (Memphis) - twice charged with domestic assault
- LeRoy Hurd (Miami/Texas-San Antonio) - sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of using computer to solicit minor stemming from relationship with high school student where he was a coach
- Richard Hurd (Baylor) - arrested for sexual assault but charges were dropped when DA's office determined case was not strong enough to go to trial
- Allen Iverson (Georgetown) - kicked naked wife out of their residence according to 911 police tape
- Courtney James (Minnesota) - found guilty of domestic assault
- Anthony Jenkins (Clemson) - pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting minor
- Anthony Johnson (College of Charleston) - pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct
- Carlos "Scooby" Johnson (Butler) - medical redshirt freshman from Michigan charged with felony rape and sexual battery in his dormitory room
- Dave Johnson (Syracuse) - disciplined for relationship with 14-year-old girl who claimed he had sex with her
- Dennis Johnson (Pepperdine) - charges dismissed after wife refused to press them following arrest for holding knife to her throat
- James Johnson (Wake Forest) - arrested on charges of domestic assault causing bodily harm
- Kevin Johnson (California) - history of sexual misbehavior
- Marques Johnson (UCLA) - arrested on suspicion of beating his wife
- Torre Johnson (Oklahoma State/Wisconsin-Milwaukee) - dismissed from UWM's team after police found him hiding in closet and arrested him on suspicion of substantial battery (hitting woman in mouth causing her to get 10 stitches)
- Chris Jones (Louisville) - faced charges of rape and sodomy (subsequently cleared by grand jury)
- Theodore "Mookie" Jones IV (Syracuse) - suspended for one year following female student accusing him of cyberbullying
- Bobby Joyce (UNLV) - abuse of spouse
- Jason Kidd (California) - pleaded guilty to spousal abuse
- Thomas Kilgore (Central Michigan/California) - charged with roughing up CMU student and mother of his daughter
- Jesse King III (Texas A&M) - acquitted of child rape charges while attending prep school in 1999
- Jason Klotz (Texas) - charged and arrested for assault with injury following fight with his girlfriend
- Billy Knight (UCLA) - committed suicide month following arrest on molestation charges reportedly involving nine-year-old daughter of ex-girlfriend
- Danny Lawhorn Jr. (Washington State signee/Midwestern State TX) - AAU girls coach in hometown of Hartford, Conn., accused of assaulting female player staying with him as her summer sponsor
- Ty Lawson (North Carolina) - arrested in alleged domestic violence incident
- Mitchell Lee (Minnesota) - involved in couple of sexual assault cases
- DeAndre Liggins (Kentucky) - charged with domestic abuse
- Donald Little (Cincinnati) - pleaded guilty to persistent disorderly conduct for assaulting female tavern manager
- Mario Little (Kansas) - arrested after altercation involving girlfriend
- Robert Littlejohn (Purdue) - sentenced to 60 years in prison following conviction of chasing and stabbing woman to death during fight
- Eric Lockett (George Mason/Florida International/North Carolina State) - criminal case was dismissed following arrest at 5 a.m. and charged with assault on his ex-girlfriend
- Steve Logan (Cincinnati) - pleaded guilty to charge of domestic violence stemming from incident involving long-time girlfriend
- Brad Lohaus (Iowa) - pleaded guilty to domestic assault stemming from hotel incident involving his girlfriend
- Art Long (Cincinnati) - pleaded no contest to domestic violence
- Reggie Lynch (Illinois State/Minnesota) - arrested on probable cause of criminal sexual conduct and subsequently suspended from campus for separate incident
- Clyde Lynn (North Carolina) - walk-on resigned from his high school position following arrest for allegedly having sexual relationship with student
- Sam Mack (Iowa State/Arizona State/Houston) - co-ed accused him of rape
- Yemi Makanjuola (Tennessee/UNC Wilmington/SIU Edwardsville) - accused by woman of sexual assault in residence hall housing many of UT's athletes (his attorney sat on university's board of athletics; DA declined to prosecute)
- Roy Marble Sr. (Iowa) - charged with domestic-abuse assault
- Anthony Mason (Tennessee State) - multiple criminal rape complaints
- Bryant Matthews (Virginia Tech) - found guilty in Australia of sexual assault
- Vernon Maxwell (Florida) - charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault
- Joe Mazzulla (West Virginia) - suspended for arrest on charges of domestic battery (allegedly grabbed woman he had lived with by neck at bar)
- Trevor Mbakwe (Marquette/Minnesota) - arrested and jailed for violating harassment restraining order
- Ed McCants (Northwestern/Wisconsin-Milwaukee) - sentenced to year in jail for six misdemeanors related to domestic abuse case
- Walter McCarty (Kentucky) - fired as Evansville coach amid Title IX probe into reports of alleged sexual misconduct
- Michael McClain (Washington) - faced assault charges following arrest stemming from scuffle with girlfriend
- Xavier McDaniel (Wichita State) - accused of couple of domestic assaults
- Marcetteaus McGee (Wisconsin signee/Illinois-Chicago) - pleaded guilty to reduced sexual-assault charge
- Donnie McGrath (Providence) - pleaded no contest to charge of simple assault following arrest stemming from struggle with former girlfriend
- Mario McKinney Jr. (Missouri/New Mexico State/Texas-El Paso) - accused of attempting a battery on woman who lived with him
- Roshown McLeod (St. John's/Duke) - charged with simple battery after shoving pregnant girlfriend
- Donovan McNabb (Syracuse) - fired by ESPN after he, along with several other ex-NFL players, were accused of sexual harassment by a former female colleague (wardrobe stylist) at NFL Network
- Daquein McNeil (Florida International/Minnesota) - jailed after arrest for two counts of domestic assault against 28-year-old girlfriend and accused again less than week after release from jail
- Howard McNeil (Seton Hall) - convicted of murder
- Carl McPipe (Nebraska) - sex crime conviction resulting in five years' probation
- Fab Melo (Syracuse) - charged with criminal mischief
- Marcus Melvin (North Carolina State) - charged with trying to strangle his girlfriend
- Ron Mercer (Kentucky) - settled lawsuit with Boston Celtics teammate stemming from incident as NBA rookie
- Nate Miles (Connecticut) - expelled following hearing concerning alleged assault of female student
- Greg Minor (Louisville) - agreed to enter program for batterers to avoid trial on charges he assaulted his ex-girlfriend
- Duke Mondy (Providence/Oakland) - arrested based on sexual-assault complaint
- Ravi Moss (Kentucky) - arrested on assault charge after alleged argument with mother of their child
- Andrew Moten (Florida) - arrested and charged with spouse battery
- Jerrod Mustaf (Maryland) - settled wrongful-death lawsuit
- Shawn Myrick (Cincinnati) - jailed for sexual battery
- Lee Nailon (Texas Christian) - pleaded no contest to roughing up his girlfriend in dormitory room and arrested on charges of beating his wife
- Johnny Newman (Richmond) - sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $500 for assaulting his wife
- Kendrick Nunn (Illinois/Oakland) - charged with domestic battery for allegedly striking woman in her apartment
- Greg Oden (Ohio State) - accused of punching woman in face around 3:30 a.m.
- Mike Olliver (Lamar) - sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder (stabbing ex-girlfriend)
- Michael Olowokandi (Pacific) - police investigated multiple alleged instances of domestic violence
- Venoy Overton (Washington) - alleged criminal conduct involving teenage girls
- Victor Page (Georgetown) - multiple assaults against same woman among 33 criminal charges in 3 1/2-year span in Maryland and the District of Columbia prior to sentenced to 10 years in prison before going back behind bars following alleged attempt to assault his girlfriend's 17-year-old daughter
- Richie Parker (Long Island) - convicted of sexual abuse at his New York City high school
- Ruben Patterson (Cincinnati) - NBA's first registered sex offender stemming from incident involving his family's nanny
- Anthony Peeler (Missouri) - federal court jury awarded woman $2.4 million after suing him and testifying he pinned her down and held gun to her head
- Kendrick Perkins (Memphis commitment) - allegedly punched woman in face outside nightclub
- Prentiss Perkins (Washington) - sex-abuse offense
- Gerald Perry (South Carolina/Southern LA) - multiple settlements involved in series of sordid incidents regarding eventual NFL offensive tackle
- Jesse Perry (Arizona) - pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charge of strangulation after facing three felony domestic violence charges
- Marcus Perry (Nebraska) - jury found him not guilty of sexual assault but guilty of child abuse
- Wesley Person Sr. (Auburn) - multiple domestic-violence charges
- Terry Pettis (Fresno State) - pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vandalism and battery charges involving his girlfriend before later sentenced to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder in botched drug robbery
- Larry Petty (Wisconsin) - pleaded guilty to threatening wife with kitchen knife
- Terrence Phillips (Missouri) - suspended in mid-season amid investigation by school officials in Title IX office
- Pierre Pierce (Iowa) - imprisoned for assaulting former girlfriend at her apartment
- Matt Pilgrim (Kentucky/Hampton/Oklahoma State) - judge dismissed female student's emergency protective order against him
- Kendal "Tiny" Pinder (North Carolina State) - professional career in Australia derailed by multiple sexual-assault convictions involving women aged 16 to 20 between 1988 and 1990
- Elliott Pitts (Arizona) - left school over "personal issue" following suspension after university finding of sexual misconduct
- Carl Pollard (Brigham Young/Southern California/Southern Utah) - sentenced to prison for sexually molesting three girls under 11 years old
- Olden Polynice (Virginia) - arrested on domestic-assault charges
- Kevin Porter Jr. (Southern California) - accused of punching woman in face
- Michael Porter (Kentucky) - sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to having sex with an underage girl
- Kenny Pratt (Iowa State) - arrested for alleged abuse (charges subsequently dropped)
- Zach Price (Louisville/Missouri/Winthrop) - allegedly pushed female to ground
- Stanley Pringle (Penn State) - charged with public lewdness and disorderly conduct in connection to a reported library masturbation incident
- Zach Randolph (Michigan State) - exotic dancer sued him for sexual assault although police never filed criminal charges
- Michael Reese (Boston College/Loyola MD) - criminal charges for which he never was convicted involving altercation with old girlfriend
- Grady Reynolds (St. John's) - arrested and charged with assaulting and harassing female student in campus dormitory
- Lafester Rhodes (Iowa State) - charged with ransacking ex-girlfriend's apartment
- King Rice (North Carolina) - charged with assaulting woman, resisting arrest and destruction of public property
- Jason Richardson (Michigan State) - found guilty of domestic violence
- Jereme Richmond (Illinois) - convicted of threatening female probation officer
- Andre Riddick (Kentucky) - allegedly picked up his girlfriend after leaving a bar and pushed or tossed her down stairs before punching her in chest
- J.R. Rider (UNLV) - accused of kidnapping and battery of female acquaintance
- Jimario Rivers (Memphis) - wanted for aggravated assault after reportedly attacking his girlfriend at grocery store
- Rolan Roberts (Virginia Tech/Southern Illinois) - transferred following suspension for one year at VT for an incident alleging assault and sexual misconduct
- Alvin Robertson (Arkansas) - imprisoned for probation violation involving rape accusation
- Bernard Robinson Jr. (Michigan) - arrested and charged with three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct
- Cliff Robinson (Connecticut) - decked female police officer during brawl outside nightclub
- Clifton Robinson (Auburn) - accepted plea bargain (contributing to delinquency of minor) following accusation of having sex with underage girl
- Glenn Robinson Jr. (Purdue) - charged with domestic battery and assault
- Jon Robinson (Maryland) - wife obtained restraining order after household scuffle
- Rumeal Robinson (Michigan) - swindled his adoptive mother out of her home
- Marvin Rodgers (West Virginia RS/Wright State) - expelled from WV after pleading guilty to second-degree sexual assault
- Lou Roe (Massachusetts) - woman successfully filed restraining order against him
- Reggie Rogers (Washington) - assaulted girlfriend
- Delco Rowley (Michigan State) - arrested as YMCA behavior specialist on charges of sending nude pictures of himself to 15-year-old girl
- Clifford Rozier (North Carolina/Louisville) - arrested on charges of assaulting his mother but case was dropped
- Casey Sanders (Duke) - charged with assaulting girlfriend
- Chris Sandle (Arizona State/Texas-El Paso) - charged with two counts of assault on women at nightclub
- Melvin Scott (North Carolina) - arrested and charged with assaulting female student at local nightclub
- Brian Shorter (Pittsburgh) - charged with domestic violence and wanton endangerment after dispute with wife in middle of night as Kentucky assistant coach
- Bobby Simmons (DePaul) - charged in assault
- Greg Simpson (Ohio State/West Virginia) - couple of disputes with females
- Andy Slocum (Texas A&M) - immersed in controversy with fellow WWE talent
- Bobby Leon Smith (Villanova/Southeast Missouri State) - arrested for domestic battery
- Tommy Smith (Arizona State) - pleaded guilty to charge of aggravated assault
- Troy Smith (Louisville) - served one year of five-to-25-year prison term for involuntary manslaughter death of mother of his infant son
- Ben Spencer (Connecticut) - allegedly broke several windows in his girlfriend's apartment
- Travis Spivey (Georgia Tech/Iowa State) - pleaded guilty to sexual assault in incident involving 15-year-old and booked into jail for investigation of battery in domestic-violence case
- Latrell Sprewell (Alabama) - accused of assaulting girlfriend in front of children
- Michael Spruell (Auburn signee) - sentenced to 15 years in prison after conviction for rape and aggravated assault of two women
- Jerry Stackhouse (North Carolina) - accused of assaulting real estate agent during argument concerning beach house
- D.J. Stephens (Memphis) - arrested in connection with domestic-violence incident involving his child's mother
- Lance Stephenson (Cincinnati) - arrested for pushing girlfriend down stairs
- DeShawn Stevenson (Kansas signee) - admitted taking 14-year-old back to hotel room, getting her drunk and having consensual sex
- Rod Strickland (DePaul) - pleaded guilty to assaulting girlfriend
- Rasheed Sulaimon (Duke/Maryland) - sexual assault allegations
- Jared Sullinger (Ohio State) - domestic dispute with girlfriend
- Chester Surles (Nebraska) - arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend
- Zac Swansey (Georgia/Tennessee Tech) - entered plea for eight years of probation after high school coach/online learning teacher had inappropriate relationship with female student
- Daimon Sweet (Notre Dame) - arrested and charged with having sexual relationship with high school student where he coached
- Stromile Swift (Louisiana State) - pleaded guilty to stalking
- Roy Tarpley (Michigan) - jailed on assault charge
- Jaylon Tate (Illinois) - arrested on charge of domestic battery
- Jeff Taylor (Vanderbilt) - charged with domestic assault
- Marvin Taylor (South Florida) - accused by multiple women of sexual harassment
- Bill Teal (Arkansas commitment) - Florida high school product lost opportunity to align with Razorbacks after conviction of kidnapping and raping woman at gunpoint
- Sebastian Telfair (Louisville commitment) - slapped with three-year restraining order involving his estranged wife
- Issa Thiam (Rutgers) - dismissed from team while native of Senegal faced deportation following domestic-violence charges (pleaded guilty to two of them stemming from incident slapping woman and swinging knife at her after she refused to relinquish cellphone)
- Charles Thomas (Arkansas) - arrested and charged with third-degree battery after reported argument with his former girlfriend
- Isiah Thomas (Indiana) - jury ruled he harassed female New York Knicks executive who was awarded $11.6 million in damages
- Kurt Thomas (Texas Christian) - charged with assaulting his wife
- Stuart Thomas (Stanford) - pleaded no-contest in plea bargain reducing felony charge to misdemeanor in connection with reported sexual assault in campus dormitory
- Ali Thompson (Arkansas) - imprisoned for beating mother of his child
- James Thompson (South Carolina signee/Eastern Michigan) - arrested for alleged domestic abuse despite USC coach Frank Martin calling him "an awesome kid"
- Joshua Tinch (Louisville) - football WR who also played hoops under coach Rick Pitino was terminated as high school instructor after female student complained of inappropriate contact with her when she was 16 shortly following his hiring
- Marlon Towns (Arkansas/Murray State) - arrested on charges of domestic assault and marijuana possession
- Gary Trent (Ohio University) - arrested on domestic-violence charge accused of assaulting girlfriend
- Mack Tuck (Colorado) - kicked off team following arrest for allegedly threatening 6 1/2-month pregnant teenager who refused to have sex with him
- Rodney Tucker (Florida State/Auburn) - missed season facing first-degree felony charge of sexual battery on physically helpless victim while she slept after night of clubbing
- Carlos Turner (South Carolina signee) - Louisville product was accused of breaking into home of former girlfriend and stabbing mother of two of his children seven times before turning weapon on himself
- Sean Tyson (Clemson) - charged with assaulting female student
- David Vaughn III (Memphis State) - domestic violence arrest
- Herman Veal (Maryland) - disciplined for allegedly making unwarranted sexual advance toward female student
- Toby Veal (Colorado/Virginia Commonwealth/Paine GA) - violated school's weapons policy
- Lagerald Vick (SMU signee/Kansas) - although never charged with crime, school probe resulted in recommendation of two years probation after determining he likely committed domestic violence
- Charlie Villanueva (Connecticut) - domestic assault charge
- Clyde Wade III (Memphis) - domestic-assault charges involving mother of their twins
- Maurice "Boo" Wade (Wisconsin) - sentenced to 18 months probation and ordered to complete domestic-violence counseling
- Kenny Walker (Kentucky) - pleaded guilty to menacing his wife
- Martez Walker (Texas/Oakland) - charged with misdemeanor assault
- Toraino Walker (Connecticut) - spent time in detention home in high school after pleading guilty to battery charge in incident involving young woman during double date
- John Wallace (Syracuse) - girlfriend withdrew harassment charge alleging he punched her in face and choked her during quarrel
- Rasheed Wallace (North Carolina) - misdemeanor assault involving ex-girlfriend
- Jake Walter (Xavier commitment) - seven-footer charged as juvenile with rape and sodomy before accusation was dismissed and documents in case ordered to be sealed
- Carlo Walton (Iowa State) - arrested after allegedly beating his girlfriend in a bar parking lot
- Travis Walton (Michigan State) - allowed to continue duties as student-assistant coach after criminally charged for punching female student at bar
- Chris Washburn (North Carolina State) - convicted of misdemeanor charge of pushing and slapping female student at NCSU
- Brock Washington (Michigan State) - freshman walk-on underwent investigation for criminal sexual conduct (forcibly groping woman) before state AG decided not to press charges
- Jermaine Watson (Boston College) - evicted from his apartment following incident allegedly precipitated by pushing of woman at party
- Marcus Watson (Oklahoma State) - second cousin to coach Mike Boynton was suspended entire season following protective order filed against Pokes' highest-rated freshman recruit for 2019-20 by ex-girlfriend of former OSU player (county DA's office chose to not pursue criminal charges)
- Maurice Watson Jr. (Boston University/Creighton) - pleaded no-contest to misdemeanor assault and sentenced to five days he'd already served in jail
- Kenyan Weaks (Florida) - placed on conduct probation following dormitory altercation with woman
- Kass Weaver (Wisconsin/Richmond) - charged with domestic assault and malicious wounding
- Marcus Webb (Alabama) - pleaded guilty to reduced charge of indecent assault
- Bonzi Wells (Ball State) - arrested after allegedly assaulting woman who refused to have sex with him
- Delonte West (St. Joseph's) - domestic dispute
- Robert Whaley (Missouri signee/Cincinnati) - charged with sexual misconduct in alleged rape of 13-year-old friend of his sister although trial ended with hung jury
- Jahidi White (Georgetown) - prosecutors declined to file charges because of insufficient evidence after Salt Lake woman said she was drugged and awoke in hotel room being raped
- Royce White (Minnesota/Iowa State) - Maxim model girlfriend filed police report alleging he beat her up
- Sherron Wilkerson (Indiana) - starter kicked off team following domestic violence arrest at 3:30 a.m.
- Darrell Williams (Oklahoma State) - convicted of sexual battery and rape by instrumentation although verdict was overturned by court of appeals
- DeShaun Williams (Syracuse/Iona) - arrested for allegedly hitting team's mascot during bar fight
- Frank Williams (Illinois) - booked for domestic battery
- Jacorey Williams (Arkansas/Middle Tennessee State) - dismissed from Razorbacks squad following alleged pair of assaults at local nightclub, including one against his ex-girlfriend
- Jayson Williams (St. John's) - wife claimed abusive relationship in divorce papers
- Terrence Williams (Louisville) - domestic-violence arrest
- Tre'Von Willis (Memphis/UNLV) - pleaded no-contest to domestic battery stemming from arrest after allegedly choking female acquaintance six years older than him
- Othell Wilson (Virginia) - acquitted of rape charges, he admitted writing threatening letter to ex-girlfriend half his age at the time but did not kidnap or sexually assault her
- David Wingate (Georgetown) - encountered multiple criminal complaints from women
- Dontonio Wingfield (Cincinnati) - imprisoned for assaulting two police officers responding to domestic violence call
- Jeff Withey (Arizona/Kansas) - L.A. District Attorney's Office chose not to move forward with case after 2014 Playboy Playmate of the Year accused her ex-fiancee of domestic violence
- Enosch Wolf (Connecticut) - arrested by campus police after he was involved in domestic dispute just before 6 a.m.
- Brandon Wood (Southern Illinois/Valparaiso/Michigan State) - arrested after allegedly striking female across face
- Terry Woods (Iowa State) - pleaded guilty to reduced charges in connection with kidnapping case involving woman
- Tony Woods (Wake Forest/Oregon) - arrested and charged with assaulting live-in girlfriend
- Doug Wrenn (Connecticut/Washington) - convicted of cyber-stalking and telephone harassment
- Lorenzen Wright (Memphis) - prior to arrest for his murder, ex-wife claimed abusive behavior in book she wrote
"If we have one of those cases (sexual assault), that's very problematic," pious NCAA President Mark Emmert told USA Today while five of every six universities refused to provide disciplinary records to the publication's network for a "Predator Pipeline" profile despite federal law giving schools explicit permission to provide such information. Question for Emmert: How about hundreds of cases plus one? If they bother to digest this lengthy list (including murders) or discern how often local "Mr.-Fix-It" go-to defense attorney is utilized by athletes, it might be time for four-million-dollar-a-year Emmert and shameful thumb-sucking university presidents to emerge from fetal position in their ivory towers, cease deliberate indifference and finally add a few paragraphs citing penalties for sexual misconduct to 440-page rules book. More to the point, how about elevating scholastic standards to emphasize genuine student-athletes less likely to be involved in sordid activities? Let's face it: Stupid people do dumb things. A correlation connecting delinquency of college cagers and crime is certainly an inconvenient truth requiring better leadership than insulated higher-education parasites and lame-stream #MessMedia leeches; not to mention grievance-industry NBA players probably supporting the aforementioned list as much as social scholars do common criminals in Atlanta, Minneapolis, St. Louis, WI, etc.
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle January 6 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as GQ cover boy #ColonKrapernick tried to pinpoint where Iran is on a map, 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 the 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 hoops 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 January 6 in football at the professional level (especially wide receivers for San Diego Chargers in playoff game following 2007 season):
JANUARY 6
San Diego Chargers WR Chris Chambers (played hoops briefly for Wisconsin under coach Dick Bennett in 1997-98) had six pass receptions for 121 yards in a 17-6 AFC wild-card playoff win against the Tennessee Titans following 2007 season. 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) had five pass receptions for 114 yards - including a 25-yard touchdown from Philip Rivers.
TE Tony Gonzalez (averaged 6.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg for California from 1994-95 through 1996-97) provided the Kansas City Chiefs' lone touchdown with a six-yard pass from Trent Green in 23-8 AFC wild-card playoff setback against the Indianapolis Colts following 2006 season.
New Orleans Saints WR Willie Jackson (started five hoops games for Florida in 1989-90) had nine pass receptions in a 34-16 NFC divisional-round playoff setback against the Minnesota Vikings following 2000 season.
San Francisco 49ers DB Ronnie Lott (USC hooper as junior in 1979-80) returned an interception 58 yards for fourth-quarter touchdown in 41-13 NFC divisional-round playoff win against the Minnesota Vikings following 1989 season.
San Francisco 49ers WR Terrell Owens (UTC hooper from 1993-94 through 1995-96 started five games) closed out 2001 regular season with two first-quarter touchdown passes from Jeff Garcia (56 and 60 yards) in a 38-0 win against the New Orleans Saints early in 2002.
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle January 5 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as GQ cover boy #ColonKrapernick tried to pinpoint where Iran is on a map, 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 the 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 hoops 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 January 5 in football at the professional level (especially Antwaan Randle El in wild-card playoff games following 2002 and 2007 seasons):
JANUARY 5
New England Patriots LB Don Blackmon (collected 42 points and 32 rebounds in 12 games for Tulsa in 1977-78) registered two sacks in a 27-20 AFC divisional-round playoff win against the Oakland Raiders following 1985 season.
San Diego Chargers DT Ernie Ladd (intended on only playing hoops for Grambling before legendary coach Eddie Robinson got him to play football) had a sack in 51-10 win against the Boston Patriots in AFL championship game following 1963 season.
San Francisco 49ers WR Terrell Owens (UTC hooper from 1993-94 through 1995-96 started five games) had nine pass receptions for 177 yards - including two touchdowns from Jeff Garcia (76 and 26 yards) - in a 39-38 wild-card win against the New York Giants following 2002 season. 49ers WR Tai Streets (collected four points and seven rebounds in 13 games for Michigan's NIT titlist in 1997 under coach Steve Fisher) caught game-winning TD pass from Garcia with one minute remaining in fourth quarter.
WR Antwaan Randle El (member of Indiana's 1999 NCAA Tournament team) returned a punt 66 yards for the Pittsburgh Steelers' first touchdown in 36-33 AFC wild-card playoff win against the Cleveland Browns following 2002 season. Five years later, Randle El had a seven-yard TD reception for the Washington Redskins' first score in 35-14 NFC wild-card playoff setback against the Seattle Seahawks following 2007 campaign.
Fierce Rivalries: Nothing Compares to Intra-State Conference Competition
Was it worth the outlandish outrage? Perhaps Kansas' sanctimonious athletic department shouldn't have been quite so "incensed" by the NCAA's original decision amid corruption probe to suspend scholarly center Silvio De Sousa for two full seasons. Jayhawks coach Bill "Just Got to Get a Couple of Real Guys" Self's previous bluster he would "fight for Silvio" and "Silvio is the type of student-athlete college athletics needs" rang a mite hollow after stool-wielding De Sousa's thuggish raising of a potential weapon significantly higher than taunting major's anemic scoring average (2.6 ppg) during brawl in disability-seating section at end of game against arch-rival Kansas State. Let's hope dearly-departed De Sousa can elevate or fight to keep gpa above 2.6 after moving on following sickening showmanship.
Media personalities failing to comprehend the gravity of De Sousa's actions should be confined to a mentally-challenged section of press area. What's new? It takes a long time to read about Self-less' prominent players who've run afoul of the law since KU captured 2008 NCAA title in midst of an off-the-books sale of nearly $900,000 worth of basketball tickets to brokers over five-year span.
Well, the faces change on rosters, but the intensity of power league intrastate match-ups and zeal for tickets remains when they come to blows in conference play. If in doubt about raw emotions, see video of conclusion of K-State's confrontation at KU. Sans #NannyPathetic's juvenile pen collection and #Demonrat ceremonial impeachment parade testing jolly Jerry "The White Urkel" Nadler's athletic prowess, regional hoop fans eagerly anticipate the following intra-conference "bragging rights" games (series records are through 2019-20):
| Leader/Opponent | Series Record | Season Started | Series Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama/Auburn | 96-66 | 1924 | Auburn, which defeated Alabama three times in 1998-99 by an average of 29.3 points, won 26 of 30 assignments from 1958 through 1971 before the Crimson Tide won 18 of the next 19. |
| Arizona/Arizona State | 153-85 | 1914 | Arizona won 46 of first 55 meetings to 1937, 17 in a row from 1945 to 1952 and 24 of 25 from 1996 through 2007. |
| Baylor/Texas Christian | 100-85 | 1909 | TCU lost first seven meetings before winning nine in a row. Baylor won 14 straight from 1935 to 1942 and 11 consecutive contests from 2013 through 2017. TCU won 12 successive games from 1981 to 1987. |
| Bradley/Illinois State | 68-62 | 1905 | Ten consecutive contests were decided by fewer than seven points from 1996 through 2000. ISU won 16 of 18 games from 2009 to 2018. |
| California/Stanford | 152-126 | 1912 | Cal won 14 in a row from 1924-25 through 1929-30 and 24 of 25 to 1933-34. Stanford won 10 straight at the turn of the century, including a 51-point triumph in 2000. |
| Duke/North Carolina State | 148-102 | 1912 | Duke won 15 straight from 1941 to 1947 before losing 12 of 13 from 1947 to 1952. N.C. State also won nine consecutive confrontations in the mid-1970s. The Blue Devils won 13 in a row from 1998 through 2002. |
| Duke/Wake Forest | 174-79 | 1906 | Duke won 40 of 42 meetings from 1928 through 1948 with the two setbacks in that span coming by a total of seven points. Wake won eight straight from 1981 to 1984 and nine in a row from 1993 to 1997. The Blue Devils won 18 of 19 tilts between them prior to splitting games in 2019-20. |
| Florida State/Miami (Fla.) | 49-36 | 1951 | FSU won 11 of 12 games from 2006 to 2012. |
| Idaho/Idaho State | 61-49 | 1933 | Idaho won 14 games in a row from 1987-88 to 1993-94. Idaho State won 13 of 15 contests from 1971-72 to 1978-79. |
| Illinois/Northwestern | 138-42 | 1908 | Illini twice won 16 in a row (from 1946-47 through 1954-55 and 1983-84 through 1990-91). Northwestern's best extended stretch was winning eight of 14 contests from 1928 to 1939. |
| Kansas/Kansas State | 199-94 | 1907 | Kansas won 31 games in a row from 1993-94 through 2004-05 in the fourth-most frequently played series in Division I. The Wildcats won 25 of 36 contests from 1967-68 to through 1982-83. |
| Michigan/Michigan State | 101-84 | 1909 | Michigan won 12 straight from 1921 through 1927, 10 of 11 from 1935 through 1940 and 13 of 15 from 1970 to 1978. MSU defeated the Wolverines three times in 2019 and has won 29 of last 42 outings overall (nine of last 13). |
| Mississippi State/Mississippi | 145-117 | 1914 | Both schools have won more than 65% of their home assignments. MSU won the first nine games in the series, 16 of the first 18 and 15 of 18 from 1955 through 1963. Ole Miss won eight straight in the early 1980s and eight of nine from 2013-14 to 2017-18. |
| Montana/Montana State | 153-148 | 1903 | Second-most frequently played series in Division I. Montana State, which prevailed in 19 of first 21 contests to 1917-18, had winning record in series until dropping 19 of last 20 outings. UM also won 11 in a row from 1938-39 to 1941-42. |
| North Carolina/Duke | 139-114 | 1920 | UNC won 16 straight from 1921 through 1928 and 16 of 17 in the mid-1970s (three-point overtime loss in 1975). The Blue Devils won all three assignments in 1998-99 by an average margin of 18.3 points. The two teams would have split their last 102 match-ups if Heels didn't lose at home in OT last season. When they met in 2020, it was first time in 60 years that neither school was nationally ranked. |
| North Carolina/North Carolina State | 160-78 | 1913 | Carolina won 16 of 17 contests from 1922 to 1930, 17 of 18 from 1934 to 1942 and 14 of 15 from 1967 to 1972. Roy Williams won 33 of his first 37 assignments against NCSU as coach of the Tar Heels. |
| North Carolina/Wake Forest | 162-67 | 1911 | UNC won 29 of 31 games from 1919 through 1936, 23 of 27 from 1966 through 1975, 23 of 24 from 1982 through 1992, and 11 of last 13 outings. |
| North Carolina State/Wake Forest | 146-106 | 1911 | The Wolfpack won 16 of 19 games from 1928 to 1937, 19 of 22 from 1942 through 1952, 16 of 18 from 1954 through 1959 and 10 of 11 from 1985 to 1990. Wake won nine of first 11 meetings, including a 41-point victory in 1912. |
| Oklahoma/Oklahoma State | 140-100 | 1908 | Oklahoma was victorious in first 11 meetings, 26 of first 28 and 44 of first 53. The Aggies/Cowboys prevailed in 14 of 16 outings from 1940 to 1947. |
| Oregon State/Oregon | 190-164 | 1903 | Most frequently played series in Division I by more than 50 games. The Beavers won 14 of 16 contests from 1954 to 1959, 16 of 17 from 1962 to 1966 and 15 straight from 1980 to 1986. The Ducks won 19 of 20 outings from 1994-95 through 2002-03. |
| Purdue/Indiana | 122-89 | 1901 | Purdue won 50 of first 60 meetings with archrival. IU won 13 in a row from 1949 to 1955 and 25 of 42 from 1973 through 1993. The Boilermakers have prevailed in 10 of last 11 outings. |
| Tennessee/Vanderbilt | 124-75 | 1922 | The Volunteers, who are 72-20 at Knoxville, won 25 of 26 games overall from 1937 to 1950 and 25 of 30 from 1968 through 1982. Vandy's longest winning streak was six in the mid-1950s. The Vols have won eight of last nine outings. |
| Texas/Baylor | 163-93 | 1906 | UT won 16 of 17 games from 1914 to 1921, 14 of 15 from 1924 through 1930 and 24 in a row from 1999 to 2009. |
| Texas/Texas Christian | 111-68 | 1915 | Texas won the first 13 meetings, 10 straight from 1945 to 1950, eight in succession from 1977 through 1980, eight in a row from 1988 to 1991 before the SWC disbanded in 1996 and 11 consecutive from 1995 through 2015. TCU's longest winning streak was seven from 1982 through 1985. |
| Texas/Texas Tech | 87-61 | 1940 | Texas posted only one triumph over Texas Tech (75-74) in a 15-game stretch of their series from 1970 through 1976. The Longhorns won 11 straight from 1988 to 1993 and 13 in a row from 1998 to 2003. |
| Texas Tech/Baylor | 80-58 | 1937 | Tech won 10 straight from 1976 to 1980 and 1983 to 1987. |
| Texas Tech/Texas Christian | 84-52 | 1932 | Texas Tech won 12 of 13 from 1960 to 1966 and 19 straight from 1973 through 1981. |
| UCLA/Southern California | 143-111 | 1928 | UCLA's only two defeats in a 38-game stretch from 1964 through 1979 were back-to-back setbacks by a total of three points. USC won 42 in a row from 1932 to 1943, including nine consecutive seasons when the Trojans pulled off 4-0 sweeps. |
| Virginia/Virginia Tech | 95-56 | 1915 | Virginia won 10 of first 11, 15 of 17 from 1931 through 1941 and nine straight from 1978 to 1984. The Hokies twice won nine straight (from 1948 to 1952 and 1959 through 1965). UVA is 40-13 in Charlottesville. |
| Washington/Washington State | 185-106 | 1910 | UW won first seven meetings in the third-most frequently played series in Division I, all-time high 17 straight from 1923 to 1930, 14 of 16 from 1932 to 1936, 28 of 32 from 1952 through 1963, eight straight from 1971 to 1975 and eight straight from 1983 to 1987. WSU won 17 of 26 from 1945 to 1951 and seven in a row from 2006 through 2008. |
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle January 4 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as GQ cover boy #ColonKrapernick tried to pinpoint where Iran is on a map, 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 the 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 hoops 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 January 4 in football at the professional level (especially the Cleveland Browns in AFC playoffs following 1980 campaign):
JANUARY 4
Minnesota Vikings QB Joe Kapp (backup forward averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.2 rpg for California's PCC champions in 1957 and 1958) threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Gene Washington in 27-7 NFL championship game win against the Cleveland Browns following 1969 season.
Cleveland Browns WR Dave Logan (three-time scoring runner-up averaged 14.1 ppg and 6.3 rpg for Colorado in mid-1970s) had two pass receptions for 36 yards in a 14-12 AFC divisional round playoff setback against the Oakland Raiders following 1980 season. Browns RB Greg Pruitt (Oklahoma frosh hooper in 1969-70) caught three passes for 54 yards. Browns WR Reggie Rucker (averaged 6.8 ppg and 3.8 rpg for Boston University in 1966-67) caught two passes for 38 yards.
Indianapolis Colts DB David Macklin (collected 13 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists for Penn State in 15 basketball games as freshman in 1996-97) returned two interceptions a total of 52 yards in 41-10 win against the Denver Broncos in wild-card playoff game following 2003 season.
Dallas Cowboys RB Preston Pearson (swingman averaged 8.7 ppg and 6 rpg as Illinois senior in 1966-67) caught three of four touchdown passes by Roger Staubach (Navy varsity hooper in 1962-63) in a 37-7 NFC championship game win against the Los Angeles Rams following 1975 season.
Kansas City Chiefs WR Andre Rison (backup hoops guard for Michigan State in 1987-88) had playoff career-highs of eight pass catches and 110 receiving yards in a 14-10 AFC divisional round playoff setback against the Denver Broncos following 1997 season. Broncos DE Alfred Williams (Colorado hooper in 1989-90) had two sacks.
The Cage Crusades: Gonzaga Joined Long List of Postseason Jesuit Jewels
In 2016-17, NCAA playoff runner-up Gonzaga became one of only five different Jesuit schools a total of seven times reaching the NCAA Tournament Final Four since 1990 (joining Georgetown 07/Marquette 03/Loyola of Chicago 18/Villanova 09-16-18).
The first year both the NCAA Tournament and NIT finals had Jesuit school representation was 1943. In a 33-year span ending in 1975 (first season NCAA playoff field expanded to at least 32 entrants), only five years (1946-50-57-64-66) emerged when neither the NCAA nor NIT had a Jesuit institution participate in their championship contests.
The "Catholic League" dominated national postseason competition in 1955 when all four title-tilt participants were linked to the largest Christian church. Are we in midst of another "J-school" revival? Dayton, Gonzaga and Villanova were legitimate Final Four contenders last season before COVID-19 contaminated postseason play. Creighton could replace Dayton among trio in same category this campaign in Indy. Following is a list of championship game appearances for Jesuit schools in aforementioned 33-year span from mid-1940s to mid-1970s:
Year NCAA Tourney Final NIT Final 1943 Georgetown St. John's 1944 DePaul/St. John's 1945 DePaul 1946 No Jesuit school participants in NCAA or NIT final 1947 Holy Cross 1948 St. Louis 1949 Loyola of Chicago/San Francisco 1950 No Jesuit school participants in NCAA or NIT final 1951 Dayton 1952 St. John's Dayton 1953 St. John's/Seton Hall 1954 La Salle Duquesne/Holy Cross 1955 La Salle/San Francisco Dayton/Duquesne 1956 San Francisco Dayton 1957 No Jesuit school participants in NCAA or NIT final 1958 Seattle Dayton/Xavier 1959 St. John's 1960 Providence 1961 Providence/St. Louis 1962 Dayton/St. John's 1963 Loyola of Chicago Canisius/Providence 1964 No Jesuit school participants in NCAA or NIT final 1965 Villanova 1966 No Jesuit school participants in NCAA or NIT final 1967 Dayton Marquette 1968 Dayton 1969 Boston College 1970 Marquette/St. John's 1971 Villanova 1972 Niagara 1973 Notre Dame 1974 Marquette 1975 Providence
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle January 3 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as GQ cover boy #ColonKrapernick tried to pinpoint where Iran is on a map, 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 the 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 hoops 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 January 3 in football at the professional level (especially for San Francisco 49ers in playoff games following 1970, 1981 and 1998 seasons):
JANUARY 3
Philadelphia Eagles WR Harold Carmichael (starter two seasons for Southern LA averaged 9.8 ppg and 10.6 rpg in 1969-70) had a playoff-career high seven pass receptions in 31-16 divisional-round win against the Minnesota Vikings in 1981.
Baltimore Colts CB Jim Duncan (UMES hooper) returned four kickoffs for 105 yards (26.3 average) in a 27-17 AFC Conference playoff win against the Oakland Raiders following 1970 season.
TE Darren Fells (averaged 10.2 ppg and 6.3 rpg from 2004-05 through 2007-08, leading UCI in rebounding each of last three seasons) opened the Arizona Cardinals' scoring by catching a touchdown pass in 27-16 wild-card playoff setback against the Carolina Panthers following 2014 season.
San Diego Chargers TE Antonio Gates (second-team All-MAC selection in 2002 when Kent State finished runner-up in South Regional) had eight pass receptions in a 23-17 wild-card playoff win in overtime against the Indianapolis Colts following 2008 season.
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) had three pass receptions for 84 yards in a 38-22 NFC divisional playoff setback against the San Francisco 49ers following 1997 season. 49ers RB Terry Kirby (averaged 3.4 ppg as Virginia freshman in 1989-90 and 2.1 as sophomore in 1990-91) rushed for two touchdowns on goal-line plunges.
TE Demetrius Harris (led Milwaukee in FG% and rebounding as senior in 2012-13) contributed the Kansas City Chiefs' final score with a 15-yard touchdown reception from Alex Smith in 23-17 win against the Oakland Raiders in 2015 season finale.
Baltimore Ravens TE Todd Heap (grabbed 14 rebounds in 11 games for Arizona State in 1999-00) caught a 35-yard touchdown pass in 20-17 wild-card playoff setback against the Tennessee Titans following 2003 season.
St. Louis Rams WR Jordan Kent (part-time starter for Oregon under his father while averaging 3.1 ppg and 3.3 rpg from 2003-04 through 2005-06) had his lone NFL pass reception (five yards against San Francisco 49ers in 2009 regular-season finale).
San Francisco 49ers DB Ronnie Lott (USC hooper as junior in 1979-80) had two interceptions - returning one 20 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown - in 38-24 NFC divisional playoff win against the New York Giants following 1981 season.
San Francisco 49ers WR Terrell Owens (UTC hooper from 1993-94 through 1995-96 started five games) caught a game-winning 25-yard touchdown pass from Steve Young in 30-27 NFC wild-card playoff win against the Green Bay Packers following 1998 season.
Carolina Panthers DE Julius Peppers (averaged 5.7 ppg and 3.7 rpg while shooting 60.7% from floor for North Carolina in 1999-00 and 2000-01) returned an interception 34 yards in 29-10 NFC wild-card playoff win against the Dallas Cowboys following 2003 season.
San Francisco 49ers TE Bob Windsor (played two games for Kentucky in 1965-66 under coach Adolph Rupp) caught three passes for 70 yards in a 17-10 NFC championship game setback against the Dallas Cowboys following 1970 season.
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle January 2 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as GQ cover boy #ColonKrapernick tried to pinpoint where Iran is on a map, 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 the 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 hoops 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 January 2 in football at the professional level (especially early in 2005 at end of 2004 season):
JANUARY 2
Miami Dolphins WR Chris Chambers (played hoops briefly for Wisconsin under coach Dick Bennett in 1997-98) caught four passes for 146 yards in a 30-23 setback against the Baltimore Ravens in 2004 season finale early in 2005. Ravens LB Adalius Thomas (averaged 2.9 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Southern Mississippi in 1996-97 and 1997-98) had two sacks and forced two fumbles.
Kansas City Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez (averaged 6.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg for California from 1994-95 through 1996-97) caught 14 passes for 144 yards in a 24-17 setback against the San Diego Chargers in 2004 season finale early in 2005.
Miami Dolphins QB Bob Griese (sophomore guard for Purdue in 1964-65) opened game's scoring by throwing a 75-yard touchdown pass to Paul Warfield in 21-0 AFC championship playoff win against the Baltimore Colts following 1971 season.
Kansas City Chiefs rookie WR Tony Hargain (averaged 2.3 ppg for Oregon from 1986-87 through 1988-89 under coach Don Monson) caught two passes for 46 yards in a 17-0 setback against the San Diego Chargers in AFC wild-card game following 1992 season.
Green Bay Packers RB Paul Hornung (averaged 6.1 ppg in 10 contests for Notre Dame in 1954-55) rushed for a 13-yard touchdown in 23-12 NFL championship game win against the Cleveland Browns following 1965 season.
Philadelphia Eagles rookie QB Donovan McNabb (averaged 2.3 points in 18 games for Syracuse in 1995-96 and 1996-97) threw three touchdown passes in a 38-31 win against the St. Louis Rams in 1999 season finale early in 2000.
Washington Redskins TE Robert Royal (collected 10 points and six rebounds in five LSU basketball games in 2000-01) caught a touchdown pass in his third consecutive contest in 2004 regular-season finale early in 2005.
Miami Dolphins WR Lamar Thomas (collected 16 points and 4 rebounds in four games for Miami FL in 1990-91) caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from Dan Marino in the fourth quarter to provide the difference in 24-17 wild-card playoff win against the Buffalo Bills following 1998 season early in 1999.
New York Jets DE Marvin Washington (played in 1985 NCAA Tournament with UTEP under coach Don Haskins before averaging 2.9 ppg and 5.7 rpg for Idaho under Tim Floyd in 1987-88) had career-high 2 1/2 sacks in a 24-0 setback against the Houston Oilers at end of 1993 regular season.
Dallas Cowboys P Ron Widby (three-time All-SEC selection averaged 18.1 ppg and 8.4 rpg for Tennessee from 1964-65 through 1966-67) punted six times for 270 yards (45.0 average) in a 14-3 NFC championship game win against the San Francisco 49ers following 1971 season early in 1972.
Happy Birthday! January Celebration Dates for A-As and HOF Coaches
A high this month of eight All-Americans were born on January 7th followed by seven on the 26th. Kansas, Kentucky and Notre Dame contributed the most A-As born in January with five apiece. Marquette (Dwayne Wade and Sam Worthen on 17th) and the Fighting Irish (David Rivers and Dick Rosenthal on 20th) each have two All-Americans born on the same day this month. Kenny Sailors, who passed away five years before celebrating his 100th birthday this month, is one of three former Wyoming A-As born in January. Following are All-Americans and Hall of Fame coaches born this month:
JANUARY
1: All-Americans Ronald Glen "Big Baby" Davis (born in 1986/Louisiana State), Travis Grant (1950/Kentucky State), George Gregory Jr. (1906/Columbia), Ronnie Lester (1959/Iowa), Mike Mitchell (1956/Auburn) and Waldo Wegner (1913/Iowa State).
2: All-Americans Hal Gensichen (1921/Western Michigan), Luke Harangody (1988/Notre Dame), Kirk Hinrich (1981/Kansas), Chris Thomforde (1947/Princeton) and Michael Young (1961/Houston).
3: All-Americans Jay Edwards (1969/Indiana), Don May (1946/Dayton), Doug McDermott (1992/Creighton) and Jason Sasser (1974/Texas Tech).
4: All-Americans Sidney Green (1961/UNLV) and Bob Morse (1951/Penn).
5: All-Americans Rod Fletcher (1930/Illinois), Ryan Minor (1974/Oklahoma), Rick Mount (1947/Purdue), George Munroe (1922/Dartmouth and Tyler Ulis (1996/Kentucky) plus Hall of Fame coach Luigi "Lou" Carnesecca (1925/St. John's).
6: All-Americans Sean Kilpatrick (1990/Cincinnati), Duane Klueh (1926/Indiana State), Tom Marshall (1931/Western Kentucky) and Dwayne "Pearl" Washington (1964/Syracuse).
7: All-Americans Todd Day (1970/Arkansas), Reece Gaines (1981/Louisville), Jerry Nemer (1912/Southern California), Don Rehfeldt (1927/Wisconsin), Edgar Sonderman (1916/Syracuse), Jim Spivey (1935/Southeastern Oklahoma State), Bill Uhl Sr. (1933/Dayton) and Michael Wright (1980/Arizona).
8: All-Americans Bill Closs (1922/Rice), John "Hook" Dillon (1924/North Carolina), Chris Douglas-Roberts (1987/Memphis), Tre Jones (2000/Duke), Todd Lichti (1967/Stanford) and Calvin Natt (1957/Northeast Louisiana) plus Hall of Fame coach Davey Whitney (1930/Alcorn State).
9: All-Americans Michael Beasley (1989/Kansas State) and James "Scoonie" Penn (1977/Ohio State).
10: All-Americans Paul Birch (1910/Duquesne) and Glenn Robinson Jr. (1973/Purdue) plus Hall of Fame coach Lou Henson (1932/Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State and Illinois).
11: All-Americans Ernie Andres (1918/Indiana) and Gary Brokaw (1954/Notre Dame).
12: All-Americans Bonzie Colson II (1996/Notre Dame), Michael "Campy" Russell (1952/Michigan) and Dominique Wilkins (1960/Georgia).
13: All-Americans Tom Gola (1933/La Salle), Vernon Hatton (1936/Kentucky) and Alec Kessler (1967/Georgia).
14: All-Americans Meyer "Mike" Bloom (1915/Temple), Aaron Brooks (1985/Oregon), Wayne Hightower (1940/Kansas) and Kenny Sailors (1921/Wyoming).
15: All-Americans Bob Davies (1920/Seton Hall), Ernie DiGregorio (1951/Providence) and Don Kojis (1939/Marquette).
16: All-Americans Don MacLean (1970/UCLA), Greivis Vasquez (1987/Maryland) and Joseph "Jo Jo" White (1946/Kansas).
17: All-Americans Bill Davis (1911/Kentucky), Quamdeen "Ayo" Dosunmu (2000/Illinois), Don Forman (1926/NYU), Dwyane Wade (1982/Marquette), Sam Worthen (1958/Marquette) and Tyler Zeller (1990/North Carolina).
18: All-Americans Isaac "Bud" Stallworth (1950/Kansas) and Jewell Young (1913/Purdue).
19: All-Americans Ron Behagen (1951/Minnesota), Jim Line (1926/Kentucky) and Bill Mlkvy (1931/Temple).
20: All-Americans Ron Harper Sr. (1964/Miami of Ohio), Bailey Howell (1937/Mississippi State), Jason Richardson (1981/Michigan State), David Rivers (1965/Notre Dame), Dick Rosenthal (1930/Notre Dame) and Grady Wallace (1934/South Carolina) plus Hall of Fame coach Norm Stewart (1935/Missouri).
21: All-Americans Roosevelt Bouie (1958/Syracuse), Simpson "Skip" Brown (1955/Wake Forest), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963/Houston), Detlef Schrempf (1963/Washington) and Tom Stith (1939/St. Bonaventure) plus Hall of Fame coaches John Chaney (1932/Temple) and Don Donoher (1932/Dayton).
22: All-Americans Dillon Brooks (1996/Oregon), Quintin Dailey (1961/San Francisco), Greg Oden (1988/Ohio State), Leon Powe (1984/California), Lennie Rosenbluth (1933/North Carolina) and Sam Williams (1945/Iowa).
23: All-American Keita Bates-Diop (1996/Ohio State).
24: All-Americans Fennis Dembo (1966/Wyoming), Kevin Magee (1959/UC Irvine) and Albert "Ab" Nicholas (1931/Wisconsin).
25: All-Americans Da'Sean Butler (1988/West Virginia), Acie Law IV (1985/Texas A&M), Chris Mills (1970/Arizona), Rollie Seltz (1924/Hamline MN), Emilio "Zeke" Sinicola (1929/Niagara) and Walt Wesley (1945/Kansas).
26: All-Americans MarShon Brooks (1989/Providence), Vince Carter (1977/North Carolina), Bill Hapac (1918/Illinois), Tom Henderson (1952/Hawaii), Dick McGuire (1926/St. John's), Kevin Pangos (1993/Gonzaga) and Sylvester "Sly" Williams (1958/Rhode Island) plus Hall of Fame coach Walter "Doc" Meanwell (1884/Wisconsin and Missouri).
27: All-Americans Wesley Cox (1955/Louisville), Russell Lee (1950/Marshall) and Tony Windis (1933/Wyoming).
28: All-Americans Michael Cage (1962/San Diego State), Mark Madsen (1976/Stanford), Payton Pritchard (1998/Oregon) and Isaiah Wong (2001/Miami).
29: All-Americans Greg Ballard (1955/Oregon), Vinnie Ernst (1942/Providence) and Stacey King (1967/Oklahoma).
30: All-Americans Ernie Calverley (1924/Rhode Island State), John "Jack" Kerris (1925/Loyola of Chicago), Paul Neumann (1938/Stanford), Rick Robey (1956/Kentucky), Jalen Rose (1973/Michigan) and Mychal Thompson (1955/Minnesota) plus Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo (1955/Michigan State).
31: All-Americans Len Chappell (1941/Wake Forest) and Hal Lear (1935/Temple).
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On This Date: January Calendar for Great Games in NCAA Hoops History
Louisiana State's Pete Maravich, the NCAA's career scoring leader, still holds the all-time single-game scoring mark by an individual opponent against eight universities (Alabama, Auburn, Duquesne, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Tulane and Vanderbilt). Do you know who holds the record for highest output against the Tigers? Standard was achieved during month of January by Ole Miss' Johnny Neumann, who fired in a school-record 63 points at LSU the season after Maravich's eligibility expired.
This month also features UCLA's single-game rebounding record, a mark not established by either of celebrated centers Lew Alcindor or Bill Walton. Speaking of rebounding, existing single-game standards against a Division I opponent for Lamar and Oral Roberts were set in the same contest in 1972 and USC's single-game mark against a DI foe came from two different players on the same day 22 years apart. In one of the most dominating performances of 20th Century, Rick Barry set Miami FL scoring and rebounding records in the same game. Following is a day-by-day calendar citing memorable moments in January college basketball history:
JANUARY
1 - Hank Luisetti (50 points vs. Duquesne at Cleveland in 1938) set Stanford's single-game scoring record. . . . Seton Hall's school-record 46-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by William & Mary (57-55 in 1954). . . . Penn opposed Yale in 1927 in debut game at the legendary Palestra in Philadelphia. . . . Bailey Howell (34 vs. Louisiana State in 1957) set Mississippi State's single-game rebounding record.
2 - Chris Collier (49 points vs. Butler in 1991) set Georgia State's single-game scoring record. Collier's output is also an all-time high by an Atlantic Sun Conference player. . . . Mississippi State's school-record 35-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Auburn (64-48 in 1960). . . . Morehead State's Steve Hamilton (38 vs. Florida State in 1957) and Murray State's Dick Cunningham (36 vs. MacMurray IL in 1967) set school single-game rebounding records. . . . Eventual MLB INF Jack Kubiszyn scored a career-high 47 points for Alabama in a game against Mississippi College in 1957.
3 - Markus Howard (52 points at Providence in 2018) set Marquette's single-game scoring record and tied Big East Conference contest standard. . . . Wake Forest snapped North Carolina State's school-record 36-game winning streak (83-78 in 1975). . . . Brigham Young's school-record 53-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Wake Forest (94-87 in 2009). . . . Pacific Coast Conference cellar dweller Oregon upset NCAA Tournament champion-to-be California in 1959. . . . DePaul's Ken Warzynski (28 vs. Harvard in 1970), Long Beach State's Michael Zeno (22 vs. Loyola Marymount in 1983) and Wisconsin's Paul Morrow (30 vs. Purdue in 1953) set school single-game rebounding records against a major-college opponent.
4 - Ball State's Chris Williams (48 points at Akron in overtime in 2003), Jacksonville State's Trenton Marshall (37 at Southeast Missouri State in 2010), Lamar's Mike James (52 vs. Louisiana College in 2011), Loyola Marymount's Bo Kimble (54 at St. Joseph's in 1990) and Texas-El Paso's Jim Barnes (51 vs. Western New Mexico in 1964) set school single-game scoring records. Kimble won game in Philly hometown with running three-pointer after crossing half-court on dribble along left sideline. . . . In 2003, Butler's Darnell Archey established an NCAA Division I standard by converting his 74th of 85 consecutive free throws. . . . Illinois' school-record 31-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Iowa (60-59 in 1986). . . . Delaware's Jack Waddington (31 vs. Rutgers in 1956), Middle Tennessee State's Mike Milholland (32 vs. Austin Peay State in 1965), Nebraska's Bill Johnson (26 vs. Iowa State in 1954), Nevada's Pete Padgett (30 vs. Loyola Marymount in 1973) and Valparaiso's Chris Ensminger (24 vs. Northeastern Illinois in 1996) set school single-game rebounding records.
5 - Eastern Washington's Rodney Stuckey (45 points at Northern Arizona in 2006), Michigan State's Terry Furlow (50 vs. Iowa in 1976) and West Virginia's Hot Rod Hundley (54 vs. Furman in 1957) set school single-game scoring records. . . . Stephen F. Austin State's Scott Dimak (40 at Texas Southern in 1989) set school single-game scoring record against a DI opponent. . . . In 1991, Loyola Marymount's 186-point output is the highest in NCAA history by a team in a single game and Kevin Bradshaw's 72-point outburst for U.S. International CA is the most ever for a player against a major-college opponent. . . . Fairfield's Darren Phillip (25 vs. Marist in 2000), Texas-San Antonio's Lennell Moore (25 vs. Centenary in 1987) and Tulane's Mel Payton (31 vs. Mississippi State in 1951) set school single-game rebounding records against a DI opponent. . . . Sacramento State's NCAA-record 56-game losing streak away from home (road and neutral sites) ended with a 68-56 success at Loyola of Chicago in 1995.
6 - Drexel's John Rankin (44 points vs. Rider in 1988), Pepperdine's William "Bird" Averitt (57 vs. Nevada-Reno in 1973) and Xavier's Steve Thomas (50 vs. Detroit in 1964) set school single-game scoring records. Averitt's output is also a West Coast Conference record in league competition. . . . Ernie Losch (41 vs. Utah State in 1973) tied Tulane's single-game scoring record against a Division I opponent. . . . Bob Mortell (24 vs. Virginia Military in 1960) set Virginia's single-game rebounding record against a DI opponent.
7 - UC Riverside's Rickey Porter (40 points at Pacific in 2006), Michigan's Rudy Tomjanovich (48 vs. Indiana in overtime in 1969) and Southwest Texas State's Lynwood Wade (42 vs. Sam Houston State in double overtime in 1993) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Odell Johnson (40 vs. Pepperdine in 1956) set Saint Mary's single-game scoring record against a major-college opponent. . . . North Carolina hit an NCAA-record 94.1% of its second-half field-goal attempts (16-of-17 vs. Virginia in 1978). . . . Niagara's Gary Bossert set an NCAA single-game record by hitting 11 consecutive three-point field-goal attempts against Siena in 1987. . . . Long Beach State ended UNLV's Big West Conference-record 40-game winning streak (101-94 in 1993), Pacific's school-record 45-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Long Beach State (91-85 in 1973), Tennessee's school-record 37-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Gonzaga (89-79 in overtime) and UNLV's school-record 72-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by New Mexico (102-98 in 1978). . . . Alex "Boo" Ellis (31 vs. Kent State in 1957) set Niagara's single-game rebounding record.
8 - Arizona State's Eddie House (61 points at California in double overtime in 2000) set the school and tied the Pac-12 Conference single-game scoring record. . . . Michael Hicks (47 points at Cal Poly in overtime in 2001) set Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's single-game scoring record. . . . Georgia Tech snapped Kentucky's NCAA-record 129-game homecourt winning streak and SEC-record 51-game winning streak in 1955. . . . Nelson Richardson (26 vs. Manhattan in 1977) set Siena's single-game rebounding record.
9 - Cincinnati sophomore Oscar Robertson (56 points) personally outscored Seton Hall in a 118-54 rout of the Pirates at Madison Square Garden in 1958. . . . Alabama's Jerry Harper (28 vs. Mississippi State in 1956), Texas-Arlington's Albert Culton (24 vs. Northeastern in 1981), Villanova's Howard Porter (30 vs. St. Peter's in 1971) and Virginia Tech's Chris Smith (36 vs. Washington & Lee VA in 1959) set school single-game rebounding records against a major-college opponent.
10 - Connecticut's Bill Corley (51 points vs. New Hampshire in 1968), John Conforti of St. Francis NY (45 vs. Wagner in 1970), Washington's Bob Houbregs (49 vs. Idaho in 1953) and Winthrop's Melvin Branham (45 at Charleston Southern in 1994) set school single-game scoring records. . . . Navy's David Robinson (45 at James Madison in 1987) set CAA scoring record in league competition. . . . Saint Joseph's and Xavier combined to have an NCAA-record eight players foul out in 1976. . . . Connecticut's school-record 31-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Marquette (73-69 in 2007) and Western Kentucky's school-record 67-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Xavier (82-80 in overtime in 1955). . . . Ed Diddle made his Western Kentucky head coaching debut in 1923 with a 103-7 decision over the Adairville Independents en route to a school-record 759 victories. . . . Kentucky's Adolph Rupp became the coach to compile 500 victories the fastest with a 92-59 win over DePaul in 1955 (584 games in 23rd season). . . . Louisiana-Lafayette's Roy Ebron (28 vs. Northwestern State in 1972) and Vanderbilt's Clyde Lee (28 vs. Mississippi in 1966) set school single-game rebounding records.
11 - Arkansas State's Don Scaife (43 points at Samford in 1975) and NJIT's San Antonio Brinson (37 at North Florida in 2020) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Texas Tech's school-record 35-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Colorado (80-78 in 1997). . . . Alcorn State's Larry Smith (21 vs. Mississippi Valley State in 1979), UC Santa Barbara's Eric McArthur (28 vs. New Mexico State in 1990) and Dartmouth's Rudy LaRusso (32 vs. Columbia in 1958) set school single-game rebounding records against a DI opponent. . . . Bill Clark (23 vs. Oakland in 1973) set Ball State's single-game rebounding record at DI level.
12 - Bucknell's Al Leslie (45 points vs. American in 1980) set the East Coast Conference single-game scoring record. . . . Mike Olliver (50 at Portland State in 1980) set Lamar's single-game scoring record against a Division I opponent. . . . Iowa State's school-record 39-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Oklahoma State (69-66 in 2002) and Michigan State's school-record 53-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Wisconsin (64-63 in 2002). . . . Marshall's Charlie Slack (43 vs. Morris Harvey in 1954), Monmouth's Karl Towns (23 vs. Morgan State in 1985) and Robert Morris' Mike Morton (20 vs. Baltimore in 1980) set school single-game rebounding records.
13 - Boise State's Chandler Hutchison (44 points vs. San Diego State in 2018), Bowling Green's Jim Darrow (52 vs. Toledo in overtime in 1960), Cal Poly's Shanta Cotright (43 vs. George Mason in 1996), Charleston Southern's Dwyane Jackson (43 at Virginia Military in 2007), Kentucky's Jodie Meeks (54 at Tennessee in 2009), Sacramento State's Loren Leath (41 at Northern Colorado in 2009), Southeastern Louisiana's Sam Bowie (39 at Central Florida in 1996), Southeast Missouri State's Daimon Gonner (37 at Tennessee State in double overtime in 2005) and UAB's Andy Kennedy (41 vs. Saint Louis in 1991) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Oklahoma ended Kansas' NCAA-record 35-game winning streak on the road (45-19 in 1928). . . . Marquette's school-record 81-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Notre Dame (71-69 in 1973). . . . Doug Hess (27 vs. Marshall in 1971) tied Toledo's single-game rebounding record against a DI opponent.
14 - Loyola MD's Andre Walker (43 points vs. Lafayette in 2018), SIU-Edwardsville's Burak Eslik (40 vs. Morehead State in overtime in 2016), Syracuse's Bill Smith (47 vs. Lafayette in 1971) and Virginia Commonwealth's Chris Cheeks (42 vs. Old Dominion in overtime in 1989) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Damon Stoudamire (45 at Stanford in 1995) set Arizona's single-game scoring record against a DI opponent.
15 - Coppin State's school-record 42-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by North Carolina A&T (76-70 in 1997), Murray State's school-record 47-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Southeast Missouri State (84-78 in 2000) and Virginia's school-record 34-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by North Carolina (101-95 in 1983). . . . Texas-Pan American ended its NCAA-record 64-game road losing streak with a 79-62 triumph at Oral Roberts in 2000. . . . Bob Reiter (27 vs. Kansas State in 1955) set Missouri's single-game rebounding record. . . . . Bob Lazor (23 vs. Penn State in 1955) set Pittsburgh's single-game rebounding record against a major-college opponent.
16 - Columbia's school-record 34-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Penn (66-64 in 1952).
17 - New Mexico State's John Williamson (48 points at California in 1972) and UNC Wilmington's Brian Rowsom (39 at East Carolina in 1987) set school single-game scoring records. . . . Virginia Military's school-record 35-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Appalachian State (73-58 in 1979). . . . Steve Stiepler (22 vs. Charleston Southern in 1977) set James Madison's single-game rebounding record.
18 - A weekly ritual began when the Associated Press announced results of its first weekly basketball poll in 1949 (SLU was initial #1). . . . CJ Carter (45 points vs. IUPUI in 2015) set Omaha's single-game scoring record against NCAA DI opponent. . . . Indiana State's Jim Cruse (25 vs. Drake in 1997) and North Texas' Ken Williams (29 vs. Lamar in 1978) set school single-game rebounding records.
19 - UC Davis' Corey Hawkins (40 points at Hawaii in 2013), Charleston Southern's Ben Hinson (43 vs. Edward Waters FL in 1985) and New Hampshire's Brad Cirino (39 at Maine in four overtimes in 1996) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Jim Ashmore (45 vs. Mississippi in 1957) set Mississippi State's single-game scoring record against a DI opponent. . . . Notre Dame came from behind in the closing minutes to end visiting UCLA's NCAA-record 88-game winning streak in 1974. . . . George Mason's Andre Smith set an NCAA single-game record by sinking all 10 of his shots from beyond the three-point arc against James Madison in 2008. . . . Ron deVries (24 vs. Pacific in 1974) set Illinois State's single-game rebounding record against a DI opponent. . . . Chris Street, Iowa's top rebounder with 9.5 per game, died instantly in 1993 in a collision between the car he was driving and a county dumptruck/snowplow.
20 - Austin Peay's James "Fly" Williams (51 points vs. Tennessee Tech in 1973), Fordham's Ken Charles (46 vs. St. Peter's in 1973), Memphis State's Larry Finch (48 vs. St. Joseph's IN in 1973) and Oklahoma City's Gary Gray (55 at West Texas State in 1967) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Houston ended UCLA's 47-game winning streak (71-69 in Astrodome in 1968), Minnesota's school-record 40-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Nebraska (22-21 in 1905) and West Virginia's school-record 39-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by St. Bonaventure (64-63 in 1983). . . . Visiting Texas-El Paso snapped Memphis' NCAA-record 52-game winning streak in regular-season conference competition (C-USA/72-67 in 2010). . . . Cliff Robinson (28 vs. Portland State in 1978) and David Bluthenthal (28 vs. Arizona State in 2000) set and tied Southern California's single-game rebounding record against a DI opponent.
21 - Howard's Ron Williamson (52 points vs. North Carolina A&T in 2003) and Saint Joseph's Jack Egan (47 at Gettysburg PA in 1961) set school single-game scoring records. . . . Kansas' school-record 69-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Texas (74-63 in 2011) and DePaul's school-record 36-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Dayton (67-63 in 1985). . . . Terry Rutherford (21 vs. Marshall in 1978) set Western Carolina's single-game rebounding record against a Division I opponent.
22 - Lee Campbell (20 vs. Cleveland State in 1990) tied his own Missouri State single-game rebounding record against a Division I opponent.
23 - Eastern Illinois' Jay Taylor (47 points vs. Chicago State in 1989), Middle Tennessee State's Mike Milholland (44 vs. Austin Peay in 1965), Nicholls State's Anatoly Bose (46 at Northwestern State in double overtime in 2010), South Florida's Dominique Jones (46 at Providence in overtime in 2010) and Tennessee State's Anthony Mason (44 at Eastern Kentucky in 1988) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Jacksonville's James Ray (45 vs. South Florida in 1980) set Sun Belt Conference single-game scoring record in league competition. . . . Northeastern's Steve Carney (23 vs. Hartford in 1988) and Ohio University's Howard Joliff (28 vs. Kent State in 1960) set school single-game rebounding records against a DI opponent. . . . Creighton's Paul Silas (36 vs. Marquette in 1964) became the only player in NCAA DI history to twice grab more than 35 rebounds in a single game. He previously had 38 caroms vs. Centenary on 2-19-62.
24 - Appalachian State's Stan Davis (56 points at Carson-Newman TN in 1974), Chattanooga's Oliver Morton (50 vs. Pikeville KY in 2001), Loyola of New Orleans' Ty Marioneaux (53 vs. Virginia Commonwealth in 1970), North Carolina Central's Connell "C.J." Wilkerson (41 at North Carolina A&T in OT in 2011), Oakland's Travis Bader (47 vs. IUPUI in 2013) and Texas-Arlington's Steven Barber (43 at Texas-San Antonio in 2002) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . San Diego State's Ben Wardrop set an NCAA record for shortest playing time before disqualification by fouling out in only 1:11 at Colorado State in 2004. . . . Notre Dame's school-record 45-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Connecticut (69-61 in 2009).
25 - Southern's Avery Johnson tied an NCAA single-game record against DI opponent with 22 assists against Texas Southern in 1988. . . . Brigham Young's school-record 44-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Utah (79-75 in 2003). . . . East Carolina's Erroyl Bing (24 vs. South Florida in 2003), Kansas State's David Hall (27 vs. Oklahoma in 1971), Lamar's Steve Wade (27 vs. Oral Roberts in 1972), Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods (30 vs. Lamar in 1972) and Seton Hall's Nick Werkman (32 vs. Boston College in 1963) set school single-game rebounding records against a DI opponent. . . . The final 36 seconds of Ohio State's 50-44 win at Minnesota in 1972 were not played after a melee ensued following a flagrant foul on Buckeyes center Luke Witte as he attempted a layup. The Gophers, despite a pair of remainder-of-season suspensions, went on to capture the Big Ten Conference championship while OSU finished runner-up.
26 - Gonzaga's Frank Burgess (52 points vs. UC Davis in 1961) and Youngstown State's Tilman Bevely (55 vs. Tennessee Tech in 1987) set school Division I single-game scoring records. Bevely's output also tied Ohio Valley Conference record in league competition. . . . Arizona and Northern Arizona combined for an NCAA-record 130 free-throw attempts in a 1953 contest. . . . Herb Neff (36 vs. Georgia Tech in 1952) set Tennessee's single-game rebounding record.
27 - Georgia Southern's Johnny Mills (44 points vs. Samford in 1973), Indiana's Jimmy Rayl (56 vs. Minnesota in 1962), James Madison's Steve Stiepler (51 vs. Robert Morris in 1979), UNC Greensboro's Trevis Simpson (41 vs. Chattanooga in 2013) and West Texas State's Simmie Hill (42 at Texas Western in 1968) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Visiting New Mexico State overcame a 28-0 deficit to defeat Bradley in 1977. . . . Big Ten Conference perennial cellar dweller Northwestern upset Magic Johnson and NCAA Tournament champion-to-be Michigan State by 18 points in 1979 and Big Eight Conference sixth-place finisher Nebraska upset Danny Manning and NCAA playoff champion-to-be Kansas in 1988. . . . Centenary's Robert Parish (33 vs. Southern Mississippi in 1973) and Florida's Neal Walk (31 vs. Alabama in 1968) set school single-game rebounding records.
28 - Syracuse's Sherman Douglas tied an NCAA single-game record with 22 assists against Providence in 1989. . . . Jim Loscutoff of Oregon (32 vs. Brigham Young in 1955), Maurice Stokes of Saint Francis PA (39 vs. John Carroll OH in 1955) and Willie Naulls of UCLA (28 vs. Arizona State in 1956) set school single-game rebounding records. . . . Barney Cable (28 vs. Marquette in 1956) set Bradley's single-game rebounding record against a major-college opponent.
29 - Arkansas State's Jeff Clifton (43 points vs. Arkansas-Little Rock in 1994), Jacksonville's Ernie Fleming (59 vs. St. Peter's in 1972), Seton Hall's Nick Werkman (52 vs. Scranton PA in 1964), Utah Valley's Ryan Toolson (63 at Chicago State in quadruple overtime in 2009), Vermont's Eddie Benton (54 vs. Drexel in 1994) and Wagner's Terrance Bailey (49 vs. Brooklyn in triple overtime in 1986) set school Division I single-game scoring records. Benton's output is also an America East Conference record in league competition. . . . Big East Conference West Division cellar dweller Rutgers upset Carmelo Anthony and NCAA Tournament champion-to-be Syracuse in 2003. . . . Columbia's Jacob "Jack" Molinas (31 vs. Brown in 1953), North Carolina State's Ronnie Shavlik (35 vs. Villanova in 1955) and Penn State's Jesse Arnelle (27 vs. Temple in 1955) set school single-game rebounding records.
30 - Maryland-Eastern Shore's Tee Trotter (42 points at Howard in overtime in 2003), Mississippi's Johnny Neumann (63 at Louisiana State in 1971), New Orleans' Ledell Eackles (45 at Florida International in 1988), Seattle's Elgin Baylor (60 vs. Portland in 1958), Tennessee Tech's Kevin Murphy (50 vs. SIU-Edwardsville in 2012) and Western Kentucky's Clem Haskins (55 vs. Middle Tennessee State in 1965) set school Division I single-game scoring records. Haskins' output is also an Ohio Valley Conference record in league competition. . . . Rick Barry (51 vs. Oklahoma City in 1965) set Miami's single-game scoring record against a major-college opponent. . . . William & Mary ended West Virginia's Southern Conference-record 44-game winning streak in 1960. . . . UC Irvine's Kevin Magee (25 vs. Long Beach State in 1982), Miami's Rick Barry (29 vs. Oklahoma City in 1965) and Oklahoma State's Andy Hopson (27 vs. Missouri in 1973) set school single-game rebounding records.
31 - LSU's Pete Maravich, despite having 13 regular-season games remaining in 1970, passed Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson (2,973 points from 1957-58 through 1959-60) with 4:43 left against Mississippi to become the NCAA's career scoring leader. . . . Gerhard "Jerry" Varn (51 points vs. Piedmont GA in 1953) set The Citadel's single-game scoring record. . . . Holy Cross' Jim McCaffrey (46 vs. Iona in 1985) set MAAC scoring record in league competition. . . . Loyola Marymount outgunned U.S. International CA (181-150 in 1989) in the highest-scoring game in major-college history. . . . Manhattan's Bruce Seals established an NCAA single-game record with 27 three-point field-goal attempts (making nine vs. Canisius in 2000). . . . Canisius' Darren Fenn (22 vs. Manhattan in 2000), George Mason's Kenny Sanders (22 vs. American in 1989), Loyola Marymount's Hank Gathers (29 vs. U.S. International CA in 1989), Princeton's Carl Belz (29 vs. Rutgers in 1959) and St. Bonaventure's Bob Lanier (23 vs. Niagara in 1970) set school single-game rebounding records against a DI opponent.
Memorable Moments in December College Basketball History
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On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle January 1 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as GQ cover boy #ColonKrapernick tried to pinpoint where Iran is on a map, 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 the 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 hoops 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 January 1 in football at the professional level (especially in NFL and AFL championship contests following 1966 campaign):
JANUARY 1
Houston Oilers TE John Carson (Georgia hoops letterman in 1952 and 1953) had a 13-yard pass reception in 24-16 win against the Los Angeles Chargers in AFL championship contest following 1960 season. Oilers rookie WR Bill Groman (led Heidelberg OH in scoring average as sophomore and junior while averaging 14.6 ppg and 4.8 rpg from 1954-55 through 1957-58) caught a touchdown pass from George Blanda.
Kansas City Chiefs QB Len Dawson (Purdue hooper in 1956-57) threw two 29-yard first-half touchdown passes in a 31-7 win against the Buffalo Bills in AFL championship game following 1966 season on first day of 1967. FL Otis Taylor (backup small forward for Prairie View A&M) provided the go-ahead TD catch from Dawson. FL Elbert Dubenion (solid rebounder and defensive player for Bluffton OH in late 1950s) scored the Bills' only TD with a 69-yard pass from Jack Kemp.
Arizona Cardinals TE Darren Fells (averaged 10.2 ppg and 6.3 rpg from 2004-05 through 2007-08, leading UCI in rebounding each of last three seasons) had a 37-yard touchdown reception in 44-6 win against the Los Angeles Rams in 2016 season finale.
Dallas Cowboys E Pete Gent (three-time All-Big Ten Conference selection averaged 17.4 ppg and 8.3 rpg in leading Michigan State in scoring each season from 1961-62 through 1963-64) caught three passes for 28 yards in a 34-27 NFL championship game setback against the Green Bay Packers following 1966 season. Packers WR Bob Long (Wichita State hooper in 1960-61 and 1961-62 under coach Ralph Miller) had a nine-yard pass reception.
San Francisco 49ers DB Ronnie Lott (Southern California hooper as junior in 1979-80) had two interceptions in a 34-9 divisional playoff win against the Minnesota Vikings following 1988 season.
Pittsburgh Steelers WR Antwaan Randle El (member of Indiana's 1999 NCAA Tournament team) had 81-yard punt return for a touchdown in 35-21 win against the Detroit Lions in 2005 regular-season finale on first day of 2006.
Baltimore Ravens LB Adalius Thomas (averaged 2.9 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Southern Mississippi in 1996-97 and 1997-98) scored a touchdown on fumble recovery return in 20-16 setback against the Cleveland Browns in 2005 regular-season finale on first day of 2006.
In Memoriam: RIP Look at 2020 Deceased Who Impacted College Basketball
"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count; it's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
With Auld Lang Syne chords playing in background, the final day of calendar year offered another time to say goodbye by acknowledging the passing away in 2020 of a striking number of major-college basketball movers and shakers. There was an abundance of "life" in the years of celebrated coaches 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.
This year was almost an apocalypse for Connecticut as at least 15 former players bid adieu. Brigham Young was also particularly hard hit in necrology category with four former all-conference players passing away (Dean Larsen, Roland Minson, Dick Nemelka and Herschel Pedersen). Starters Mike Goodson and Demetreus Gore for Pittsburgh's first Big East Conference regular-season titlist in 1987 and Northwestern's only two All-Americans in a 43-year span from 1955-56 through 1997-98 (Jim Burns and Joe Ruklick).
BYU duo comprised of Minson and Nemelka plus Northwestern tandem were joined by Holy Cross (Jack Foley/Tom Heinsohn) and San Francisco (Gene Brown/K.C. Jones) as schools having a pair of All-Americans laid to rest this year. Thompson (Providence) and fellow All-Americans Jesse Arnelle (Penn State), John Austin (Boston College), Jimmy Collins (New Mexico State), Dick Garmaker (Minnesota), Gale McArthur (Oklahoma A&M), John McCarthy (Canisius), Mark McNamara (California), Carl McNulty (Purdue), John Oldham (Western Kentucky), Dick Schnittker (Ohio State), Jerry Sloan (Evansville), Jim Tucker (Duquesne), Wes Unseld (Louisville), Ron Widby (Tennessee) and Tony Yates (Cincinnati) are among the following alphabetical list of deceased who usually didn't drop the ball on the court:
- Jordan Aaberg, 29, averaged 3.5 ppg and 2.3 rpg for North Dakota State from 2009-10 through 2013-14 (redshirt in 2010-11).
- Dr. Stephen "Pat" Adley, 82, averaged 2.2 ppg for Creighton from 1956-57 through 1959-60.
- Henry Akin, 75, averaged 20.5 ppg and 12 rpg for Morehead State in 1963-64 and 1964-65 before two-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection transferred to William Carey MS, where he didn't play before becoming 11th pick overall in 1966 NBA draft.
- Brian Alexander, 44, averaged 8.6 ppg and 6 rpg for Detroit from 1995-96 through 1997-98. He was the Titans' leading rebounder each of his last two seasons.
- William "Sonny" Allen, 84, compiled a 356-260 coaching record in 22 seasons with Old Dominion (181-94 in 10 seasons from 1965-66 through 1974-75 before school moved up to NCAA DI level), Southern Methodist (61-77 in five seasons from 1975-76 through 1979-80) and Nevada (114-89 in seven seasons from 1980-81 through 1986-87). Averaged 7.6 ppg and 3.3 rpg for Marshall from 1956-57 through 1958-59, finishing third on team in scoring as a senior with 12.3 ppg.
- Ed Allin, 96, scored a total of 16 points for Kentucky in 1944-45 and 1945-46 under coach Adolph Rupp.
- Peter Aluma, 46, averaged 14.4 ppg and 5.7 rpg for Liberty from 1993-94 through 1996-97. Nigerian was two-time All-Big South Conference first-team selection and two-time league tourney MVP.
- Dwight "The Blur" Anderson, 61, averaged 12.6 ppg, 2.5 rpg and 2.3 apg for Kentucky in 1978-79 and 1979-80 under coach Joe B. Hall before transferring to Southern California, where he averaged 20 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 2.4 apg in 1980-81 and 1981-82 under coach Stan Morrison. Anderson was an All-Pacific-10 Conference selection as a senior.
- Myrwin "Red" Anderson, 98, averaged 8.7 ppg for Purdue from 1942-43 through 1946-47. Junior captain's career was interrupted by serving in U.S. Naval Aviator Corps during WWII.
- Robert Archibald, 39, averaged 6.2 ppg and 4.1 rpg while shooting 57% from the floor for Illinois from 1998-99 through 2001-02 under coaches Lon Kruger and Bill Self. He scored a game-high 25 points in NCAA playoff regional final defeat against Arizona in 2001.
- Jesse Arnelle, 86, averaged 21 ppg and 12.1 rpg for Penn State from 1951-52 through 1954-55. He led the Nittany Lions in scoring all four seasons, including a third-place team in NCAA Tournament as a junior. All-American as a senior when finishing 11th in nation in scoring with 26.1 ppg.
- John Austin averaged 27 ppg and 4.4 rpg for Boston College from 1963-64 through 1965-66 under coach Bob Cousy. Two-time All-American ranked among the nation's top eight scorers each of his first two seasons.
- William "Bird" Averitt, 68, averaged 31.4 ppg and 4.9 rpg for Pepperdine in 1971-72 and 1972-73. Two-time All-WCAC selection led nation in scoring in final season after finishing fifth the previous year.
- Nolan "Lanny" Baird Jr., 84, averaged 6.1 ppg with Yale in 1955-56 and 1956-57. He played in the 1957 NCAA tourney for coach Joe Vancisin.
- Bruce Baker, 82, played for Washington State in 1957-58 before a career-ending ruptured disc in his back.
- Emmett Baker, 81, was a juco recruit who averaged 4.9 ppg and 2.7 rpg for North Texas State in 1958-59 and 1959-60.
- Dr. Marshall Banks, 80, was Morehead State's first African-American varsity player in 1958-59.
- Don Barnette, 86, averaged 11.6 ppg and 5.2 rpg for Miami of Ohio from 1953-54 through 1955-56 as the school's first African-American player. All-Mid-American Conference first-team selection as a senior.
- Don Barry, 81, played for Creighton in 1958-59.
- John "Breezy" Bartkowski, 91, averaged 4.7 ppg for Scranton PA in 1947-48 after serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
- Jay Bayless, 87, played for Kentucky in 1956-57 under coach Adolph Rupp.
- Donald "Chris" Bean, 72, averaged 2 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Utah State from 1967-68 through 1969-70 under coach Ladell Andersen. As a senior, Bean was a member of the Aggies' West Regional finalist eliminated by eventual champion UCLA.
- Dave Benaderet, 85, averaged 14.5 ppg and 7 rpg for Loyola Marymount from 1954-55 through 1956-57. All-WCAC selection as a junior when leading the Lions in scoring. Coached his alma mater to a 61-96 record in six seasons from 1973-74 through 1978-79.
- Dr. Bob Bennett, 85, averaged 2 ppg for St. Louis in 1953-54 and 1954-55 under coach Eddie Hickey.
- Stanley Beran, 97, averaged 1.1 ppg for Rutgers in 1942-43 before serving in U.S. Navy during WWII.
- Bill Berberian, 96, averaged 6.1 ppg for Purdue from 1946-47 through 1948-49 after having career interrupted by serving in U.S. Army during WWII. Illinois native was the Boilermakers' team captain and MVP as a junior.
- Jack Bergersen, 71, was a juco recruit who averaged 10.1 ppg and 5.7 rpg for Washington State in 1969-70 under coach Marv Harshman before transferring to Central Washington.
- Jimmy Bernhard, 94, was a hoops letterman for Louisiana State in 1942-43 and 1943-44. He was also a three-year tackle on LSU's football squad.
- Bill Bibb, 86, compiled a 222-194 coaching record with Mercer in 15 seasons from 1974-75 through 1988-89. He averaged 1.7 ppg for Kentucky in 1953-54 under coach Adolph Rupp before transferring to Kentucky Wesleyan.
- Bob Bigelow, 66, averaged 7.7 ppg and 4.9 rpg for Penn from 1972-73 through 1974-75 under coach Chuck Daly. All-Ivy League second-team selection as a senior was 13th pick overall in NBA draft.
- Bob Bingham, 88, played for Pittsburgh in 1951-52 under coach Doc Carlson before serving in U.S. Navy.
- Warren Blair, 88, averaged 2.2 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Denver from 1950-51 through 1952-53.
- Walt Blankley, 84, averaged 2.8 ppg for Princeton from 1954-55 through 1956-57 under coach Cappy Cappon.
- Dennis Blind, 87, averaged 12.6 ppg for Purdue from 1951-52 through 1954-55 to become the Boilermakers' first 1,000-point career scorer. Blind led them in scoring as a junior. He compiled a 1-1 pitching record in the Brooklyn Dodgers' farm system at Class D level in 1956.
- Eddie Bodkin, 76, was a three-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection who averaged 21.4 ppg and 11 rpg as Eastern Kentucky's top scorer each season from 1963-64 through 1965-66. Bodkin appeared in the NCAA tourney as a junior and was the 30th pick overall in 1966 NBA draft.
- Dan Boltz, 82, was a juco recruit who averaged 6.3 ppg and 11.8 rpg for Florida State in 1957-58 and 1958-59, leading the Seminoles in rebounding both seasons.
- Bob Bondanza, 88, averaged 6.5 ppg and 2.3 rpg for San Jose State in 1953-54 and 1954-55.
- Kenny Booher, 77, played for Murray State in 1964-65 before transferring to Bethel College TN.
- Jim Boshart III averaged 11.4 ppg and 6.1 rpg for Wake Forest from 1964-65 through 1966-67 under three different coaches. He finished among the Demon Deacons' top three rebounders each season.
- Steve Bouchie, 59, averaged 5.1 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Indiana from 1979-80 through 1982-83 under coach Bob Knight. As a sophomore, Bouchie was a member of 1981 NCAA titlist.
- Richard Boyd Sr., 81, played for St. Louis in 1958-59.
- Walt Brady, 85, averaged 6.3 ppg and 2.1 rpg for St. John's from 1954-55 through 1956-57. Catcher hit .246 in the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles farm systems in four years from 1957 through 1960, reaching AAA level each of his last two seasons.
- Jim Bragiel, 87, averaged 4.9 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Northwestern from 1952-53 through 1954-55.
- Jerry Brawner, 72, averaged 13.7 ppg and 8.9 rpg for Mississippi from 1966-67 through 1968-69, leading the Rebels in rebounding all three seasons. He also paced them in scoring as a sophomore before finishing runner-up in that category as a junior and senior.
- Darrel "Pete" Brewster, 89, averaged 5.9 ppg for Purdue from 1949-50 through 1951-52. Two-time Pro Bowl receiver caught 210 passes for 3,758 yards and 21 touchdowns with the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers in nine seasons from 1952 through 1960, starting for the Browns in five NFL championship contests (including back-to-back titlists).
- Dr. Lance Brigham, 73, averaged 3.3 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Washington from 1965-66 through 1967-68.
- Gene Brown, 84, averaged 11.8 ppg and 5.5 rpg for San Francisco from 1955-56 through 1957-58. He was leader in scoring average and third-leading rebounder for third-place team in 1957 NCAA Tournament before becoming an All-American as a senior.
- Ken Burmeister, 72, compiled a 187-182 major-college coaching record in 13 NCAA DI seasons with Texas-San Antonio (72-44 in four years from 1986-87 through 1989-90), Loyola of Chicago (40-71 in four years from 1994-95 through 1997-98) and Incarnate Word (75-67 in five years from 2013-14 through 2017-18).
- Jim Burns, 75, averaged 19.5 ppg and 7.8 rpg for Northwestern from 1964-65 through 1966-67, leading the Wildcats in scoring all three seasons. Two-time All-Big Ten Conference selection was an All-American his senior year. NU's all-time leading scorer when he finished his career became U.S. attorney for the Northern Illinois District.
- Charles "Glen" Butte, 81, played for Indiana from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Branch McCracken. Butte, who averaged 1.1 ppg and 1.2 rpg his final two seasons with IU, was a member of the 1954 "Milan Miracle" high school state championship team inspiring the 1986 movie Hoosiers.
- John "J.D." Byington Jr., 87, averaged 2.4 ppg for Tennessee from 1951-52 through 1954-55.
- Bill Cacciatore, 80, averaged 11.1 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Northwestern from 1959-60 through 1961-62, finishing runner-up in scoring with the Wildcats each of his last two seasons. He led the Big Ten Conference in free-throw accuracy as a senior (88.4%).
- Jim Cahill, 69, averaged 3.8 ppg, 1.4 rpg and 2.5 apg for Brown in 1970-71.
- Jim Calderwood, 89, played hoops for Oregon in 1949-50. Two-year letterman in football with the Ducks went on to become Professor Emeritus of English at UC Irvine.
- Glenn Campbell, 82, averaged 10.5 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Tennessee from 1958-59 through 1960-61. Senior captain was runner-up in scoring with the Volunteers each of his last two seasons.
- "Little" Johnny Campbell, 96, averaged 6.9 ppg for Arkansas' West Regional third-place team in 1949 NCAA playoffs. The 5-6 Campbell served in Army Air Corps during WWII.
- Bill Cannon, 80, averaged 1.8 ppg for Davidson in 1959-60 and 1960-61.
- Bobby Carpenter, 77, was a juco recruit who averaged 2.7 ppg for Southern Methodist's 1965 NCAA tourney team coached by Doc Hayes.
- O. "Reese" Carr, 78, averaged 4 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Alabama from 1961-62 through 1964-65 (redshirt in 1963-64).
- George Carter, 76, averaged 19.4 ppg and 12.5 rpg for St. Bonaventure from 1964-65 through 1966-67, leading the Bonnies in rebounding all three seasons. In 1967 professional league drafts, Carter was selected by NBA's Detroit Pistons (8th round)/NFL's Buffalo Bills (13th)/MLB's New York Mets (52nd).
- Ted Carter, 84, averaged 9.2 ppg and 6.7 rpg for Montana State in 1957-58.
- Mike Cashman, 85, averaged 4.9 ppg and 5.6 rpg for Fordham in 1955-56 and 1956-57 under coach John Bach.
- Bob Cassidy, 86, was on roster of Oklahoma City's NCAA tourney teams in the mid-1950s.
- Pete Cassidy, 86, was Cal State Northridge's coach when the school made transition to NCAA Division I level in 1990-91. The Matadors' all-time winningest mentor compiled a 334-337 record in 25 seasons from 1971-72 through 1995-96 (52-112 mark in six DI campaigns).
- Seymour "Sy" Chadroff, 91, averaged 15.1 ppg for Miami (Fla.) from 1949-50 through 1951-52. He led the Hurricanes in scoring average each of his last two seasons.
- Preston "Pete" Chambers Jr., 77, averaged a team-high 21.4 ppg for West Chester in 1965-66.
- Terry Chandler, 84, averaged 5.2 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Auburn from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Joel Eaves.
- Clarence "Hank" Channell Jr., 74, averaged 5.2 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Clemson from 1964-65 through 1966-67.
- George "Mike" Chianakas, 95, averaged 4.6 ppg for Bradley from 1946-47 through 1949-50 after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII. The Braves were runner-up in both the NCAA playoffs and NIT his senior season under coach Forddy Anderson.
- Leonard Clark, 77, played for Wichita in 1961-62 and 1962-63 under coach Ralph Miller. Clark is the only four-sport letterman in WSU history.
- Martin "Marty" Cleary, 83, was a member of Memphis State's 1957 NIT semifinalist.
- John Cleland, 84, averaged 1.2 ppg for Kansas from 1955-56 through 1957-58. He was a teammate of All-American Wilt Chamberlain on the Jayhawks' 1957 NCAA Tournament runner-up.
- J. "Pat" Clysdale, 91, averaged 4.1 ppg for Western Michigan in 1948-49 under coach Buck Read. Clysdale was an all-league first-team selection in Mid-American Conference as an end in 1949 before serving as football co-captain the next season.
- Hollis "Hobby" Cobb Jr., 85, averaged 16.8 ppg and 10 rpg for Davidson from 1952-53 through 1955-56, leading the team in scoring and rebounding each of his last three seasons. The Wildcats' first 1,000-point career scorer was an All-Southern Conference second-team selection as a senior.
- Bob Coen, 77, averaged 5.9 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Kent State in 1961-62.
- Gerard Cohane, 92, played for Manhattan the last half of the 1940s, averaging 8.3 ppg as a senior for the Jaspers' 1949 NIT team.
- Bill Cohrs, 69, played for Michigan State from 1969-70 through 1971-72.
- Herbie Coin, 85, averaged 3.4 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Wichita in 1954-55 and 1956-57 under coach Ralph Miller.
- Mel Coleman compiled a 15-12 record as Norfolk State's interim head coach in 1998-99.
- Jimmy Collins, 74, averaged 19.5 ppg and 4.3 rpg for New Mexico State from 1967-68 through 1969-70 under coach Lou Henson. All-American as a senior when was leading scorer for third-place team in NCAA Tournament. Eleventh pick overall in NBA draft coached hometown school Illinois-Chicago to a 218-208 record in 14 seasons from 1996-97 through 2009-10 (including three NCAA playoff appearances).
- Terry Compton, 67, averaged 16.6 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Vanderbilt from 1971-72 through 1973-74 under coach Roy Skinner, leading the Commodores in scoring all three seasons. Death of two-time All-SEC selection was due to COVID-19 complications.
- Terry Conley, 84, averaged 1.2 ppg for Utah State in 1956-57.
- James Cooper Jr., 77, averaged 8.5 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Oklahoma State from 1961-62 through 1963-64 under coach Hank Iba.
- Rocky Copley, 65, averaged 3.3 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Missouri in 1973-74 under coach Norm Stewart before transferring to William & Mary, where VA native averaged 3.8 ppg and 2.3 rpg from 1975-76 through 1977-78.
- Charles "Dean" Corbell Sr., 91, played for Mississippi State in 1950-51.
- Paul Covington, 86, compiled a 338-195 coaching record with Jackson State in 19 seasons from 1967-68 through 1985-86. JSU made transition to NCAA DI level midway through his tenure.
- Ronald Cox, 56, averaged 6.3 ppg and 4.8 rpg for McNeese State from 1982-83 through 1986-87, finishing among the Cowboys' top two rebounders each of his last two seasons. As a junior, they participated in the NIT in their first national postseason tournament appearance at NCAA DI level.
- Bob Cozby, 79, was a member of Utah's 1961 Final Four team coached by Jack Gardner.
- William "Bo" Crain, 81, was a juco recruit who became a member of Utah's 1961 Jack Gardner-coached Final Four squad before earning All-Mountain States Conference second-team honors the next season as runner-up for the Utes to All-American teammate Billy McGill in scoring and rebounding.
- Gerald Crean Jr., 83, was a member of Lafayette's first-ever NCAA tourney team in 1956-57 before averaging 3.1 ppg the next season.
- Pete Crispo played for Princeton in 1957-58.
- Chuck Crist, 69, averaged more than 10 ppg for Penn State in his last two seasons under coach John Bach, leading the Nittany Lions in field-goal accuracy as a junior in 1970-71 and free-throw marksmanship as senior in 1971-72. Defensive back had 20 interceptions with the New York Giants, New Orleans Saints and San Francisco 49ers in seven NFL campaigns from 1972 through 1978.
- Jim Crough, 85, averaged 7.8 ppg for St. Bonaventure from 1953-54 through 1955-56.
- Jim Cullen, 95, averaged 1.5 ppg for St. Louis in 1945-46 and 1946-47. Attorney was founding member of the NHL's St. Louis Blues.
- Bob Cumings, 86, averaged 14 ppg and 7.8 rpg for Boston University in 1957-58 (team-leading scorer) and 1958-59. He scored a team-high 22 points in 1959 East Regional final defeat by four points against All-American Jerry West-led West Virginia.
- Joe Cunnane, 77, averaged 4.6 ppg and 2.9 rpg for La Salle from 1962-63 through 1964-65, serving as senior captain.
- Bill Currier, 88, played for Alabama in 1951-52.
- Jim Dalton, 77, averaged 3.3 ppg and 3.1 rpg for Wyoming in 1961-62 before going on a LDS church mission.
- Bob Davenport, 78, averaged 4.7 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Navy in 1962-63 and 1963-64.
- Mulford "Muff" Davis, 99, averaged 4.9 ppg for Kentucky in 1942-43, 1945-46 and 1946-47 under coach Adolph Rupp. Davis' college career was interrupted by serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
- Nelson "Doc" Davis Jr., 79, played for Iowa State in 1960-61.
- Walter "Buddy" Davis, 89, averaged 12.4 ppg for Texas A&M from 1949-50 through 1951-52. All-SWC first-team selection as junior and senior. Winner of gold medal in 1952 Olympic Games high jump with a leap of 6'8 1/2". Won AAU high jump titles in 1952 and 1953. Set then world high jump record of 6'-11 1/2" in 1953.
- Wayne Davis, 81, averaged 7.4 ppg and 7.8 rpg for three Connecticut NCAA tourney teams from 1956-57 through 1958-59 under coach Hugh Greer. Davis went on to become one of the FBI's earliest African-American executives.
- Jeffrey "Mark" Dawson, 71, averaged 2.3 ppg for West Virginia from 1968-69 through 1971-72 (redshirt in 1969-70).
- Don Deakyne, 91, played for Bucknell in 1950-51 after serving in U.S. Marines during WWII.
- Art DelConte, 87, was a football player who competed with Xavier's basketball squad in 1958-59.
- Bill DeLoache Jr., 88, played for Clemson in 1952-53.
- Jerry DeLong, 80, averaged 2.2 ppg for Toledo from 1962-63 through 1964-65.
- Judge Hal DeMoss Jr., 89, averaged 1.1 ppg for Rice in 1949-50. He was appointed in 1991 to U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals by President George H.W. Bush.
- Jim Dentinger, 82, averaged 1.9 ppg for Xavier from 1956-57 through 1958-59. He was a member of 1958 NIT titlist.
- Hubert "Sonny" Detmer Jr., 76, was a juco recruit who collected two points and two rebounds in one Florida State basketball game in 1964-65 before playing outfield for the Seminoles' College World Series baseball squad. He is the father of 1990 Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer (quarterback with Brigham Young).
- Frank "Biggie" DeWitt, 69, averaged 8.2 ppg and 4.5 rpg for Virginia from 1969-70 through 1971-72. He was senior co-captain.
- Rakeem Dickerson, 28, averaged 4.2 ppg, 1.7 rpg and 1.9 apg for Arkansas State from 2011-12 through 2013-14 before transferring to Central Missouri.
- Jon "Michael" Dietmeier, 82, averaged 4.5 ppg and 1.5 rpg for New Mexico from 1960-61 through 1962-63.
- Cassin Diggs, 34, was a juco recruit who averaged 1.8 ppg and 2 rpg for Pittsburgh in 2007-08 under coach Jamie Dixon before transferring to Bowie State MD.
- Bob Dooms, 69, averaged 6.9 ppg and 6.7 rpg for Syracuse from 1971-72 through 1973-74. He led the Orangemen in rebounding as a sophomore.
- Lafayette Dorsey Jr., 23, averaged 9.1 ppg and 2.7 rpg for Pacific in 2017-18 and 2018-19 before transferring to Nicholls State. He committed suicide by hanging.
- Heyward Dotson, 71, was a three-time All-Ivy League selection who averaged 16.7 ppg and 5.5 rpg for Columbia from 1967-68 through 1969-70. As a sophomore, teammate of All-American Jim McMillian led the Lions' NCAA tourney team in assists with 4.1 apg.
- Bob Dougherty, 89, played for Loyola of Chicago from 1950-51 through 1952-53.
- Charles "Skip" Dresel, 89, averaged 1.4 ppg for California in 1952-53.
- Jonathan Duck, 50, averaged 7.1 ppg and 4 rpg for Iona from 1988-89 through 1990-91. He died after testing positive for the coronavirus.
- Terry Duerod, 64, averaged 15.2 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Detroit from 1975-76 through 1978-79 under coach Dick Vitale. As a sophomore, Duerod was third-leading scorer for first UD team to win an NCAA playoff game.
- Tom Duffy, 40, averaged 5.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg and 1 bpg for Montana State in 2000-01 and 2001-02. Led Big Sky Conference in blocks as a sophomore with 1.5 bpg. Pilot died in helicopter crash while fighting wildfire in Oregon's Mt. Hood National Forest.
- Chuck Duncan averaged 14.1 ppg for Iowa State from 1951-52 through 1954-55. He was the Cyclones' top scorer each of his last two seasons. As a senior, he scored a career-high 37 points against Kansas en route to becoming the first ISU player to average more than 20 ppg in a single season.
- Douglas Duncan, 92, was a member of Iowa's Final Four squad in 1955.
- Chuck Duren, 83, averaqed 6 ppg for Missouri in 1956-57.
- Dr. Mike Eberle, 73, averaged 13.2 ppg and 2.6 rpg for Wyoming from 1965-66 through 1967-68 under coach Bill Strannigan. As a junior, Eberle was the Cowboys' runner-up in scoring as an All-WAC first-team selection.
- Kenny Edmonds, 66, averaged 3.2 ppg for East Carolina from 1972-73 through 1974-75. He became Editor-Publisher of The Carolina Times, a historic black newspaper based in Durham.
- Bill Edwards, 93, averaged 1.2 ppg for St. Louis in 1948-49 and 1949-50 under coach Eddie Hickey after transferring from Illinois.
- David Edwards, 48, averaged 5.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 4.8 apg and 1.4 spg with Georgetown in 1989-90 before transferring to Texas A&M, where he averaged 13.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 7.1 apg and 2.7 spg from 1991-92 through 1993-94. Two-time All-SWC selection led league in steals as sophomore and assists as senior. Edwards died of complications from the coronavirus.
- Tim Edwards averaged 14.2 ppg and 12.5 rpg for Massachusetts from 1963-64 through 1966-67 (did not play in 1965-66). All-Yankee Conference first-team selection as a senior led the Minutemen in rebounding in two seasons.
- Vic Edwards, 82, averaged 2 ppg and 4 rpg for Butler from 1955-56 to 1957-58 under coach Tony Hinkle.
- Larry Eisenhauer, 79, collected 14 points and 18 rebounds in four games for Boston College in 1959-60. He went on to become a four-time AFL All-Star defensive end with the Boston Patriots in nine seasons from 1961 through 1969.
- John Eller Jr., 79, averaged 1.5 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Virginia in 1961-62 and 1962-63.
- Bill Ensley, 84, averaged 11.3 ppg for Georgia from 1953-54 through 1957-58 (redshirt in 1956-57). He was the Bulldogs' runner-up in total rebounds each of his last two full seasons by averaging 11.3 rpg in that span.
- John Erickson, 92, compiled a 100-114 coaching record with Wisconsin in nine seasons from 1959-60 through 1967-68. The Badgers finished in second place in Big Ten Conference standings in 1961-62. Erickson was the losing Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Wisconsin in 1970.
- Paul Eubanks, 88, played for Purdue in 1950-51.
- Billy Evans, 88, averaged 9 ppg and 6.9 rpg for Kentucky from 1951-52 through 1954-55 under coach Adolph Rupp. Evans was fourth-leading scorer for UK's unbeaten team in 1953-54 before becoming an All-SEC third-team selection as a senior. He was a member of U.S. gold-medal winning Olympic basketball team at 1956 Melbourne Games.
- Richard Ewy, 79, averaged 5.4 ppg and 2.2 rpg for Kansas State from 1959-60 through 1961-62 under coach Tex Winter. The Wildcats were Midwest Regional runner-up his junior season.
- Terry Fair, 59, averaged 12.1 ppg and 7.5 rpg while shooting 53.6% from the floor for Georgia from 1979-80 through 1982-83. As a senior, he was leading rebounder and second-leading scorer for the Bulldogs' Final Four team in their initial NCAA playoff appearance.
- Floyd "Booty" Farleigh, 80, played for VMI in 1958-59.
- Craig Farley, 71, was a juco recruit who averaged 3.3 ppg and 4.3 rpg for San Francisco in 1968-69 and 1969-70.
- Oliver Featherston, 72, averaged 13.8 ppg and 12.2 rpg for Wagner from 1966-67 through 1968-69. He led the team in rebounding each of his last two seasons.
- Larry Fie, 81, averaged 9.4 ppg and 2.7 rpg for Iowa State from 1957-58 through 1959-60. He was senior captain.
- Thom Field III, 81, played for Missouri in 1957-58.
- Dr. Bruce Fields averaged 2 ppg for Penn in 1971-72 and 1972-73 for a pair of NCAA tourney teams coached by Chuck Daly. Backup forward became a theologian.
- Francis Finegan Jr., 89, was a member of La Salle's 1954 NCAA championship club spearheaded by All-American Tom Gola.
- Tom Fitzmaurice, 81, averaged 2.2 ppg and 2.6 rpg for St. Bonaventure in 1959-60 (NIT participant) and 1960-61 (school's first NCAA tourney team).
- Bernie Floriani Jr., 51, played for Virginia in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
- Ed Flynn Jr., 72, played for Northeastern in 1969-70.
- Tom Flynn, 75, averaged 16.4 ppg and 9.9 rpg for Marquette from 1963-64 through 1965-66. He led MU in scoring each of his first two seasons bridging coaching tenures of Eddie Hickey and Al McGuire.
- Sam Foggin, 63, averaged 5.2 ppg and 4 rpg for Virginia Tech from 1974-75 through 1977-78.
- Jack Foley, 81, averaged 28.4 ppg and 9.4 rpg for Holy Cross from 1959-60 through 1961-62, ranking among NCAA's top 13 scorers all three seasons. All-American as senior when he ranked fourth in nation in free-throw shooting (86.7%).
- James Foley, 80, played for Pittsburgh in the early 1960s.
- Dan Folz, 86, averaged 3.9 ppg for Wisconsin from 1952-53 through 1955-56 under coach Bud Foster.
- Austin Foreman Jr., 74, was a juco recruit who averaged 7.3 ppg and 5.7 rpg for West Chester State in 1965-66.
- John Fortenbury, 86, averaged 8.8 ppg for Texas A&M from 1953-54 through 1955-56. As a junior, he was the Aggies' runner-up in scoring with 12 ppg.
- Ron Forys, 76, averaged 11.9 ppg and 8.4 rpg for Drexel from 1963-64 through 1965-66.
- Henry "Hank" Foster, 84, was Butler's first African-American varsity player. He averaged 6.5 ppg from 1954-55 through 1956-57 and led the Bulldogs in rebounding in 1955-56 with 8.3 rpg.
- James "Jamie" Foster, 76, played for Arizona in the mid-1960s.
- Thomas Foster averaged 1.7 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Texas Southern from 1991-92 through 1993-94. As a senior, he played in NCAA tourney opener against eventual runner-up Duke.
- Fred Fraley, 87, averaged 12.3 ppg for Furman from 1952-53 through 1955-56 under coach Lyles Alley. As a sophomore, Fraley scored six points in game when teammate Frank Selvy set NCAA major-university record with 100 points against Newberry SC. Fraley averaged more than 15 ppg each of his final two seasons when another teammate - Darrell Floyd - led the nation in scoring both years.
- Joe Franklin, 74, averaged 16.9 ppg and 11.9 rpg for Wisconsin from 1965-66 through 1967-68. All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection as a senior following third-team status as junior led the Badgers in rebounding all three seasons.
- Jim Frisby, 85, averaged 1.7 ppg for Georgetown in 1953-54.
- James Fritch, 90, averaged 1.2 ppg for Georgia Tech from 1948-49 through 1950-51. He was also a two-year baseball letterman.
- Bob Frith, 89, averaged 5.9 ppg for Cincinnati from 1948-49 through 1950-51. As a senior, he was the third-leading scorer and rebounder with the Bearcats' first national postseason tournament team (NIT).
- Curt Fromal, 79, averaged 12.9 ppg and 3 rpg for La Salle from 1961-62 through 1964-65 (redshirt in 1962-63). Middle Atlantic Conference MVP as a senior when averaging team-high 19.2 ppg.
- Ken Fuhrer, 86, was a juco recruit who averaged 8.4 ppg and 6.8 rpg for Seattle's NCAA tourney teams in 1955 and 1956.
- Tom Futch, 90, averaged 9.3 ppg for Arizona State from 1952-53 through 1955-56, earning All-Border Conference second-team acclaim as a senior. U.S. Navy veteran hit .245 as Detroit Tigers' farmhand in 1957 as an OF-3B.
- Hugh Gabbard, 83, averaged 7.7 ppg and 6.4 rpg for Eastern Kentucky in 1956-57.
- Ray Gagnon, 91, averaged 11 ppg for Massachusetts in 1948-49 and 1949-50 before serving in Korean Conflict as a 2nd Lieutenant tank commander.
- David "Smokey" Gaines, 80, compiled a 159-127 coaching record in 10 NCAA Division I seasons with Detroit (47-10 in two years in 1977-78 and 1978-79 after succeeding Dick Vitale) and San Diego State (112-117 in eight years from 1979-80 through 1986-87). First African-American DI coach in California concluded his coaching career by directing alma mater (LeMoyne-Owen) for four years from 2005-06 through 2008-09.
- Marcus Gaither, 59, averaged 18.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 3.7 apg for Fairleigh Dickinson from 1980-81 through 1983-84. Two-time All-ECAC Metro selection led league in scoring as a junior. He was the Knights' top scorer each of his last three seasons.
- Art Galaise Jr., 93, played for Connecticut in the late 1940s after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII.
- Jimmy Gales, 78, coached North Texas State to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1988. Gales compiled an 84-118 record with the Mean Green in seven seasons from 1986-87 through 1992-93.
- Charlie Gamble, 88, averaged 8.9 ppg for Virginia in 1952-53 and 1953-54 as the Cavaliers made transition to ACC. He led them in rebounding (7.4 rpg) in 1953-54.
- Doug Gamble, 70, averaged 9 ppg and 5.6 rpg for Alabama in 1969-70 under coach C.M. Newton.
- Steve Garay, 90, averaged 5.4 ppg for Duquesne from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Dudey Moore. Garay played in both NCAA playoffs and NIT in 1952.
- Dr. Bill Gardner averaged 2.8 ppg for Dartmouth in 1952-53 under coach Doggie Julian.
- Dr. Harold "Hank" Gardner, 82, averaged 1.1 ppg for Wyoming's NCAA playoff team in 1958 under coach Everett Shelton.
- Dick Garmaker, 87, was a juco recruit who averaged 22.9 ppg and 7.7 rpg as two-time All-American for Minnesota in 1953-54 and 1954-55 under coach Ozzie Cowles. Garmaker, a two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection, led the Gophers in scoring both seasons.
- William "Buck" Gay, 87, was a seldom-used teammate of Frank Selvy with Furman in 1951-52 and 1952-53 before senior All-American scored NCAA-record 100 points in a single game the following season.
- Mike Gearty, 73, averaged 1.2 ppg for Detroit in 1966-67 and 1967-68.
- Billie Gee, 86, played for Vanderbilt from 1952-53 through 1954-55 under coach Bob Polk.
- Major Geer Jr., 51, averaged 8.8 ppg for East Tennessee State from 1987-88 through 1990-91, playing for Southern Conference championship clubs each of his last three seasons.
- Joe Genaro, 91, averaged 7.3 ppg for Akron from 1948-49 through 1950-51. He was team MVP as a senior in school's first season after de-emphasizing program from major-college level.
- Bob George, 86, averaged 3.7 ppg for Iowa from 1953-54 through 1955-56 including back-to-back Final Four teams.
- Bob Gibson, 84, was the first player to finish Creighton career with more than 20 ppg (20.2 from 1954-55 through 1956-57) after leading the Bluejays in scoring average as junior and senior. Hall of Fame righthander compiled a 251-174 pitching record with 3,117 strikeouts and 2.91 ERA for the St. Louis Cardinals in 17 seasons from 1959 through 1975. In 1968, he hurled 13 shutouts en route to a 1.12 ERA, the second-lowest since 1893 in 300 MLB innings, before fanning a World Series-record 17 batters in single game against the Detroit Tigers. Two years later, the eight-time All-Star posted a career-high and N.L.-leading 23 victories.
- William "Porter" Gilbert, 81, averaged 10.3 ppg and 5 rpg while shooting 59.7% from the floor with Auburn from 1958-59 through 1960-61 under coach Joel Eaves, leading the SEC in field goal shooting as senior co-captain (58.4%). The Tigers finished among the nation's top 11 teams in final national polls each of Gilbert's first two seasons.
- Joe Gilreath, 89, was a teammate of Furman All-American Frank Selvy in 1953-54. Gilreath went on to become one of the ACC's top referees.
- Nick Gimpel, 73, averaged 1.9 ppg and 1.1 rpg for Georgia from 1967-68 through 1969-70. He was team captain as a senior.
- Albert Giusfredi, 92, averaged 1.7 ppg for Northwestern in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
- Ed Givnish, 86, averaged 6.3 ppg and 5.4 rpg for La Salle from 1955-56 through 1957-58.
- Herb Goin, 85, averaged 2 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Wichita in 1955-56 under coach Ralph Miller.
- Don Goodroe, 83, averaged 4.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg for South Carolina in 1956-57 and 1957-58. He was ACC's two-time 120-yard high hurdle outdoor champion.
- Mike Goodson Sr., 53, averaged a team-high 4.8 apg with Pittsburgh's first Big East Conference regular-season titlist in 1987 under coach Paul Evans. Goodson was academically ineligible the next season for another NCAA tourney team.
- Demetreus Gore, 54, averaged 12.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg and 2.5 apg for Pittsburgh from 1984-85 through 1987-88. All-Big East Conference third-team selection was the Panthers' leading scorer as a sophomore.
- Francis "Don" Gore, 88, played for Tulsa in mid-1950s under coach Clarence Iba.
- Bob Gorgrant Jr., 75, averaged 1.9 ppg for South Carolina in 1965-66 and 1966-67 under coach Frank McGuire.
- Wally Gorka, 73, averaged 3.6 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Xavier in 1966-67 and 1967-68.
- Joe Gould Jr., 68, averaged 2.9 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Iowa in 1970-71 and 1971-72.
- Mark Graebe averaged 9.4 ppg and 3.8 rpg as New Hampshire freshman in 1975-76 before attending a juco and enrolling at Pepperdine, where he averaged 5.5 ppg and 1.6 rpg for two NCAA tourney teams in 1978-79 and 1979-80.
- Jerry Graham, 81, averaged 2.5 ppg for Texas' 1960 NCAA tourney team in Harold Bradley's initial season as coach of the Longhorns.
- Boyd Grant, 87, compiled a 275-120 coaching record in 13 seasons with Fresno State (194-74 in nine years from 1977-78 through 1985-86) and Colorado State (81-46 in four years from 1987-88 through 1990-91). FSU's all-time winningest coach averaged 9.3 ppg and 4.7 rpg with CSU from 1954-55 through 1956-57.
- Joseph Jeff "J.J." Grant, 67, was a juco recruit who averaged 1.5 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Wake Forest in 1972-73 before transferring to Eastern Montana.
- Matt Gras, 46, averaged 8.2 ppg and 4.5 rpg for Siena from 1991-92 through 1994-95. He led the Saints in scoring as a senior after finishing runner-up in rebounding for 1994 NIT participant.
- Dick Green, 78, was a member of Butler's first NCAA Tournament team in 1962 coached by Tony Hinkle.
- Gary Green, 64, averaged 17.3 ppg and 7.8 rpg for Eastern Michigan in 1977-78 and 1978-79. Juco recruit led EMU in scoring average both seasons. He was an All-MAC second-team selection as senior.
- Harold Green Jr., 70, averaged 16.7 ppg and 6.3 rpg for Valparaiso in 1970-71.
- Lee Green, 49, averaged 2.3 ppg for St. John's from 1991-92 through 1993-94, playing for a pair of NCAA playoff participants. He died after contracting the coronavirus.
- Jim Grigsby, 86, played for Houston in 1953-54.
- Denny Guimares, 82, averaged 2.6 ppg and 1.5 rpg for Providence from 1958-59 through 1960-61 under coach Joe Mullaney. Guimares was a member of 1961 NIT titlist and 1960 runner-up.
- LeRoy "Lee" J. Guittar, 88, averaged 3.1 ppg for Columbia from 1950-51 through 1952-53, appearing in NCAA playoffs as a sophomore. He was a newspaper executive at Hearst Corporation and former publisher of the San Francisco Examiner, The Denver Post, Dallas Times Herald, plus president of USA Today and Detroit Free Press.
- Joe Haberl, 87, averaged 2 ppg and 3 rpg for Connecticut in 1952-53 under coach Hugh Greer. Haberl transferred to Central Connecticut State after serving in U.S. Army during Korean Conflict. He was a first baseman-pitcher in New York Giants' farm system in 1956 and 1957.
- Frank Haight, 84, played for Furman in 1955-56 under coach Lyles Alley.
- Jerry Haley, 78, was a Lubbock Christian TX transfer who was on Texas Tech's roster in 1962-63.
- Dick Hall, 82, averaged 3.3 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Marshall from 1956-57 through 1958-59.
- Bob Halleck, 77, played for Iona in 1962-63.
- Jim Hallihan, 75, compiled a 57-53 coaching record with East Tennessee State in four seasons from 1978-79 through 1981-82. He averaged 3.8 ppg for Miami of Ohio in 1965-66 and 1966-67.
- Dr. Jim "Pappy" Hamilton, 98, was an All-Southern Conference second-team selection as North Carolina co-captain in 1946-47. He attended Pittsburg State KS before serving in U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during WWII.
- Joe Hamilton, 53, was a juco recruit who averaged 3.7 ppg and 3 rpg for Eastern Illinois from 1987-88 through 1989-90.
- Bob Hampton, 82, averaged 4.3 ppg and 3.8 rpg for Southern California from 1957-58 through 1959-60.
- George Handler, 92, scored a total of 156 points for Rhode Island from 1948-49 through 1950-51.
- George Hannah, 85, averaged 5.6 ppg and 5.2 rpg for Colorado from 1953-54 through 1955-56. He led the Buffaloes in rebounding as a senior after participating in Final Four the previous year.
- Jerry Hansen, 85, was in regular rotation for Bradley's NCAA tourney runner-up in 1954 before becoming the Braves' second-leading scorer with 12.2 ppg the next season.
- James Hardy, 64, averaged 13.4 ppg and 9.7 rpg with San Francisco from 1975-76 through 1977-78 before declaring early for NBA draft. He was the Dons' leading rebounder each of his first two seasons. As a junior, they were ranked #1 after winning their first 26 games.
- Ed Hargaden Jr., 81, averaged 4.3 ppg for Georgetown from 1957-58 through 1959-60. Senior captain's father was the Hoyas' top scorer three straight seasons in the mid-1930s.
- Larry Harris, 69, averaged 11.9 ppg and 5.1 rpg for Colgate from 1971-72 through 1973-74.
- Charlie Harrison, 70, compiled a 58-111 coaching record in six seasons with New Mexico (7-21 in 1979-80) and East Carolina (51-90 in five years from 1982-83 through 1986-87).
- Charlie Harrison, 47, averaged 11.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg and 2 apg for Georgetown in 1990-91 and 1991-92 under coach John Thompson Jr. before transferring to Wake Forest where he averaged 7.5 ppg, 2 rpg and 3.1 apg in 1992-93 and 1993-94 under coach Dave Odom.
- Arthur "Buster" Harvey, 64, compiled a 5-17 record as interim coach for Jacksonville in 1996-97.
- Dr. Roger Harvey, 84, played for Texas A&M in 1954-55. He served in U.S. Marine Corps during Korean Conflict.
- Dr. Hadley Hasemeier, 93, averaged 4.9 ppg for Washington MO in 1948-49 and 1949-50. He served in U.S. military during WWII and Korean Conflict.
- Bill Haynes, 70, averaged 6.7 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Maine in 1970-71.
- Al "Bud" Hazard, 72, averaged 7.2 ppg and 6.3 rpg for Rhode Island from 1968-69 through 1970-71.
- Omar Hazley, 71, averaged 3.6 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Iowa from 1968-69 through 1970-71. As a junior, he played in NCAA tourney under coach Ralph Miller.
- Dr. Bill Healy, 88, played for Siena in the early 1950s.
- Mark Hedtler, 57, averaged 2.4 ppg for Maine the first half of the 1980s.
- Bill Heffelfinger, 71, scored 14 points in two games for Furman in 1967-68 under coach Frank Selvy.
- John Heiden, 84, averaged 2.7 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Mississippi State from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Babe McCarthy.
- Tom Heinsohn, 86, averaged 22.1 ppg and 15.4 rpg for Holy Cross from 1953-54 through 1955-56. Two-time All-American finished among the nation's top 27 scorers as a junior and senior. He provided an incredible 51-point/42-rebound performance against Boston College in his next-to-last collegiate contest.
- Robert Henne, 91, played for Kentucky in 1947-48 and 1948-49 under coach Adolph Rupp before transferring to Utah State. OF hit .265 at Class D level in Brooklyn Dodgers' organization in 1950 and 1951.
- Lou Henson, 88, compiled a 797-438 coaching record in 42 seasons with Hardin-Simmons (67-36 in four years from 1962-63 through 1965-66), New Mexico State (309-176 in 17 years from 1966-67 through 1974-75 and 1997-98 through 2004-05) and Illinois (421-226 in 21 years from 1975-76 through 1995-96). All-time winningest coach for New Mexico State (1970) and Illinois (1989) guided both schools to Final Four. Averaged 7.5 ppg with NMSU in mid-1950s.
- Rich Herrin, 87, compiled a 225-174 coaching record with Southern Illinois in 13 seasons from 1985-86 through 1997-98, guiding the Salukis to seven straight national postseason tournament appearances from 1989 through 1995. He coached All-Americans Doug Collins (Illinois State) and Rich Yunkus (Georgia Tech) in high school at Benton, Ill.
- Charles "Bucky" Herring, 88, played for Vanderbilt in the early 1950s under coach Bob Polk.
- Marvin Hershkowitz, 89, played for CCNY before transferring and becoming the first player in Yeshiva NY history to score more than 1,000 career points in the early 1950s.
- Jeff Hickman, 69, averaged 12.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg and 2.4 apg for Houston in 1969-70 and 1970-71 under coach Guy Lewis.
- Ron Hicks, 62, averaged 1.9 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Northern Illinois in 1977-78 before transferring home to Aurora College IL.
- Stanley "Bode" Hill, 82, played for Indiana in the late 1950s under coach Branch McCracken.
- Dr. David "Kendall" Hills, 89, was an All-Big Seven Conference first-team selection as a senior in 1949-50 when leading Colorado in scoring with 12.4 ppg.
- John "Jack" Hogan, 90, was a reserve guard for Siena's NCIT championship team in 1950 before averaging 5.2 ppg and 2.9 rpg in 1950-51.
- Bob Hogeboom, 94, was an All-PCC South Division selection for California in 1945-46 as junior when averaging 5.8 ppg. The next season, he averaged 4.4 ppg as team captain.
- Ronnie Hogue, 69, finished three-year career as the second-leading scorer in Georgia history (17.8 ppg). Hogue was an All-SEC second-team choice with 20.5 ppg as a junior, when he set the existing school single-game scoring record with 46 points against LSU. In 1970-71, he became the first African-American to play varsity hoops for the Bulldogs.
- Greg Holt, 57, averaged 1.4 ppg and 1.1 rpg for Portland in 1980-81 and 1982-83.
- Max Hooper, 88, averaged 6.8 ppg for Illinois from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Harry Combes. As a sophomore, Hooper was in regular rotation for national third-place team.
- Bobby Hopson, 48, averaged 16.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 1.7 spg for Wagner from 1990-91 through 1993-94. Three-time All-Northeast Conference selection led the Seahawks in scoring average each of his last three seasons.
- John "Jack" Hord, 90, was a juco recruit who averaged 2.3 ppg for William & Mary in 1949-50.
- Paul Hornung, 84, played varsity basketball for Notre Dame as a sophomore, averaging 6.1 ppg in 10 games in 1954-55. Member of College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame was an All-American quarterback in 1955 and 1956. Only Heisman Trophy winner to play for a losing team (2-8 as senior) was first pick overall in NFL draft as a bonus selection. Green Bay Packers halfback/placekicker led NFL in scoring three straight seasons from 1959 through 1961.
- Dr. J. Shelton Horsley III, 92, played for Virginia in the late 1940s.
- Charles "C.J." Howard, 70, averaged 4.4 ppg for San Jose State from 1968-69 through 1971-72.
- Lynn Howden, 72, was a Louisiana State transfer who averaged 10.7 ppg and 8.7 rpg for Texas from 1969-70 through 1971-72, leading the Longhorns in rebounding as junior when he grabbed a school single-game record of 24 caroms against Florida State.
- Lenzie Howell, 52, averaged 14.2 ppg, 6.2 rpg and 1.3 spg for Arkansas in 1988-89 and 1989-90. Juco recruit was named Most Outstanding Player in 1989 SWC Tournament before becoming third-leading scorer and rebounder for the Razorbacks' 1990 Final Four team.
- Jim Huggard, 87, averaged 15.8 ppg and 3.7 rpg for Villanova from 1958-59 through 1960-61. He participated in NIT each of his first two seasons.
- Bob Hughes, 82, played for Loyola New Orleans in 1956-57.
- Joe Hughes, 90, averaged 7.9 ppg and 4 rpg for Denver in 1950-51 and 1951-52.
- Randy Hughes Jr., 67, was Rhode Island's leading scorer with 13.3 ppg in 1973-74 under coach Jack Kraft.
- Harry "Bill" Hull Jr., 79, was a forward for Wake Forest squad finishing third in 1962 NCAA Tournament. The first athlete in ACC history to start in both football and basketball finished among the Demon Deacons' all-time leading rebounders and ranked 10th in the nation in field-goal shooting in 1961 (55.3%). He averaged 6.5 ppg and 7.3 rpg in his two varsity seasons. All-ACC defensive end was a third-round pick of the NFL's Chicago Bears in 1962 (35th pick overall), but chose to play with the AFL's Dallas Texans after being their fifth-round selection. In his only pro season, the 6-6, 245-pounder intercepted a pass and returned it 23 yards to help set up the game-winning field goal in overtime of 20-17 victory over the Houston Oilers in AFL championship game. He caught 37 passes for 571 yards and four touchdowns as a WFU end from 1959 through 1961.
- Joe Hume, 88, averaged 3.9 ppg and 1.8 rpg for William & Mary in 1951-52 and 1954-55.
- Dr. Ed Humston, 91, played for Eastern Kentucky in 1947-48.
- Les Hunter, 77, averaged 17.1 ppg and 11.8 rpg for Loyola of Chicago from 1961-62 through 1963-64. Second-leading scorer and rebounder for 1963 NCAA Tournament champion. Hunter was 11th pick overall in 1964 NBA draft.
- Sascha Hupmann, 49, averaged 8.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg and 2 bpg for Evansville from 1989-90 through 1992-93. As a senior, German product led the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in rebounding average (10.6 rpg) and blocked shots per game (2.2 bpg).
- Glen Hursey, 89, averaged 12.4 ppg for Ohio University from 1949-50 through 1951-52. He was an All-MAC first-team selection as a senior when averaging team-high 15.5 ppg.
- Bob Hutchison, 84, played for Marquette from 1955-56 through 1957-58.
- John "Whack" Hyder, 91, compiled a 292-271 coaching record with Georgia Tech in 22 seasons from 1951-52 through 1972-73. The Yellow Jackets snapped Kentucky's NCAA-record 129-game homecourt winning streak and SEC-record 51-game winning streak on 1-8-55.
- Mike Ireland, 82, averaged 1.8 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Notre Dame from 1956-57 through 1958-59.
- Jim Iverson, 90, averaged 12.9 ppg for Kansas State from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Jack Gardner. Iverson was third-leading scorer for 1951 NCAA Tournament runner-up before senior captain became 17th pick overall in 1952 NBA draft. Also a pitcher for the Wildcats, his batterymate was Earl Woods, the father of legendary golfer Tiger Woods after breaking the Big Seven Conference color barrier in baseball in the early 1950s.
- Bill Jacobs, 85, was a member of Oklahoma's team in 1947-48 under coach Bruce Drake. As a senior, he was member of USA Track and Field team touring Portugal and South Africa.
- Ashley "A.J." James, 19, was a Missouri State commitment who died in an accidental shooting at a military academy he attended.
- Victor James, 65, averaged 3 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Arkansas State from 1973-74 through 1976-77.
- Robert "Bobbie Joe" Jarrett, 83, averaged in double figures in scoring each of his last two seasons while playing for New Mexico A&M from 1955-56 through 1957-58. He was an All-Border Conference first-team selection as a senior.
- Rich Jarvis, 81, averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.2 rpg for Arizona State in 1958-59 under coach Ned Wulk. His career was interrupted by serving a Mormon mission.
- Eddie Javius, 54, averaged 3.1 ppg and 2 rpg for California from 1983-84 through 1986-87.
- Bob Jeran, 94, was a West Virginia letterman in 1943-44.
- B.J. Johnson, 65, was a juco recruit who averaged 10.7 ppg and 3.5 rpg for East Tennessee State in 1976-77 and 1977-78 under coach Sonny Smith.
- Dwight Johnson, 67, averaged 1.5 ppg for North Carolina State's 1974 NCAA Tournament titlist coached by Norm Sloan.
- Eddie Johnson, 65, averaged 19.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg and 4.9 apg for Auburn from 1973-74 through 1976-77. Four-time All-SEC selection led the Tigers in scoring each of his first three seasons.
- Freddy Johnson Jr., 90, averaged 1.1 ppg for Colorado from 1948-49 through 1950-51. He was also a three-year letterman in baseball and football.
- Joe Johnson, 75, averaged 12.9 ppg and 5.9 rpg for Michigan State in 1964-65 under coach Forddy Anderson before transferring to Parsons College IA.
- Martrel Johnson, 36, played for Montana State in 2003-04.
- Rafer Johnson, 86, averaged 2.5 ppg in 1957-58 and 8.2 ppg in 1958-59 for UCLA under coach John Wooden. Third-leading scorer and rebounder (6.6 rpg) on 1958-59 team he led in field-goal shooting (50.7%). Johnson won gold medal in decathlon in 1955 Pan American Games and 1960 Olympics. Runner-up in event in 1956 Olympics.
- Ron Johnson, 87, averaged 3 ppg for Bradley in 1952-53 and 1953-54 under coach Forddy Anderson.
- Manley "Shot" Johnston, 81, averaged 7.8 ppg and 7.4 rpg (team runner-up) for Auburn in 1957-58 under coach Joel Eaves. Johnston was an OF in Chicago White Sox' farm system, hitting .284 with 101 homers and 394 RBI in nine seasons from 1958 through 1966. He was also a pitcher, compiling a 71-42 record (posted 20 wins in Southern League in 1964 and 18 triumphs in PCL in 1966).
- David Jones, 84, averaged 2.8 ppg for Lafayette's NCAA playoff team in 1956-57.
- K.C. Jones, 88, averaged 8.8 ppg and 5.2 rpg for San Francisco from 1951-52 through 1955-56 (missed majority of 1953-54 after undergoing appendectomy). All-American as a senior when he was second-leading scorer for undefeated NCAA Tournament titlist.
- Phil Jones, 88, averaged 4.4 ppg for Connecticut from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Hugh Greer.
- Chuck Judkins Jr., 89, averaged 2.7 ppg for Brown from 1951-52 through 1953-54.
- Howie Judson, 95, was Illinois' third-leading scorer in 1944-45 with 8.5 ppg. Righthander compiled a 17-37 MLB pitching record and 4.29 ERA with the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds in seven MLB seasons from 1948 through 1954. He ranked third in A.L. in games pitched with 46 in 1950.
- Ron Judson, 85, averaged 13.8 ppg and 7.4 rpg for Dartmouth from 1954-55 through 1956-57 under coach Doggie Julian, appearing in three NCAA playoff games as a junior. Judson, a two-time All-Ivy League selection, was runner-up in scoring for the Big Green all three seasons. Righthander compiled a 14-12 pitching record in the Boston Red Sox' farm system in three years from 1957 through 1959.
- George Jurosky, 87, averaged 7.8 ppg and 4.9 rpg for St. Joseph's in 1952-53 and 1953-54.
- Mike Karas, 68, played for Wichita State from 1970-71 through 1972-73.
- Gary Kasmer Sr., 79, averaged 5.3 ppg for Temple from 1960-61 through 1962-63 under coach Harry Litwack. Kasmer was the Owls' second-leading scorer as a senior.
- John Kasser, 82, averaged 6.8 ppg and 7.8 rpg for Pepperdine from 1956-57 through 1958-59. He led the Waves in rebounding as a sophomore.
- Billy Keller, 85, averaged 1.6 ppg for Vanderbilt from 1953-54 through 1956-57 under coach Bob Polk.
- Eugene "Goo" Kennedy, 71, was a juco recruit who averaged 20.4 ppg and 16.6 rpg for Texas Christian in 1970-71 as an All-SWC first-team selection.
- John Keshock, 87, averaged 8.8 ppg and 6.2 rpg with John Carroll (Ohio) from 1951-52 through 1954-55. As a senior, he averaged team-high 11.7 rpg for JCU's last NCAA DI team.
- Alfred "Skip" Kickey, 73, averaged 2.6 ppg and 2.3 rpg for South Carolina from 1965-66 through 1967-68 under coach Frank McGuire.
- Lt. Colonel Karl Kieslich, 79, played for Vermont in 1961-62 and 1962-63 before joining the U.S. Air Force.
- Bill Killian, 90, played for Loyola of New Orleans in 1949-50 before serving in U.S. Army during Korean Conflict.
- Rudy Kinard, 70, averaged 6 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Tennessee in 1968-69 and 1969-70 under coach Ray Mears. Kinard hit .233 as an INF in farm systems of the St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals in eight years from 1972 through 1979.
- Roger Kindel, 69, averaged 3.9 ppg and 2 rpg for Seton Hall from 1969-70 through 1971-72.
- Dave King, 80, was an All-Yankee Conference second-team selection in 1960-61 when finishing runner-up in scoring (13.1 ppg) and rebounding (7.9 rpg) for Connecticut under coach Hugh Greer.
- Colonel Joe King, 83, averaged 15.7 ppg and 8.4 rpg for Oklahoma from 1955-56 through 1957-58. Three-time All-Big Eight Conference second-team selection led the Sooners in scoring and rebounding as a senior after finishing among team's top two in those categories each of previous two seasons. He had a 28-year military career in the U.S. Army, including combat tour in Vietnam.
- Kenneth King, 83, averaged 7.6 ppg and 4.5 rpg for Texas Christian in 1957-58 and 1958-59 under coach Buster Brannon.
- Paul King, 86, played for Notre Dame in the mid-1950s.
- Bill Kirberger, 92, played for Tulsa in 1949-50 under coach Clarence Iba after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII.
- Dave Kirk, 83, averaged 4.7 ppg and 6.1 rpg for Marshall in 1955-56 and 1956-57. Eventual U.S. Air Force chaplain scored 18 points in the Thundering Herd's first NCAA playoff game in 1956.
- Dan Kirkland, 69, averaged 9.8 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Auburn in 1970-71 and 1971-72. He was runner-up in scoring and third-leading rebounder for the Tigers in his final season.
- Jerry Kirksey, 81, played for Missouri in 1957-58 before transferring to Southwest Missouri State.
- Dr. Karl Klinar, 88, averaged 16.1 ppg and 11.3 rpg for VMI from 1951-52 through 1953-54. He led the Southern Conference in field-goal shooting as a sophomore (49.2%) before pacing the Keydets in scoring and rebounding as a junior.
- Dan Knapp, 86, averaged 5.3 ppg and 3.4 rpg for North Carolina State in 1951-52 and 1952-53 under coach Everett Case.
- Gene Koch, 96, was a member of Dartmouth's 1944 Final Four team after enlisting in the Navy V12 officer training program.
- Dick "Gus" Koecher, 93, was a Temple hoops letterman in 1943-44. He became a LHP for the Philadelphia Phillies in late 1940s.
- Dick Koffenberger, 90, averaged 7.9 ppg for Maryland from 1949-50 through 1951-52. All-Southern Conference Tournament selection as a junior was brother of Duke's Ed Koffenberger (All-American in 1945-46 and 1946-47).
- Bob Kolf Jr., 91, averaged 6.7 ppg for Southern California from 1948-49 through 1950-51. He was senior co-captain.
- John Kotecki Sr., 90, played for Wake Forest in mid-1950s when the Demon Deacons made transition from Southern Conference to ACC.
- Bob Kovalski, 77, averaged 8.5 ppg and 8.6 rpg for Providence from 1962-63 through 1965-66. In his first two seasons, he was team runner-up in rebounding behind Friars All-American John Thompson Jr.
- Ed Krajack, 81, averaged 8 ppg and 3.9 rpg for Clemson from 1958-59 through 1960-61 under coach Press Maravich.
- Joe Laird, 80, played for South Carolina from 1960-61 through 1962-63 when the Gamecocks were an ACC member.
- Dean Larsen, 87, averaged 8.9 ppg and 4.7 rpg for Brigham Young from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Stan Watts. As a senior, All-Mountain States Conference first-team selection was leading scorer with 15.2 ppg for the Cougars' NIT team.
- Dick Latimer Sr., 89, averaged 1.9 ppg for Duke from 1949-50 through 1951-52 as a teammate of All-American Dick Groat.
- Stanley Lawrence, 58, averaged 5 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 1.2 bpg for Tennessee-Chattanooga from 1979-80 through 1982-83, leading three consecutive NCAA Tournament teams in blocked shots. As a junior, the Mocs posted their first NCAA tourney triumph (against North Carolina State a year before the Wolfpack captured a national championship). Lawrence's wife faced felony murder and aggravated assault charges for shooting the 30-year Atlanta police officer in their home.
- Anton "Tony" Lawry, 97, averaged 3.9 ppg for Nebraska from 1947-48 through 1949-50.
- Archpriest Paul Lazor, 80, averaged 3.9 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Pittsburgh from 1958-59 through 1960-61.
- Jimmy Lee, 84, averaged 14.3 ppg and 4.2 rpg for Auburn from 1956-57 through 1958-59. Two-time All-SEC selection led the Tigers in scoring as a sophomore and senior.
- Roy Lester, 96, played for West Virginia in 1948-49 as teammate of Fred Schaus. Lester was head football coach with Maryland for three years from 1969 through 1971.
- Darrell Lewis, 84, averaged 1.4 ppg for Pittsburgh in 1954-55. The next two years, he was a backup quarterback for bowl teams (Gator and Sugar).
- Jeff Lipscomb, 66, averaged 2.3 ppg for San Diego State in 1972-73 before transferring to UC Santa Barbara, where he averaged 4.2 ppg and 2.8 rpg in 1974-75 and 1975-76.
- Elvin Little, 88, averaged 3.3 ppg for Tennessee from 1950-51 through 1952-53.
- Bob Lochmueller, 93, averaged 15.2 ppg for Louisville from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Peck Hickman. He was leading scorer and rebounder for the Cardinals' first NCAA playoff team in 1951 and first NIT participant in 1952. Eighth pick overall in 1952 NBA draft.
- Robert "Wayne" Lockett, 70, averaged 5.6 ppg and 3.1 rpg for Virginia Tech in 1969-70 and 1970-71. He was a member of the Morgan Wootten-coached DeMatha Catholic high school squad ending 71-game winning streak for Lew Alcindor-led Power Memorial from New York in 1965.
- Stu Locklin, 88, played for Wisconsin in 1947-48 under coach Bud Foster. Locklin was an outfielder with the Cleveland Indians in 1955 and 1956.
- Gil Loescher, 75, averaged 6 ppg and 4.8 rpg for St. Mary's from 1964-65 through 1966-67. He became emeritus professor of political science at Notre Dame, teaching international relations and peace studies for 26 years. Expert on refugees and humanitarian issues lost both of his legs above the knees but survived suicide bombing at United Nations headquarters in central Baghdad on August 19, 2003. Loescher didn't bleed to death because he was hanging upside down before medics rescued him.
- Wilbert Loftin, 70, was a juco recruit who ranked third in scoring and rebounding for Southwestern Louisiana's inaugural NCAA DI team in 1971-72. USL earned distinction that campaign of becoming the only school ever to finish in Top 10 of final Division I rankings the year after finishing in Top 10 of final Division II poll.
- Dr. Stan London, 94, attended Washington MO in the mid-1940s when the St. Louis-based university was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. He went on to become team physician for the NBA Hawks (from mid-1950s until they moved to Atlanta in late 1960s) and then the MLB Cardinals for nearly 30 seasons.
- Albert "Al" Long Jr., 88, averaged 1.7 ppg for North Carolina in 1952-53 and 1953-54 under coach Frank McGuire. Long was the ACC's first athlete to letter in four sports.
- Hal Loughary, 92, was an All-Ohio Valley Conference selection for Murray State in 1949-50. Later that summer, he hit .269 as a St. Louis Cardinals' farmhand.
- Don Loughmiller, 88, played for Louisiana State from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Harry Rabenhorst. Loughmiller was a member of 1953 Final Four team.
- Justin Love, 41, was a juco recruit who averaged 16.3 ppg and 4.7 rpg for St. Louis in 1998-99 and 1999-00. All-CUSA first-team selection as senior led the Billikens in scoring average both seasons.
- Henry "Hank" Luepke Jr., 84, played for Notre Dame in the mid-1950s.
- Bob Luksta, 92, played for DePaul in late 1940s and early 1950s under coach Ray Meyer. Luksta was coach at Loyola-New Orleans when the school disbanded its athletic programs in 1972 after he compiled a 47-54 record in four seasons.
- Chuck Machock, 82, was UCF's coach when the Knights made transition to NCAA DI level in mid-1980s.
- Jimmy Madison, 54, averaged 7.1 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Utah from 1985-86 through 1988-89. He was the Utes' runner-up in scoring as a senior.
- Jim Maher, 82, averaged 2.6 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Creighton from 1955-56 through 1957-58.
- Frankie Majczan Sr., 99, was a Moravian PA transfer who averaged a team-high 17.9 ppg for Lehigh in 1943-44.
- Chris Marcus, 40, averaged 14.1 ppg, 10.1 rpg and 2.7 bpg for Western Kentucky from 1999-00 to 2002-03. He was Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore.
- Roy Martin, 87, averaged 7 ppg and 4.7 rpg for Texas A&M in 1952-53 and 1953-54 (captain).
- Steven Matuson, 77, averaged 3.5 ppg and 4.7 rpg for Rutgers in 1962-63.
- John "Jack" Mayfield, 84, played for Marshall in 1955-56 and 1956-57.
- Gale McArthur, 90, was second-leading scorer and third-leading rebounding as senior All-American for Oklahoma A&M's 1951 national fourth-place team under coach Hank Iba. Two years earlier, McArthur was seventh-leading scorer for 1949 NCAA Tournament runner-up.
- John McCarthy, 86, averaged 19 ppg and 7.5 rpg for Canisius from 1953-54 through 1955-56. All-American as senior before becoming 26th pick overall in NBA draft. Leading scorer for the Golden Griffins' first two NCAA playoff teams went on to coach his alma mater to a 28-49 record in three seasons from 1974-75 through 1976-77.
- Jack "Cy" McClairen, 89, is Bethune-Cookman's all-time winningest coach, compiling a 383-420 record in 31 seasons from 1961-62 through 1992-93 (except for 1966-67). Split end caught 85 passes for 1,253 yards and three touchdowns in six years with the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1955 through 1960, playing in Pro Bowl after finishing third in NFL in pass receptions with 46 in 1957.
- Bob McCurdy, 68, averaged 4.2 ppg and 2.2 rpg for Virginia in 1971-72 before transferring to Richmond, where he led nation in scoring with 32.9 ppg in 1974-75. In his final home game with UR, he scored a school-record 53 points against Appalachian State on his birthday.
- Ben McGilmer, 74, averaged 11.5 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Iowa from 1965-66 through 1969-70 (career interrupted by serving in U.S. Army). As a senior under coach Ralph Miller, he was in regular rotation for highest-scoring team in Big Ten Conference history as the Hawkeyes went unbeaten in league competition.
- Jay McKenzie, 82, averaged 15.3 ppg and 2.6 rpg for Virginia in 10 contests as a sophomore in 1958-59.
- Mark McNamara, 60, averaged 13.1 ppg and 6.7 rpg for Santa Clara in 1977-78 and 1978-79 before transferring to California, where he averaged 19.6 ppg and 11.6 rpg in 1980-81 and 1981-82. All-American as a senior when leading nation in field-goal shooting (70.2%).
- Cornelius McNary, 48, averaged 2.3 ppg and 1.7 rpg for Purdue from 1990-91 through 1993-94 under coach Gene Keady. McNary played for three NCAA Tournament teams.
- Carl McNulty, 89, averaged 14.7 ppg for Purdue from 1949-50 through 1951-52. Two-time All-Big Ten Conference selection earned All-American acclaim as a senior.
- Jack McNutt, 88, was a juco recruit who averaged 4.2 ppg for Houston in 1951-52 when the Cougars were transitioning to major-college level.
- Terry McQuade was a member of Marquette's 1970 NIT titlist coached by Al McGuire.
- Paul Merchant, 86, was a four-year letterman for Oklahoma from 1946-47 through 1949-50 under coach Bruce Drake. He played for national runner-up against eventual Hall of Famer Bob Cousy (Holy Cross) as a freshman and became a Big Seven Conference first-team selection as a junior.
- Darrell "D.L." Miller, 91, averaged 6.5 ppg for Arkansas in 1949-50 and 1950-51 (All-SWC second-team selection).
- Roland Minson, 90, averaged 13.3 ppg for Brigham Young from 1948-49 through 1950-51 under coach Stan Watts (All-Skyline Conference selection each season; NIT Most Valuable Player as senior All-American when leading BYU in scoring).
- Warren Mitchell Sr., 87, compiled a 58-98 coaching record with William & Mary in six seasons from 1966-67 through 1971-72. He averaged 9 ppg and 4.1 rpg for Richmond from 1954-55 through 1956-57. Senior captain led the Spiders in scoring with 13.7 ppg as an All-Southern Conference second-team selection.
- John Moore, 76, played for Houston in 1964-65 under coach Guy Lewis.
- Rev. Ron Morris, 86, was fourth-leading rebounder and fifth-leading scorer for Southern Methodist's national fourth-place finisher in 1956. He was one of the pioneer leaders of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).
- Carlos "Sonny" Morrison, 79, was Florida's runner-up in scoring (11.3 ppg) and rebounding (7.7 rpg) in 1961-62 under coach Norm Sloan.
- Cecil Mosenson, 90, played for Temple in 1949-50. He went on to become high school coach of eventual Kansas All-American Wilt Chamberlain.
- Bob Motsinger, 82, averaged 1.9 ppg for Purdue from 1957-58 through 1959-60.
- Chuck Mrazovich, 96, averaged 11.5 ppg for Eastern Kentucky from 1946-47 through 1949-50 after serving in U.S. Army during WWII. Two-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection was the 32nd pick in 1950 NBA draft.
- Norm Muller, 89, averaged 2.4 ppg for Wake Forest in 1950-51 and 1951-52. Vietnam veteran during 28-year military career in U.S. Air Force.
- Ed Murphy, 78, compiled a 76-98 coaching record with Mississippi in six seasons from 1986-87 through 1991-92. He played under coach Lou Henson with Hardin-Simmons in the early 1960s.
- Jesse "Rod" Nall, 83, was a member of unanimous national player of the year Oscar Robertson-led Cincinnati's third-place finisher in 1959 NCAA Tournament.
- Dick Nemelka, 76, averaged 16.7 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Brigham Young from 1963-64 through 1965-66 under coach Stan Watts. Two-time All-WAC selection was an All-American and team-leading scorer as senior when BYU won NIT.
- Steve Niles, 71, averaged 11.4 ppg and 8.8 rpg for Texas A&M from 1968-69 through 1970-71 under coach Shelby Metcalf. Niles led the Aggies in rebounding as an All-SWC second-team selection each of his last two seasons after finishing third in that category with their NCAA tourney team as a sophomore. He also paced them in scoring as senior tri-captain.
- Judge Joel Novak, 80, averaged 2.9 ppg and 1.6 rpg with Iowa from 1959-60 through 1961-62 as teammate of Don Nelson under coach Sharm Scheuerman.
- Bill Oates, 80, compiled an 86-103 coaching record with Saint Mary's in seven seasons from 1979-80 through 1985-86.
- Arnold Obey, 73, averaged 14.1 ppg and 5.7 rpg for Wagner in 1966-67. He died of COVID-19 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Michael Ojo, 27, was a Nigerian native who averaged 2.7 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Florida State from 2012-13 through 2016-17 under coach Leonard Hamilton.
- John Oldham, 97, compiled a 264-124 coaching record in 16 seasons with Tennessee Tech (118-83 in nine years from 1955-56 through 1963-64) and Western Kentucky (146-41 in seven years from 1964-65 through 1970-71). In his final campaign as coach, WKU finished third in NCAA Tournament. He averaged 9.9 ppg for WKU under coach Ed Diddle during career interrupted by serving in U.S. Navy during WWII. All-American as senior in 1948-49 when Oldham was an All-Ohio Valley Conference selection.
- Jerry Oliver, 89, compiled a 4-17 record as Indiana's acting head coach in 1969-70 and 1970-71.
- Robert "Lute" Olson, 85, compiled a 779-287 coaching record in 34 seasons with Long Beach State (24-2 in 1973-74), Iowa (165-93 in nine years from 1974-75 through 1982-83) and Arizona (590-192 in 24 years from 1983-84 through 2006-07). UA's all-time winningest coach reached the Final Four on five occasions (1980 as NABC national coach of year, 1988, 1994, 1997 and 2001).
- Father John "Jack" O'Malley, 83, averaged 11.1 ppg and 5.9 rpg for St. Francis (Pa.) from 1956-57 through 1958-59. He participated in NIT as a junior.
- Elias "Alvin" O'Neal, 70, averaged 3.4 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Illinois in 1970-71 before transferring to Morgan State.
- Lou Orlando Jr., 88, averaged 4.1 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Connecticut from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Hugh Greer. Orlando was an All-Yankee Conference second-team selection as a senior.
- Don Parson, 82, played for Western Kentucky from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Ed Diddle. Parson, an All-Ohio Valley Conference selection for NCAA tourney team as a senior, averaged scoring in double figures each of his last two seasons.
- M. "Dean" Parsons, 86, averaged 10.5 ppg and 8.3 rpg for Washington from 1951-52 through 1954-55 under coach Tippy Dye. Parsons was an All-PCC North Division first-team selection as junior and senior. He was a backup for the Huskies' 1953 national third-place team before leading them in scoring and rebounding each of his last two seasons.
- Ralph Passante Sr., 77, played for St. John's in 1961-62 under coach Joe Lapchick.
- Leonard "Whitey" Pearson, 90, averaged 3 ppg for Kentucky's NIT team in 1949-50 under coach Adolph Rupp.
- Herschel "Bones" Pedersen, 91, averaged 12.2 ppg and 9.9 rpg for Brigham Young from 1953-54 through 1955-56 under coach Stan Watts after serving in U.S. Army during Korean Conflict. All-Mountain States Conference second-team selection as junior was the Cougars' leading rebounder each of his last two seasons.
- Eddie Pepple, 88, averaged 6 ppg for Utah from 1952-53 through 1954-55 under coaches Vadal Peterson and Jack Gardner. Pepple participated in the NCAA playoffs as a senior.
- Jack Pierce, 84, averaged 5.6 ppg and 2.1 rpg for North Texas State in 1957-58 when the Mean Green transitioned to major-college status.
- Lou Poma averaged 2.8 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Kansas State from 1962-63 through 1964-65 under coach Tex Winter.
- Ned Postels, 96, was a South Dakota State transfer who started for Iowa from 1943-44 through 1945-46.
- Jerome "Jerry" Power, 79, averaged 10.3 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Boston College in three seasons the first half of the 1960s. He was runner-up in scoring for the Eagles in Bob Cousy's first season as coach in 1963-64.
- Richard "Hearon" Puckett, 82, played for Tennessee Tech's first-ever NCAA tourney team in 1958 under coach John Oldham, fouling out of defeat against Notre Dame in Mideast Regional. The next year as a junior, Puckett was runner-up on the team in rebounding to All-American Jimmy Hagan with 8.6 per game.
- Dr. Jim Pugh, 84, averaged 8.2 ppg and 4.8 rpg for Southern California from 1955-56 through 1957-58. He was runner-up in rebounding average for the Trojans as a senior.
- Fran "Red" Quinn Jr., 85, averaged 7 ppg for Connecticut from 1954-55 through 1956-57 under coach Hugh Greer. All-Yankee Conference second-team selection as a senior scored at least 14 points in single NCAA tourney outing each of his last two seasons.
- Leonard Ragus, 79, played for Louisiana State in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
- Dr. Bob Rasmussen, 72, averaged 3 ppg and 2.3 rpg for Louisiana State in 1966-67.
- James Ratiff, 61, averaged 5.4 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Tennessee in 1977-78 before transferring to Howard University, where he averaged 19.4 ppg and 9 rpg from 1979-80 through 1981-82. Three-time All-MEAC first-team selection was league MVP as a sophomore before pacing alliance in scoring his final two seasons.
- Les Ray, 94, was a three-year letterman for Nevada from 1947-48 through 1949-50 after transferring from Indiana. He served in U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII in the Pacific.
- Jim "Miggs" Reilly, 97, was a pint-sized starter for Georgetown's NCAA tourney runner-up in 1943 before serving in the U.S. military during WWII. He returned to play for the Hoyas in 1946-47.
- Jim Retseck, 69, averaged 15.7 ppg and 10.3 rpg for Auburn in 1970-71 and 1971-72 before leaving school with one season of eligibility remaining to play professionally in Europe. He led the Tigers in rebounding both years and in scoring in 1971-72.
- Dr. Walt Reynolds, 100, lettered for Oregon in 1942-43. U.S. military veteran was the first African-American to graduate from UO's Medical School before serving as President of local chapter of the Urban League in the late 1950s.
- Bill Rice, 76, averaged 5 ppg and 5.1 rpg for Montana from 1962-63 through 1964-65. He held school records of 6'7 3/4" in high jump and 46' 6 1/2" in triple jump.
- Claude "Eddie" Richards, 83, played for Missouri in the mid-1950s.
- Herb Richardson, 93, was a juco recruit who averaged 9.5 ppg for Houston in 1950-51 in the Cougars' inaugural campaign at the major-college level.
- Paul Riddle, 90, averaged 3.3 ppg for Alabama from 1949-50 through 1951-52.
- Arnie Ring, 87, averaged 5.4 ppg and 4.8 rpg for Seton Hall from 1951-52 through 1954-55 under coach Honey Russell. Ring was in regular rotation for 1953 NIT champion ranking #2 in final national polls.
- John "Bill" Riser Sr., 86, averaged 3 ppg and 5.8 rpg for Clemson from 1953-54 through 1955-56. As a junior, he was runner-up in rebounding for the Tigers (8.6 rpg).
- Dick Rittman, 88, was an Ole Miss transfer who served in U.S. Navy before averaging 3.1 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Arkansas in 1956-57 and 1957-58. As a senior, he played in two NCAA playoff games.
- Lovelle Rivers, 66, played for Michigan State from 1972-73 through 1975-76.
- Dale Roark, 90, averaged 4 ppg for Oklahoma A&M from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Hank Iba. Roark was a member of 1954 CWS club after leading baseball squad in stolen bases and walks in 1952.
- Rick Roberson, 72, averaged 15.7 ppg and 12.4 rpg for Cincinnati from 1966-67 through 1968-69. Two-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection led the Bearcats in scoring and rebounding all three seasons.
- Louis "Bud" Robertson, 99, played for Kentucky in 1940-41 and 1941-42 under coach Adolph Rupp.
- Clifford Robinson, 53, averaged 15.3 ppg and 6.1 rpg for Connecticut from 1985-86 through 1988-89. He was a two-time All-Big East Conference selection.
- Randy Robinson, 50, averaged 9.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg and 1.3 spg for Colorado from 1988-89 through 1992-93 (redshirt in 1989-90).
- Stanley Robinson, 32, averaged 9.8 ppg and 6.2 rpg for Connecticut from 2006-07 through 2009-10 under coach Jim Calhoun. He was third-leading rebounder for the Huskies' 2009 Final Four team before pacing them in caroms as senior.
- Marcos "Shakey" Rodriguez, 67, compiled a 79-66 coaching record for Florida International in five seasons from 1995-96 through 1999-00.
- Tom Roe, 58, was a Texas Wesleyan transfer who played for Baylor in 1982-83.
- Danny Rogers, 85, averaged 11.7 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Southern California in 1955-56 and 1956-57. Juco recruit was captain, team MVP and All-PCC first-team selection as a senior when averaging team-high 16.5 ppg.
- Harold Ross, 72, was a juco recruit who averaged a team-high 18.4 ppg for Montana in 1968-69, earning All-Big Sky Conference first-team honors.
- John Rudolph, 87, played for Missouri in 1946-47 before enlisting in U.S. Marine Corps.
- Joe Ruklick, 82, averaged 19.9 ppg and 13.2 rpg for Northwestern from 1956-57 through 1958-59. All-American as senior led the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding all three seasons as All-Big Ten Conference selection each year.
- Harvey Salz, 82, averaged 11.6 ppg and 3.7 rpg for North Carolina from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Frank McGuire. Salz was MVP for 1959 NCAA tourney team before becoming senior captain.
- Paul Sarbanes, 87, scored 19 points in 12 games for Princeton in 1951-52, including a made free throw against Dayton in East Regional third-place game. Democrat served as a member of House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and Maryland Senator from 1977 to 2007.
- Paul Saunders, 74, played for Long Island University in 1965-66. He died from COVID-19.
- Kelvin Scarborough, 56, averaged 11.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 4.4 apg and 1.8 spg for New Mexico from 1983-84 through 1986-87 under coach Gary Colson. All-WAC first-team selection as senior led league in assists each of his last three seasons.
- Ed Schilling Sr., 75, averaged 16.3 ppg and 9.9 rpg for Butler from 1964-65 through 1966-67 under coach Tony Hinkle. Schilling led the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding each of his last two seasons. Transferred from Cincinnati after breaking his leg and dislocating an ankle in automobile collision.
- Harv Schmidt, 84, averaged 12.4 ppg for Illinois from 1954-55 through 1956-57 under coach Harry Combes. All-American and All-Big Ten Conference second-team selection as a senior when the Illini's leading scorer became 11th pick overall in NBA draft. Schmidt coached his alma mater to an 89-77 record in seven seasons from 1967-68 through 1973-74.
- Dick Schnittker, 91, averaged 17.9 ppg for Ohio State from 1947-48 through 1949-50 under coach Tippy Dye. Ranked among the nation's top 22 scorers all three of those seasons, finishing among top 12 in field-goal percentage as sophomore and junior. Two-time All-Big Ten Conference selection and All-American was fourth pick overall in NBA draft. End on the Buckeyes' squad defeating California, 17-14, in Rose Bowl following 1950 football campaign.
- Dr. Jim Schooley, 88, played for Indiana from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Branch McCracken. As a senior, Schooley was a member of the Hoosiers' NCAA Tournament titlist. He became an internationally-recognized nuclear physicist.
- Bob Schulz, 96, was a three-year starting guard for Iowa from 1947-48 through 1949-50 after having his college career interrupted by serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
- Gene Schwinger, 87, averaged 18.2 ppg and 11.1 rpg for Rice from 1951-52 through 1953-54. Two-time All-SWC first-team selection led the Owls in scoring and rebounding all three seasons.
- Jim Scott, 85, was a three-time All-Border Conference selection who averaged 13.3 ppg for West Texas State from 1951-52 through 1954-55. He led the nation in free-throw shooting (89.5%) as a senior when his school participated in the NCAA playoffs.
- Sidney "Shep" Sewitch, 98, averaged more than 9 ppg for Rutgers each season from 1940-41 through 1942-43, leading the Scarlet Knights in scoring one year and finishing runner-up twice. He served in U.S. Army during WWII.
- Bill Sheridan Jr., 78, averaged 9.5 ppg and 5.9 rpg for Fordham from 1960-61 through 1962-63 under coach John Bach. Sheridan was junior co-captain before participating in NIT his final season.
- Tom Sheridan, 78, averaged 8.5 ppg and 3.7 rpg for St. Mary's from 1960-61 through 1962-63, earning All-WCAC second-team honors as a junior.
- Del Shofner, 85, was basketball letterman for Baylor in 1955-56 under coach Bill Henderson. MVP of 1957 Sugar Bowl became a five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver who caught 349 passes for 6,470 yards and 51 touchdowns in 11 years from 1957 through 1967 with the Los Angeles Rams and New York Giants.
- Howard Silverstein, 91, averaged 3.3 ppg for Connecticut in 1949-50 and 1950-51 under coach Hugh Greer.
- Ray "Buddy" Sink Jr., 83, averaged 5.9 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Alabama as a sophomore in 1958-59.
- Taylor "Butch" Skeete Jr., 79, was a two-year starter for Texas from 1959-60 through 1961-62 under coach Harold Bradley. Skeete played in NCAA tourney as a sophomore before becoming team MVP as a senior when averaging 12.2 ppg (hitting 11-of-12 FGAs in game at SMU).
- Charlie Slack, 89, averaged 18.7 ppg and 23.8 rpg for Marshall from 1953-54 through 1955-56. He led nation in rebounding average as junior and senior after finishing NCAA runner-up as sophomore. Two-time All-Mid-American Conference first-team selection was 22nd pick overall in 1956 NBA draft.
- Bill Slattery, 86, averaged 2.2 ppg for St. Louis from 1952-53 through 1954-55 under coach Eddie Hickey.
- Jerry Sloan, 78, averaged 15.5 ppg and 12.4 rpg for Evansville from 1962-63 through 1964-65. Illinois transfer was an All-American as a senior when repeating as Outstanding Player in NCAA College Division Tournament. But for Sloan's change of heart in 1977 after five days as coach of his alma mater, he would have been on DC-3 aircraft crashing after takeoff on December 13 that year. All 29 people aboard perished, including coach Bobby Watson, who had survived a 31-month tour of duty in Vietnam, where he earned five Purple Hearts. "That incident made me realize there are a lot more things more important than basketball, even though I love this game," said Sloan, who won 1,221 career NBA regular-season games in 26 seasons as coach of the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz.
- Ed Slomcenski, 77, averaged 10.5 ppg and 9.4 rpg for Connecticut from 1961-62 through 1963-64. He led the Huskies in rebounding as a sophomore before becoming an All-Yankee Conference first-team selection for an NCAA playoff squad the next season.
- Carl Slone, 83, averaged 9.3 ppg and 5.8 rpg for Richmond from 1957-58 through 1959-60, finishing runner-up in scoring and rebounding with the Spiders as a senior. Slone compiled a 97-111 coaching record in eight seasons with George Washington (54-48 from 1970-71 through 1973-74) and his alma mater (43-63 from 1974-75 through 1977-78).
- Pete Smilikis, 82, was a two-time All-Yankee Conference first-team selection for New Hampshire. He still holds the school's single-season for rebounding with 18.6 rpg as a senior in 1959-60.
- Bob Smith, 83, averaged 12.3 ppg and 6.3 rpg for West Virginia from 1956-57 through 1958-59 under coach Fred Schaus. Smith was team runner-up in scoring to All-American Jerry West each of his last two seasons including NCAA tourney runner-up during senior season as All-Southern Conference second-team selection.
- Flavious Smith, 91, was an All-Ohio Valley Conference basketball choice in 1951-52 when averaging 9.6 ppg for Tennessee Tech. Two-time All-OVC first-team football selection was bypassed by numerous franchises in 1952 NFL draft because they thought he was black.
- Jim Smith, 87, averaged 6 ppg for Kansas State from 1951-52 through 1954-55.
- Richie Smith, 68, averaged 3 ppg for Creighton from 1971-72 through 1973-74 under coach Eddie Sutton. As a senior, Smith participated in the NCAA playoffs.
- Tommy Smith, 87, averaged 6.9 ppg and 5.9 rpg for Clemson from 1953-54 through 1955-56. As a junior, he led the Tigers in rebounding with 9.6 rpg (including single-game school-record 30 caroms against Georgia).
- George Sotille, 92, was on Connecticut's roster in 1949-50 under coach Hugh Greer after serving in U.S. Army.
- Dick Soule, 95, played for Arizona in 1943-44 under coach Fred Enke before serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
- Henry "Hank" Specht, 93, played for Kansas State in 1948-49 and 1949-50 under coach Jack Gardner after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII. Specht hit .255 in the Western Association (Class C) in 1950.
- Andre Spencer, 56, was a juco recruit who averaged 14.6 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Northern Arizona in 1984-85 and 1985-86. He was an All-Big Sky Conference first-team selection as a senior.
- John Stanich, 95, was a juco recruit who became an All-PCC South Division selection for UCLA in 1947-48 when scoring 238 points.
- Gene Stanczyk, 80, played for Rutgers in 1958-59 before transferring to SUNY Albany.
- Allan Stanton, 88, averaged 1.5 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Arizona in 1950-51 and 1951-52 under coach Fred Enke. Stanton was a three-year football letterman.
- Dr. Scott Stapleton, 67, averaged 3.1 ppg for Syracuse from 1971-72 through 1973-74.
- Peter "Pat" Stark, 90, averaged 7.3 ppg for Syracuse in 1951-52 and 1952-53. Quarterback led SU to Orange Bowl following 1952 campaign before becoming second-round pick in 1954 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
- Mike Steele, 67, averaged 14.3 ppg and 7.2 rpg for Western Michigan from 1971-72 through 1973-74 under coach Eldon Miller. Steele, a two-time All-Mid-American Conference second-team selection, led WMU in scoring each of his last two seasons.
- Anthony Stewart, 50, compiled a 51-73 coaching record with Tennessee-Martin in four seasons from 2016-17 through 2019-20. He directed Skyhawks to CIT second round in his inaugural campaign with them.
- Jim Stone, 89, averaged 1.5 ppg for Purdue from 1950-51 through 1952-53.
- Jerry Strange, 78, averaged 2.1 ppg for St. Louis in 1961-62 and 1962-63 under coach John Benington.
- Bill Stricker, 72, averaged 17.2 ppg and 8.4 rpg for Pacific from 1967-68 through 1969-70. Two-time All-WCAC first-team selection led the Tigers in scoring each of his last two seasons.
- Eddie Sutton, 84, compiled an 802-323 coaching record in 37 seasons with Creighton (82-50 in five years from 1969-70 through 1973-74), Arkansas (260-75 in 11 years from 1974-75 through 1984-85), Kentucky (90-40 in four years from 1985-86 through 1988-89), Oklahoma State (364-145 in 16 years from 1990-91 to 2005-06) and San Francisco (6-13 in second half of 2007-08 campaign). Averaged 6.6 ppg with OSU from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Hank Iba.
- Leroy Sutton III, 59, averaged 5.6 ppg and 3.3 rpg for Arkansas from 1979-80 through 1983-84 under coach Eddie Sutton.
- Bob Sweeney, 93, compiled a 21-75 coaching record for New Mexico in four seasons from 1958-59 through 1961-62.
- Matt Szykowny, 79, was a teammate of Don Nelson averaging 9.9 ppg as a sophomore starter for Iowa's 1960-61 squad going 18-6 before averaging 7.5 ppg the next season. Quarterback was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 15th round of 1963 NFL draft after leading the Hawkeyes in passing in 1961 and 1962, completing 59% of his passes for a total of 1,815 yards those two years. He threw an 80-yard touchdown pass against Wisconsin as a senior.
- Carl Tacy, 87, compiled a 245-153 coaching record in 14 seasons with Marshall (23-4 in 1971-72) and Wake Forest (222-149 in 13 years from 1972-73 through 1984-85).
- Mike Tallent, 71, averaged 18.1 ppg and 3.1 rpg for George Washington from 1968-69 to 1971-72. All-Southern Conference first-team selection as a junior in 1969-70 when he led league in scoring with 21.3 ppg.
- Jeff Taylor, 60, averaged 12.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg and 2.2 apg for Texas Tech from 1978-79 through 1981-82. Three-time All-SWC second-team selection led the Red Raiders in scoring as sophomore and junior before pacing them in assists as senior.
- Robert "Cat-Eye" Taylor, 49, averaged 16.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg and 1.8 apg for Middle Tennessee State from 1989-90 through 1992-93. Three-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection led MTSU in scoring each of his last three seasons.
- Alvaro Teheran, 54, averaged 13 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 1.4 bpg for Houston Baptist in 1987-88 and 1988-89 before averaging 9.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg and 1.3 bpg for Houston in 1989-90 and 1990-91. Colombian native led TAAC in blocked shots as freshman before becoming All-SWC second-team selection as senior.
- Sylvester "Ves" Temaat, 83, played for Creighton in 1955-56.
- Charles Terry, 65, was a juco recruit who averaged 9.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg for Arkansas in 1974-75 and 1975-76 under coach Eddie Sutton. Terry's brother (Martin) was also a juco recruit with the Hogs who became SWC Player of the Year in 1972-73.
- Cedric Thompkins, 38, averaged 6 ppg and 5.1 rpg for Sacramento State from 2000-01 through 2003-04, leading the Hornets in rebounding as a sophomore and senior.
- Jack Thompson, 82, was a juco recruit who averaged 8.9 ppg for Houston in 1960-61 (coach Guy Lewis' first NCAA tourney team) and 1961-62.
- John Thompson Jr., 78, compiled a 596-239 record as Georgetown's all-time winningest coach in 27 seasons from 1972-73 to 1998-99. Three-time national COY in mid-1980s reached NCAA Tournament championship contest on three occasions (winning 1984 title). Senior All-American averaged 19.2 ppg and 13.4 rpg for Providence from 1961-62 through 1963-64 under coach Joe Mullaney, ranking among nation's top 22 rebounders and top 28 in field-goal shooting each of last two seasons.
- Harold Thune, 100, was a starting guard for Minnesota in 1940-41 and 1941-42. He is the father of U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), who played hoops with Biola (Calif.) in the early 1980s.
- Billy Tinker, 81, was an All-SEC third-team selection for Auburn as a junior in 1961-62 when averaging 11.8 ppg and 5.3 rpg.
- Ted Tomasovich, 73, averaged 12.7 ppg, 4.6 rpg and 2.4 apg for Georgia Tech from 1966-67 through 1968-69, finishing among the Yellow Jackets' top three scorers each season. OF-1B hit .221 in the Cincinnati Reds' farm system in 1969 and 1970.
- Billy Tubbs, 85, compiled a 609-317 coaching record in 29 NCAA DI seasons with Lamar (121-89 in seven years from 1976-77 through 1979-80 and 2003-04 through 2005-06), Oklahoma (333-132 in 14 years from 1980-81 through 1993-94) and Texas Christian (155-96 in eight years from 1994-95 through 2001-02). OU's all-time winningest coach directed Sooners to 12 consecutive 20-win campaigns (including 1988 NCAA tourney title contest).
- Jim Tucker, 87, averaged 16 ppg for Duquesne from 1951-52 through 1953-54 when the Dukes reached NIT semifinals all three years. He was an All-American as sophomore when finishing 28th in nation in scoring.
- Gerald Tuttle, 73, averaged 1.9 ppg for North Carolina's three Final Four teams from 1966-67 through 1968-69 under coach Dean Smith.
- George Uhl, 85, averaged 7.8 ppg and 3.7 rpg for Connecticut in 1959-60 and 1960-61 under coach Hugh Greer after serving in U.S. Air Force. Uhl scored seven points when UConn was eliminated by Final Four-bound NYU in 1960 NCAA playoffs.
- Wes Unseld, 74, averaged 20.6 ppg and 18.9 rpg for Louisville from 1965-66 through 1967-68, leading the Cardinals in scoring as a sophomore and senior. Two-time NCAA unanimous All-American ranked among the nation's top four rebounders all three seasons.
- Hal Upjohn, 91, averaged 4.8 ppg for Yale from 1947-48 through 1949-50 under coach Howard Hobson. Upjohn played for school's first NCAA playoff participant in 1949 before leading the EIBL in assists the next season.
- John Urbanik, 84, averaged 2.1 ppg for Maryland in 1955-56.
- Ted Vartelas, 89, averaged 3 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Connecticut in 1952-53 under coach Hugh Greer.
- Bob Wachter, 95, played for Missouri in the late 1940s after serving in U.S. Marine Corps during WWII.
- Mike Wadsworth, 85, averaged 13.5 ppg and 8.6 rpg for St. Mary's from 1953-54 through 1955-56. All-WCAC second-team selection each season while leading the Gaels in rebounding all three years.
- Lonnie Walker, 75, compiled a 37-77 coaching record for Alcorn State in four seasons from 1989-90 through 1992-93 as Hall of Famer Davey Whitney's initial successor.
- John Waller Jr., 100, averaged 1.3 ppg for St. Louis in 1940-41. He also played HB for the Billikens' football squad.
- Scotti Ward, 80, averaged 14.3 ppg and 3.4 rpg for South Carolina from 1960-61 through 1962-63. All-ACC second-team selection as a senior when he averaged 17.6 ppg and led league in free-throw marksmanship (86.8%).
- Chuck Washington, 76, averaged 14 ppg and 8.6 rpg for Western Michigan in 1964-65, 1970-71 and 1971-72, leading team in rebounding as a senior. He was a two-time All-Mid-American Conference selection after career was interrupted by serving in U.S. Army during Vietnam War.
- Craig Watts, 61, averaged 4.7 ppg and 4.2 rpg for North Carolina State from 1977-78 through 1980-81 under coaches Norm Sloan and Jim Valvano. Watts connected on all six of his field-goal attempts in 1980 NCAA playoff defeat against Iowa.
- Dave Waxman, 78, averaged 4.9 ppg and 4.3 for UCLA from 1960-61 through 1962-63. As a junior, he was the sixth-leading scorer and rebounder with coach John Wooden's first Final Four team.
- Ken Wegner, 88, averaged 10 ppg for Oregon from 1951-52 through 1953-54. He was a two-time All-PCC North Division selection.
- Alfred Wehrle, 86, averaged 1.4 ppg for Connecticut's national postseason competition teams in 1954 and 1955 under coach Hugh Greer.
- Bobby Wendell, 80, averaged 4 ppg and 2.4 rpg for California from 1958-59 through 1960-61. As a junior, he was starting playmaker for NCAA Tournament runner-up coached by Pete Newell.
- John David West, 81, was a juco recruit who averaged 6.5 ppg and 5.2 rpg for Baylor in 1959-60 and 1960-61 under coach Bill Henderson.
- Fedonta "J.B." White, 18, was a local New Mexico commitment who was slain after getting into a physical altercation during a party at around 3:30 a.m.
- J.B. "Whizzer" White, 99, lettered for Texas Tech from 1938-39 through 1940-41.
- Bob Whitmore, 73, averaged 18.8 ppg and 12.4 rpg for Notre Dame from 1966-67 through 1968-69. He led the Fighting Irish in rebounding as a sophomore and junior.
- Henry "Hank" Whitney, 80, averaged 10.3 ppg and 9.7 rpg for Iowa State from 1958-59 through 1960-61. All-Big Eight Conference first-team selection as a senior when he led the Cyclones in scoring and rebounding.
- Ron Widby, 75, averaged 18.1 ppg and 8.4 rpg for Tennessee from 1964-65 through 1966-67 under coach Ray Mears. Three-time All-SEC selection was an All-American as senior. Averaged 42 yards per punt with the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers in six NFL seasons from 1968 through 1973 (Pro Bowl pick following 1971 campaign).
- Dr. Ed Wiener, 87, averaged 16.2 ppg and 7.4 rpg for Tennessee from 1951-52 through 1954-55. Two-time All-SEC selection was leading scorer for the Volunteers as a sophomore and senior. He also paced them in rebounding as a sophomore.
- Dr. Glenn Wilkes Sr., 91, was Stetson's all-time winningest coach (compiled 551-436 record in 36 seasons from 1957-58 through 1992-93). Midway through his tenure, he shepherded the Hatters' transition to NCAA DI level.
- De'Runnya Wilson, 25, was a Mississippi State wide receiver who played in seven basketball games in 2013-14. The Birmingham, Ala., police department investigated his death as a homicide.
- Gene Wilson, 89, averaged 5 ppg for Kansas State in three seasons of a career interrupted by military service in U.S. Army during Korean Conflict. In 1951-52, he became the first black varsity player in Big Seven Conference.
- Willie Wolters, 75, averaged 12 ppg and 12.7 rpg for Boston College from 1964-65 through 1966-67. As a junior, he ranked seventh in the nation in rebounding with 16.6 rpg. Senior captain for NCAA tourney team coached by Bob Cousy.
- James "Leroy" Wright Sr., 82, averaged 14.5 ppg and 21.5 rpg for Pacific from 1957-58 through 1959-60. Three-time All-WCAC selection led the nation in rebounding as junior and senior after finishing 14th as sophomore.
- Tony Yates, 82, averaged 7.7 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Cincinnati from 1960-61 through 1962-63, finishing fifth in scoring for back-to-back NCAA titlists as sophomore and junior before earning All-American acclaim as a senior. Air Force veteran coached his alma mater to 70-100 record in six seasons from 1983-84 through 1988-89. He died of COVID-19 in a nursing home.
- Bill Yeoman, 92, was a hoops letterman with Texas A&M in 1945-46 before earning three letters at Army, averaging 4.4 ppg in 1947-48 and 6.9 ppg in 1949-50. He became the winningest football coach in Houston history (160-108-8 from 1962 through 1986), prevailing in six of 11 bowl games.
- Dave Zeller, 81, averaged 16.3 ppg and 3.3 rpg for Miami of Ohio from 1958-59 through 1960-61. Two-time All-Mid-American Conference selection led league in scoring as a senior with 22.3 ppg.
- Miles "Gus" Zeller, 82, averaged 5 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Arizona in 1958-59 and 1959-60 when he also was a pitcher for CWS teams both seasons. Zeller compiled a 9-11 record and 5.64 ERA in the Kansas City Athletics' farm system in 1962 and 1963.
NECROLOGY FROM PREVIOUS EIGHT YEARS
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle December 31 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as ill-informed GQ poster boy #ColonKrapernick and his supporters, 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 31 in football at the professional level (especially in 1961 championship game):
DECEMBER 31
Green Bay Packers RB Paul Hornung (averaged 6.1 ppg in 10 contests for Notre Dame in 1954-55) opened game's scoring with a six-yard rushing touchdown in 37-0 playoff win against the New York Giants in 1961 NFL championship contest. Packers E Ron Kramer (three-time All-Big Ten Conference selection was Michigan's MVP each season and All-American as senior in 1956-57) had game highs of four pass receptions and 80 receiving yards - including two touchdowns from Bart Starr. Giants WR Del Shofner (Baylor hoops letterman in 1956) caught three passes for 41 yards.
Washington Redskins QB Billy Kilmer (UCLA hooper under legendary coach John Wooden in 1959-60) threw two touchdown passes in a 26-3 NFC championship game win against the Dallas Cowboys in 1972.
Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb (averaged 2.3 points in 18 games for Syracuse in 1995-96 and 1996-97) threw two touchdown passes in a 21-3 NFC wild-card playoff win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2000.
Junior Circuit: How Long Before Ex-Juco Dixie is Forced to Change Name?
A couple of questions surfaced when NCAA Division I newcomer Dixie State opposed top-ranked Gonzaga just before the end of the calendar year. First, how long will self-righteous know-it-alls allow Dixie to retain its name in their oppressive politically-correct cancel culture? Also, how many other major universities originally were two-year junior colleges like Dixie?
In the mid-1970s, Robert Morris (Pa.) became the only school to make move from junior-college ranks to NCAA Division I in the span of one year. Dixie State joined the following alphabetical list of current NCAA DI schools that previously were junior colleges (including four institutions in both Louisiana and Utah):
Former Junior College Inaugural DI Season Arkansas-Little Rock 1978-79 Boise State (Idaho) 1971-72 Campbell (N.C.) 1977-78 *Charlotte 1972-73 Dixie State (Utah) 2020-21 Gardner-Webb (N.C.) 2002-03 **Idaho State 1947-48 Jacksonville (Fla.) 1966-67 ***Lamar (Tex.) 1969-70 Lipscomb (Tenn.) 2001-02 ****Louisiana-Monroe 1973-74 *****McNeese State (La.) 1973-74 ******Nicholls State (La.) 1980-81 UNC Wilmington 1976-77 *******Portland State (Ore.) 1972-73 Robert Morris (Pa.) 1976-77 San Diego State (Calif.) 1970-71 ********South Carolina Upstate 2007-08 Southeastern Louisiana 1980-81 Southern Utah 1988-89 Tennessee-Martin 1992-93 Texas-Arlington 1968-69 Utah Valley State 2004-05 Weber State (Utah) 1963-64 *Founded in 1946 as Charlotte College.
**Known as Idaho-Southern Branch.
***Founded in 1923 as South Park Junior College.
****Originally known as Northeast Junior College.
*****Founded in 1939 as Lake Charles Junior College before changing name to John McNeese Junior College the next year.
******Founded in 1948 as Francis T. Nicholls Junior College.
*******Previously known as Vanport Extension Center.
********Originally known as Spartanburg Regional Campus.
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle December 30 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as ill-informed GQ poster boy #ColonKrapernick and his supporters, 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 in 2001):
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) 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.
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.
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle December 29 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as ill-informed GQ poster boy #ColonKrapernick and his supporters, 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 29 in football at the professional level (especially in 1957 and 1963 championship contests):
DECEMBER 29
Baltimore Colts DE Ordell Braase (first-team All-NCC pick for South Dakota in 1952-53 and 1953-54) had three sacks in a 34-0 win against the Cleveland Browns in 1968 NFL championship game.
George Halas (starting guard for Illinois' Big Ten Conference hoops titlist in 1916-17) coached the Chicago Bears to a 14-10 win against the New York Giants in 1963 NFL championship contest. Bears rookie PK Bob Jencks (collected 3 points and 12 rebounds in five basketball games for Miami of Ohio in 1960-61) kicked both extra points. Giants starting SS Dick Pesonen (two-year Minnesota-Duluth hoops letterman was starting guard in 1959-60) recovered a fumble.
Carolina Panthers DE Greg Hardy (Ole Miss backup forward as freshman in 2006-07) had four sacks and five tackles in a 21-20 victory against the Atlanta Falcons in 2013 regular-season finale.
Baltimore Ravens TE Todd Heap (grabbed 14 rebounds in 11 games for Arizona State in 1999-00) caught seven passes for 146 yards in a 34-31 setback against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2002 season finale.
Philadelphia Eagles TE Jimmie Johnson (averaged 2.7 ppg and 1.5 rpg for Howard University in 1988-89) caught three passes for 37 yards in 14-0 setback against the San Francisco 49ers in 1996 NFC wild-card playoff game.
Detroit Lions RB John Henry Johnson (made 5-of-8 FGAs in five games for Saint Mary's in 1950-51) rushed for 34 yards on seven carries and caught one pass for 16 yards in a 59-14 win against the Cleveland Browns in 1957 NFL championship game. Lions QB Jerry Reichow (Iowa hooper in 1954-55) threw a 16-yard touchdown pass.
San Francisco 49ers DB Ronnie Lott (USC hooper as junior in 1979-80) returned an interception 38 yards in 21-10 divisional playoff win against the New York Giants in 1984.
Houston Oilers QB Gifford Nielsen (BYU swingman averaged 6.5 ppg and 2.7 rpg in 1973-74 and 1974-75) threw a go-ahead 47-yard touchdown pass to Mike Renfro in 17-14 AFC divisional playoff win against the San Diego Chargers in 1979.
TE Marcus Pollard (JC transfer averaged 7.3 ppg and 5 rpg for Bradley in 1992-93 and 1993-94) caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Peyton Manning with 2:26 remaining in fourth quarter to give the Indianapolis Colts a 20-13 win against Jacksonville Jaguars in 2002 regular-season finale.
Heisman Hoopers: Will Another Charlie Ward Emerge on NCAA Landscape?
Will another college hooper ever strike the Heisman pose? At least three Heisman Trophy winners in three straight decades - 1940s, 1950s and 1960s - are among the football players also competing in college basketball. Florida State's Charlie Ward (1993) is the only such multi-sport athlete in the last 50 years to achieve the feat.
At a time when basketball and football seasons overlap, you might want to know three Heisman recipients in a 10-year span from 1947 through 1956 were from Notre Dame. Following is an alphabetical list of Heisman Trophy winners who played varsity basketball at some point in their collegiate careers:
| Heisman Winner | Year | College Where Also Played BKB (Hoops Summary) | FB Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Baker | 1962 | Oregon State (All-West Regional selection in NCAA Tournament in 1962 and 1963) | QB |
| Ernie Davis | 1961 | Syracuse (team-high rebound average with 9.6 rpg in 1960-61) | HB |
| Glenn Davis | 1946 | Army (hoop team member in 1944-45 and 1945-46) | FB |
| Tom Harmon | 1940 | Michigan (averaged 7.6 ppg as sophomore in 1938-39) | HB |
| Paul Hornung | 1956 | Notre Dame (averaged 6.1 ppg in 10 games as sophomore in 1954-55) | QB |
| Dick Kazmaier | 1951 | Princeton (averaged 3.4 ppg as sophomore and junior) | HB |
| Larry Kelley | 1936 | Yale (finished among top 12 in scoring in EIL in 1935-36 and 1936-37) | E |
| Nile Kinnick | 1939 | Iowa (runner-up in scoring average with 6.1 ppg as sophomore) | HB |
| Johnny Lattner | 1953 | Notre Dame (game-winning basket in OT at NYU in 1951-52) | HB |
| Johnny Lujack | 1947 | Notre Dame (averaged 3.4 ppg as starting guard in 1943-44) | QB |
| Roger Staubach | 1963 | Navy (played varsity hoops in 1962-63) | QB |
| Doak Walker | 1948 | Southern Methodist (letterman as freshman in 1945-46) | HB |
| Charlie Ward | 1993 | Florida State (averaged 8.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 4.4 apg and 2.6 spg first half of 1990s) | QB |
On This NFL Date: Ex-College Hoopers Ready to Tackle December 28 Football
Long before kneeling knuckleheads such as ill-informed GQ poster boy #ColonKrapernick and his supporters, 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 28 in football at the professional level (especially in 1947 and 1952 championship contests):
DECEMBER 28
Cincinnati Bengals QB Ken Anderson (swingman finished Augustana IL career in early 1970s as fifth-leading scorer in school history with 1,044 points) threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes in a 31-28 playoff setback against the Oakland Raiders in 1975.
Philadelphia Eagles E Neill Armstrong (played one game under legendary Oklahoma A&M coach Hank Iba in 1944) caught two passes for 16 yards, E Dick Humbert (three-year starter captained Richmond as senior in 1940-41 when averaging 7.4 ppg) caught two passes for 30 yards and HB Bosh Pritchard (four-sport letterman for VMI) caught three passes for 37 yards in a 28-21 setback against the Chicago Cardinals in 1947 NFL championship game. Cardinals E Billy Dewell (three-time All-SWC first-team pick for Southern Methodist in late 1930s) caught a team-long 38-yard pass from Paul Christman.
Cleveland Browns rookie E Pete Brewster (forward-center was Purdue's fourth-leading scorer as junior and senior) had a game-high 53 receiving yards in 17-7 setback against the Detroit Lions in 1952 NFL championship contest. Lions QB Bobby Layne (Texas hooper in 1944-45) opened game's scoring with a two-yard rushing touchdown. Lions HB Doak Walker (Southern Methodist hoops letterman as freshman in 1945-46) had a team-high 97 rushing yards featuring 67-yard TD.
Miami Dolphins WR Chris Chambers (played briefly for Wisconsin under coach Dick Bennett in 1997-98) caught nine passes for 153 yards in a 23-21 win against the New York Jets in 2003 season finale.
Buffalo Bills FL Elbert Dubenion (solid rebounder and defensive player for Bluffton OH in late 1950s) caught a 93-yard touchdown pass from Daryle Lamonica in 26-8 setback against the Boston Patriots in 1963 AFL Eastern Division playoff contest.
Weeb Ewbank (hoops letterman for Miami OH in 1926-27 and 1927-28) coached the Baltimore Colts to a 23-17 overtime victory against the New York Giants in 1958 NFL championship game.
Tennessee Titans TE Erron Kinney (averaged 2.5 ppg and 1.3 rpg in six basketball games for Florida in 1996-97 under coach Billy Donovan) recovered a fumble for touchdown in 33-13 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2003 season finale. He scored a TD in each of the team's last three outings.
Oakland Raiders DB Ronnie Lott (USC hooper as junior in 1979-80) returned an interception 35 yards in 10-6 wild-card playoff setback against the Kansas City Chiefs following 1991 season.
Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb (averaged 2.3 points in 18 games for Syracuse in 1995-96 and 1996-97) threw two second-quarter touchdown passes in a 44-6 win against the Dallas Cowboys in 2008 season finale.
Miami Dolphins RB Jerris McPhail (starting point guard for Mount Olive NC with 11 ppg in early 1990s) had five pass receptions in a 17-3 setback against the New England Patriots in 1997 AFC wild-card playoff game.
WR Nate Poole (sank all four free-throw attempts in two basketball games for Marshall in 1997-98) caught 28-yard touchdown pass from QB Josh McCown with no time remaining to give the Arizona Cardinals an 18-17 win against the Minnesota Vikings in 2003 regular-season finale.
Andre Rison (backup hoops guard for Michigan State in 1987-88) got the Atlanta Falcons on scoreboard with a 24-yard touchdown reception in 27-20 NFC wild-card playoff win against the New Orleans Saints in 1991.
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