With Auld Lang Syne chords playing in the background, the final day of the calendar year offered another time to say goodbye by acknowledging the passing away in 2017 of a striking number of major-college basketball movers and shakers. The NCAA Division I deceased list includes All-Americans such as Rod Fletcher (Illinois), Tom Hawkins (Notre Dame), Dickie Hemric (Wake Forest), Darrall Imhoff (California), Jim McDaniels (Western Kentucky), Red Murrell (Drake), Ken Sears (Santa Clara), Dave Stallworth (Wichita) and Hank Stein (Xavier) plus NCAA Tournament championship coaches Jud Heathcote (Michigan State) and Rollie Massimino (Villanova).

A striking number of the deceased former college hoopers were versatile athletes who went on to play at least eight seasons at the MLB level (Bob Cerv, Gene Conley, Dick Gernert, Jerry Kindall, Don Lock, Sam Mele and Gene Michael). A couple of former Western university hoopers over 100 years old perished in 2018 (Idaho's Lyle Smith and Utah's David Parry Wilson) along with former Minnesota coach John Kundla. Brothers Roman Jones and Steve "Snapper" Jones - both of whom played for Oregon in first half of 1960s - died in same week this year. Three Kentucky multiple-year All-SEC selections - Jerry Bird, Billy Ray Lickert and Bobby Watson - are among the following alphabetical list of 2017 deceased players and coaches - at least five of whom were 99 or older - who seldom dropped the ball on the court at midnight or any other time:

• Bernie Adams, 88, was an All-EIBL (forerunner of Ivy League) selection for Princeton each season from 1947-48 through 1949-50 under coach Cappy Cappon. Tigers captain as a senior when he was an all-conference first-team choice for the second straight year.
• Frank Aires, 93, played for Dayton in 1942-43 before serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps flying B-17 missions during WWII. After the conflict, he attended Georgetown, where he averaged 4.7 ppg in 1945-46.
• Stan Albert, 81, was a two-time All-Skyline Conference first-team selection for Colorado A&M under coach Jim Williams. As a junior, Albert led the Rams in scoring with 15.2 ppg in 1956-57.
• Bill Alheim, 86, played for Wake Forest from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Murray Greason before becoming a prominent juco mentor in Miami.
• Robert Alston, 88, averaged 7.4 ppg for Xavier from 1947-48 through 1949-50.
• John Andariese, 78, played for Fordham under coach John Bach in the late 1950s before serving as radio and TV broadcaster for the New York Knicks. Andariese was senior co-captain in 1959-60.
• Corbett "Glen" Anderson, 80, averaged 3.3 ppg and 3.1 rpg for Tennessee in 1957-58 and 1959-60.
• Delvon Anderson, 46, was a J.C. recruit who averaged 13.9 ppg, 7.4 rpg and 2 spg for Montana in 1990-91 and 1991-92. He was Big Sky Conference co-MVP as a senior.
• Dick Apodaca, 91, played for New Mexico State in the late 1940s and early 1950s after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII.
• Orsten Artis, 74, averaged 12.6 ppg for Don Haskins-coached Texas Western's all-black starting lineup winning 1966 NCAA Tournament championship game against Kentucky.
• John Arzoomanian, 90, averaged 10 ppg for Providence from 1944-45 (team-high 19.7 ppg) through 1946-47.
• Markus Austin, 33, averaged 2.3 ppg and 3.6 rpg for Eastern Michigan from 2001-02 through 2004-05.
• Tom Austin was a Massachusetts teammate of Julius Erving. Austin averaged 5.4 ppg and 4.2 rpg from 1970-71 through 1972-73.
• Ray Auwarter, 89, played for Columbia in 1944-45 before serving in U.S. Navy.
• Harold "Wayne" Bailey, 76, averaged 4.3 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Baylor from 1960-61 through 1962-63.
• Pete Baker, 92, averaged 3.4 ppg for Georgetown in 1945-46. Serving in the U.S. military during WWII, he was captured behind German lines on Christmas Day, 1944, before POW was rescued a little over three months later reportedly weighing only about 65 pounds.
• Eric Banks averaged 13 ppg and 4.3 rpg for Siena from 1982-83 through 1985-86. He led the school in scoring as a sophomore and senior.
• Tom Barao, 67, averaged 4.3 ppg and 1.7 rpg for Wisconsin in 1969-70 before transferring to Rhode Island, where he averaged 7.9 ppg and 2.3 rpg in 1971-72 and 1972-73.
• Bob Barnett, 88, was an All-Ohio Valley Conference selection in 1950-51 when averaging 14.9 ppg for Evansville.
• Ardis Barton, 89, was a multi-year letterman who scored a total of 416 points for Texas Tech in 1947-48 and 1948-49.
• Evan Baugh, 97, played for Utah State in the early 1940s before serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Dr. Jim Baugh, 75, averaged 1.7 ppg for Western Michigan from 1961-62 through 1963-64.
• Dick Baumgartner, 85, averaged 2 ppg for Indiana during first half of 1950s under coach Branch McCracken.
• Tom Baxley averaged 12.5 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Florida from 1962-63 through 1964-65 under coach Norm Sloan. Baxley, after transferring from Maryland, was the Gators' leading scorer and All-SEC third-team selection as a sophomore.
• Ron Bell, 78, was a juco recruit who averaged 5.2 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Brigham Young in 1959-60 under coach Stan Watts.
• Dr. Don Belliveau, 88, averaged 8.8 ppg for Seton Hall from 1949-50 through 1951-52. Teammate of All-American Walter Dukes.
• Dick Bendall, 78, averaged 2.8 ppg for Siena in 1959-60.
• Roland Betts, 75, averaged 16.9 ppg and 15.4 rpg for Pepperdine in 1963-64 and 1964-65 after serving in U.S. Marine Corps. Two-time All-WCAC second-team selection led the Waves in scoring and rebounding each season.
• Chuck Binder, 80, averaged 1.7 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Portland in 1955-56.
• Jerry Bird, 83, averaged 12.7 ppg and 10.5 rpg for Kentucky from 1953-54 through 1955-56 under coach Adolph Rupp. Bird was a member of UK's undefeated squad as a sophomore and All-SEC second-team selection as a senior.
• Tom Black, 76, averaged 2.1 ppg and 1.4 rpg for Wisconsin in 1960-61 before transferring to South Dakota State.
• Tim Blaine, 63, averaged 2 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Montana from 1973-74 through 1975-76 under coach Jud Heathcote. Teammate of Michael Ray Richardson with the Grizzlies' first NCAA tourney team in 1975.
• Ron Boesch Sr., 85, played for DePaul in 1951-52 under coach Ray Meyer before serving in U.S. Army during Korean Conflict. Transferring to Southwestern Louisiana later in the decade, Boesch led USL in scoring in back-to-back seasons.
• Frank Bogert, 94, sandwiched a stint in the Army Air Corps during WWII between seasons as Oklahoma A&M letterman under Hall of Fame coach Hank Iba.
• Sanford Boisseau, 67, played for William & Mary in 1969-70.
• William Boliantz, 99, played for Kent State in the late 1930s and early 1940s. End on football squad also held school record in javelin for many years.
• Paul Bomze played for Cornell in 1951-52.
• Ron Bontemps, 90, served in U.S. Army during WWII before briefly attending Illinois. He transferred to Beloit (Wis.), becoming the school's all-time scoring leader for 55 years. Beloit participated in 1951 NIT. Bontemps was the fourth-leading scorer for 1952 U.S. Olympic team in Helsinki Games.
• Paul Boumans, 72, averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.5 rpg for Loyola of New Orleans in 1964-65 and 1965-66.
• Harry "Fuzz" Bowers, 91, played for Wake Forest in 1947-48 under coach Murray Greason after serving in U.S. Army during WWII. He sandwiched his time at WFU between stints at VA small colleges (Shenandoah and Bridgewater).
• Jim Boyle, 83, averaged 1.5 ppg and 1.2 rpg for Loyola Marymount from 1953-54 through 1955-56.
• Wayne "Baltimore" Bracy Sr., 61, averaged 3.3 ppg for Auburn from 1974-75 through 1977-78.
• Bobbie Brashear Sr., 82, was a juco recruit who averaged 7.2 ppg and 3 rpg for Rice in 1953-54 and 1954-55. He was a starter with 1954 NCAA tourney team.
• Frank "Flash" Brian, 94, was a two-time All-SEC selection for Louisiana State in mid-1940s. He was a master sergeant in Army during WWII.
• Pat Browne Jr., 84, averaged 8.1 ppg and 7 rpg for SEC member Tulane from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Clifford Wells. Browne became a renowned blind golfer, winning 20 consecutive USBGA national championships, after losing his sight in an auto accident at the age of 33.
• Frank Broyles, 92, was a three-time All-SEC second-team hoops selection for Georgia Tech in mid-1940s before compiling a 149-62-6 record in 20 seasons as head football coach for Missouri (1957) and Arkansas (1958 through 1976). Broyles guided 10 teams to bowl games, winning the AP and UPI national title in 1964.
• Richie Buckelew, 81, averaged 2.8 ppg in 1956-57 and 3.6 ppg in 1957-58 for Seton Hall before transferring to Pepperdine, where he averaged 11.8 ppg and 5.7 rpg in 1959-60.
• William Buechl, 86, averaged 1.4 ppg for Wisconsin from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Bud Foster.
• Ron Burnett, 69, was a juco recruit who averaged 3.1 ppg for Memphis State in 1969-70.
• Dr. Don Burst, 96, played for St. Louis in 1944-45.
• Jim Burst, 86, averaged 2.4 ppg for Washington University (Mo.) in 1953-54. Back was 20th-round selection by the Chicago Cardinals in 1955 NFL draft.
• Jerry Bynum, 84, averaged 10.1 ppg and 4.5 rpg for Mississippi from 1952-53 through 1955-56 under coach Country Graham. Bynum was also a catcher for the Rebels' 1956 College World Series baseball squad.
• Dr. Glen Calhoun, 84, averaged 6.9 ppg for Purdue from 1950-51 through 1952-53.
• Jeff Capel II, 64, coached North Carolina A&T (1993-94) and Old Dominion (1994-95) in NCAA Tournament in back-to-back years. He is the father of former ACC players and DI head coaches Jason Capel and Jeff Capel III.
• Thomas "Ray" Caplis, 86, played for DePaul in 1950-51 under coach Ray Meyer.
• Anthony Caputo, 98, played for Penn from 1938-39 through 1940-41 before serving in U.S. Marine Corps during WWII.
• Don Carlson, 84, averaged 6.1 ppg and team-high 10.6 rpg for Stanford in 1952-53 before his academic career was interrupted by serving in the U.S. Army.
• Ed "E.E." Carlton, 83, played for Texas Christian in 1953-54 under coach Buster Brannon.
• John Carmichael, 68, averaged 5.8 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Tennessee Tech from 1967-68 through 1969-70.
• John Carpenter, 86, is Rider's all-time winningest coach, compiling a 292-328 record in 23 seasons from 1966-67 through 1988-89 when the school moved up to major-college status. Carpenter directed the Broncs to their first NCAA tourney appearance in 1984.
• Lamont Carr, 64, was a juco recruit who averaged 3.1 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Virginia in 1974-75 and 1975-76 under coach Terry Holland. Carr was the first African-American hooper to graduate from UVa and inspired a Disney Channel movie (Full-Court Miracle) about coaching a championship-winning team at a Jewish school.
• Jay Carty, 75, led Oregon State in rebounding as a junior in 1960-61 under coach Slats Gill before competing in NCAA playoffs the next season as teammate of Mel Counts.
• Sid Catlett, 69, averaged 7.9 ppg and 8.3 rpg for Notre Dame from 1968-69 through 1970-71, finishing among the Irish's top three in rebounding as a junior and senior under coach Johnny Dee.
• Bob Cerv, 91, ranked fourth on Nebraska's career scoring list in 1949-50 when finishing his hoops career before becoming a MLB outfielder for 12 seasons. He averaged 6.4 ppg in his last three varsity seasons with the Huskers.
• Hal Cervini, 85, was an All-SEC second-team selection in 1953-54 and 1954-55 as Tulane's leading scorer both of those seasons. He averaged 11.8 ppg in four-year career under coach Clifford Wells.
• Bill Chambers, 86, stood a mere 6-4 when grabbing an NCAA-record 51 rebounds for William & Mary against Virginia on Valentine's Day as a senior in 1953. Chambers averaged 17.8 ppg in his three-year varsity career. All-Southern Conference second-team selection each of his last two seasons when finishing among the nation's top five rebounders (18.2 rpg in 1951-52 and 21.7 rpg in 1952-53). He coached his alma mater to a 113-110 record in nine seasons from 1957-58 through 1965-66.
• Iliad "Larry" Chanay Jr., 82, was an Air Force veteran who averaged more than 20 ppg for Montana State from 1956-57 through 1959-60. Chanay, the school's first African-American player, led the Bobcats in scoring all four years and was their all-time leading point producer for nearly six decades (until the 2018-19 season).
• George Chandick, 87, played for Baldwin-Wallace OH in 1949-50.
• John Cheek Jr., 69, averaged 4.1 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Montana in 1967-68 and 1968-69.
• Bernard "Bunny" Citrenbaum, 92, was an American University transfer who played for George Washington in 1947-48 after serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Robert Claitor Sr., 90, scored 46 points for Navy during 1947-48 season under coach Ben Carnevale.
• John Clark, 92, was a member of Harvard's first-ever NCAA tourney team in 1946 after serving in U.S. Navy.
• Paul "Butch" Clark, 75, was Marshall's runner-up in scoring with 12.5 ppg in 1963-64.
• Tom Cleary, 77, was a member of NCAA playoff team for St. Mary's in 1958-59 before transferring to San Francisco State. He was a teammate of eventual All-American Tom Meschery.
• Dick Clegg, 90, played for Stanford in 1948-49 and 1949-50 under coach Everett Dean. Clegg hit .273 as an OF in the Far West League (Class D) in 1951.
• Fred Clow, 78, averaged 5.5 ppg and 6.8 rpg for Wisconsin from 1957-58 through 1959-60. As a senior, he led the Badgers in rebounding with 9.8 rpg.
• Don Coburn averaged 3.7 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Pacific from 1956-57 through 1958-59.
• Steve Cockrum, 67, averaged 4.8 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Furman from 1968-69 through 1970-71. As a senior, he collected 13 points and 10 rebounds in the Paladins' first-ever NCAA playoff game (defeat against Digger Phelps-coached Fordham).
• John Codwell Jr., one of Michigan's first two African-American varsity players, averaged 6.6 ppg from 1951-52 through 1953-54.
• Harold Condara Sr., 86, played for Niagara in the early 1950s under coach Taps Gallagher.
• Frank Condie, 88, averaged 9.7 ppg for Utah State in 1952-53.
• Dr. Tom Conklin, 77, averaged 7 ppg and 6.8 rpg for Louisiana State from 1959-60 through 1961-62, leading the Tigers in total rebounds as a sophomore and junior. He was member of the Tigers' only team to defeat Kentucky in their first 36 matchups.
• Donald "Gene" Conley, 86, was an All-Pacific Coast Conference first-team selection in 1949-50 when leading North Division in scoring as Washington State sophomore. Only individual in history to win both MLB and NBA titles was a MLB pitcher for 11 years while winning three consecutive NBA championships with the Boston Celtics.
• Bill Connolly Jr., 74, played for Santa Clara in 1962-63.
• Mike Connors, 91, was nicknamed "Touch" and averaged 4.6 ppg for UCLA's 1946-47 freshman team compiling a 15-3 record. Real name of Armenian-descent actor, who had a hit TV series Mannix, is Kerker J. Ohanian.
• Rich Conrad, 64, averaged 16.5 ppg and 6.3 rpg for Fairleigh Dickinson from 1972-73 through 1974-75. Conrad led the Knights in scoring average all three seasons and in assists each of his final two campaigns.
• Pete Coorlas averaged 8 ppg for DePaul's 1948 NIT team coached by Ray Meyer. Coorlas hit .321 as a 3B in Chicago White Sox's farm system in 1949 and 1950.
• Gerry Couzens, 67, averaged 1.4 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Princeton from 1969-70 through 1971-72 under coach Pete Carril.
• Bill Cox, 85, led Virginia Tech with 8.8 rpg in 1951-52.
• Don Crandall, 68, averaged 4.1 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Northwestern from 1968-69 through 1970-71.
• Eddie Crawford III, 82, averaged 2.8 ppg and 5.3 rpg for Mississippi in 1954-55 under coach Country Graham. RB scored five touchdowns for the Rebels in 1956 under coach John Vaught before 13th-round choice by the New York Giants played in 12 NFL games for them the next year.
• Ed Crescenze, 89, was in Maryland's regular rotation in 1947-48 and 1948-49.
• Dick Crowder Sr., 87, averaged 6.8 ppg for Duke from 1949-50 through 1951-52.
• Larry Crowley, 79, averaged 2.3 ppg for Brigham Young in 1959-60 under coach Stan Watts.
• Joe Crutchfield, 81, averaged 3.4 ppg and 3 rpg for Oklahoma State from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Hank Iba.
• Chuck Cuda, 92, played for Michigan State in 1948-49 after serving in U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII.
• John "Jack" Curley, 85, played for Penn in 1953-54 under coach Howie Dallmar.
• Angelo Dagres, 83, averaged 6 ppg for Rhode Island in 1954-55 before playing outfield briefly later that year with the Baltimore Orioles.
• Dick Dallmer, 92, was atop Cincinnati's all-time scoring list with 1,098 points in 1949-50 at the close of two-time All-MAC selection's college career. Three-time team MVP averaged 11.2 ppg for the Bearcats' four league champions.
• Jim Daly Jr., 69, averaged 4.2 ppg and 4 rpg for Furman from 1967-68 through 1969-70 under coach Frank Selvy.
• Dr. Joe Daly, 90, played for Georgetown in 1945-46.
• Gary Daniels, 77, averaged 19.4 ppg and 11.8 rpg from 1959-60 through 1961-62. Two-time All-Southern Conference first-team selection is The Citadel's career scoring and rebounding average leader.
• Dick Daugherty, 82, averaged 9.3 ppg for Arizona State from 1953-54 through 1957-58 (spent 1954-55 and 1955-56 seasons serving in U.S. Army). In his initial campaign, All-Border Conference second-team selection led the nation in free-throw shooting (87.2%).
• George Davidson, 91, compiled a 170-116 coaching record with Lafayette in 12 seasons from 1955-56 through 1966-67 (including school's first NCAA tourney bid in 1957). He was the Leopards' leading scorer in 1950-51 with 19.7 ppg (15th in nation).
• Greg Davis, 67, was a juco recruit who averaged 6.4 ppg and 3.9 rpg for Texas-El Paso in 1970-71 and 1972-73 under coach Don Haskins.
• Jermaine Davis, 23, played for La Salle in 2013-14 and Texas Southern in 2015-16.
• John "Jack" Delahunt, 86, averaged 4.6 ppg for Massachusetts in 1951-52 and 1952-53.
• Bill DeWitt, 90, averaged 5.8 ppg for Baylor from 1947-48 through 1949-50 under coach Bill Henderson. DeWitt was a starter for Final Four teams as a sophomore and senior after serving as combat veteran in the Pacific Theatre during WWII.
• Dick DiBiaso, 76, compiled a 70-118 record as Stanford's coach in seven seasons from 1975-76 through 1981-82.
• Jay Dickey Jr., 77, scored eight points in six games for Arkansas in 1959-60 before stricken with polio. Member of U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 through 2000 - the first Republican to be elected to the seat - from the Fourth District of Arkansas including President Clinton's birthplace (Hope). The Dickey Amendment, prohibiting federal funds to be spent on research involving the destruction of a human embryo, is named for him.
• Kenneth Diebel, 91, lettered for Texas in 1943-44 before serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Harry Dinnel Jr., 76, was a J.C. recruit who averaged 12.7 ppg and 11.3 rpg for Pepperdine from 1960-61 through 1962-63, earning all-league recognition each of his last two years. Co-WCAC player of the year as a junior when leading NCAA tourney-bound Waves in rebounding for second straight season.
• Duane Dlouhy, 56, averaged 1.9 ppg, 1.5 rpg and 1.3 spg for Boise State in 1982-83. He was also a tight end who caught game-winning touchdown pass in 1980 I-AA championship contest.
• Ed Doherty, 83, averaged 6.7 ppg and 3.3 rpg for NYU from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Howard Cann.
• Garry Donna, 73, played for Butler in 1962-63 under coach Tony Hinkle. Donna was publisher of Hoosier Basketball Magazine for 46 years.
• Hugh "Jim" Donohue Sr., 77, averaged 3.3 ppg and 3.4 rpg for North Carolina from 1958-59 through 1961-62. As a redshirt senior, he was a member of Hall of Famer Dean Smith's first team as head coach of the Tar Heels.
• John Doyle, 77, averaged 7.1 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Colgate in 1959-60 and 1960-61 before becoming senior captain in 1961-62.
• Tommy Doyle, 73, averaged 1.2 ppg for Oklahoma State in 1962-63 and 1963-64 under coach Hank Iba. His father, Boston Red Sox catcher Howard "Danny" Doyle, averaged 6.8 ppg for the Cowboys in the late 1930s and 1943-44 under Iba.
• John Driscoll averaged 10.2 ppg and 10.3 rpg for Villanova in 1958-59 and 1959-60 under coach Alex Severance.
• Ned Duncan, 81, was a juco recruit who averaged 8.2 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Southern Methodist in 1956-57 and 1957-58 under coach Doc Hayes. Duncan played in the 1957 NCAA Tournament against Wilt Chamberlain-led Kansas.
• Theodore Dunn Sr., 84, averaged 8.5 ppg for Purdue from 1952-53 through 1954-55.
• Jim Dutcher, 83, averaged 3.9 ppg for Illinois from 1951-52 through 1954-55 under coach Harry Combes.
• Bill Eason Jr., 64, averaged 9.9 ppg and 6.9 rpg for four Providence national postseason tournament teams (two NIT/two NCAA) from 1974-75 through 1977-78. Led the Friars in rebounding as a freshman and senior (tri-captain).
• Bob Eckert, 85, was a Detroit transfer who averaged 2 ppg and 2.5 rpg for John Carroll (Ohio) in 1954-55 in school's final season as a major college.
• Jim Eckman, 89, averaged 1.3 ppg for Washington in 1948-49.
• Don Eddy, 81, coached UTSA's fledgling program to a 60-72 record in five seasons from 1981-82 through 1985-86. His top Roadrunners player was Derrick Gervin, the younger brother of pro legend George "Iceman" Gervin.
• John Egart, 67, averaged 4.6 ppg and 1.7 rpg for Notre Dame in 1970-71 (NCAA tourney team) and 1971-72 (coach Digger Phelps' inaugural season with Fighting Irish).
• Omer "Dean" Ehlers, 87, compiled a 53-47 coaching record with Memphis State in four seasons from 1962-63 through 1965-66, directing the Tigers to NIT in his inaugural campaign.
• Judge Harold "Jim" Ellis, 76, played for Santa Clara in 1961-62 and 1962-63 before awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his service in U.S. Army during Vietnam War. He was appointed as a San Mateo County Judge in 1988 and served in that capacity for more than 20 years.
• Russell Ellis, 74, played for Tulsa in the early 1960s before transferring to Oklahoma Baptist.
• Bob Emrick, 81, averaged 16.9 ppg and 9.5 rpg for Florida from 1953-54 through 1956-57. Two-time All-SEC selection led the Gators in scoring and rebounding each of his first three seasons. He was senior captain.
• Dr. Herb Engel, 94, lettered with Marquette in 1943-44 and 1944-45.
• George Englund Sr., 91, lettered with UCLA in 1945-46. He became a Hollywood impresario and was married to actress/comedienne Cloris Leachman from 1953 to 1979.
• Ed Epperson, 72, averaged 1.2 ppg and 1.3 rpg for Bowling Green State in 1964-65.
• Dick Erlenbaugh, 75, averaged 2.5 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Notre Dame from 1961-62 through 1963-64. Appeared in NCAA tourney as a junior before becoming senior captain with the Fighting Irish.
• Jim Ertel, 92, averaged 1.3 ppg for Purdue in 1946-47 and 1947-48. His college career was interrupted by serving in U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII.
• James Erwin Sr., 95, played for Baylor in 1943-44 after transferring from Oklahoma Baptist.
• Marin "Butch" Erwin, 72, was a juco recruit who averaged 9.7 ppg and 4.8 rpg for Niagara in 1965-66 and 1966-67.
• Melvin Eubanks averaged 2.8 ppg for Colgate in 1957-58.
• Walt Evans Jr., 86, played for Alabama in 1950-51.
• Tony Fabozzi, 89, averaged 5.5 ppg for Siena in 1947-48 and 1948-49 before playing for 1950 NCIT titlist.
• Winston "Win" Fairfield, 75, averaged 1.6 ppg and 3.3 rpg for Indiana from 1960-61 through 1962-63 under coach Branch McCracken.
• Dick Falenski, 78, averaged 9.6 ppg and 3.1 rpg for Pittsburgh from 1958-59 through 1960-61, finishing runner-up in scoring with the Panthers as a junior. He was instrumental in exposing a point-shaving scandal resulting in a prison sentence for a faculty member.
• Jim "Hooks" Farrell, 93, averaged 9.6 ppg for Duquesne in 1948-49 and 1949-50 in Dudey Moore's first two seasons as coach of the Dukes.
• Bob Fehrman, 80, averaged 8.7 ppg and 6.8 rpg for Purdue from 1956-57 through 1958-59. He was the Boilermakers' runner-up in rebounding as senior captain.
• Allen Feldhaus Sr., 77, averaged 4.2 ppg and 4.4 rpg for Kentucky from 1959-60 through 1961-62 under coach Adolph Rupp.
• Dr. Dick Fencel, 83, averaged 6.3 ppg and 2.3 rpg for Virginia Military in 1952-53 and 1953-54. He also played football with VMI.
• Bob Fenn, 87, averaged 6.8 ppg and 6.7 rpg for Auburn in 1951-52 and 1952-53 under coach Joel Eaves.
• Roy Ferguson, 78, played for Michigan State in 1959-60.
• Bill Ferree, 72, averaged 1.7 ppg for San Diego in 1964-65 and 1966-67.
• Walt Fields Jr., 92, played for Butler in 1948-49 under coach Tony Hinkle. Fields was an OF in the Brooklyn Dodgers' farm system in 1946 and 1949 after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII.
• Neil Fingleton, 36, averaged 2.7 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Holy Cross in 2002-03 and 2003-04 after 7-7 1/2 center transferred from North Carolina.
• Dr. Bob Fischl, 88, averaged 2 ppg for Iona in 1953-54 under coach Jim McDermott.
• Rod Fletcher, 87, averaged 9 ppg for Illinois from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Harry Combes. Two-time All-Big Ten Conference selection was an All-American as senior. Among the Illini's top three scorers for back-to-back national third-place finishers in NCAA tourney.
• Dan Floberg, 74, played for Michigan State in 1962-63 and 1963-64 under coach Forddy Anderson.
• Robert Folsom, 89, was Army's third-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47 before transferring to Southern Methodist, where he was letterman for coach Doc Hayes' first squad in 1947-48. Folsom was Dallas' mayor in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
• Gilbert "Gib" Ford, 85, averaged 7.6 ppg and 5.9 rpg for Texas from 1951-52 through 1953-54. Member of 1956 U.S. Olympic team was President/CEO/Chairman of Converse from 1986 to 1996.
• Joe Ford Jr., 64, averaged 11.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg and 2.9 apg with Vanderbilt from 1972-73 through 1975-76 under coach Roy Skinner as part of the so-called "F Troop" for the Commodores.
• Roy Ford, 68, played for North Texas State in 1967-68.
• Wilton Ford Jr., 70, averaged 13.4 ppg and 5.8 rpg for Richmond from 1966-67 through 1968-69. Leading scorer and rebounder as a junior when he was an All-Southern Conference first-team selection and became first Spiders player in 52 years to score more than 40 points in a single game (41 vs. William & Mary). Team co-captain as a senior.
• John Fowler Jr., 97, played for Furman in the early 1940s before serving in U.S. military during WWII.
• John Frangos, 83, played for Drake in 1956-57 under coach John Benington.
• Ray Freudenberger, 76, played for Kentucky in 1962-63 under coach Adolph Rupp.
• Jim Fritsch, 92, played for Notre Dame in the late 1940s after serving in U.S. Air Force during WWII.
• Chester "Stan" Fronczak Jr., 86, scored a total of 49 points for Illinois in 1947-48 in Harry Combes' inaugural season as coach.
• Joe Fryz Jr., 58, averaged 7.1 ppg, 1.6 rpg and 2.2 apg for West Virginia from 1976-77 through 1979-80. He was a freshman teammate of Bob Huggins before finishing runner-up in assists with the Mountaineers as sophomore and senior.
• Frank Gaidjunas averaged 5.1 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Villanova from 1964-65 through 1966-67 under coach Jack Kraft.
• Gene Garrett was a juco recruit who averaged 12.4 ppg for Murray State during first half of the 1950s. His college career was interrupted by serving in U.S. Marine Corps.
• Gary Garrison, 75, averaged 9.4 ppg for St. Louis from 1961-62 through 1964-65 under coach John Benington (medical redshirt in 1962-63). Garrison led the Billikens in rebounding with 9.8 rpg as a sophomore and was runner-up in that category as senior for an NIT team.
• Sam Gee, 81, averaged 9 ppg and 2.6 rpg as a senior starter for Indiana's NCAA tourney team in 1957-58 under coach Branch McCracken, leading the Big Ten Conference in free-throw accuracy (92%).
• Dellis Germann, 71, was an Illinois native who averaged 5.7 ppg and 4.7 rpg for Centenary in 1966-67.
• Dick Gernert, 89, was Temple hoops letterman in 1948-49 when averaging 2.7 ppg before becoming a MLB first baseman-outfielder for 11 years.
• Jim Gibbons, 87, averaged 2.7 ppg for Notre Dame from 1950-51 through 1952-53. Philadelphia Phillies' farmhand in 1953 managed in the Pittsburgh Pirates' minor-league system in 1960 and 1961. One of his pitchers with Kingsport (Class D Appalachian League) was righthander Steve Blass.
• Raymond Gieringer, 91, played for Marquette in 1945-46. He served in U.S. Naval Reserves during WWII.
• Mel Gilbert, 77, averaged 4 ppg and 2.7 rpg for Bowling Green State in 1961-62 and 1962-63 under coach Harold Anderson. Gilbert was a starter for 1963 NCAA tourney team featuring Nate Thurmond and Butch Komives.
• George Giles, 88, played for Bucknell in 1948-49.
• Dr. Frank Gillespie, 94, was a three-year starting guard for Clemson from 1946-47 through 1948-49. He also played football and baseball with the Tigers.
• Gerry Gimelstob, 66, averaged 2 ppg for Rhode Island in 1970-71 and 1971-72 before coaching George Washington to a 58-55 record in four seasons from 1981-82 through 1984-85.
• Ross Giudice, 93, scored the last four points when San Francisco defeated Loyola of Chicago by a single point in 1949 NIT final. He compiled a 9-16 coaching record with the Dons in 1959-60 as Phil Woolpert's successor.
• Joe Glacken, 96, led Syracuse in scoring as a sophomore in 1941-42 before his college career was interrupted by serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Art Gob, 79, played in two basketball games for Pittsburgh in 1957-58. He went on to play defensive end with the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Chargers in 1959 and 1960.
• Frank Gollon, 83, averaged 1.7 ppg for Creighton in 1952-53 and 1954-55.
• John Gorsage Sr., 74, averaged 2.3 ppg and 1.9 rpg for South Carolina from 1962-63 through 1964-65.
• Jim Grace, 64, was a juco recruit who averaged 6.4 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Oklahoma City in 1973-74 and 1974-75 in Paul Hansen's first two seasons as coach of the Chiefs.
• Fred Grasso, 72, averaged 10.8 ppg and 4.5 rpg for Hofstra from 1965-66 through 1967-68 when Flying Dutchmen were making transition to major-college level.
• Chad Gray, 32, averaged 2.3 ppg for South Carolina in 2006-07 and 2007-08 before transferring and becoming a two-time All-Big South Conference by averaging 14.4 ppg and 5.6 rpg with Coastal Carolina in 2009-10 and 2010-11.
• Joe Greenbach, 88, was a juco recruit who averaged 7.5 ppg for Santa Clara from 1947-48 through 1949-50. He was selected in NBA draft by the Washington Capitols.
• Billy Grimes, 67, played for South Carolina from 1969-70 through 1971-72 under coach Frank McGuire.
• Jay Grumbling, 86, averaged 3.7 ppg for VMI from 1949-50 through 1951-52. He was also a football end who participated in Blue-Grey Bowl Game.
• Tom Haas, 73, was a member of Kansas State's Final Four squad in 1964.
• Bronson Haase, 73, played for Marquette in the mid-1960s before becoming a prominent executive in Wisconsin.
• Mike Haley, 73, averaged 11.6 ppg and 7 rpg for Ohio University from 1962-63 through 1964-65 under coach Jim Snyder. Starter for Bobcats squad beating Kentucky in 1964 NCAA playoffs to become first Mid-American Conference member advancing to a regional final. As a senior, All-MAC second-team selection was runner-up in scoring and rebounding with another NCAA tourney team.
• Bob Halliday, 97, played for Yale in 1940-41 before serving in U.S. Army during WWII. After storming Omaha Beach on D-Day, he was severely injured and had to teach himself how to read, write and speak again while recuperating.
• Frank Hamblen, 70, averaged 4 ppg and 1.3 rpg for Syracuse from 1966-67 through 1968-69 before becoming interim NBA head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks in 1991-92 and Los Angeles Lakers in 2004-05.
• John "Jack" Hansen, 93, played for St. Mary's in late 1940s after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII.
• Ron Hardin, 66, averaged 5.8 ppg and 4.6 rpg for East Tennessee State from 1970-71 through 1972-73.
• James Hardy III, 31, started three hoops games for Indiana in 2004-05 before playing wide receiver with the NFL's Buffalo Bills.
• Dr. George Hare, 86, averaged 7.9 ppg for Gettysburg College PA in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
• Gordon "Butch" Harris, 71, averaged 14.1 ppg and 6.8 rpg for Washington from 1964-65 through 1966-67. All-AAWU second-team selection as a senior was the Huskies' leading scorer each of his final two seasons.
• Arkansas booster Tedford "Ted" Harrod Sr., 82, averaged 5.9 ppg for Texas A&M from 1954-55 through 1956-57.
• Boyd Hatch, 90, was an Arizona State starter in 1949-50 and 1950-51 (8.4 ppg) after scoring 74 points in 1947-48.
• Bob Hatfield, 90, served in U.S. Army during WWII before becoming one of four 200-plus-point scorers for Montana State in 1947-48.
• Connie Hawkins, 75, played for Iowa's freshman squad in 1960-61 before he was implicated in point-shaving scandal. While in high school, he reportedly associated with gambler Jack Molinas, who bought him a few meals and let him use his automobile.
• Tom Hawkins, 80, averaged 23 ppg and 16.7 rpg for Notre Dame from 1956-57 through 1958-59. All-American as senior ranked among the nation's top 11 scorers and top 24 rebounders each of his last two seasons.
• J.D. Hawks, 76, played for Weber State in 1964-65 and 1965-66 under coach Dick Motta.
• Spencer Hays, 80, played for Texas Christian in 1956-57 under coach Buster Brannon. Hays became a business magnate including stake as majority stockholder of Athlon Communications, a publisher of sports annuals.
• Bob Hayward, 75, was a juco recruit who averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.3 rpg for Houston in 1965-66 under coach Guy Lewis after serving in U.S. Navy.
• Lamar Heard, 55, was tri-captain of Georgia's 1983 Final Four squad as a senior, averaging 4.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 1.3 spg in his career. He set several school records for steals at the time.
• George "Jud" Heathcote, 90, coached Montana and Michigan State to a 418-275 record in 24 seasons from 1971-72 through 1994-95, guiding the Spartans to 1979 NCAA Tournament title.
• Jack Hecker, 83, averaged 3.6 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Bowling Green State in 1954-55 under coach Harold Anderson. Hecker, a two-time All-MAC first-team selection as an end, participated in Blue-Gray Game before becoming ninth-round choice by the Cleveland Browns in 1956 NFL draft. He still holds school record for average yards per reception (20.8).
• John "Jack" Heffernan, 85, averaged 4.8 ppg and 1.5 rpg for John Carroll (Ohio) from 1951-52 through 1953-54.
• Francis Heiser, 82, averaged 1.9 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Lehigh in 1954-55 and 1955-56 under coach Tony Packer (network TV analyst Billy Packer's father).
• Jim Helmink, 64, averaged 13.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg for Central Michigan in 1973-74 and 1974-75 (school's first NCAA DI playoff team).
• Ned "Dickie" Hemric, 83, was a two-time All-American who led Murray Greason-coached Wake Forest in scoring and rebounding all four seasons from 1951-52 through 1954-55 while averaging 24.9 ppg and 17.3 rpg.
• Richard Herring, 73, averaged 3.6 ppg and 1.5 rpg for Wake Forest from 1962-63 through 1964-65.
• Joseph "Gene" Hettrick, 87, averaged 6.6 ppg for Iowa in 1952-53 under coach Bucky O'Connor.
• Curt Hightower, 86, averaged 3.2 ppg for Wichita in 1951-52 and 1952-53 in Ralph Miller's first two seasons as coach of the Shockers.
• 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.
• Richard Hoban, 81, averaged 11.4 ppg and 8.1 rpg for Florida from 1956-57 through 1958-59. Co-captain as senior when he was runner-up with the Gators in scoring and rebounding.
• Will Hoeveler, 95, played for Temple in 1942-43 and Bucknell in 1943-44, 1945-46 and 1946-47. His college career was interrupted by serving in U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. Hoeveler was appointed as a federal judge in Florida by President Jimmy Carter in 1977.
• Howard Hoffman, 89, averaged 4.9 ppg for George Washington in 1947-48 after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII.
• Bobby Hoitsma, 84, averaged 11.9 ppg and 8.8 rpg for William & Mary from 1951-52 through 1956-57, leading the Tribe in rebounding average in 1955-56 and 1956-57. His college career was interrupted by serving a hitch in the U.S. Army.
• Zachary Hollywood, 19, was a Ball State redshirt found dead of apparent suicide at off-campus apartment.
• Tom Holman, 93, averaged 3.8 ppg for Oregon State from 1947-48 through 1949-50 under coach Slats Gill after serving in U.S. Army during WWII. Holman was in regular rotation for the Beavers' 1949 Final Four team.
• Allen "Stretch" Holmes, 78, averaged 15.1 ppg and 6.6 rpg as an All-Mountain States Conference second-team selection for Utah's 1960 NCAA playoff team under coach Jack Gardner. MVP in 1959 NJCAA Tournament led the Utes in FG% in 1962-63. Holmes was biological father of Arizona State/NBA standout Byron Scott.
• Gordie Holmes, 81, averaged 5 ppg for Providence in 1955-56 and 1956-57 in Joe Mullaney's first two seasons as coach of the Friars. Holmes' half-court basket in overtime against Notre Dame helped propel PC to national prominence.
• Pete Homer Jr., 81, averaged 7.6 ppg for Arizona State in 1955-56 and 1956-57.
• Tony Hopkins, 84, played for Butler in 1953-54 under coach Tony Hinkle.
• John "Sam" Hosbach, 76, averaged 2 ppg for Vanderbilt in 1961-62 and 1962-63 under coach Roy Skinner.
• Bill Hougland, 86, averaged 5.9 ppg and 3.8 rpg for Kansas from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Phog Allen. As a senior, Hougland was the Jayhawks' second-leading rebounder and third-leading scorer for NCAA Tournament titlist.
• William "Terry" Howard, 80, averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.5 rpg for Nebraska in 1956-57 and 1957-58.
• Ray Huber Jr., 88, played for Lafayette in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
• Dave Hunter, 74, averaged 13.7 ppg and 3.2 rpg for William & Mary from 1961-62 through 1963-64. He was an All-Southern Conference second-team selection as a senior when leading Tribe in scoring with 17.3 ppg.
• Arthur Hutson, 88, averaged 1.3 ppg for Niagara from 1948-49 through 1950-51 under coach Taps Gallagher. As a junior, Hutson appeared in 1950 NIT, which was the Purple Eagles' first national postseason tournament participation.
• Ray Hyland, 65, averaged 16 ppg and 13.2 rpg for Iona from 1971-72 through 1973-74, pacing the Gaels in rebounding all three seasons. As a sophomore, he finished 10th in the nation in rebounding with 15.2 rpg.
• Darrall Imhoff, 78, was a two-time All-American who averaged 10 ppg and 9.5 rpg for California from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Pete Newell. Imhoff was leading rebounder for 1959 NCAA playoff champion and 1960 national runner-up.
• Rev. Gordon Ingram, 92, lettered for Texas in 1948-49 after doing likewise with DePauw (Ind.) in 1943-44.
• George Irvine, 69, was a two-time All-Pac-8 Conference selection who averaged 16.8 ppg and 7.3 rpg while shooting 55.8% from the floor for Washington from 1967-68 through 1969-70.
• Porfirio "Buddy" Islas Jr. averaged 8.9 ppg for Arizona State in 1951-52 and 1952-53 before transferring to Northern Arizona.
• Mack Isner, 85, averaged 11.5 ppg for West Virginia from 1951-52 through 1953-54. He was team runner-up in rebounding as a sophomore with 12.4 rpg.
• Larry Ivan Jr., 85, averaged 3.3 ppg and 2.3 rpg for Oklahoma in 1956-57 and 1957-58. He was a Korean Conflict veteran in the Airborne Division.
• Don Jacobs (James), 85, averaged 2 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Cornell from 1951-52 through 1953-54.
• Dr. Michael Jaekels, 86, played for Notre Dame in 1949-50 under coach Moose Krause.
• George James II, 80, averaged 2.1 ppg and 1.3 rpg for Harvard in 1957-58 and 1958-59. He served as CFO of Levi Strauss and Company before retiring in 1998.
• Boyd Jarman, 86, averaged 5.4 ppg and 4.8 rpg for Brigham Young from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Stan Watts. The Cougars captured 1951 NIT following elimination in NCAA playoffs. As a senior, Jarman was an All-Mountain States Conference second-team selection.
• O. "Keith" Jefferson, 87, averaged 1.2 ppg for Washington in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
• Jesse Jemison, 65, averaged 10.2 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Cincinnati from 1971-72 through 1973-74. He was runner-up in scoring as a senior for the Bearcats' NIT participant coached by Gale Catlett.
• Robert Jenkins, 89, averaged 2.2 ppg for Montana State in 1948-49 and 1949-50.
• Harry Jett, 82, played for Kansas in the mid-1950s.
• Michael Jett, 53, averaged 7 ppg for Southern Mississippi from 1982-83 through 1985-86.
• Ben Jobe, 84, coached Southern (La.) to a 208-142 record in 12 seasons (1986-87 through 1995-96, 2001-02 and 2002-03), appearing in three consecutive NCAA tourneys in the late 1980s. Among his Jaguar players were Avery Johnson and Bobby Phills.
• Allen "Craig" Jones, 74, played for Penn State in 1962-63 under coach John Egli.
• George Jones was Colorado State's first African-American hooper in 1947-48.
• John Paul Jones, 83, was a juco recruit who played for New Mexico A&M in 1954-55.
• Roman Jones Jr., 75, played for Oregon in 1960-61. He was older brother of Steve "Snapper" Jones and Nick Jones - both of whom led the Ducks in scoring in seasons later in the same decade.
• Ron Jones, 58, averaged 16 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 5.2 apg for Illinois State from 1976-77 through 1979-80. Led the Redbirds in assists as freshman before finishing among top two in scoring each of next three seasons.
• Steve "Snapper" Jones, 75, averaged 12.1 ppg and 7.3 rpg for Oregon from 1961-62 through 1963-64.
• William Jones Jr., 82, averaged 5.3 ppg and 3.3 rpg for Lehigh in 1955-56 under coach Tony Packer (Billy's father).
• Glen Jorgensen, 89, played for Colorado in the mid-1940s. He served in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Sam Keilberg, 76, was on Arkansas' roster in 1961-62.
• Paul Kelso, 79, averaged 9.6 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Penn in 1956-57 in Jack McCloskey's first season as coach of the Quakers. Kelso served in U.S. Army during Korean Conflict.
• Ken Kern, 89, averaged 3 ppg for George Washington in 1950-51 and 1951-52. U.S. Army veteran was New York City high school coach of brothers Albert and Bernard King.
• Edward Ketchie, 84, played for Richmond in 1951-52.
• James "Bud" Kielley, 85, averaged 8.2 ppg for Holy Cross first half of the 1950s. Appeared in both the NCAA playoffs (third-leading rebounder for Crusaders in 1952-53 with 8.7 rpg) and NIT (1952).
• Thomas "Toby" Kimball, 74, was a three-time All-Yankee Conference first-team selection who averaged 18.4 ppg and 17.9 rpg for Connecticut from 1962-63 through 1964-65, leading the nation in rebounding as a senior with 21 rpg including a game against New Hampshire when he retrieved 34 missed shots.
• Walt Kincaid, 81, averaged 7.5 ppg and 5.2 rpg for New Mexico in 1955-56 and 1956-57.
• Jerry Kindall, 82, averaged 6.9 ppg for Minnesota as a junior in 1955-56 under coach Ozzie Cowles before becoming a MLB infielder for nine years. Kindall is the only individual to play for and coach CWS champions (three times as Arizona's skipper).
• Glen Kinney, 90, averaged 4.9 ppg for Oregon State from 1948-49 through 1950-51 under coach Slats Gill. As a sophomore, Kinney was fourth in scoring average for fourth-place finisher in NCAA playoffs. He coached Portland State to an 18-62 record in three seasons from 1978-79 through 1980-81.
• H. Gene Kinsley, 90, played for Ohio University in the late 1940s. He was the Bobcats' runner-up in scoring as a senior in 1948-49 with 10.1 ppg.
• Willard "Skip" Kintz III, 69, averaged 8.6 ppg and 3.8 rpg for West Virginia from 1968-69 through 1970-71.
• John Kirwan, 89, was Detroit's leader in scoring in 1948-49, key member of the Titans' first-ever 20-win team as junior and All-Missouri Valley Conference second-team selection as senior. Served in U.S. Navy during WWII.
• Mel Kleckner, 85, averaged 4.8 ppg and 4.7 rpg for Connecticut from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Hugh Greer. As a sophomore, he played for the Huskies' first NCAA tourney team.
• Nick Kluck, 91, played for Wayne State (Mich.) in 1948-49 and 1949-50 after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII.
• Manfred Klutschkowski, 77, averaged 7 ppg and 6.4 rpg for Syracuse in 1961-62 and 1962-63.
• Bill Koehler, 83, averaged 2.8 ppg for Memphis State in 1961-62 after serving in U.S. Army during Korean Conflict.
• Vernon Koester, 86, played for Washington (Mo.) in 1948-49 and 1949-50.
• Fred Kohl, 94, played for Kansas State in 1941-42 and 1942-43.
• Rev. Marc Kolden, 77, averaged 1.2 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Harvard in 1959-60.
• Rich Kraemer, 51, played for Iona in 1985-86 under coach Pat Kennedy.
• George Kriste, 70, played for San Francisco in the late 1960s.
• John Kundla Jr., 101, coached Minnesota to a 110-105 record in nine seasons from 1959-60 through 1967-68. He played for the Gophers in the late 1930s.
• Bill Lake, 62, was a freshman backup center for North Carolina State's 1974 NCAA champion coached by Norm Sloan before transferring to Miami (Ohio), where Lake averaged 3.5 ppg and 1.8 rpg in 1976-77 and 1977-78.
• Louis Larizza Jr., 26, averaged 1.5 ppg for Fairleigh Dickinson in 2009-10 and 2011-12.
• David Lawrence, 58, was a two-time All-Southland Conference first-team selection who averaged 17.8 ppg and 9.4 rpg while shooting 55.3% from the floor for McNeese State from 1976-77 through 1979-80.
• Kenneth Lawrence, 36, averaged 5.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 3.6 apg for Louisiana-Lafayette from 1999-00 through 2002-03, leading the Ragin' Cajuns in assists as a senior.
• Fred Lentz Jr., 79, averaged 5.9 ppg and 8.5 rpg for South Carolina from 1956-57 through 1958-59. He was the Gamecocks' runner-up in rebounding as a sophomore and junior.
• Hal Levy, 93, averaged 7.8 ppg for Brooklyn College in 1947-48 after serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Billy Ray Lickert, 78, was a three-time All-SEC selection who averaged 14.7 ppg and 7.6 rpg for Kentucky from 1958-59 through 1960-61 under coach Adolph Rupp. Lickert was the Wildcats' leader in scoring average each of last two seasons.
• Tony Liscio, 76, played hoops for Tulsa in 1959-60 and 1961-62. He was an OL who played eight years for the Dallas Cowboys, starting at LT for Super Bowl VI winner in his final campaign following 1971 season.
• Clarence "Stretch" Lively, 83, was a U.S. Navy veteran who led Wyoming in rebounding in 1958-59 (9.6 rpg) and 1959-60 (8.3 rpg).
• Don Lock, 81, averaged 6.8 ppg and 3.7 rpg for Wichita from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Ralph Miller, leading the Shockers in field-goal percentage his last two seasons. Lock went on to become a MLB outfielder with three different franchises for eight years from 1962 through 1969.
• Charlie Long, 76, played for Delaware in 1960-61.
• Rick Long Jr., 49, averaged 1.4 ppg for Delaware from 1986-87 through 1989-90.
• Steve Looney, 70, averaged 12.1 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Seattle from 1965-66 through 1967-68. In his sophomore season, SU handed NCAA titlist Texas Western its lone defeat. The next year, he scored a team-high 15 points in NCAA playoff setback against UTEP.
• Charles Lorenzo Sr., 82, averaged 10.3 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Seton Hall from 1954-55 through 1956-57 under coach Honey Russell. The Pirates participated in NIT all three seasons.
• Bob Lowman, 71, averaged 14 ppg and 11.7 rpg for Lehigh from 1965-66 through 1967-68, leading team in scoring each of his last two seasons.
• Charles "Fred" Luigs, 79, averaged 4.9 ppg and 2.5 rpg for South Carolina from 1957-58 through 1959-60. He became a Brigadier General after flying 242 combat missions in F-4Cs in Southeast Asia. Retired as the Inspector General of the Air Force in fall of 1991.
• Bob MacConnell, 88, averaged 4.2 ppg for Brown in 1950-51 and 1951-52. INF hit .287 in five seasons in the Boston/Milwaukee Braves' farm system. In his first year of Organized Ball in 1952, he was 2B for Eau Claire (Class C Northern League) with club featuring SS by the name of Henry "Hank" Aaron. After missing two seasons while serving in U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict, MacConnell led Waycross (Class D GA-FL League) in runs scored (87), hits (151), doubles (37), triples (7) homers (10) and RBI (87) in 1955. Returning to Eau Claire in 1956, he led team in RBI (95) as teammate of eventual six-year MLB C and broadcast Hall of Famer Bob Uecker.
• John Mader, 85, averaged 1.2 ppg for Valparaiso in 1951-52.
• Jimmy Maffett Jr., 90, played for Georgia in 1944-45 before serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Ray Malkiewicz, 84, averaged 6.1 ppg for Brown from 1952-53 through 1954-55.
• Jim Mallory, 91, was a four-year letterman for Washington in the 1940s who had his college career interrupted by serving in U.S. Navy in Pacific Theater during WWII.
• Tom Mallott, 77, averaged 2.5 ppg and 1.9 for Wichita from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Ralph Miller.
• Ron Malmen, 78, averaged 10.7 ppg and 4.4 rpg for Florida State in 1964-65 and 1965-66 after serving in U.S. Air Force.
• Ron Mancasola, 81, was a juco recruit and backup guard for San Francisco's Phil Woolpert-coached national third-place team in 1957 NCAA playoffs. Mancasola played briefly in the Milwaukee Braves' farm system in 1958.
• Bill Mann, 92, averaged 4.8 ppg for Arizona from 1946-47 through 1948-49 after serving in U.S. Army's Seventh Infantry (tank corps) in Okinawa and the Philippines. He was an All-Border Conference second-team selection in 1947-48.
• Nicholas "Nick" Mantis, 81, averaged 12.5 ppg and 4.8 rpg for Northwestern from 1956-57 through 1958-59. He was among the Wildcats' top four scorers all three seasons and captain of back-to-back teams with winning Big Ten Conference records his last two years.
• Augustine "Augie" Martel, 81, was a member of Iowa's Final Four teams in 1955 and 1956 before averaging 9.5 ppg as senior in 1956-57.
• Fran Martin, 75, averaged 2.5 ppg and 3.1 rpg for Harvard in 1962-63 and 1963-64.
• James E. Martin, 84, averaged 7.2 ppg and 6.9 rpg for Auburn from 1951-52 through 1953-54, leading the Tigers in rebounding as a sophomore. Martin served as his alma mater's 14th president from 1984 through 1992.
• James F. "Pepper" Martin, 96, was one of the Southern Conference's top scorers when playing for Furman from 1938-39 through 1940-41. QB with 1940 football squad defeating North Carolina State and South Carolina.
• Dr. John Martin, 77, averaged 5.6 ppg and 3.3 rpg for Tennessee from 1959-60 through 1961-62. Illinois native was senior co-captain.
• Rollie Massimino, 82, coached Villanova (1973-74 through 1991-92), UNLV (1992-93 and 1993-94) and Cleveland State (1996-97 through 2002-03) to a 483-374 record in 28 NCAA Division I seasons. Nova captured the 1985 NCAA championship.
• Bill Mather, 86, scored a total of 373 points for Idaho from 1950-51 through 1952-53.
• Dick Matthews, 72, played for Gettysburg College PA in 1965-66.
• John "Goose" Matthews Jr., 74, averaged 12.5 ppg and 4.2 rpg for Bucknell from 1962-63 through 1964-65.
• Stan Matzke Jr., 84, averaged 6.7 ppg and 2.3 rpg for Nebraska from 1951-52 through 1954-55. He was among the Huskers' top five scorers in three different seasons.
• Calvin "Jack" Mayberry, 89, played for Wake Forest in 1946 Southern Conference Tournament final against Duke.
• Bill McBride, 71, averaged 7 ppg and 3.1 rpg for Centenary in 1966-67.
• Jack McCloskey, 91, was Penn letterman in 1944 before coaching the Quakers (1956-57 through 1965-66) and Wake Forest (1966-67 through 1971-72) to 216-194 record in 16 seasons.
• Jim McCormick, 77, averaged 14.5 ppg and 4 rpg with West Virginia from 1960-61 through 1962-63. Teammate of All-American Rod Thorn for three Mountaineers squads cracking AP Top 10 each season was two-time All-Southern Conference second-team selection.
• Alton "Al" McCotter, 87, averaged 10.3 ppg for Wake Forest from 1948-49 through 1950-51 under coach Murray Greason. McCotter was the Demon Deacons' leading scorer as a junior and senior.
• Bob McDaniel, 69, averaged 1.6 ppg for Missouri in coach Norm Stewart's inaugural season with the Tigers in 1967-68 before hitting .273 as OF in New York Yankees' farm system for four years from 1968 through 1971. McDaniel's .286 batting average in 1970 with Kinston (Class A Carolina League) was significantly higher than teammate and eventual eight-year MLB veteran Wayne Nordhagen. His manager in 1971 with Manchester (Class AA Eastern League) was 20-year MLB veteran Mickey Vernon.
• Jim McDaniels, 69, was a two-time All-American who averaged 27.6 ppg and 13.8 rpg for Western Kentucky from 1968-69 through 1970-71. He led WKU in scoring and rebounding all three seasons, including the Hilltoppers' third-place team in NCAA Tournament as a senior.
• Greg McElveen, 60, averaged 2.4 ppg for Alabama from 1975-76 through 1978-79 under coach C.M. Newton.
• Mike McGrady, 58, was on Clemson's roster in 1977-78 under coach Bill Foster.
• Bob McGurkin, 86, averaged 1.3 ppg for Boston College in 1953-54 and 1954-55 after serving in U.S. Air Force during Korean Conflict.
• Arnie McHone Sr., 82, played for Centenary in 1959-60 in school's first season at major-college level.
• Bruce McIntosh, 85, was an All-PCC North Division second-team selection for Idaho in 1951-52. He scored a total of 491 points with the Vandals from 1950-51 through 1952-53, finishing among their top four scorers each of last two seasons. Lefty hit .317 with 44 homers as OF-1B in the Philadelphia Phillies' farm system in four years (1953 and 1956 through 1958). McIntosh placed among the top three in batting average with Lewiston (Class B Northwest League) each of his last three campaigns. In final season of Organized Ball, one of his teammates was catcher John McNamara, an eventual 19-year MLB manager.
• Larry McIntosh, 78, averaged 9.5 ppg and 3.7 rpg for Tennessee from 1963-64 through 1965-66 under coach Ray Mears. McIntosh was co-captain as a senior.
• John "Jack" McKeaney Jr., 78, averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.4 rpg for La Salle in 1957-58 and 1958-59.
• John "Jack" McKenna, 79, averaged 1.8 ppg and 2.1 rpg for St. John's 1962 NIT runner-up coached by Joe Lapchick. McKenna previously served in U.S. Marine Corps.
• Lou McKenna, 86, averaged 4.9 ppg for St. Louis from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Eddie Hickey. As a senior, All-Missouri Valley Conference second-team selection was third-leading scorer for the Billikens' first NCAA tourney team.
• T. "Murphy" McManus, 85, was a juco recruit who averaged 16.8 ppg for Georgia in 1953-54 and 1954-55, leading the Bulldogs in scoring both seasons. He was an All-SEC third-team selection his senior year when finishing fourth in the league in scoring average.
• Bob McNeish, 38, averaged 1.8 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Quinnipiac from 1998-99 through 2000-01.
• George McQuarn, 76, coached Cal State Fullerton to a 122-117 record in eight seasons from 1980-81 through 1987-88.
• Art McZier, 82, averaged 9.4 ppg and 12 rpg for Loyola of Chicago from 1955-56 through 1957-58, leading the Ramblers in rebounding each of his final two seasons.
• Stuart Meerscheidt, 91, played for New Mexico State in the late 1940s. His college career was interrupted by serving in U.S. Army Air Forces as electrical technician on military transport in Asian Theater during WWII.
• Sam Mele, 95, was NYU's leading scorer in 1943 NCAA playoffs before becoming a MLB outfielder for 10 years and managing the Minnesota Twins for seven campaigns (including 1965 World Series against Los Angeles Dodgers).
• Fab Melo, 26, averaged 4.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 1.8 bpg for Syracuse in 2010-11 and 2011-12 before leaving school early as an undergraduate for the NBA draft.
• Arthur "Russ" Merten, 92, scored a total of 87 points for Cincinnati in 1941-42 and 1942-43 before serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Gene Michael, 79, was Kent State's leading scorer with 14 ppg in 1957-58 before becoming a MLB shortstop for 10 years and manager of the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs a total of four campaigns.
• Paul Michael, 70, averaged 5.9 ppg and 6.2 rpg for Creighton from 1965-66 through 1967-68. As a senior, he was the Bluejays' runner-up in rebounding (10.5 rpg).
• Herb Michaelis, 88, played for Colorado State in 1945-46 and 1946-47.
• Bill Mihm, 81, was a member of Dayton's NIT team in 1954 under coach Tom Blackburn.
• Al Millar, 77, averaged 4 ppg for Davidson from 1959-60 through 1961-62.
• Leon Miller, 85, averaged 7.3 ppg and 6.4 rpg for Lafayette from 1951-52 through 1953-54 in Butch van Breda Kolff's first three seasons as coach of the Leopards. Miller was their top rebounder as a junior.
• Norman Mirrington, 90, played for Notre Dame in 1944-45.
• Eric Mitchell, 51, averaged 6.8 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Yale from 1984-85 through 1987-88.
• Tom Mitchell, 72, averaged 6.1 ppg and 9.4 rpg for Bucknell in 1963-64 before 11-year career as NFL tight end with the Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Colts and San Francisco 49ers. He was a member of two Super Bowl teams with the Colts.
• Victor Mohl, 89, averaged 10.9 ppg for Virginia from 1948-49 through 1951-52 after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII. He led the Cavaliers in scoring each of his last two seasons.
• Rod Monroe, 40, averaged 3.9 ppg and 2.7 rpg for Cincinnati in 1995-96 and 1996-97 before competing as tight end for the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl XXXIII.
• Wayne Morgan, 92, played for Columbia in 1943-44.
• Robert Morton, 92, was in Illinois' regular lineup in 1943-44.
• Ron Muffie Sr., 82, was a teammate of St. Francis (Pa.) legend Maurice Stokes on NIT teams in 1954 and 1955. Muffie averaged 2.8 ppg and 2.5 rpg in three varsity campaigns.
• Frank Mulzoff, 89, averaged 3.3 ppg for St. John's from 1948-49 through 1950-51 under coach Frank McGuire. Mulzoff compiled a 56-27 coaching record in three seasons from 1970-71 through 1972-73, guiding his alma mater to national postseason competition each year (two in NIT/one in NCAA playoffs).
• Bob Murray Sr., 88, was runner-up in scoring with 9.3 ppg for Maryland in 1949-50.
• Phillip "Red" Murrell, 84, averaged 22.7 ppg and 9.5 rpg for Drake from 1955-56 through 1957-58. He was an All-American as a senior when he ranked fifth in the nation in scoring with 26.7 ppg.
• Tom Murtha, 90, was on roster of coach Clair Bee's last two LIU teams in 1949-50 and 1950-51. Both clubs were ranked among nation's top three in the AP poll.
• Ralph Naimoli, 88, was a Villanova transfer who averaged 7.7 ppg and 3.5 rpg for NYU's 1952 NIT team under coach Howard Cann.
• Dave Nangle, 86, averaged 3 ppg for Holy Cross' national postseason tournament teams in 1952 (NIT) and 1953 (NCAA playoffs) coached by Buster Sheary.
• Gerry Nappy, 85, averaged 1.4 ppg for Georgetown from 1950-51 through 1952-53.
• Jim Newman, 83, averaged 15.6 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Arizona State in 1956-57 and 1957-58. In his final season, All-Border Conference first-team selection was runner-up in scoring for the Sun Devils' first NCAA tourney team and led league in field-goal accuracy (49.6%).
• Joe Newton, 74, averaged 10.1 ppg for Auburn from 1962-63 through 1964-65, leading the SEC in field-goal shooting each of his last two seasons. He was an all-league first-team selection as a senior when finishing runner-up in scoring and rebounding with the Tigers before becoming 24th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Boyd Nisson, 69, averaged 1.5 ppg for Idaho State in 1967-68.
• Dick Nixon, 75, was a two-year captain for Marquette in early 1960s under coach Eddie Hickey. Nixon started for NCAA playoff participant in 1961 and was runner-up in scoring with 14.6 ppg for 1963 NIT third-place finisher.
• Willard Nobley, 80, averaged 8.8 ppg and 7.3 rpg for Arizona State in three seasons in the mid-1950s. As a senior, he participated in 1958 NCAA tourney under coach Ned Wulk.
• Clete Oberst, 87, was a member of Dayton's first national postseason tournament team (NIT runner-up in 1951 coached by Tom Blackburn).
• Joe Okruhlica, 85, averaged 5 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Cincinnati from 1951-52 through 1953-54. He was senior co-captain.
• Lee Oler, 67, averaged 10.1 ppg and 4.4 rpg for Wisconsin from 1969-70 through 1971-72. He was runner-up in scoring with the Badgers as a senior.
• Newt Oliver, 93, coached Rio Grande (Ohio) in mid-1950s when one of his players was legendary scorer Bevo Francis.
• Jerry Olson, 80, was second-leading rebounder for Colorado in 1958-59 with 6.8 rpg under coach Sox Walseth.
• Andy Opacich, 93, was a member of Washington's NCAA tourney team in 1948 before averaging 5.4 ppg in 1948-49.
• Chuck "Ozzie" Orsborn, 99, compiled a 194-56 coaching record with Bradley in nine seasons from 1956-57 through 1964-65, directing his alma mater to three NIT titles (1957, 1960 and 1964).
• Al Osina Jr., 69, played for Lamar in 1968-69 and 1969-70.
• Phil Parisi, 59, averaged 4.6 ppg for Jacksonville from 1976-77 through 1980-81.
• Ara Parseghian, 94, was a hooper for Miami (Ohio) in 1946-47 and 1947-48 before becoming a College Football Hall of Fame coach compiling 170-58-6 record with his alma mater (1951 through 1955), Northwestern (1956 through 1963) and Notre Dame (1964 through 1974). Guided the Fighting Irish to three national football titles (1964-66-73).
• Bruce Parsons Jr., 72, averaged 8.7 ppg and 4.1 rpg for Pacific from 1964-65 through 1966-67, appearing in the NCAA playoffs as a junior and senior in the Tigers' first two appearances in event. In 1966 national tourney, he scored 17 points against Jerry Chambers-led Utah and 21 points against Elvin Hayes-led Houston.
• Jimmy Pattee, 95, played for Texas Christian in 1942-43 before serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Tracy Pearson, 49, averaged 16 ppg and 7.9 rpg for Sam Houston State from 1986-87 through 1988-89. All-Southland Conference first-team selection as junior in 1987-88 led the Bearkats in scoring average and rebounding all three seasons.
• Ken Peckham, 82, averaged 3 ppg for Rhode Island in 1955-56 and 1956-57.
• Dale Peier, 83, averaged 4.8 ppg and 4.4 rpg for Oklahoma State from 1953-54 through 1955-56 under coach Hank Iba.
• G. "Fred" Perkins Jr. averaged 9.3 ppg for Princeton from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Cappy Cappon. Perkins earned team most influential award as senior.
• Joel Perisho, 68, averaged 4.9 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Pacific from 1967-68 through 1969-70. Teammate his senior season of All-American John Gianelli.
• Bill Petrillo, 84, averaged 3.5 ppg and 2.3 rpg for Seton Hall from 1953-54 through 1955-56 under coach Honey Russell. The Pirates participated in NIT each of Petrillo's last two seasons.
• Ron Peyser, 74, averaged 4.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Indiana from 1962-63 through 1964-65 under coach Branch McCracken.
• Bob Phillips, 86, averaged 3.3 ppg and 1.8 rpg for North Carolina from 1950-51 through 1952-53.
• Bill Piekarski, 62, played for Duquesne in the mid-1970s.
• Roger Pierce averaged 3.9 ppg for Dartmouth from 1949-50 through 1951-52.
• Bob Pifferini Sr., 95, played guard with San Jose State's hoops squad in 1946-47. Contributed three interceptions as a rookie LB with the Detroit Lions in 1949.
• Spiros "Spike" Plentzas, 86, averaged 3.8 ppg for Brown in 1951-52. He served in U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.
• John "Fritz" Plinke, 90, participated in three NITs with Bowling Green State under coach Harold Anderson (including 1949 third-place finisher).
• Charles "Carl" Polzer, 99, averaged 1.2 ppg for St. John's in 1936-37 and 1937-38 under coach Joe Lapchick.
• Dave Pouliot, 69, averaged 3.3 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Santa Clara in 1966-67 and 1967-68.
• Phil Powell, 84, averaged 11.5 ppg for Boston College from 1951-52 through 1954-55. He was among BC's top three scorers each of his last two seasons.
• Corwin "Corky" Prentice, 93, attended Wisconsin before serving in U.S. Air Force during WWII. After the war, he played with Loyola of Chicago the last half of the 1940s.
• Bill Proctor, 88, averaged 5.1 ppg for Davidson in 1950-51.
• Ralph Pulley, 89, was a member of Baylor's NCAA Tournament runner-up in 1948.
• Jules "Buddy" Quertinmont, 74, averaged 10.1 ppg and 2.6 rpg for West Virginia from 1962-63 through 1964-65 under coach George King. Quertinmont was runner-up in scoring average for the Mountaineers as junior and senior (NCAA playoff team).
• Luther Rackley Jr., 71, averaged 15.4 ppg and 12.7 rpg for Xavier from 1966-67 through 1968-69, leading the Muskeeters in rebounding as a sophomore and senior.
• Vito Ragazzo, 89, played hoops for William & Mary in 1945 before serving in U.S. Army. End/defensive back was an All-Southern Conference football first-team selection in 1949, leading the nation in receiving yards with 793. His 15 TD receptions that year stood as NCAA record until Tulsa's Howard Twilley broke mark in 1965. Ninth-round choice of the Chicago Cardinals in 1950 NFL draft caught two TD passes and contributed four interceptions with the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1954 after catching decisive 45-yard TD pass in 1953 Grey Cup victory. Coached VMI to a 10-41 record from 1966 through 1970.
• Jerome "Jerry" Raispis, 88, averaged 3.4 ppg for Detroit from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Bob Calihan.
• Dr. Mel Ramey, 78, was a track athlete who played hoops for Penn State in 1958-59 and 1959-60 under coach John Egli.
• David Ramm, 80, was a member of Santa Clara's NCAA tourney team in 1960.
• Mike Ramming, 77, played for Centenary from 1959-60 through 1961-62 in school's first three seasons at major-college level.
• Ulmo "Sonny" Randle, 81, played in seven basketball games for Virginia in 1955-56. Split end caught 365 passes for 5,996 yards and 65 touchdowns with the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys in 10 years from 1959 through 1968. Four-time Pro Bowler (1960-61-62-65) led the NFL with 15 TD receptions in 1960.
• John Ratliff averaged 2.9 ppg for Eastern Kentucky in 1955-56 under coach Paul McBrayer.
• Bob Rawlings, 92, played for Colorado in the mid-1940s. He served in U.S. Navy during WWII.
• Marvin Rea, 49, played for Purdue in 1987-88 and 1988-89 under coach Gene Keady.
• Steve Rebora, 83, played three seasons for Notre Dame in the mid-1950s.
• Justin Reed, 35, was a three-time All-SEC selection who averaged 14.6 ppg and 6.3 rpg for Mississippi from 2000-01 through 2003-04 under coach Rod Barnes. Reed led the Rebels in scoring and rebounding each of his last three seasons.
• Dale Reeves, 75, averaged 6.6 ppg and 3.9 rpg for Florida State in 1961-62 and 1962-63.
• Kenny Reeves, 89, averaged 11.5 ppg for Louisville as one of the Cardinals' top three scorers each season from 1947-48 through 1949-50 under coach Peck Hickman. Reeves was an All-Ohio Valley Conference selection as a junior.
• Dr. Paul Reid, 92, played for St. Louis in 1944-45.
• Robert Reilly, 96, averaged 5.9 ppg for Providence from 1940-41 through 1942-43 before serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Hal "Hotsy" Reinfeld, 86, served in U.S. Army before averaging 7.6 ppg for Temple from 1953-54 through 1955-56. He was senior co-captain and fourth-leading scorer and rebounder of national third-place team.
• Darrell Reitzel, 78, was a Kansas State and juco transfer who averaged 8.1 ppg and 4.1 rpg for North Texas State in 1958-59 (Mean Green runner-up in total points) and 1959-60 (free-throw shooting leader at 76.6%).
• Walter "Bob" Reum, 74, averaged 3.5 ppg for Yale from 1961-62 through 1963-64 under coach Joe Vancisin.
• Jim Rich, 76, averaged 16.9 ppg for New Hampshire from 1960-61 through 1963-64 (redshirt in 1961-62). Two-time All-Yankee Conference selection led the Wildcats in rebounding each of his last two seasons.
• Dave Rodenkirk, 83, was a backup center for Purdue in 1952-53 and 1953-54.
• Joe Rodriguez, 92, played for Illinois in the late 1940s.
• Tom Rooyakkers, 74, was on Marquette's roster in 1962-63 under coach Eddie Hickey.
• Dr. Lewis "Bud" Rowland, 91, played for Yale in 1943-44.
• Paul Ruddy, 79, averaged 8.2 ppg and 6.2 rpg for DePaul from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Ray Meyer. Ruddy appeared in NCAA playoffs as junior and senior, scoring 18 points in tourney contest against Kansas State.
• Donzel Rush, 43, averaged 8.4 ppg and 6.5 rpg for South Florida from 1992-93 through 1995-96. Four-year starter finished among the Bulls' top three rebounders each season.
• Vince Ryan, 80, averaged 2.2 ppg and 1.5 rpg for Seton Hall from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Honey Russell.
• Kenneth Ryskamp, 85, averaged a team-high 9.5 rpg for Miami FL in 1954-55 under coach Bruce Hale.
• Gene Salkeld, 85, averaged 5 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Loyola Marymount from 1951-52 through 1953-54.
• Don Sallee, 88, played for Missouri in the late 1940s.
• Howard "Howdy" Sanders, 89, played for Miami of Ohio in 1946-47 and 1947-48 after St. Louis native served in U.S. Marine Corps during WWII.
• Ben Sapp, 87, averaged 1.2 ppg for Drake in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
• Bob Saunders, 88, was a member of Montana State's first-ever NCAA playoff team in 1951.
• Bob Savage, 88, averaged 6.9 ppg for Syracuse from 1947-48 through 1949-50 before becoming school's first player selected in an NBA draft.
• Don Scalf, 82, played for Wake Forest in 1955-56 and 1956-57.
• Bill Schaake, 87, averaged 1.1 ppg for Kansas in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
• Ed Schaub, 90, averaged 3.3 ppg for John Carroll (Ohio) in 1948-49 and 1949-50.
• Dave Schlotthauer, 72, was Idaho's top rebounder (10.4 rpg) and runner-up in scoring (15.3 ppg) in 1966-67.
• Dr. Walt Schumann, 81, averaged 5.7 ppg and 4.2 rpg for New Mexico from 1955-56 through 1957-58.
• Frederic "Fred" Schwarz, 91, averaged 5.7 ppg for Manhattan from 1948-49 through 1950-51 under coach Ken Norton after serving in U.S. Army during WWII. Schwarz played in NIT as a sophomore before becoming senior captain.
• Ken Sears, 83, averaged 14.9 ppg and 14.3 rpg for Santa Clara from 1951-52 through 1954-55. All-American as a senior when ranking among the nation's top 35 in scoring, FG% and FT%. Three-time All-CBA first-team selection was the first basketball player on the cover of SI.
• Dr. Ken Selke, 69, was a member of Jacksonville's NCAA Tournament runner-up in 1970.
• Douglas "Robert" Seltz, 84, averaged 1.6 ppg for Valparaiso in 1952-53. His older brother, Rollie, was an All-American with Hamline MN in 1945-46.
• Greg Senior, 60, played for Oregon in the late 1980s under coach Don Monson. Senior died in a rafting accident.
• John "Jack" Senske, 86, was a juco recruit who averaged 1.4 ppg for Loyola Marymount in 1953-54.
• Linwood Sexton, 90, played hoops for Wichita in 1944-45. Named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference football team three straight seasons from 1945 through 1947. He accrued impressive yardage as a running back, including finishing seventh in nation as a sophomore, 15th as junior and eighth as senior prior to playing with the AAFC's Los Angeles Dons in 1948.
• Charles Shackleford, 50, averaged 13.7 ppg and 7.8 rpg for North Carolina State from 1985-86 through 1987-88 before leaving college early for the NBA draft. He was an All-ACC first-team selection as a junior.
• Bill Sharp, 87, was leading scorer for Wyoming's Everett Shelton-coached NCAA Tournament team in 1953 when Korean Conflict veteran was an All-Mountain States Conference first-team selection.
• Larry Sheffield, 73, averaged 18.7 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Notre Dame from 1962-63 through 1964-65. Teammate of eventual MLB pitcher Ron Reed led the Irish in scoring average as a sophomore and junior.
• Richard Shenenberger, 83, averaged 5.5 ppg for Western Michigan in 1953-54.
• Bobby Sherwood, 80, averaged 11.4 ppg and 9 rpg for Florida from 1957-58 through 1959-60. Senior captain led the Gators in rebounding each of his final two seasons.
• Bob Showalter, 86, averaged 4.4 ppg and 6.9 rpg for Kent State in 1957-58 and 1958-59 (senior captain) after serving in U.S. Army.
• Larry Showalter, 82, was a regular swingman for three straight SMU teams participating in NCAA playoffs from 1955 through 1957 (including Final Four as junior) under coach Doc Hayes. Showalter was a two-time All-SWC selection who averaged 9.8 ppg in three-year career.
• Bobby Shows Jr., 75, averaged 4.8 ppg and 5.7 rpg for Mississippi State's three consecutive SEC titlists from 1961 through 1963 under coach Babe McCarthy. As a senior, Shows was a regular for the Bulldogs' first NCAA tourney team.
• Lew Shupe Jr., 74, averaged 4.1 ppg for Stanford as a junior in 1962-63 under coach Howie Dallmar.
• Don Siefken, 90, was an Army veteran who averaged 4.5 ppg for Drake in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
• Vic Siegel, 96, was Iowa's leading scorer in 1939-40 and 1940-41 before becoming an All-Big Ten Conference second-team selection as a senior in 1941-42.
• Steve Siegert, 89, averaged 1.3 ppg for William & Mary from 1947-48 through 1949-50.
• Jon Simbeck, 78, averaged 3.1 ppg for North Carolina State in 1959-60 under coach Everett Case before transferring to Adams State CO.
• Omar Simpson, 47, averaged 2.4 ppg and 2 rpg for Air Force from 1989-90 through 1991-92.
• Arnold Singal, 80, averaged 3.4 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Harvard in 1957-58.
• Tom Singer, 82, played briefly for Michigan in 1953-54.
• Eugene Sivertson, 91, played for Washington State in 1945-46 and 1946-47 under coach Jack Friel.
• Carey Sloan, 70, averaged 5.4 ppg for Texas Christian from 1965-66 through 1967-68. Senior captain for SWC titlist and Midwest Regional runner-up.
• Charles "Mike" Smith, 69, averaged 2.6 ppg and 2.7 rpg for Texas in 1967-68 and 1968-69 before a knee injury curtailed his career.
• C. "Lysle" Smith, 86, averaged 2.6 ppg for Michigan in 1950-51 before serving in U.S. Army.
• LeRoy Smith, 88, was runner-up in scoring with 12.1 ppg for LIU's 1950 NIT team coached by Clair Bee.
• Lyle Smith, 101, was a guard on Idaho's hoops squad in the late 1930s under coach Forrest Twogood before piloting Boise JC to 1958 NJCAA football crown.
• Sam Smith, 83, was an All-Ohio Valley Conference selection as a Middle Tennessee State junior in 1953-54 when averaging 15.4 ppg and 5.3 rpg.
• Dr. Selden Smith, 94, was a Washington (Mo.) transfer who was a member of Oklahoma A&M's 1944 NIT team coached by Hank Iba. Smith was a U.S. Navy pilot during WWII.
• Jim Snodgrass, 87, averaged 7.2 ppg for Michigan State from 1948-49 through 1950-51. Senior captain in coach Pete Newell's inaugural season as coach of the Spartans after finishing runner-up in scoring for them the previous two yeats.
• Stan Sorota, 95, averaged 8.1 ppg for Connecticut from 1946-47 through 1949-50 after serving in U.S. Army during WWII. Senior captain was a two-time All-Yankee Conference selection.
• Ken Spalter, 72, averaged 10.2 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Vermont from 1963-64 through 1965-66, leading the Catamounts in scoring as a senior with 17.1 ppg. He was fatally shot during a carjacking in St. Louis while visiting his newborn granddaughter.
• Elwood "Corky" Sparks, 88, averaged 11 ppg for Ohio University from 1949-50 through 1951-52 in Jim Snyder's first three seasons as coach of the Bobcats.
• Tom "Bert" Spear, 70, averaged 10 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Air Force from 1967-68 through 1969-70 under his father/coach Bob Spear. Bert, a two-year backcourt running mate of eventual NBA championship coach Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs, was team MVP as a senior.
• Thomas "Dick" Sperbeck Jr., 84, averaged 1.6 ppg for Saint Mary's in 1953-54.
• Meade Squire, 90, played for Brigham Young in 1945-46 and 1946-47.
• Hal Stacy, 85, was an All-Mid-American Conference second-team selection in 1954-55 when he led Western Michigan in scoring with 1954-55.
• Ed Stahl Jr., 64, averaged 8.8 ppg and 5 rpg for North Carolina from 1972-73 through 1974-75 under coach Dean Smith. Stahl was the Tar Heels' second-leading rebounder and third-leading scorer as a sophomore before participating in NCAA playoffs as senior.
• Marty Stahurski, 61, averaged 13.8 ppg and 4 rpg for Temple from 1974-75 through 1977-78. Two-year captain averaged more than 12 ppg each season and was an All-ECC second-team selection as a senior.
• Dave Stallworth, 75, was a three-time All-American who averaged 24.3 ppg and 10.5 rpg while shooting 53.2% from the floor for Wichita from 1961-62 through 1964-65. He led the Shockers in scoring and rebounding his last three seasons while ranking among the nation's top 22 in scoring and FG% each year.
• Don Stanton Sr., 83, played for St. Louis in the mid-1950s under coach Eddie Hickey.
• Lou Stark, 83, scored 11 points in 22 games for Syracuse in 1954-55 and 1955-56.
• Frank Starnes, 92, was a Southern California teammate of All-American Bill Sharman in the late 1940s after serving in the Army Air Corps during WWII.
• Henry "Hank" Stein, 81, averaged 14.3 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Xavier from 1956-57 through 1958-59. All-American as junior when he was NIT Most Valuable Player.
• Eddie Stenftenagel Sr., 84, averaged 6.9 ppg and 3.7 rpg for Mississippi from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Country Graham.
• Morris "Mush" Sterneck, 84, averaged 1.6 ppg for Illinois from 1952-53 through 1954-55 under coach Harry Combes.
• Edgebert "Buster" Stevenson, 93, played for North Carolina in 1943-44 before serving in U.S. Navy.
• Jerold "Jerry" Stock, 66, played three seasons for Missouri in the early 1970s under coach Norm Stewart.
• Johnny Stough, 90, was a member of Kentucky's back-to-back NCAA tourney titlists in 1948 and 1949.
• Don Strasser, 88, averaged 7.7 ppg for Notre Dame from 1949-50 through 1951-52.
• Bruce Sucher, 70, played for Duquesne in 1968-69.
• Harold Supriano, 83, averaged 3 ppg for Boston University's 1959 East Regional runner-up to Jerry West-led West Virginia.
• David Svendsen, 74, averaged 13.8 ppg and 9.5 rpg for Maine from 1962-63 through 1964-65. He was team runner-up in scoring and rebounding each season.
• Bob Swander, 81, averaged 9.1 ppg and 3.6 rpg for Memphis State from 1955-56 through 1957-58. He played for the Tigers' 1956 NCAA tourney team and 1957 NIT runner-up.
• Paul Sweeny, 39, played for Santa Clara in 1997-98.
• Harley "Skeeter" Swift, 70, was a three-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection who averaged 18 ppg and 5.3 rpg for East Tennessee State from 1966-67 through 1968-69. As a junior, he scored game-high 22 points in victory against Dave Cowens-led Florida State in the Buccaneers' first-ever NCAA playoff contest.
• Bob Swigris, 70, averaged 5.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg and 2.1 apg for Bradley from 1965-66 through 1967-68.
• George Taylor, 80, averaged 10.5 ppg and 8.7 rpg for Pepperdine from 1955-56 through 1957-58 in the school's first three seasons at major-college level. He was runner-up with the Waves in scoring and rebounding as a junior before pacing them in boards as a senior with 10.6 rpg.
• Roland "Fatty" Taylor, 71, averaged 9.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg and 3.3 apg for La Salle in 1967-68 and 1968-69 under coaches Jim Harding and Tom Gola.
• Jonathan Thomas, 21, was a backup guard for Jackson State in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
• Tommy Thompson, 78, averaged 10.4 ppg and 3 rpg for Bucknell from 1957-58 through 1959-60. Led the Bison in scoring as a senior with 16.3 ppg. Compiled a 15-12 pitching record in Detroit Tigers' farm system in three years in early 1960s. His teammates with Duluth-Superior (Northern League) in 1961 and 1963 included five eventual starters for 1968 World Series champion (Bill Freehan, Denny McLain, Jim Northrup, Ray Oyler and Mickey Stanley).
• Pete Tierney, 69, was a three-year starter who averaged 11.9 ppg and 4.5 rpg for Fairleigh Dickinson from 1968-69 through 1970-71, finishing runner-up with the Knights in scoring as a senior (14.8 ppg).
• K. "Bill" Tiley, 89, played for Colorado State in 1946-47.
• Ray Tomlin, 83, was Xavier's first African-American varsity player in 1954-55.
• Dr. Charles Topp, 84, averaged 11.9 ppg and 7.5 rpg for Washington & Lee from 1951-52 through 1953-54. He was team runner-up in scoring and rebounding as a sophomore.
• Eugene "Bob" Topp, 84, averaged 1.4 ppg for Michigan in 1951-52 and 1952-53. End caught 28 passes for 390 yards and three touchdowns in 1952 and 1953 (All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection with team-high 23 receptions). He caught six passes for 90 yards and three TDs after becoming 13th-round pick by the New York Giants in 1954 NFL draft.
• Fred Tritschler Jr., 86, averaged 12.3 ppg for Princeton from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Cappy Cappon. Two-time All-Ivy League selection led the Tigers in scoring as a junior with an NCAA tourney team.
• Dr. Bob Turk, 86, averaged 3 ppg for Davidson from 1949-50 through 1951-52.
• Billy "Deryl" Turnbow, 88, averaged 8.5 ppg for Texas A&M from 1947-48 through 1949-50. He was runner-up in scoring with the Aggies each of his first two seasons before becoming senior captain.
• David Turner, 71, averaged 4.6 ppg for Morehead State in 1964-65 and 1965-66.
• Dean Tyner, 84, played for Tulane in first half of 1950s under coach Clifford Wells.
• Robert Utz, 88, averaged 5.1 ppg and 2.2 rpg for Colgate in 1950-51 and 1951-52 (captain).
• Don Vanderstreet, 82, averaged 7.8 ppg and team-high 7.9 rpg as captain for Boston University in 1957-58 when the Terriers made transition to major-college level.
• Marvin Vanover, 85, compiled a 21-37 coaching record for Augusta GA in 1984-85 and 1985-86 in school's first two of seven seasons at the NCAA Division I level.
• Jerry Vermillion, 85, is Gonzaga's all-time leading rebounder, retrieving 1,670 missed shots from 1951-52 through 1954-55.
• Jerry Vogel, 80, averaged 3.8 ppg for Alabama from 1956-57 through 1958-59.
• Don Walker, 79, averaged 9.5 ppg and 7.5 rpg for Colorado from 1956-57 through 1958-59 under coach Sox Walseth. Walker was an All-Big Eight Conference second-team selection as senior when leading the Buffaloes in rebounding with 8.5 rpg.
• Solly Walker, 85, averaged 7.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg for St. John's from 1951-52 through 1953-54. He was the first African-American ever to play at Kentucky.
• Chris Wall, 61, averaged 1.4 ppg and 1.5 rpg as Northwestern center under coach Tex Winter from 1974-75 through 1977-78.
• Mike Wall, 68, averaged 3.5 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Seton Hall from 1967-68 through 1969-70.
• Perry Wallace, 69, averaged 13 ppg and 11.5 rpg for Vanderbilt from 1967-68 through 1969-70. He was an all-league second-team selection as a senior. He became the first black varsity player in the all-white SEC before leading the Commodores in rebounding as a junior and scoring as a senior.
• Joe Walsh, 77, averaged 1.8 ppg and 2 rpg for Villanova from 1959-60 through 1961-62. As a senior, he competed with the Wildcats' East Regional finalist in Jack Kraft's first season as their coach.
• Larry Ward, 70, averaged 19.4 ppg for Centenary from 1966-67 through 1968-69, leading the Gents in scoring and field-goal percentage as a sophomore and senior. Illinois native paced them in free-throw percentage all three seasons, finishing with a career mark of 87.4%.
• Tom Ward, 86, averaged 3.5 ppg for Wisconsin from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Bud Foster. Ward was senior co-captain.
• Phil Washington, 70, averaged 11 ppg and 12 rpg for Duquesne in 1965-66 and 1967-68. He led the Dukes in rebounding both years.
• Bob Waters, 87, played for Oklahoma A&M in the late 1940s under coach Hank Iba.
• Ralph Watley Jr., 70, played for Tulsa in the late 1960s.
• Bobby Watson, 86, was a two-time All-SEC first-team selection who averaged 10.4 ppg for Kentucky from 1949-50 through 1951-52. He was the third-leading scorer for UK's 1951 NCAA playoff titlist.
• Harvey Watt, 90, averaged 3 ppg for Oregon State's 1949 Final Four team coached by Slats Gill.
• Bruce Webster, 80, averaged 12.4 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Rutgers from 1956-57 through 1958-59, leading the Scarlet Knights in scoring as a junior.
• Rich Wejnert, 57, averaged 4 ppg and 2.4 rpg for South Carolina in 1977-78 and 1978-79 before transferring to Fairfield, where he averaged 9.6 ppg and 3.6 rpg in 1980-81 and 1981-82.
• Henry "Hank" Wheeler, 89, averaged 1.3 ppg for Southern Methodist in 1949-50 under coach Doc Hayes.
• Robert "Byrd" Whigham, 84, averaged 2.3 ppg for Auburn in 1953-54 and 1954-55 under coach Joel Eaves.
• Glen Whisby, 45, was a three-time All-Metro Conference second-team selection who averaged 13.8 ppg, 8.7 rpg and 1.9 bpg for Southern Mississippi from 1991-92 through 1994-95.
• Arved White, 78, averaged 1.4 ppg and 1.2 rpg for Texas in 1958-59 and 1959-60.
• Ivan "Kaiser" Wilhelm, 88, averaged 6 ppg for SEC member Tulane from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Clifford Wells.
• Bert Williams, 91, averaged 4.4 ppg for Texas Western from 1947-48 through 1949-50.
• Chris Williams, 36, was a three-time All-ACC selection who averaged 15.2 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 2.1 apg and 1.6 spg for Virginia from 1998-99 through 2001-02.
• Glen Williams, 63, averaged 14.9 ppg and 4.9 rpg while shooting 51.9% from the floor for St. John's from 1973-74 through 1976-77. He led the team in scoring as a senior with 21.5 ppg.
• Ryse Williams, 18, was a Loyola Marymount signee who died of cancer one day before his high school graduation.
• David "Parry" Wilson, 101, was a Utah letterman from 1935-36 through 1937-38 under coach Vadal Peterson. Wilson was an All-Mountain States Conference second-team selection as a senior.
• Steve Wilson, 67, averaged 1.1 ppg for Southern Illinois from 1969-70 through 1971-72.
• Walt Winklejohn, 96, played for Dayton from 1937-38 through 1939-40.
• Robert "Skippy" Winstead, 85, averaged 5.5 ppg and 1.8 rpg for North Carolina in 1952-53 and 1953-54 in Frank McGuire's first two seasons as coach of the Tar Heels.
• Joe Winters, 92, played for Brigham Young in 1942-43 before serving in U.S. Navy during WWII.
• Paul Wisdom Jr., 85, averaged 9.4 ppg for Dartmouth from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Doggie Julian. As a senior, Wisdom was the school's top scorer (14.3 ppg) and rebounder (9.8 rpg).
• Herman Wyatt played for San Jose State in 1952-53. He was also a high jumper with the Spartans.
• Bill Wynn, 82, was J.C. recruit and member of St. Louis' NIT team in 1955-56.
• Ed Yeaton, 63, played for Davidson in 1973-74 in Terry Holland's final season as coach of the Wildcats.
• Mark Yellin, 83, averaged 5.2 ppg and 4.7 rpg for Yale from 1952-53 through 1954-55 under coach Howard Hobson.
• Paul "Hooks" Yesawich, 94, averaged 8.6 ppg for Niagara in 1947-48 under coach Taps Gallagher after serving as an officer in U.S. Navy during WWII. Yesawich was deployed on attack cargo ship participating in largest amphibious assault of conflict at Okinawa.
• Herbert Zuckerman, 88, averaged 3 ppg for Lehigh in 1947-48.

It's no secret Rick Pitino, the biggest loser of 2017, coached both Kentucky and Louisville to NCAA Tournament championships. But following is a UK/UL connection hoop secret ESPN's best researcher doesn't know: Centre College in Danville, Ky., boasts a distinction possibly rendering Dickie V speechless insofar as the Colonels blew up both Death Stars - UK (87-17 in 1909-10) and UL (61-7 in 1919-20) - by more than 50 points, handing each perennial power its most lopsided defeat in history. The Cardinals lost five consecutive contests against Centre from 1939 to 1941 after the Wildcats dropped six straight decisions against Centre from 1918 to 1921.

If you need bar-bet winning information, additional major universities succumbing by staggering record-setting margins in the Dinosaur Age against obscure opponents include Bradley (bowed to Millikin), Cincinnati (Circleville), Connecticut (Wesleyan), Duke (Washington & Lee), Massachusetts (Williams), North Carolina (Lynchburg YMCA Elks), Oklahoma State (Southwestern KS), Pittsburgh (Westminster), Rhode Island (Amherst), USC (L.A. Athletic Club) and Wichita State (Ottawa).

The "Final Five" DI schools reaching the NCAA playoff national semifinals at some point in their careers to win at least 20 games in a major-college season when suffering their most-lopsided setback include Indiana (1993-94), Louisiana State (1969-70), St. John's (1951-52), Texas-El Paso (2000-01) and UCLA (1996-97). Kentucky was the opponent when Florida, Georgia, St. John's, Temple, Tennessee, Tennessee-Martin, Tulsa and Vanderbilt were saddled with their worst reversals.

IU's 106-56 loss against Minnesota in 1993-94 came only two years after the Big Ten Conference rivals reversed roles when the Hoosiers handed the Gophers their most-lopsided setback in history (96-50). In 1997-98, Missouri rebounded from the Tigers' most-lopsided reversal in school history (111-56 at Kansas State in Big 12 Conference opener) to defeat the Wildcats in their return engagement (89-59 at Mizzou in regular-season finale) for an incredible 85-point turnaround in margin.

Dr. James Naismith founded the game of basketball but he apparently didn't boast any "inside" information gaining a competitive edge. In fact, Naismith is the only one of Kansas' first nine full-season head coaches to compile a career losing record (55-60 in nine campaigns from 1898-99 through 1906-07). One of the defeats was by an all-time high 40 points against Nebraska.

Naismith is among the following coaches, including a striking number of luminaries (such as Harold Anderson, Gene Bartow, Ben Carnevale, Gale Catlett, Chick Davies, Bill Foster, Marv Harshman, Doggie Julian, Bob Knight, Guy Lewis, Rick Majerus, Phil Martelli, Frank McGuire, Shelby Metcalf, Lute Olson, Johnny Orr, Vadal Peterson, Digger Phelps, Honey Russell and Norm Stewart) incurring the most-lopsided loss in history for an NCAA Division I university (info unavailable for some DI schools listed alphabetically below):

It's the most wonderful time of the year, but holiday festivities can go awry between Christmas and New Year's Eve. In ghosts of Christmas' past, just ask top-ranked Virginia, which lost at tiny Chaminade in 1982, and NCAA champion-to-be Michigan, which bowed to Alaska-Anchorage on a neutral court in 1988.

Amid the bone-chilling cold celebrations as liberals want us to cower in corner because of global warming while freezing our butts off, a Christmas holiday week absolutely can not go by without the time-honored tradition of making a list and checking it twice. For instance, many observers are thankful national health-care costs for eye and ear care are dramatically decreased from looking at and listening to Melania and Ivanka rather than #ShrillaryRotten and Chelsea. The college basketball wish list, a stocking stuffer distinguishing between the naughty and nice, doesn't change much from the previous month at Thanksgiving or next week among New Year Resolutions. Opting out from responding to apology demands, some of them may fall in the Christmas Miracle category but following is a healthy serving of food-for-thought wishes presented to college hoop observers:

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

• Wish deserving mid-major players earn All-American acclaim this season.

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

• Wish fans understand how good the Big East Conference first division is after league upheaval several years ago.

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

• Wish the best for the Ivy League and Patriot League, which seem like the last bastions replete with textbook student-athletes. Five Ivy League institutions - Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale - can still hold their heads high despite each of them posting all-time losing records.

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

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

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

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

• Wish Division I schools will soon find their bearings amid the chaotic restructuring of conferences forsaking tradition although the quest for mega-leagues could be delusional because they're vying for television revenue that might not exist.

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

• Wish marquee coaches wouldn't serve up assistants as sacrificial lambs resembling Grinch when the heat of an investigation of their program intensifies. This practice really got out of hand when the FBI was involved.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Wish lapdog-lazy media outworked by Louisville Escort Queen and Duke student newspaper would display more energy exhibiting enterprising analysis. Why do almost all of the principal college basketball websites "progressively" look and read virtually the same? It's a byproduct of predictably pathetic press needing a jolt of adversarial reporting.

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

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

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

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

Oakland, which nearly upset #1 Michigan State prior to Christmas two years ago, almost joined Chaminade and Northern Iowa among the following list of seven nationally unranked non-DI or mid-major schools in the last 50 years upsetting the nation's top-ranked team from a power conference then or now (DePaul only university in this #1 category losing at home to mid-major):

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

Kansas' Bill Self lost 18 consecutive contests bridging the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons with Oral Roberts but at least he didn't lose a decision to a non-Division I institution. The following alphabetical list "retraces steps" of prominent coaches who lost games to non-Division I colleges during their major-college careers:

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

There should be a Go Fund Me account for those of us 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. 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 of fellow Left Coast lunatics #NannyPathetic and #MadMaxine full via fohty-five scoops of political (im)peachy ice cream. Memo to crumbs-obsessed #NannyPathetic: It's pushy Trump; not pushover Bush occupying Oval Office these days.

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 the more we hear 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 administration, apparently still 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, 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 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?

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. In 2018, UMBC earned national acclaim by becoming the first #16 seed to defeat a #1 seed (Virginia) but the Retrievers didn't receive headlines only four years earlier when four members of team allegedly gang raped a female athlete at a dormitory in late summer.

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 comes to his series of injuries.

Shouldn't there be more reflexive concern for victims rather than impact on roster of team with alleged criminal? According to the FBI, about 70% of domestic violence probes fail to result in criminal cases. Those figures coincide with estimates claiming about two-thirds of sexual assault charges involving college athletes reportedly are dropped or not filed similar to couple of TCU hoopers in 2006; multiple Syracuse hoopers in the fall of 2007 carrying on SU tradition stemming from bizarre incident involving Villanova cheerleader at 1982 Big East Tournament in Hartford; two Michigan State freshmen playing mini-hoop version of strip poker during orientation in the 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 themselves of 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 "big-time" schools such as MSU have covered up "Boys Gone Wild" indiscretions with get-out-of-trouble-free cards to keep rap sheets shorter than stat sheets? Just 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 indicate that, at the bare minimum, 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? Thought is as ugly as mosaic of major male celebs unearthed as sexual abusers in 2017.

Public-at-large has virtually become numb to the seemingly incessant 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 last fall concluding with three women telling police they were sexually assaulted. Earlier this 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 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 all those indiscretions, Skiles received a one-game suspension. What courses do athletes take at MSU? Manhood Selfie 101 (like Snap-chat sensation Draymond Green). Thus it was no surprise ESPN unearthed that MSU athletes this decade 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 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 has any merit. Enterprising engineering students apparently should have invested more time and energy helping Haas with a different pliable and protective sleeve than designing brace for his fractured right elbow.

After MSU's gymnastics coach was charged with lying about her knowledge of sexual assault complaints, could Izzo be next? Amid the airing-of-dirty-laundry debris even 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 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 leaving Philly to drive around the Kansas plains in a souped-up red and white Oldsmobile convertible not all that far from NCAA headquarters at the time. Thus, LA debauchery and Olympian appetite for copulation likely didn't originate there; "littering" simply escalated on the free-love Left Coast. Perhaps it is time to allow sanctuary-sick California to go ahead and secede before U.S. version of Sodom and Gomorrah turns into bankrupted ruins.

Distributing pain to anyone with moral compass, disturbing allegations at Louisville (Chris Jones), Kansas (multiple players) and Duke (Rasheed Sulaimon) had their celebrated coaches either making incoherent comments or hiding under their desk memorizing athletic 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. Did it really change under coach Mike Anderson, who had more than his share of problem children at Missouri?

There are words and there are actions as well as "tough" guys and "cool" guys in this criminal "no-means-no" climate change. One-sided co-ed boxing apparently needs to get personal before the player-predator issue penetrates some thick skulls in the establishment media. 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 contaminates 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, Indiana Booziers, Kansas Jailhawks, Louisville Horndogs Breaking Cardinal Rules, Memphis Mafia Malcontents, Michigan State Hard-ons, Minnesota Go-for-hers, Miz-zou Animals, UNCheat Tarrin (Gals in) Heels, Oklahoma Sinners, Syracuse Orange Jumpsuits, UNLV Sincredibles, USC Trojan Ultra Ribbed, X-rated Musketeers, etc. In the end, 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! The flushing 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. An "I'm-a-stud" mindset goes way out of bounds when an alarming number of conniving former college hoopers think they're still BMOC when hired by a high school district and victimize underage 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 the umbrella of a Center For Ethics.

The university paid well over $1 million in PR costs dealing with the scholastic scandal but that's 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 suspect student-athletes)." If NCAA mover 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?

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 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 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." 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.

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 last year's player 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. Meanwhile, 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, the 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, 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, below we'll give his researchers a head start on the EBOLA (Excessive Beatings are Outlandish of Ladies by Athletes) epidemic with robust list of scholars to assess en route to him setting a Guinness Book of World Records for most basketball volumes with name on the cover 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 Sulaimon 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)?

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 BMOC 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 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 flies above the Soccer Wars like Han Solo and school spirit took on a whole new meaning last season 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 such as Rose if a mind-numbing 60% of NBA players file for bankruptcy five years after retirement?

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 just taking 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 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. But a majority of prominent coaches probably won't come to grips with the debauchery until one of their own daughters is a firsthand victim.

As many local and national press heads as school administrators should roll if there is anything close to equivalence of their overall hear-no-evil, see-no-evil and speak-no-evil oversight. As much of the lame-stream media looks the other way like a referee in waning moments seeking a blowout contest to conclude, 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. Key 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, Pitino and many of their peers won't ever get it until, God forbid, their daughter is victimized. 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 was devoted 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) - dismissed from WSU's squad following disturbance at woman's home
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Darren Collison (UCLA) - arrested on domestic violence charge
• 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
• 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 incidents while attending Mizzou
• Damonte Dodd (Maryland) - accused of having sex with intoxicated woman without her consent
• 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
• 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
• Jamaal Faulkner (Arizona State/Alabama) - arraigned for assaulting his girlfriend
• Rakym Felder (South Carolina) - dropped from roster after arrest around 2:45 a.m. stemming from brawl reportedly precipitated by him spitting on woman
• 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
• C.J. Giles (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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Chris Jones (Louisville) - faced charges of rape and sodomy
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Eric Lockett (Florida International/North Carolina State) - arrested at 5 a.m. and charged with assault on his ex-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
• 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
• 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 for allegedly choking his girlfriend
• Roshown McLeod (St. John's/Duke) - charged with simple battery after shoving pregnant girlfriend
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 unseemly 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 midway through 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 under investigation for criminal sexual conduct (forcibly groping woman)
• Jermaine Watson (Boston College) - evicted from his apartment following incident allegedly precipitated by pushing of woman at party
• 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
• 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 (Temple) - 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
• 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 cyberstalking and telephone harassment
• Lorenzen Wright (Memphis) - prior to arrest for his murder, ex-wife claimed abusive behavior in book she wrote