To Earn or to Learn: Undergraduates Continue to Dominate in NBA Draft
They are youngsters with a wait problem exemplified by the first 16 selections this year. The NBA draft has become a soap opera that could be called "The Young and the Restless." Even excluding juniors, more than three times as many underclassmen (college sophomores and freshmen plus high school graduates) were chosen in the first and second rounds over the last 13 years in the 21st Century as there were covering the first 29 years of early-entry candidates from 1971 through 1999.
Jeers to those so-called experts for second-guessing the majority of college players with eligibility remaining who declare for the NBA draft. Far too many observers must digest pablum that the time isn't right for most of the undergraduates because they still need to mature. Do skeptics genuinely believe that these younger athletes need additional seasoning that can be gained only in college? Of course, it's a difficult adjustment from amateur hoops to the pros, but it would be that way even if a player had six or more years of college eligibility.
Before accepting the party line from self-serving administrators that undergraduates are making monumental mistakes, remember that the majority of the premier players in the NBA left college early. More than half of the All-NBA first- and second-team selections since the 1979-80 season departed school with eligibility remaining, including all five first-teamers in 1988-89 (Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Karl Malone and Hakeem Olajuwon). The 12-man roster and three alternates for the 2012 U.S. Olympic squad all were undergraduate selections in the NBA draft.
Moreover, it is not exactly a dollars-over-diplomas issue. There is little doubt that some mercenaries weren't interested in academic pursuits. Why should they take up precious space in a classroom? The bottom line: Elite players down the line faced with deciding between forgoing college or playing for pay should see both sides of the issue, not just the superficial assessments of pious commentators and pro executives.
Some were ready and some were not. The selection of Anthony Davis as #1 overall was a no-brainer but the pick of Kentucky teammate Michael Kidd-Gilchrist as #2 is debatable. We'll see if MJ's choice of Kidd-Gilchrist for Charlotte continues his string of executive decisions that have been as dreadful as he was dynamic as a player. Remember: Jordan already is credited with the worst #1 pick overall among undergrads when the Washington Wizards tabbed high schooler Kwame Brown in 2001. Following are year-by-year alphabetical lists of the undergraduate draftees who "cut class" and were high selections by the NBA or ABA:
1971
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Chenier | G | California | Jr. | Baltimore | 1st |
| Dana Lewis | C | Tulsa | Jr. | Philadelphia | 1st/12 |
| Tom Payne | C | Kentucky | So. | Atlanta | 1st |
| Nate Williams | F | Utah State | Jr. | Cincinnati | 1st |
| Barry Yates | F | Maryland | So. | Philadelphia | 8th |
NOTES: The "hardship cases" were selected in a supplementary draft and the franchises that chose them had to surrender their corresponding pick in the regular draft of college seniors. . . . Mickey Davis, who left Duquesne after his junior season, was selected by Denver in ABA special circumstances draft. His rights were traded to Pittsburgh. . . . Johnny Neumann, the nation's leading scorer, left Ole Miss after his sophomore season to sign with the ABA's Memphis Pros.
1972
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McAdoo | F-C | North Carolina | Jr. | Buffalo | 1st/2 |
| Brian Taylor | G | Princeton | Jr. | Seattle | 2nd/23 |
NOTE: Jim Chones departed Marquette late in his junior season and was selected by the New York Nets in the ABA draft.
1973
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William "Bird" Averitt | G | Pepperdine | Jr. | Portland | 4th/55 |
| Dwight Jones | F | Houston | Jr. | Atlanta | 1st/9 |
| Larry Kenon | F | Memphis State | Jr. | Detroit | 3rd/50 |
| Raymond Lewis | G | Los Angeles State | So. | Philadelphia | 1st/17 |
| Larry McNeill | F | Marquette | Jr. | Kansas City-Omaha | 2nd/25 |
| John Williamson | G | New Mexico State | Jr. | Atlanta | 6th/96 |
NOTES: Mel Davis missed his senior season for St. John's because of a knee injury. He was selected by the New York Knicks in the first round. . . . George Gervin, who left Eastern Michigan after his sophomore season (1971- 72), played with Pontiac in the CBA in 1972-73 before being selected by the Virginia Squires in first round of the ABA special circumstances draft. . . . Forward Bruce Seals, who left Xavier (La.) after his sophomore season, was selected by the Utah Stars in the first round of ABA undergraduate draft. . . . Forward Jim Bradley, who left Northern Illinois after his junior season due to NCAA sanctions and academic problems, was selected by San Diego in the second round of ABA undergraduate draft. . . . . Center Roy Ebron signed with the ABA's Utah Stars after leaving Southwestern Louisiana following his junior season when the NCAA gave "the death penalty" to USL's program.
1974
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Brokaw | G | Notre Dame | Jr. | Milwaukee | 1st/18 |
| John Drew | F | Gardner-Webb (N.C.) | Jr. | Atlanta | 2nd/25 |
| Maurice Lucas | F | Marquette | Jr. | Chicago | 1st/14 |
| Eric Money | G | Arizona | Jr. | Detroit | 2nd/33 |
| Coniel Norman | G-F | Arizona | So. | Philadelphia | 3rd/37 |
| Cliff Pondexter | F | Long Beach State | So. | Chicago | 1st/16 |
| Michael "Campy" Russell | F | Michigan | Jr. | Cleveland | 1st/8 |
| Mike Sojourner | F-C | Utah | So. | Atlanta | 1st/10 |
NOTES: Forward Gus Gerard, who left Virginia after his junior season, was selected by the Carolina Cougars in the second round of ABA draft. The franchise transferred to St. Louis. . . . Center Moses Malone went straight from Petersburg (Va.) High School to the ABA (third-round pick of the Utah Stars). . . . Center David Vaughn Jr., who left UNLV after his redshirt season (1973-74) following a transfer from Oral Roberts, signed with the ABA's Virginia Squires in August 1974. He played for the 1971-72 Oral Roberts freshman team and 1972-73 ORU varsity. . . . Henry Williams, who had been selected by New York in the first round of the 1973 ABA undergraduate draft, signed with the ABA's Utah franchise in November after leaving Jacksonville following his junior season.
1975
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvan Adams | F-C | Oklahoma | Jr. | Phoenix | 1st/4 |
| *Tom Boswell | C-F | South Carolina | Jr. | Boston | 1st/17 |
| Joe Bryant | F | La Salle | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/14 |
| Luther "Ticky" Burden | G | Utah | Jr. | New York | 2nd/26 |
| Darryl Dawkins | C | Maynard Evans, Fla. | HS | Philadelphia | 1st/5 |
| Larry Fogle | F | Canisius | So. | New York | 2nd/34 |
| Lloyd Free | G | Guilford (N.C.) | Jr. | Philadelphia | 2nd/23 |
| Robert "Bubbles" Hawkins | G | Illinois State | Jr. | Golden State | 3rd/51 |
| Frank Oleynick | G | Seattle | Jr. | Seattle | 1st/12 |
| *Joe Pace | C | Coppin State | Jr. | Phoenix | 5th/76 |
| Eugene Short | F | Jackson State | Jr. | New York | 1st/9 |
| Bill Willoughby | F | Dwight Morrow, N.J. | HS | Atlanta | 2nd/19 |
*Boswell transferred to South Carolina from South Carolina State and Pace transferred to Coppin State from Maryland-Eastern Shore. NOTE: Pittsburgh's Mel Bennett and Minnesota's Mark Olberding left college after their freshman seasons and were selected in the first round of the ABA draft by the Virginia Squires and San Antonio Spurs, respectively.
1976
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Cook | F | Kansas | Jr. | Boston | 1st/16 |
| Adrian Dantley | F | Notre Dame | Jr. | Buffalo | 1st/6 |
| Jacky Dorsey | F | Georgia | So. | New Orleans | 2nd/26 |
| Lonnie Shelton | F-C | Oregon State | Jr. | New York | 2nd/25 |
| Richard Washington | F | UCLA | Jr. | Kansas City | 1st/3 |
| Larry Wright | G | Grambling | Jr. | Washington | 1st/14 |
1977
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Carr | F | North Carolina State | Jr. | L.A. Lakers | 1st/6 |
| Brad Davis | G | Maryland | Jr. | L.A. Lakers | 1st/15 |
| Ray Epps | G-F | Norfolk State | Jr. | Golden State | 5th/104 |
| Bernard King | F | Tennessee | Jr. | New York Nets | 1st/7 |
1978
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winford Boynes | G-F | San Francisco | Jr. | New Jersey | 1st/13 |
| James Hardy | F | San Francisco | Jr. | New Orleans | 1st/11 |
| Frankie Sanders | F | Southern (La.) | Jr. | San Antonio | 1st/20 |
| Reggie Theus | G | UNLV | Jr. | Chicago | 1st/9 |
1979
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earvin "Magic" Johnson | G | Michigan State | So. | L.A. Lakers | 1st/1 |
| Cliff Robinson | F | Southern California | So. | New Jersey | 1st/11 |
| Sly Williams | F | Rhode Island | Jr. | New York | 1st/21 |
1980
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Matthews | G | Wisconsin | Jr. | Washington | 1st/14 |
| Jeff Ruland | F-C | Iona | Jr. | Golden State | 2nd/25 |
| DeWayne Scales | F | Louisiana State | Jr. | New York | 2nd/36 |
1981
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Aguirre | F | DePaul | Jr. | Dallas | 1st/1 |
| Isiah Thomas | G | Indiana | So. | Detroit | 1st/2 |
| Charles "Buck" Williams | F | Maryland | Jr. | New Jersey | 1st/3 |
1982
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Bagley | G | Boston College | Jr. | Cleveland | 1st/12 |
| Terry Cummings | F | DePaul | Jr. | San Diego | 1st/2 |
| Quintin Dailey | G | San Francisco | Jr. | Chicago | 1st/7 |
| Clark Kellogg | F | Ohio State | Jr. | Indiana | 1st/8 |
| Cliff Levingston | F | Wichita State | Jr. | Detroit | 1st/9 |
| LaSalle Thompson | C | Texas | Jr. | Kansas City | 1st/5 |
| Dominique Wilkins | F | Georgia | Jr. | Utah | 1st/3 |
| Rob Williams | G | Houston | Jr. | Denver | 1st/19 |
| James Worthy | F | North Carolina | Jr. | L.A. Lakers | 1st/1 |
1983
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Cross | F | Purdue | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/6 |
| Clyde Drexler | G-F | Houston | Jr. | Portland | 1st/14 |
| Derek Harper | G | Illinois | Jr. | Dallas | 1st/11 |
| Glenn "Doc" Rivers | G | Marquette | Jr. | Atlanta | 2nd/31 |
| Byron Scott | G | Arizona State | Jr. | San Diego | 1st/4 |
| Ennis Whatley | G | Alabama | So. | Kansas City | 1st/13 |
1984
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Barkley | F | Auburn | Jr. | Philadelphia | 1st/5 |
| Cory Blackwell | F | Wisconsin | Jr. | Seattle | 2nd/28 |
| Stuart Gray | C | UCLA | Jr. | Indiana | 2nd/29 |
| Michael Jordan | G | North Carolina | Jr. | Chicago | 1st/3 |
| Tim McCormick | C-F | Michigan | Jr. | Cleveland | 1st/12 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | C | Houston | Jr. | Houston | 1st/1 |
1985
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benoit Benjamin | C | Creighton | Jr. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/3 |
| Manute Bol | C | Bridgeport (Conn.) | Fr. | Washington | 2nd/31 |
| Kenny Green | F | Wake Forest | Jr. | Washington | 1st/12 |
| Karl Malone | F | Louisiana Tech | Jr. | Utah | 1st/13 |
| Jerry Reynolds | G-F | Louisiana State | Jr. | Milwaukee | 1st/22 |
| Wayman Tisdale | F | Oklahoma | Jr. | Indiana | 1st/2 |
1986
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Bedford | C | Memphis State | Jr. | Phoenix | 1st/6 |
| Walter Berry | F | St. John's | Jr. | Portland | 1st/14 |
| Cedric Henderson | F | Georgia | So. | Atlanta | 2nd/32 |
| Chris Washburn | C | North Carolina State | So. | Golden State | 1st/3 |
| Dwayne "Pearl" Washington | G | Syracuse | Jr. | New Jersey | 1st/13 |
| John Williams | F | Louisiana State | So. | Washington | 1st/12 |
1987
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Askew | G-F | Memphis State | Jr. | Philadelphia | 2nd/39 |
| Norris Coleman | F | Kansas State | So. | L.A. Clippers | 2nd/38 |
| Derrick McKey | F | Alabama | Jr. | Seattle | 1st/9 |
| Olden Polyice | C | Virginia | Jr. | Chicago | 1st/8 |
1988
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Chapman | G | Kentucky | So. | Charlotte | 1st/8 |
| Sylvester Gray | F | Memphis State | So. | Miami | 2nd/35 |
| Tito Horford | C | Miami (Fla.) | So. | Milwaukee | 2nd/39 |
| Jerome Lane | F | Pittsburgh | Jr. | Denver | 1st/23 |
| Charles Shackleford | F | North Carolina State | Jr. | New Jersey | 2nd/32 |
| Rod Strickland | G | DePaul | Jr. | New York | 1st/19 |
1989
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Anderson | G-F | Illinois | Jr. | Orlando | 1st/11 |
| Jay Edwards | G | Indiana | So. | L.A. Clippers | 2nd/33 |
| *Shawn Kemp | F | Trinity Valley JC, TX | Fr. | Seattle | 1st/17 |
| J.R. Reid | F | North Carolina | Jr. | Charlotte | 1st/5 |
*Kemp attended Kentucky in the fall of 1988 before dropping out of school because of off-the-court problems. He attended but did not play in junior college.
1990
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Herrera | F | Houston | Jr. | Miami | 2nd/30 |
| Sean Higgins | G-F | Michigan | Jr. | San Antonio | 2nd/54 |
| Chris Jackson | G | Louisiana State | So. | Denver | 1st/3 |
| Marcus Liberty | G-F | Illinois | Jr. | Denver | 2nd/42 |
| Jerrod Mustaf | F | Maryland | So. | New York | 1st/17 |
| Dennis Scott | G-F | Georgia Tech | Jr. | Orlando | 1st/4 |
| Kenny Williams | F | Elizabeth City State (N.C.) | So. | Indiana | 2nd/46 |
1991
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Anderson | G | Georgia Tech | So. | New Jersey | 1st/2 |
| Terrell Brandon | G | Oregon | Jr. | Cleveland | 1st/11 |
| Donald Hodge | C | Temple | Jr. | Dallas | 2nd/33 |
| Billy Owens | F-G | Syracuse | Jr. | Sacramento | 1st/3 |
| Stanley Roberts | C | Louisiana State* | Jr. | Orlando | 1st/23 |
| Brian Williams | C-F | Arizona | Jr. | Orlando | 1st/10 |
*Roberts played in Spain after his sophomore season in 1989-90.
1992
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Jackson | G | Ohio State | Jr. | Dallas | 1st/4 |
| Harold Miner | G | Southern California | Jr. | Miami | 1st/12 |
| Tracy Murray | F | UCLA | Jr. | San Antonio | 1st/18 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | C | Louisiana State | Jr. | Orlando | 1st/1 |
1993
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Bradley | C | Brigham Young | So. | Philadelphia | 1st/2 |
| Anfernee Hardaway | G | Memphis State | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/3 |
| Jamal Mashburn | F | Kentucky | Jr. | Dallas | 1st/4 |
| James Robinson | G | Alabama | Jr. | Portland | 1st/21 |
| Rodney Rogers | F | Wake Forest | Jr. | Denver | 1st/9 |
| Chris Webber | F | Michigan | So. | Orlando | 1st/1 |
| Luther Wright | C | Seton Hall | Jr. | Utah | 1st/18 |
1994
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yinka Dare | C | George Washington | So. | New Jersey | 1st/14 |
| Darrin Hancock | G-F | Kansas* | Jr. | Charlotte | 2nd/38 |
| Juwan Howard | F-C | Michigan | Jr. | Washington | 1st/5 |
| Jason Kidd | G | California | So. | Dallas | 1st/2 |
| Donyell Marshall | F | Connecticut | Jr. | Minnesota | 1st/4 |
| Lamond Murray | F | California | Jr. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/7 |
| Glenn Robinson Jr. | F | Purdue | Jr. | Milwaukee | 1st/1 |
| Jalen Rose | G | Michigan | Jr. | Denver | 1st/13 |
| Cliff Rozier | F | Louisville | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/16 |
| Dontonio Wingfield | F | Cincinnati | Fr. | Seattle | 2nd/37 |
| Sharone Wright | F | Clemson | Jr. | Philadelphia | 1st/6 |
*Hancock had transferred to Indiana State but dropped out of school before the season to play professionally in France.
1995
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory Alexander | G | Virginia | Jr. | San Antonio | 1st/29 |
| Mario Bennett | F | Arizona State | Jr. | Phoenix | 1st/27 |
| Chris Carr | F | Southern Illinois | Jr. | Phoenix | 2nd/56 |
| *Kevin Garnett | F | Farragut, Ill. | HS | Minnesota | 1st/5 |
| Rashard Griffith | C | Wisconsin | So. | Milwaukee | 2nd/38 |
| Antonio McDyess | C-F | Alabama | So. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/2 |
| Joe Smith | F-C | Maryland | So. | Golden State | 1st/1 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | F | North Carolina | So. | Philadelphia | 1st/3 |
| Gary Trent | F | Ohio University | Jr. | Milwaukee | 1st/11 |
| David Vaughn III | F | Memphis | Jr. | Orlando | 1st/25 |
| Rasheed Wallace | C-F | North Carolina | So. | Washington | 1st/4 |
| Corliss Williamson | F | Arkansas | Jr. | Sacramento | 1st/13 |
*Garnett attended high school in South Carolina before moving to Chicago for his senior season.
1996
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareef Abdur-Rahim | F-C | California | Fr. | Vancouver | 1st/3 |
| Ray Allen | G | Connecticut | Jr. | Minnesota | 1st/5 |
| Kobe Bryant | G-F | Philadelphia, Pa. | HS | Charlotte | 1st/13 |
| Marcus Camby | C | Massachusetts | Jr. | Toronto | 1st/2 |
| Erick Dampier | C | Mississippi State | Jr. | Indiana | 1st/10 |
| Ronnie Henderson | G | Louisiana State | Jr. | Washington | 2nd/55 |
| Allen Iverson | G | Georgetown | So. | Philadelphia | 1st/1 |
| Dontae' Jones | F | Mississippi State | Jr. | New York | 1st/21 |
| Randy Livingston | G | Louisiana State | So. | Houston | 2nd/42 |
| Stephon Marbury | G | Georgia Tech | Fr. | Milwaukee | 1st/4 |
| Jeff McInnis | G | North Carolina | Jr. | Denver | 2nd/37 |
| Jermaine O'Neal | C | Columbia, S.C. | HS | Portland | 1st/17 |
| Victor Potapenko | C | Wright State | Jr. | Cleveland | 1st/12 |
| Darnell Robinson | C | Arkansas | Jr. | Dallas | 2nd/58 |
| Antoine Walker | F-G | Kentucky | So. | Boston | 1st/6 |
| Samaki Walker | C | Louisville | Jr. | Dallas | 1st/9 |
| Lorenzen Wright | F | Memphis | So. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/7 |
1997
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Battie | C-F | Texas Tech | Jr. | Denver | 1st/5 |
| Chauncey Billups | G | Colorado | So. | Boston | 1st/3 |
| Mark Blount | C | Pittsburgh | So. | Seattle | 2nd/55 |
| C.J. Bruton | G | Indian Hills CC, IA | So. | Vancouver | 2nd/53 |
| James Cotton | G | Long Beach State | Jr. | Denver | 2nd/33 |
| Danny Fortson | F | Cincinnati | Jr. | Milwaukee | 1st/10 |
| Adonal Foyle | C-F | Colgate | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/8 |
| Marc Jackson | C-F | Temple | Jr. | Golden State | 2nd/38 |
| Gordon Malone | F | West Virginia | Jr. | Minnesota | 2nd/44 |
| Tracy McGrady | F-G | Mount Zion, N.C. | HS | Toronto | 1st/9 |
| Ron Mercer | G-F | Kentucky | So. | Boston | 1st/6 |
| Paul Rogers | C | Gonzaga | Jr. | L.A. Lakers | 2nd/54 |
| Olivier Saint-Jean | F | San Jose State | Jr. | Sacramento | 1st/11 |
| Mark Sanford | F | Washington | Jr. | Miami | 2nd/31 |
| God Shammgod | G | Providence | So. | Washington | 2nd/46 |
| Maurice Taylor | F | Michigan | Jr. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/14 |
| Tim Thomas | F | Villanova | Fr. | New Jersey | 1st/7 |
NOTE: Bruton had signed a letter-of-intent with Iowa State.
1998
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafer Alston | G | Fresno State | Jr. | Milwaukee | 2nd/39 |
| Corey Benjamin | G-F | Oregon State | So. | Chicago | 1st/28 |
| Mike Bibby | G | Arizona | So. | Vancouver | 1st/2 |
| Vince Carter | F-G | North Carolina | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/5 |
| Ricky Davis | F | Iowa | Fr. | Charlotte | 1st/21 |
| Tremaine Fowlkes | F | Fresno State | Jr. | Denver | 2nd/54 |
| Al Harrington | F | Elizabeth, N.J. | HS | Indiana | 1st/25 |
| Larry Hughes | G | Saint Louis | Fr. | Philadelphia | 1st/8 |
| Jerome James | C | Florida A&M | Jr. | Sacramento | 2nd/36 |
| Antawn Jamison | F | North Carolina | Jr. | Toronto | 1st/4 |
| Rashard Lewis | F | Houston, Tex. | HS | Seattle | 2nd/32 |
| Tyronn Lue | G | Nebraska | Jr. | Denver | 1st/23 |
| Jelani McCoy | F-C | UCLA | Jr. | Seattle | 2nd/33 |
| Nazr Mohammed | C | Kentucky | Jr. | Utah | 1st/29 |
| Paul Pierce | G-F | Kansas | Jr. | Boston | 1st/10 |
| Robert "Tractor" Traylor | F | Michigan | Jr. | Dallas | 1st/6 |
| Jason Williams | G | Florida | Jr. | Sacramento | 1st/7 |
| Korleone Young | F | Wichita, Kan. | HS | Detroit | 2nd/40 |
1999
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Artest | F | St. John's | So. | Chicago | 1st/16 |
| William Avery | G | Duke | So. | Minnesota | 1st/14 |
| Jonathan Bender | F-C | Picayune, MS | HS | Toronto | 1st/5 |
| Elton Brand | C-F | Duke | So. | Chicago | 1st/1 |
| Baron Davis | G | UCLA | So. | Charlotte | 1st/3 |
| Steve Francis | G | Maryland | Jr. | Vancouver | 1st/2 |
| Dion Glover | G | Georgia Tech | Fr. | Atlanta | 1st/20 |
| Richard Hamilton | F-G | Connecticut | Jr. | Washington | 1st/7 |
| Jumaine Jones | F | Georgia | So. | Atlanta | 1st/27 |
| Corey Maggette | F | Duke | Fr. | Seattle | 1st/13 |
| Shawn Marion | F | UNLV | Jr. | Phoenix | 1st/9 |
| Lamar Odom | F | Rhode Island | So. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/4 |
| Alek Radojevic | C | Barton County J.C., KS | So. | Toronto | 1st/12 |
| Leon Smith | C-F | Chicago, IL | HS | San Antonio | 1st/29 |
NOTES: Glover sat out the 1998-99 season as a medical redshirt (knee surgery). . . . Junior college recruit Radojevic had signed a letter-of-intent with Ohio State.
2000
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erick Barkley | G | St. John's | So. | Portland | 1st/28 |
| Ernest Brown | C | Indian Hills (IA) CC | So. | Miami | 2nd/52 |
| Jamal Crawford | G | Michigan | Fr. | Cleveland | 1st/8 |
| Keyon Dooling | G | Missouri | So. | Orlando | 1st/10 |
| Khalid El-Amin | G | Connecticut | Jr. | Chicago | 2nd/34 |
| Marcus Fizer | F | Iowa State | Jr. | Chicago | 1st/4 |
| Donnell Harvey | F | Florida | Fr. | New York | 1st/22 |
| Corey Hightower | G-F | Indian Hills (IA) CC | So. | San Antonio | 2nd/54 |
| DerMarr Johnson | G | Cincinnati | Fr. | Atlanta | 1st/6 |
| Mark Karcher | F | Temple | Jr. | Philadelphia | 2nd/48 |
| Chris Mihm | C | Texas | Jr. | Chicago | 1st/7 |
| Darius Miles | F | East St. Louis, IL | HS | L.A. Clippers | 1st/3 |
| Mike Miller | F | Florida | So. | Orlando | 1st/5 |
| Jerome Moiso | F | UCLA | So. | Boston | 1st/11 |
| Joel Przybilla | C | Minnesota | So. | Houston | 1st/9 |
| Michael Redd | G-F | Ohio State | Jr. | Milwaukee | 2nd/43 |
| Quentin Richardson | G-F | DePaul | So. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/18 |
| *DeShawn Stevenson | G | Fresno, CA | HS | Utah | 1st/23 |
| Stromile Swift | F | Louisiana State | So. | Vancouver | 1st/2 |
*Stevenson gave an oral commitment to Kansas but opted to turn pro after his eligibility was questioned because of a dramatic increase in his SAT score.
2001
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Arenas | G | Arizona | So. | Golden State | 2nd/31 |
| Brandon Armstrong | G | Pepperdine | Jr. | Houston | 1st/23 |
| Michael Bradley | F | Villanova | Jr. | Toronto | 1st/17 |
| Jamison Brewer | G | Auburn | So. | Indiana | 2nd/41 |
| Kedrick Brown | F | Okaloosa-Walton CC, FL | So. | Boston | 1st/11 |
| Kwame Brown | F | Brunswick, GA | HS | Washington | 1st/1 |
| Tyson Chandler | F-C | Compton, CA | HS | L.A. Clippers | 1st/2 |
| Osumane Cisse | C | Montgomery, AL | HS | Denver | 2nd/47 |
| Jason Collins | C | Stanford | So. | Houston | 1st/18 |
| Omar Cook | G | St. John's | Fr. | Orlando | 2nd/32 |
| Eddy Curry | C | Chicago, IL | HS | Chicago | 1st/4 |
| Samuel Dalembert | C | Seton Hall | So. | Philadelphia | 1st/26 |
| DeSagana Diop | C | Oak Hill, VA | HS | Cleveland | 1st/8 |
| Alton Ford | F | Houston | Fr. | Phoenix | 2nd/51 |
| Joseph Forte | G | North Carolina | So. | Boston | 1st/21 |
| Eddie Griffin | F | Seton Hall | Fr. | New Jersey | 1st/7 |
| Trenton Hassell | G-F | Austin Peay | Jr. | Chicago | 2nd/30 |
| Kirk Haston | F | Indiana | Jr. | Charlotte | 1st/16 |
| Steven Hunter | C | DePaul | So. | Orlando | 1st/15 |
| Richard Jefferson | F | Arizona | Jr. | Houston | 1st/13 |
| Joe Johnson | G-F | Arkansas | So. | Boston | 1st/10 |
| Troy Murphy | F | Notre Dame | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/14 |
| Zach Randolph | C | Michigan State | Fr. | Portland | 1st/19 |
| Jason Richardson | G-F | Michigan State | So. | Golden State | 1st/5 |
| Kenny Satterfield | G | Cincinnati | So. | Dallas | 2nd/54 |
| Bobby Simmons | F | DePaul | Jr. | Seattle | 2nd/42 |
| Will Solomon | G | Clemson | Jr. | Memphis | 2nd/33 |
| Gerald Wallace | F | Alabama | Fr. | Sacramento | 1st/25 |
| Rodney White | F | Charlotte | Fr. | Detroit | 1st/9 |
| Michael Wright | F | Arizona | Jr. | New York | 2nd/39 |
NOTE: Community college recruit Kendrick Brown had signed a letter-of-intent with Louisiana State.
2002
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Boozer | C | Duke | Jr. | Cleveland | 2nd/35 |
| Curtis Borchardt | C | Stanford | Jr. | Orlando | 1st/18 |
| Caron Butler | F | Connecticut | So. | Miami | 1st/10 |
| Mike Dunleavy | G-F | Duke | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/3 |
| Drew Gooden | F | Kansas | Jr. | Memphis | 1st/4 |
| Rod Grizzard | G | Alabama | Jr. | Houston | 2nd/39 |
| Marcus Haislip | F | Tennessee | Jr. | Milwaukee | 1st/13 |
| Casey Jacobsen | F | Stanford | Jr. | Phoenix | 1st/22 |
| Chris Jefferies | F | Fresno State | Jr. | L.A. Lakers | 1st/27 |
| Jared Jeffries | F | Indiana | So. | Washington | 1st/11 |
| Tito Maddox | G | Fresno State | So. | Houston | 2nd/38 |
| Roger Mason Jr. | G | Virginia | Jr. | Chicago | 2nd/31 |
| Kareem Rush | F | Missouri | Jr. | Toronto | 1st/20 |
| Jamal Sampson | F-C | California | Fr. | Utah | 2nd/47 |
| Amare Stoudemire | F | Orlando, FL | HS | Phoenix | 1st/9 |
| Marcus Taylor | G | Michigan State | So. | Minnesota | 2nd/52 |
| Dajuan Wagner | G | Memphis | Fr. | Cleveland | 1st/6 |
| Chris Wilcox | F | Maryland | So. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/8 |
| Frank Williams | G | Illinois | Jr. | Denver | 1st/25 |
| Jay Williams | G | Duke | Jr. | Chicago | 1st/2 |
| Qyntel Woods | F | Northeast Mississippi JC | So. | Portland | 1st/21 |
NOTE: Junior college recruit Woods had signed a letter-of-intent with Memphis.
2003
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Anthony | F | Syracuse | Fr. | Denver | 1st/3 |
| Mario Austin | F | Mississippi State | Jr. | Chicago | 2nd/36 |
| Chris Bosh | F | Georgia Tech | Fr. | Toronto | 1st/4 |
| Ndudi Ebi | F | Houston, TX | HS | Minnesota | 1st/26 |
| T.J. Ford | G | Texas | So. | Milwaukee | 1st/8 |
| Jarvis Hayes | G-F | Georgia | Jr. | Washington | 1st/10 |
| LeBron James | F | Akron, OH | HS | Cleveland | 1st/1 |
| Chris Kaman | C | Central Michigan | Jr. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/6 |
| Travis Outlaw | F | Starkville, MS | HS | Portland | 1st/23 |
| Kendrick Perkins* | F-C | Beaumont, TX | HS | Memphis | 1st/27 |
| Rick Rickert | F | Minnesota | So. | Minnesota | 2nd/55 |
| Luke Ridnour | G | Oregon | Jr. | Seattle | 1st/14 |
| Mike Sweetney | F | Georgetown | Jr. | New York | 1st/9 |
| Dwyane Wade | F | Marquette | Jr. | Miami | 1st/5 |
| Mo Williams | G | Alabama | So. | Utah | 2nd/47 |
*Perkins originally committed to Memphis before opting instead to make jump to the pros.
2004
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Ariza | F | UCLA | Fr. | New York | 2nd/43 |
| Josh Childress | F | Stanford | Jr. | Atlanta | 1st/6 |
| Luol Deng | F | Duke | Fr. | Phoenix | 1st/7 |
| Ben Gordon | G | Connecticut | Jr. | Chicago | 1st/3 |
| Devin Harris | G | Wisconsin | Jr. | Washington | 1st/5 |
| David Harrison | C | Colorado | Jr. | Indiana | 1st/29 |
| Dwight Howard | C | Atlanta, GA | HS | Orlando | 1st/1 |
| Kris Humphries | F | Minnesota | Fr. | Utah | 1st/14 |
| Andre Iguodala | F | Arizona | So. | Philadelphia | 1st/9 |
| Al Jefferson | F | Jackson, MS | HS | Boston | 1st/15 |
| Shaun Livingston | G | Peoria, IL | HS | L.A. Clippers | 1st/4 |
| Kevin Martin | F | Western Carolina | Jr. | Sacramento | 1st/26 |
| Emeka Okafor | C-F | Connecticut | Jr. | Charlotte | 1st/2 |
| Donta Smith | G | Southeastern Illinois | JC | Atlanta | 2nd/34 |
| Josh Smith | F | Mouth of Wilson, VA | HS | Atlanta | 1st/17 |
| J.R. Smith | G | Newark, NJ | HS | New Orleans | 1st/18 |
| Kirk Snyder | G | Nevada | Jr. | Utah | 1st/16 |
| Robert Swift | C | Bakersfield, CA | HS | Seattle | 1st/12 |
| Sebastian Telfair | G | Brooklyn, NY | HS | Portland | 1st/13 |
| Delonte West | G | St. Joseph's | Jr. | Boston | 1st/24 |
| Dorell Wright | F | South Kent, CT | HS | Miami | 1st/19 |
2005
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Acker | G | Pepperdine | Jr. | Detroit | 2nd/60 |
| Brandon Bass | F | Louisiana State | So. | New Orleans | 2nd/33 |
| Andray Blatche | F-C | South Kent (CT) Prep | HS | Washington | 2nd/49 |
| Andrew Bogut | C | Utah | So. | Milwaukee | 1st/1 |
| Andrew Bynum | C | St. Joseph, NJ | HS | L.A. Lakers | 1st/10 |
| Ike Diogu | F | Arizona State | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/9 |
| *Monta Ellis | G | Lanier, MS | HS | Golden State | 2nd/40 |
| Raymond Felton | G | North Carolina | Jr. | Charlotte | 1st/5 |
| Francisco Garcia | G | Louisville | Jr. | Sacramento | 1st/23 |
| Gerald Green | G | Houston, TX | HS | Boston | 1st/18 |
| Jarrett Jack | G | Georgia Tech | Jr. | Denver | 1st/22 |
| Amir Johnson | F | Westchester, CA | HS | Detroit | 2nd/56 |
| Linas Kleiza | F | Missouri | So. | Portland | 1st/27 |
| Sean May | F | North Carolina | Jr. | Charlotte | 1st/13 |
| Rashad McCants | G | North Carolina | Jr. | Minnesota | 1st/14 |
| C.J. Miles | G | Dallas, TX | HS | Utah | 2nd/34 |
| Chris Paul | G | Wake Forest | So. | New Orleans | 1st/4 |
| Nate Robinson | G | Washington | Jr. | Phoenix | 1st/21 |
| Ricky Sanchez | F | IMG Academy, FL | HS | Portland | 2nd/35 |
| Charlie Villanueva | F | Connecticut | So. | Toronto | 1st/7 |
| Von Wafer | G | Florida State | So. | L.A. Lakers | 2nd/39 |
| Martell Webster | G | Seattle, WA | HS | Portland | 1st/6 |
| Deron Williams | G | Illinois | Jr. | Utah | 1st/3 |
| Louis Williams | G | South Gwinnett, GA | HS | Philadelphia | 2nd/45 |
| Marvin Williams | F | North Carolina | Fr. | Atlanta | 1st/2 |
| Antoine Wright | F | Texas A&M | Jr. | New Jersey | 1st/15 |
| Bracey Wright | G | Indiana | Jr. | Minnesota | 2nd/47 |
*Ellis committed to Mississippi State before choosing to turn pro.
2006
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMarcus Aldridge | F | Texas | So. | Chicago | 1st/2 |
| Renaldo Balkman | F | South Carolina | Jr. | New York | 1st/20 |
| Will Blalock | G | Iowa State | Jr. | Detroit | 2nd/60 |
| Josh Boone | F | Connecticut | Jr. | New Jersey | 1st/23 |
| Ronnie Brewer | G | Arkansas | Jr. | Utah | 1st/14 |
| Shannon Brown | G | Michigan State | Jr. | Cleveland | 1st/25 |
| Guillermo Diaz | G | Miami (Fla.) | Jr. | L.A. Clippers | 2nd/52 |
| Quincy Douby | G | Rutgers | Jr. | Sacramento | 1st/19 |
| Jordan Farmar | G | UCLA | So. | L.A. Lakers | 1st/26 |
| Rudy Gay | F | Connecticut | So. | Houston | 1st/8 |
| Daniel Gibson | G | Texas | So. | Cleveland | 2nd/42 |
| Alexander Johnson | F | Florida State | Jr. | Indiana | 2nd/45 |
| Kyle Lowry | G | Villanova | So. | Memphis | 1st/24 |
| Paul Millsap | F | Louisiana Tech | Jr. | Utah | 2nd/47 |
| Adam Morrison | F | Gonzaga | Jr. | Charlotte | 1st/3 |
| Patrick O'Bryant | C | Bradley | So. | Golden State | 1st/9 |
| Danilo Pinnock | G | George Washington | Jr. | Dallas | 2nd/58 |
| Leon Powe | F | California | So. | Denver | 2nd/49 |
| Rajon Rondo | G | Kentucky | So. | Phoenix | 1st/21 |
| Cedric Simmons | F-C | North Carolina State | So. | New Orleans/OKC | 1st/15 |
| Tyrus Thomas | F | Louisiana State | Fr. | Portland | 1st/4 |
| P.J. Tucker | F | Texas | Jr. | Toronto | 2nd/35 |
| Marcus Williams | G | Connecticut | Jr. | New Jersey | 1st/22 |
| Shawne Williams | F | Memphis | Fr. | Indiana | 1st/17 |
2007
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arron Afflalo | G | UCLA | Jr. | Detroit | 1st/27 |
| Corey Brewer | G-F | Florida | Jr. | Minnesota | 1st/7 |
| Wilson Chandler | F | DePaul | So. | New York | 1st/23 |
| Mike Conley Jr. | G | Ohio State | Fr. | Memphis | 1st/4 |
| Daequan Cook | G | Ohio State | Fr. | Philadelphia | 1st/21 |
| Javaris Crittenton | G | Georgia Tech | Fr. | L.A. Lakers | 1st/19 |
| JamesOn Curry | G | Oklahoma State | Jr. | Chicago | 2nd/51 |
| Glen Davis | F | Louisiana State | Jr. | Seattle | 2nd/35 |
| Kevin Durant | F | Texas | Fr. | Seattle | 1st/2 |
| Jeff Green | F | Georgetown | Jr. | Boston | 1st/5 |
| Taurean Green | G | Florida | Jr. | Portland | 2nd/52 |
| Spencer Hawes | C | Washington | Fr. | Sacramento | 1st/10 |
| Al Horford | F | Florida | Jr. | Atlanta | 1st/3 |
| Dominic McGuire | F | Fresno State | Jr. | Washington | 2nd/47 |
| Josh McRoberts | F | Duke | So. | Portland | 2nd/37 |
| Joakim Noah | F | Florida | Jr. | Chicago | 1st/9 |
| Greg Oden | C | Ohio State | Fr. | Portland | 1st/1 |
| Gabe Pruitt | G | Southern California | Jr. | Boston | 2nd/32 |
| Ramon Sessions | G | Nevada | Jr. | Milwaukee | 2nd/56 |
| Jason Smith | C | Colorado State | Jr. | Miami | 1st/20 |
| Rodney Stuckey | G | Eastern Washington | So. | Detroit | 1st/15 |
| Marcus Williams | F | Arizona | So. | San Antonio | 2nd/33 |
| Sean Williams | F-C | Boston College | Jr. | New Jersey | 1st/17 |
| Brandan Wright | F | North Carolina | Fr. | Charlotte | 1st/8 |
| Julian Wright | F | Kansas | So. | New Orleans | 1st/13 |
| Nick Young | G-F | Southern California | Jr. | Washington | 1st/16 |
| Thaddeus Young | F | Georgia Tech | Fr. | Philadelphia | 1st/12 |
2008
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Alexander | F | West Virginia | Jr. | Milwaukee | 1st/8 |
| Ryan Anderson | F | California | So. | New Jersey | 1st/21 |
| Darrell Arthur | F | Kansas | So. | New Orleans | 1st/27 |
| D.J. Augustin | G | Texas | So. | Charlotte | 1st/9 |
| Jerryd Bayless | G | Arizona | Fr. | Indiana | 1st/11 |
| Michael Beasley | F | Kansas State | Fr. | Miami | 1st/2 |
| Mario Chalmers | G | Kansas | Jr. | Minnesota | 2nd/34 |
| Chris Douglas-Roberts | G | Memphis | Jr. | New Jersey | 2nd/40 |
| Eric Gordon | G | Indiana | Fr. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/7 |
| Donte Greene | F | Syracuse | Fr. | Memphis | 1st/28 |
| Richard Hendrix | F | Alabama | Jr. | Golden State | 2nd/49 |
| J.J. Hickson | F | North Carolina State | Fr. | Cleveland | 1st/19 |
| George Hill | G | IUPUI | Jr. | San Antonio | 1st/26 |
| DeAndre Jordan | C | Texas A&M | Fr. | L.A. Clippers | 2nd/35 |
| Kosta Koufos | C | Ohio State | Fr. | Utah | 1st/23 |
| Brook Lopez | F-C | Stanford | So. | New Jersey | 1st/10 |
| Robin Lopez | F-C | Stanford | So. | Phoenix | 1st/15 |
| Kevin Love | F | UCLA | Fr. | Memphis | 1st/5 |
| O.J. Mayo | G | Southern California | Fr. | Minnesota | 1st/3 |
| Luc Richard Mbah a Moute | F | UCLA | Jr. | Milwaukee | 2nd/37 |
| JaVale McGee | C | Nevada | So. | Washington | 1st/18 |
| Trent Plaisted | F-C | Brigham Young | Jr. | Seattle | 2nd/46 |
| Anthony Randolph | F | Louisiana State | Fr. | Golden State | 1st/14 |
| Derrick Rose | G | Memphis | Fr. | Chicago | 1st/1 |
| Brandon Rush | G | Kansas | Jr. | Portland | 1st/13 |
| Walter Sharpe | F | UAB | So. | Seattle | 2nd/32 |
| Marreese Speights | F | Florida | So. | Philadelphia | 1st/16 |
| Bill Walker | F | Kansas State | Fr. | Washington | 2nd/47 |
| Russell Westbrook | G | UCLA | So. | Seattle | 1st/4 |
2009
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Beverley | G | Arkansas | Jr. | L.A. Lakers | 2nd/42 |
| DeJuan Blair | F | Pittsburgh | So. | San Antonio | 2nd/37 |
| Derrick Brown | F | Xavier | Jr. | Charlotte | 2nd/40 |
| Chase Budinger | F | Arizona | Jr. | Detroit | 2nd/44 |
| Nick Calathes | G | Florida | So. | Minnesota | 2nd/45 |
| Earl Clark | F | Louisville | Jr. | Phoenix | 1st/14 |
| Stephen Curry | G | Davidson | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/7 |
| Austin Daye | F | Gonzaga | So. | Detroit | 1st/15 |
| DeMar DeRozan | F | Southern California | Fr. | Toronto | 1st/9 |
| Wayne Ellington | G | North Carolina | Jr. | Minnesota | 1st/28 |
| Tyreke Evans | G | Memphis | Fr. | Sacramento | 1st/4 |
| Jonny Flynn | G | Syracuse | So. | Minnesota | 1st/6 |
| Taj Gibson | F | Southern California | Jr. | Chicago | 1st/26 |
| Blake Griffin | F | Oklahoma | So. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/1 |
| James Harden | G | Arizona State | So. | Oklahoma City | 1st/3 |
| Gerald Henderson | G | Duke | Jr. | Charlotte | 1st/12 |
| Jordan Hill | F | Arizona | Jr. | New York | 1st/8 |
| Jrue Holiday | G | UCLA | Fr. | Philadelphia | 1st/17 |
| Brandon Jennings | G | Los Angeles/Oak Hill (VA) | HS | Milwaukee | 1st/10 |
| James Johnson | F | Wake Forest | So. | Chicago | 1st/16 |
| Ty Lawson | G | North Carolina | Jr. | Minnesota | 1st/18 |
| Jodie Meeks | G | Kentucky | Jr. | Milwaukee | 2nd/41 |
| Patrick Mills | G | Saint Mary's | So. | Portland | 2nd/55 |
| B.J. Mullens | C | Ohio State | Fr. | Dallas | 1st/24 |
| DaJuan Summers | F | Georgetown | Jr. | Detroit | 2nd/35 |
| Jeff Teague | G | Wake Forest | So. | Atlanta | 1st/19 |
| Hasheem Thabeet | C | Connecticut | Jr. | Memphis | 1st/2 |
NOTE: Jennings signed with Arizona but chose to play one year overseas in Italy. . . . Beverley played two college seasons before he was suspended for academic reasons and played one year overseas in the Ukraine.
2010
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Alabi | C | Florida State | Jr. | Dallas | 2nd/50 |
| Cole Aldrich | C | Kansas | Jr. | New Orleans | 1st/11 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | F | Wake Forest | So. | L.A. Clippers | 1st/8 |
| James Anderson | G | Oklahoma State | Jr. | San Antonio | 1st/20 |
| Luke Babbitt | F | Nevada | So. | Minnesota | 1st/16 |
| Eric Bledsoe | G | Kentucky | Fr. | Oklahoma City | 1st/18 |
| Craig Brackins | F | Iowa State | Jr. | Oklahoma City | 1st/21 |
| Avery Bradley | G | Texas | Fr. | Boston | 1st/19 |
| Derrick Caracter | F | Texas-El Paso | Jr. | L.A. Lakers | 2nd/58 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | C-F | Kentucky | Fr. | Sacramento | 1st/5 |
| Jordan Crawford | G | Xavier | So. | New Jersey | 1st/27 |
| Ed Davis | F | North Carolina | So. | Toronto | 1st/13 |
| Devin Ebanks | F | West Virginia | So. | L.A. Lakers | 2nd/43 |
| Derrick Favors | F | Georgia Tech | Fr. | New Jersey | 1st/3 |
| Keith "Tiny" Gallon | C | Oklahoma | Fr. | Milwaukee | 2nd/47 |
| Paul George | F | Fresno State | So. | Indiana | 1st/10 |
| Gordon Hayward | F | Butler | So. | Utah | 1st/9 |
| Xavier Henry | G | Kansas | Fr. | Memphis | 1st/12 |
| Darington Hobson | F-G | New Mexico | Jr. | Milwaukee | 2nd/37 |
| Armon Johnson | G | Nevada | Jr. | Portland | 2nd/34 |
| Wesley Johnson | F | Syracuse | Jr. | Minnesota | 1st/4 |
| Dominique Jones | G | South Florida | Jr. | Memphis | 1st/25 |
| Gani Lawal | F | Georgia Tech | Jr. | Phoenix | 2nd/46 |
| Greg Monroe | C | Georgetown | So. | Detroit | 1st/7 |
| Daniel Orton | C-F | Kentucky | Fr. | Orlando | 1st/29 |
| Patrick Patterson | F | Kentucky | Jr. | Houston | 1st/14 |
| Larry Sanders | F | Virginia Commonwealth | Jr. | Milwaukee | 1st/15 |
| Lance Stephenson | F | Cincinnati | Fr. | Indiana | 2nd/40 |
| Evan Turner | G | Ohio State | Jr. | Philadelphia | 1st/2 |
| Ekpe Udoh | F | Baylor | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/6 |
| John Wall | G | Kentucky | Fr. | Washington | 1st/1 |
| Willie Warren | G | Oklahoma | So. | L.A. Clippers | 2nd/54 |
| Terrico White | G | Mississippi | So. | Detroit | 2nd/36 |
| Hassan Whiteside | C | Marshall | Fr. | Sacramento | 2nd/33 |
| Elliot Williams | G | Memphis | So. | Portland | 1st/22 |
2011
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Burks | G | Colorado | So. | Utah | 1st/12 |
| Jordan Hamilton | G-F | Texas | So. | Dallas | 1st/26 |
| Tobias Harris | F | Tennessee | Fr. | Charlotte | 1st/19 |
| Tyler Honeycutt | F | UCLA | So. | Sacramento | 2nd/35 |
| Kyrie Irving | G | Duke | Fr. | Cleveland | 1st/1 |
| Reggie Jackson | G | Boston College | Jr. | Oklahoma City | 1st/24 |
| Cory Joseph | G | Texas | Fr. | San Antonio | 1st/29 |
| Brandon Knight | G | Kentucky | Fr. | Detroit | 1st/8 |
| Malcolm Lee | G | UCLA | Jr. | Chicago | 2nd/43 |
| Kawhi Leonard | F | San Diego State | So. | Indiana | 1st/15 |
| Travis Leslie | G | Georgia | Jr. | L.A. Clippers | 2nd/47 |
| Shelvin Mack | G | Butler | Jr. | Washington | 2nd/34 |
| Darius Morris | G | Michigan | So. | L.A. Lakers | 2nd/41 |
| Marcus Morris | F | Kansas | Jr. | Houston | 1st/14 |
| Markieff Morris | F | Kansas | Jr. | Phoenix | 1st/13 |
| Josh Selby | G | Kansas | Fr. | Memphis | 2nd/49 |
| Iman Shumpert | G | Georgia Tech | Jr. | New York | 1st/17 |
| Chris Singleton | F | Florida State | Jr. | Washington | 1st/18 |
| Isaiah Thomas | G | Washington | Jr. | Sacramento | 2nd/60 |
| Trey Thompkins | F | Georgia | Jr. | L.A. Clippers | 2nd/37 |
| Klay Thompson | G | Washington State | Jr. | Golden State | 1st/11 |
| Tristan Thompson | F | Texas | Fr. | Cleveland | 1st/4 |
| Nikola Vucevic | F | Southern California | Jr. | Philadelphia | 1st/16 |
| Kemba Walker | G | Connecticut | Jr. | Charlotte | 1st/9 |
| Derrick Williams | F | Arizona | So. | Minnesota | 1st/2 |
| Jordan Williams | C | Maryland | So. | New Jersey | 2nd/36 |
2012
| Undergraduate | Pos. | College | Yr. | Drafted By | Round/Pick Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Barnes | G | North Carolina | So. | Golden State | 1st/7 |
| Will Barton | G | Memphis | So. | Portland | 2nd/40 |
| Bradley Beal | G-F | Florida | Fr. | Washington | 1st/3 |
| Jared Cunningham | G | Oregon State | Jr. | Cleveland | 1st/24 |
| Anthony Davis | C | Kentucky | Fr. | New Orleans | 1st/1 |
| Andre Drummond | C | Connecticut | Fr. | Detroit | 1st/9 |
| Justin Hamilton | C | Louisiana State | Jr. | Philadelphia | 2nd/45 |
| Maurice Harkless | F | St. John's | Fr. | Philadelphia | 1st/15 |
| John Henson | C | North Carolina | Jr. | Milwaukee | 1st/14 |
| John Jenkins | G | Vanderbilt | Jr. | Atlanta | 1st/23 |
| Perry Jones III | F | Baylor | So. | Oklahoma City | 1st/28 |
| Terrence Jones | F | Kentucky | So. | Houston | 1st/18 |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | F | Kentucky | Fr. | Charlotte | 1st/2 |
| Doron Lamb | G | Kentucky | So. | Milwaukee | 2nd/42 |
| Jeremy Lamb | G | Connecticut | So. | Houston | 1st/12 |
| Meyers Leonard | C | Illinois | So. | Portland | 1st/11 |
| Damian Lillard | G | Weber State | Jr. | Portland | 1st/6 |
| Kendall Marshall | G | North Carolina | Jr. | Phoenix | 1st/13 |
| Fab Melo | C | Syracuse | So. | Boston | 1st/22 |
| Khris Middleton | F | Texas A&M | Jr. | Detroit | 2nd/39 |
| Quincy Miller | F | Baylor | Fr. | Denver | 2nd/38 |
| Arnett Moultrie | F-C | Mississippi State | Jr. | Miami | 1st/27 |
| Austin Rivers | G | Duke | Fr. | New Orleans | 1st/10 |
| Thomas Robinson | F | Kansas | Jr. | Sacramento | 1st/5 |
| Terrence Ross | G-F | Washington | So. | Toronto | 1st/8 |
| Jared Sullinger | F | Ohio State | So. | Boston | 1st/21 |
| Marquis Teague | G | Kentucky | Fr. | Chicago | 1st/29 |
| Dion Waiters | G | Syracuse | So. | Cleveland | 1st/4 |
| Royce White | F | Iowa State | So. | Houston | 1st/16 |
| Tony Wroten Jr. | G | Washington | Fr. | Memphis | 1st/25 |
ABA EARLY BIRDS: Averitt, Bennett, Burden, Chones, Mickey Davis, Gerard, Haywood, Kenon, Lucas, Malone, Olberding, Seals, Taylor, Fly Williams and Williamson began their pro careers in the American Basketball Association. . . . Ralph Simpson left Michigan State after his sophomore season (1969-70) and signed with the ABA's Denver franchise in March although it wasn't announced until June. Denver was fined $10,000 for not first informing league and ordered to forfeit a first-round pick in the next draft. . . . Elvin Ivory left Southwestern Louisiana after his sophomore season (1967-68) and was signed by the ABA's Los Angeles franchise prior to the next campaign.
Bruised Egos: Three Additional All-Americans Go Undrafted by NBA
Cast aside primarily because of the influx of foreigners, West Virginia forward Kevin Jones became the ninth NCAA consensus All-American in the last 10 years to go undrafted by the NBA. Jones was a second-team All-American. Two years ago, Sherron Collins (Kansas) and Scottie Reynolds (Villanova) became the initial NCAA consensus first-team All-Americans not to be selected in the NBA draft.
The NBA draft was reduced to seven rounds in 1985, three rounds in 1988 and to its present two rounds in 1989. Centers Bill Spivey of Kentucky and Sherman White of LIU, All-Americans in the early 1950s, went undrafted by the NBA allegedly because of possible repercussions stemming from a game-fixing scandal.
Another recent West Virginia forward shunned by the NBA was Kevin Pittsnogle in 2006. Missouri's Marcus Denmon and Purdue's Robbie Hummel narrowly avoided joining Xavier's Tu Holloway and Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor on the following alphabetical list of All-Americans who weren't selected in the NBA draft:
| Undrafted All-American | Pos. | School | A-A Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Bell | G | Michigan State | 2001 |
| Melvin Booker | G | Missouri | 1994** |
| Joe Capua | G | Wyoming | 1956 |
| Sherron Collins | G | Kansas | 2009** and 2010* |
| Erwin Dudley | F-C | Alabama | 2002 |
| Jason Gardner | G | Arizona | 2002 and 2003** |
| Ben Hansbrough | G | Notre Dame | 2011** |
| Udonis Haslem | C | Florida | 2001 and 2002 |
| Bobby Joe Hill | G | Texas Western | 1966 |
| Terrell "Tu" Holloway | G | Xavier | 2011 |
| Kevin Houston | G | Army | 1987 |
| Keith "Mister" Jennings | G | East Tennessee State | 1991** |
| Kevin Jones | F | West Virginia | 2012** |
| Brandin Knight | G | Pittsburgh | 2002 |
| Byron Larkin | G | Xavier | 1988 |
| Chris Lofton | G | Tennessee | 2007** and 2008** |
| John Lucas III | G | Oklahoma State | 2004 |
| Billy McCaffrey | G | Vanderbilt | 1993** |
| Jerel McNeal | G | Marquette | 2009 |
| DeMarcus Nelson | G-F | Duke | 2008 |
| Kevin Pittsnogle | F | West Virginia | 2006 |
| Mike Pratt | F | Kentucky | 1974 |
| Hollis Price | G | Oklahoma | 2003** |
| Jacob Pullen | G | Kansas State | 2011 |
| Allan Ray | G | Villanova | 2006** |
| Dexter Reed | G | Memphis State | 1977 |
| Scottie Reynolds | G | Villanova | 2010* |
| Bill Ridley | G | Illinois | 1956 |
| Juan "Pepe" Sanchez | G | Temple | 2000 |
| Jon Scheyer | G | Duke | 2010** |
| Shea Seals | F-G | Tulsa | 1997 |
| Ron Slay | F | Tennessee | 2003 |
| Charles Smith | G | Georgetown | 1989 |
| Jordan Taylor | G | Wisconsin | 2011 |
| Max Williams | G | Southern Methodist | 1960 |
| Andre Woolridge | G | Iowa | 1997 |
*NCAA consensus first-team All-American.
**NCAA consensus second-team All-American.
NOTE: Bell, Booker, Collins, Hansbrough, Haslem, Jennings, Sanchez and Smith went on to play in the NBA after signing as
free agents. Pratt played in the ABA.
Caught in the Draft: Three Active NCAA DI Coaches Were First-Round Picks
A striking number of NCAA Division I coaches probably will be a mite more interested in the NBA draft this week than their counterparts because they were drafted themselves. New Tulsa coach Danny Manning joins Stanford's Johnny Dawkins and Valparaiso's Bryce Drew in a former first-round pick category.
A total of 11 active NCAA Division I head coaches were picked in the first or second round of an NBA draft. Third-round choice Billy Donovan should have been able to share some draft insight to Florida's Bradley Beal, who is expected to be picked immediately after fellow freshman phenom Anthony Davis of Kentucky. Here is an alphabetical list of the 32 active DI coaches who were selected in an NBA draft:
| Division I Coach | Current School | NBA Team | Draft Year | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Alford | New Mexico | Dallas Mavericks | 1987 | 2nd |
| Jerome Allen | Penn | Minnesota Timberwolves | 1995 | 2nd |
| Tommy Amaker | Harvard | Seattle SuperSonics | 1987 | 3rd |
| Tony Benford | North Texas | Boston Celtics | 1986 | 4th |
| Tony Bennett | Virginia | Charlotte Hornets | 1992 | 2nd |
| Eddie Biedenbach | UNC Asheville | Los Angeles Lakers | 1968 | 4th |
| Larry Brown | Southern Methodist | Baltimore Bullets | 1963 | 7th |
| Johnny Dawkins | Stanford | San Antonio Spurs | 1986 | 1st |
| Howie Dickenman | Central Connecticut State | Phoenix Suns | 1969 | 17th |
| Jamie Dixon | Pittsburgh | Washington Bullets | 1987 | 7th |
| Billy Donovan | Florida | Utah Jazz | 1987 | 3rd |
| Bryce Drew | Valparaiso | Houston Rockets | 1998 | 1st |
| Mark Gottfried | North Carolina State | Detroit Pistons | 1987 | 7th |
| Fred Hoiberg | Iowa State | Indiana Pacers | 1995 | 2nd |
| Lewis Jackson | Alabama State | Golden State Warriors | 1984 | 3rd |
| Clemon Johnson | Florida A&M | Portland Trail Blazers | 1978 | 2nd |
| Jeff Jones | American University | Indiana Pacers | 1982 | 4th |
| Lon Kruger | Oklahoma | Atlanta Hawks | 1974 | 9th |
| Larry Krystkowiak | Utah | Chicago Bulls | 1986 | 2nd |
| Jim Larranaga | Miami (Fla.) | Detroit Pistons | 1971 | 6th |
| Jim Les | UC Davis | Atlanta Hawks | 1986 | 3rd |
| Danny Manning | Tulsa | Los Angeles Clippers | 1988 | 1st |
| Cuonzo Martin | Tennessee | Atlanta Hawks | 1995 | 2nd |
| Ray McCallum | Detroit | Indiana Pacers | 1983 | 8th |
| Mike McConathy | Northwestern State | Chicago Bulls | 1977 | 4th |
| Fran O'Hanlon | Lafayette | Philadelphia 76ers | 1970 | 8th |
| Louis Orr | Bowling Green | Indiana Pacers | 1980 | 2nd |
| Buzz Peterson | UNC Wilmington | Cleveland Cavaliers | 1985 | 7th |
| Joseph Price | Grambling State | Washington Bullets | 1986 | 7th |
| Oliver Purnell | DePaul | Milwaukee Bucks | 1975 | 6th |
| Craig Robinson | Oregon State | Philadelphia 76ers | 1983 | 4th |
| Lorenzo Romar | Washington | Golden State Warriors | 1980 | 7th |
Starting Block: UNO and NKU See Marks Trending South in Division I Debuts
What's in store for new Summit League member Nebraska-Omaha as the Mavericks brace for their inaugural season at the NCAA Division I level? Ditto for new Atlantic Sun member Northern Kentucky. Only five of the first 28 schools moving up to compete at DI in the 21st Century posted a winning record in their debut campaign. The average first-year mark for the last 28 newcomers is 9-19.
In 2008-09, South Dakota became the only school to reach the 20-win plateau in its first DI season since Stephen F. Austin achieved the feat in 1986-87. Eight of the nine best first-year seasons occurred in the 1970s when 40 of the 70 institutions elevating their programs to DI during the decade promptly posted winning records.
In 1971-72, Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana-Lafayette, became the only school ever to finish in the Top 10 of the final DI rankings the year after finishing in the Top 10 of the final Division II poll. But it wasn't long before USL was prohibited from fielding a formal team for two seasons (1973-74 and 1974-75) as part of an NCAA probation.
Alabama State (22-6 in 1982-83) is the only school since the 1970s to win more than three-fourths of its games in its DI debut campaign. Following is a first-year summary of schools moving up to the major-college ranks after the initial season of NCAA classification in 1947-48:
| School Moving Up to DI | Season | W. | L. | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland-Eastern Shore | 1973-74 | 27 | 2 | .931 |
| Oral Roberts (Okla.) | 1971-72 | 26 | 2 | .929 |
| Southwestern Louisiana | 1971-72 | 23 | 3 | .885 |
| Seattle | 1952-53 | 29 | 4 | .879 |
| Old Dominion (Va.) | 1976-77 | 25 | 4 | .862 |
| Long Beach State | 1969-70 | 24 | 5 | .828 |
| Hawaii | 1970-71 | 23 | 5 | .821 |
| Southern (La.) | 1977-78 | 23 | 5 | .821 |
| McNeese State (La.) | 1973-74 | 20 | 5 | .800 |
| Jackson State (Miss.) | 1977-78 | 19 | 5 | .792 |
| Alabama State | 1982-83 | 22 | 6 | .786 |
| Alcorn State (Miss.) | 1977-78 | 22 | 7 | .759 |
| Idaho State | 1958-59 | 21 | 7 | .750 |
| Memphis State | 1955-56 | 20 | 7 | .741 |
| Air Force | 1957-58 | 17 | 6 | .739 |
| Stephen F. Austin (Tex.) | 1986-87 | 22 | 8 | .733 |
| Georgia Southern | 1973-74 | 19 | 7 | .731 |
| Northeastern (Mass.) | 1972-73 | 19 | 7 | .731 |
| Virginia Commonwealth | 1973-74 | 17 | 7 | .708 |
| College of Charleston (S.C.) | 1991-92 | 19 | 8 | .704 |
| Miami (Fla.) | 1948-49 | 19 | 8 | .704 |
| New Orleans | 1975-76 | 18 | 8 | .692 |
| South Dakota | 2008-09 | 20 | 9 | .690 |
| George Mason (Va.) | 1978-79 | 17 | 8 | .680 |
| Weber State (Utah) | 1963-64 | 17 | 8 | .680 |
| American (D.C.) | 1966-67 | 16 | 8 | .667 |
| Fairfield (Conn.) | 1964-65 | 14 | 7 | .667 |
| Florida A&M | 1978-79 | 18 | 9 | .667 |
| Mercer (Ga.) | 1973-74 | 16 | 8 | .667 |
| Tennessee Tech | 1955-56 | 14 | 7 | .667 |
| Morehead State (Ky.) | 1955-56 | 19 | 10 | .655 |
| James Madison (Va.) | 1976-77 | 17 | 9 | .654 |
| Northwestern State (La.) | 1976-77 | 17 | 9 | .654 |
| UNLV | 1969-70 | 17 | 9 | .654 |
| Abilene Christian (Tex.) | 1970-71 | 15 | 9 | .625 |
| Arkansas State | 1970-71 | 15 | 9 | .625 |
| Drexel (Pa.) | 1973-74 | 15 | 9 | .625 |
| Lamar (Tex.) | 1969-70 | 15 | 9 | .625 |
| Massachusetts | 1961-62 | 15 | 9 | .625 |
| Northern Colorado | 1973-74 | 15 | 9 | .625 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 1963-64 | 18 | 11 | .621 |
| Delaware State | 1973-74 | 18 | 11 | .621 |
| Illinois State | 1971-72 | 16 | 10 | .615 |
| North Carolina A&T | 1973-74 | 16 | 10 | .615 |
| UNC-Wilmington | 1976-77 | 16 | 10 | .615 |
| Northeast Louisiana | 1973-74 | 16 | 10 | .615 |
| Texas Southern | 1977-78 | 16 | 10 | .615 |
| Austin Peay (Tenn.) | 1963-64 | 14 | 9 | .609 |
| Southern Mississippi | 1968-69 | 15 | 10 | .600 |
| Chattanooga | 1977-78 | 16 | 11 | .593 |
| Chicago State | 1984-85 | 16 | 11 | .593 |
| Wright State (Ohio) | 1987-88 | 16 | 11 | .593 |
| Loyola (La.) | 1951-52 | 20 | 14 | .588 |
| Los Angeles State | 1970-71 | 15 | 11 | .577 |
| UNC Asheville | 1986-87 | 15 | 11 | .577 |
| San Jose State | 1952-53 | 15 | 11 | .577 |
| UAB | 1978-79 | 15 | 11 | .577 |
| New Mexico State | 1950-51 | 19 | 14 | .576 |
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 1956-57 | 16 | 12 | .571 |
| North Dakota | 2008-09 | 16 | 12 | .571 |
| North Dakota State | 2005-06 | 16 | 12 | .571 |
| Radford (Va.) | 1984-85 | 16 | 12 | .571 |
| Sam Houston State (Tex.) | 1986-87 | 16 | 12 | .571 |
| Utah Valley | 2004-05 | 16 | 12 | .571 |
| East Tennessee State | 1958-59 | 13 | 10 | .565 |
| East Carolina | 1964-65 | 12 | 10 | .545 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1974-75 | 13 | 11 | .542 |
| New Mexico | 1950-51 | 13 | 11 | .542 |
| Southern Illinois | 1967-68 | 13 | 11 | .542 |
| Boise State | 1971-72 | 14 | 12 | .538 |
| Central Michigan | 1973-74 | 14 | 12 | .538 |
| UNC Charlotte | 1972-73 | 14 | 12 | .538 |
| West Texas | 1950-51 | 14 | 12 | .538 |
| Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 1973-74 | 14 | 12 | .538 |
| Oklahoma City | 1950-51 | 16 | 14 | .533 |
| Iona (N.Y.) | 1953-54 | 11 | 10 | .524 |
| Corpus Christi (Tex.) | 1972-73 | 13 | 12 | .520 |
| Belmont (Tenn.) | 1998-99 | 14 | 13 | .519 |
| Eastern Illinois | 1981-82 | 14 | 13 | .519 |
| Illinois-Chicago | 1981-82 | 14 | 13 | .519 |
| Southeastern Louisiana | 1980-81 | 14 | 13 | .519 |
| Western Illinois | 1981-82 | 14 | 13 | .519 |
| Wisconsin-Green Bay | 1981-82 | 14 | 13 | .519 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2006-07 | 15 | 14 | .517 |
| Gonzaga (Wash.) | 1952-53 | 15 | 14 | .517 |
| Catholic (D.C.) | 1976-77 | 13 | 13 | .500 |
| Centenary (La.) | 1959-60 | 12 | 12 | .500 |
| Saint Peter's (N.J.) | 1964-65 | 10 | 10 | .500 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 1999-2000 | 13 | 13 | .500 |
| Texas Tech | 1950-51 | 14 | 14 | .500 |
| Vermont | 1961-62 | 12 | 12 | .500 |
| Murray State (Ky.) | 1953-54 | 15 | 16 | .484 |
| Troy State (Ala.) | 1993-94 | 13 | 14 | .481 |
| Hofstra (N.Y.) | 1966-67 | 12 | 13 | .480 |
| Tennessee State | 1977-78 | 11 | 12 | .478 |
| Regis (Colo.) | 1961-62 | 10 | 11 | .476 |
| Bethune-Cookman (Fla.) | 1980-81 | 13 | 15 | .464 |
| Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 1950-51 | 13 | 15 | .464 |
| South Carolina State | 1973-74 | 13 | 15 | .464 |
| Southwest Missouri State | 1982-83 | 13 | 15 | .464 |
| Marist (N.Y.) | 1981-82 | 12 | 14 | .462 |
| San Diego State | 1970-71 | 12 | 14 | .462 |
| Maine | 1961-62 | 11 | 13 | .458 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson (N.J.) | 1967-68 | 10 | 12 | .455 |
| Mount St. Mary's (Md.) | 1988-89 | 12 | 15 | .444 |
| Oakland (Mich.) | 1998-99 | 12 | 15 | .444 |
| South Florida | 1973-74 | 11 | 14 | .440 |
| Coastal Carolina (S.C.) | 1986-87 | 12 | 16 | .429 |
| Maryland-Baltimore County | 1986-87 | 12 | 16 | .429 |
| Southeast Missouri State | 1991-92 | 12 | 16 | .429 |
| Howard (D.C.) | 1973-74 | 11 | 15 | .423 |
| West Chester (Pa.) | 1973-74 | 11 | 15 | .423 |
| Grambling (La.) | 1977-78 | 10 | 14 | .417 |
| Northern Illinois | 1967-68 | 10 | 14 | .417 |
| Saint Francis (Pa.) | 1955-56 | 10 | 14 | .417 |
| Kennesaw State (Ga.) | 2005-06 | 12 | 17 | .414 |
| Elon (N.C.) | 1998-99 | 11 | 16 | .407 |
| IUPUI (Ind.) | 1998-99 | 11 | 16 | .407 |
| Delaware | 1957-58 | 8 | 12 | .400 |
| Texas-El Paso | 1950-51 | 10 | 15 | .400 |
| Albany (N.Y.) | 1999-2000 | 11 | 17 | .393 |
| UC Davis | 2004-05 | 11 | 17 | .393 |
| Houston | 1950-51 | 11 | 17 | .393 |
| Cleveland State | 1972-73 | 9 | 14 | .391 |
| High Point (N.C.) | 1998-99 | 10 | 16 | .385 |
| Louisiana Tech | 1973-74 | 8 | 13 | .381 |
| Ball State (Ind.) | 1971-72 | 9 | 15 | .375 |
| Campbell (N.C.) | 1977-78 | 9 | 15 | .375 |
| Rider (N.J.) | 1967-68 | 9 | 15 | .375 |
| Alabama A&M | 1998-99 | 10 | 17 | .370 |
| Coppin State (Md.) | 1985-86 | 10 | 17 | .370 |
| Jacksonville State (Ala.) | 1995-96 | 10 | 17 | .370 |
| Liberty (Va.) | 1988-89 | 10 | 17 | .370 |
| Central Florida | 1984-85 | 10 | 18 | .357 |
| Southern Utah | 1988-89 | 10 | 18 | .357 |
| Florida State | 1956-57 | 9 | 17 | .346 |
| Fresno State | 1955-56 | 9 | 17 | .346 |
| Hampton (Va.) | 1995-96 | 9 | 17 | .346 |
| Loyola Marymount (Calif.) | 1949-50 | 9 | 17 | .346 |
| Middle Tennessee State | 1958-59 | 9 | 17 | .346 |
| Pacific (Calif.) | 1953-54 | 9 | 17 | .346 |
| Towson State (Md.) | 1979-80 | 9 | 17 | .346 |
| Central Arkansas | 2006-07 | 10 | 20 | .333 |
| Missouri-Kansas City | 1987-88 | 9 | 18 | .333 |
| Quinnipiac (Conn.) | 1998-99 | 9 | 18 | .333 |
| SIU-Edwardsville | 2008-09 | 10 | 20 | .333 |
| U.S. International (Calif.) | 1981-82 | 9 | 18 | .333 |
| Western Carolina | 1976-77 | 8 | 16 | .333 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | 2007-08 | 10 | 21 | .323 |
| Binghamton (N.Y.) | 2001-02 | 9 | 19 | .321 |
| Florida International | 1987-88 | 9 | 19 | .321 |
| Portland State | 1972-73 | 9 | 19 | .321 |
| UC Irvine | 1977-78 | 8 | 17 | .320 |
| UC Riverside | 2000-01 | 8 | 17 | .320 |
| Jacksonville (Fla.) | 1966-67 | 8 | 17 | .320 |
| Texas-Pan American | 1968-69 | 8 | 17 | .320 |
| Portland | 1953-54 | 6 | 13 | .316 |
| South Dakota State | 2005-06 | 9 | 20 | .310 |
| Eastern Michigan | 1973-74 | 8 | 18 | .308 |
| Texas-Arlington | 1968-69 | 8 | 18 | .308 |
| Arizona State | 1950-51 | 8 | 19 | .296 |
| Northern Arizona | 1950-51 | 8 | 19 | .296 |
| Northern Iowa | 1980-81 | 8 | 19 | .296 |
| Texas-San Antonio | 1981-82 | 8 | 19 | .296 |
| South Alabama | 1971-72 | 7 | 17 | .292 |
| Augusta (Ga.) | 1984-85 | 8 | 20 | .286 |
| Cal State Northridge | 1990-91 | 8 | 20 | .286 |
| Winthrop (S.C.) | 1986-87 | 8 | 20 | .286 |
| Central Connecticut State | 1986-87 | 8 | 21 | .276 |
| Bryant (R.I.) | 2001-02 | 7 | 19 | .269 |
| Providence | 1948-49 | 7 | 19 | .269 |
| Robert Morris (Pa.) | 1976-77 | 7 | 19 | .269 |
| Tennessee-Martin | 1992-93 | 7 | 19 | .269 |
| Evansville (Ind.)* | 1977-78 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Hartford (Conn.) | 1984-85 | 7 | 21 | .250 |
| IUPU-Fort Wayne (Ind.) | 2001-02 | 7 | 21 | .250 |
| UNC-Greensboro | 1991-92 | 7 | 21 | .250 |
| Houston Baptist | 1973-74 | 6 | 19 | .240 |
| Trinity (Tex.) | 1970-71 | 5 | 16 | .238 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 2007-08 | 7 | 23 | .233 |
| Arkansas-Little Rock | 1978-79 | 6 | 20 | .231 |
| Southwest Texas State | 1984-85 | 6 | 20 | .231 |
| Stetson (Fla.) | 1971-72 | 6 | 20 | .231 |
| Lipscomb (Tenn.) | 2001-02 | 6 | 21 | .222 |
| Monmouth (N.J.) | 1983-84 | 6 | 21 | .222 |
| Norfolk State (Va.) | 1997-98 | 6 | 21 | .222 |
| Armstrong State (Ga.) | 1986-87 | 6 | 22 | .214 |
| Nicholls State (La.) | 1980-81 | 6 | 22 | .214 |
| North Florida | 2005-06 | 6 | 22 | .214 |
| Stony Brook (N.Y.) | 1999-2000 | 6 | 23 | .207 |
| Appalachian State (N.C.) | 1973-74 | 5 | 20 | .200 |
| Baptist (S.C.) | 1974-75 | 4 | 16 | .200 |
| Buffalo | 1973-74 | 5 | 20 | .200 |
| Samford (Ala.) | 1972-73 | 5 | 20 | .200 |
| San Diego | 1979-80 | 5 | 20 | .200 |
| Longwood (Va.) | 2003-04 | 5 | 22 | .185 |
| New Jersey Institute of Tech | 2006-07 | 5 | 24 | .172 |
| Winston-Salem State (N.C.) | 2006-07 | 5 | 24 | .172 |
| Presbyterian (S.C.) | 2007-08 | 5 | 25 | .167 |
| Baltimore | 1978-79 | 4 | 21 | .160 |
| Savannah State (Ga.) | 2000-01 | 4 | 21 | .160 |
| Eastern Washington | 1983-84 | 4 | 22 | .154 |
| Utica (N.Y.) | 1981-82 | 4 | 22 | .154 |
| Wofford (S.C.) | 1995-96 | 4 | 22 | .154 |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1997-98 | 4 | 23 | .148 |
| Cal State Sacramento | 1991-92 | 4 | 24 | .143 |
| North Texas State | 1957-58 | 3 | 18 | .143 |
| North Carolina Central | 2007-08 | 4 | 26 | .133 |
| New Hampshire | 1961-62 | 3 | 20 | .130 |
| Wagner (N.Y.) | 1976-77 | 3 | 21 | .125 |
| Florida Atlantic | 1993-94 | 3 | 24 | .111 |
| Mississippi Valley State | 1979-80 | 3 | 24 | .111 |
| Morgan State (Md.) | 1984-85 | 3 | 25 | .107 |
| Sacred Heart (Conn.) | 1999-2000 | 3 | 25 | .107 |
| Prairie View A&M (Tex.) | 1980-81 | 2 | 22 | .083 |
| Pepperdine (Calif.) | 1955-56 | 2 | 24 | .077 |
| Northeastern Illinois | 1990-91 | 2 | 25 | .074 |
| Georgia State | 1973-74 | 1 | 25 | .038 |
| Cal Poly | 1994-95 | 1 | 26 | .037 |
*Evansville had an abbreviated schedule because of a plane crash.
The Graduates: Boeheim is Head of Class Among Coaches at Alma Maters
No active major-college coach, or retired one for that matter, is anywhere close to Syracuse's Jim Boeheim (890) regarding most victories with their alma mater. After Charlie Coles (266) retired at Miami (OH), North Carolina's Roy Williams (257) passed Central Connecticut State's Howie Dickenman (249) to become a distant runner-up to Boeheim among active mentors in this category.
The runner-up among retired bench bosses in this distinctive department is Missouri's Norm Stewart (634), who was passed by Boeheim early in the 2002-03 campaign. Boeheim is atop the following list of coaches with at least as many Division I triumphs for their alma mater as Lew Andreas (355), who is one of Boeheim's predecessors at Syracuse:
NOTE: Dave Bike (Sacred Heart '69) has 145 major-college wins since the Pioneers moved up to the DI level in 1999-2000 (519 overall).
Kings of the Hill: Few Have Made Their League Mark Like Gonzaga's Guru
Gonzaga's Mark Few is expected to extend his stunning string of 13 consecutive NCAA playoff appearances in as many seasons as coach of a mid-major school. But what's equally impressive is his domination of the West Coast Conference not only in regular-season competition (167-21) but also in league tournament action (25-4).
Jerry Tarkanian is the only coach in NCAA Division I history to win more than 90% of his assignments for a school in a single conference including both regular season and postseason league tourney (229-19 mark in PCAA/Big West with UNLV in 10-year span from 1982-83 through 1991-92). Brad Stevens won 80.8% of Butler's Horizon League games in the last five seasons but fell just short of meeting the minimum of 100 decisions in conference competition. Few ranks third among the following coaches who have won more than 75% of their games in a single conference including participation in league tourney play:
| Coach | School | Conference | Seasons | Regular-Season | League Tourney | Overall | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Tarkanian | UNLV | PCAA/Big West | 1983-92 | 205-17 | 24-2 | 229-19 | .923 |
| Everett Case | North Carolina State | Southern | 1947-53 | 87-11 | 20-1 | 107-12 | .899 |
| Mark Few | Gonzaga | West Coast | 2000-12 | 167-21 | 25-4 | 192-25 | .885 |
| Adolph Rupp | Kentucky | SEC | 1933-72 | 397-75 | 57-6 | 454-81 | .849 |
| Bill Self | Kansas | Big 12 | 2004-12 | 123-23 | 18-4 | 145-27 | .843 |
| Roy Williams | Kansas | Big 12 | 1997-2003 | 94-18 | 14-4 | 108-22 | .831 |
| Gregg Marshall | Winthrop | Big South | 1999-2007 | 104-24 | 19-2 | 123-26 | .826 |
| John Calipari | Memphis | C-USA | 2001-09 | 117-25 | 17-5 | 134-30 | .817 |
| Rick Majerus | Utah | Western Athletic | 1991-99 | 118-30 | 15-6 | 133-36 | .787 |
| Eddie Sutton | Arkansas | Southwest | 1975-85 | 139-35 | 13-7 | 152-42 | .784 |
| Bob Huggins | Cincinnati | C-USA | 1996-2005 | 123-33 | 16-6 | 139-39 | .781 |
| Pete Gillen | Xavier | Midwestern Collegiate | 1986-94 | 83-25 | 17-4 | 100-29 | .775 |
| Vic Bubas | Duke | ACC | 1960-69 | 106-32 | 22-6 | 128-38 | .771 |
| Stew Morrill | Utah State | Big West | 1999-2005 | 91-28 | 13-3 | 104-31 | .770 |
| Charlie Spoonhour | SW Missouri State | Mid-Continent | 1984-90 | 73-21 | 9-4 | 82-25 | .766 |
| Lute Olson | Arizona | Pacific-10 | 1984-2007 | 328-102 | 16-6 | 344-108 | .761 |
| Joe Williams | Furman | Southern | 1971-78 | 67-25 | 18-3 | 85-28 | .752 |
| Denny Crum | Louisville | Metro | 1977-95 | 173-59 | 33-9 | 206-68 | .752 |
NOTES: Calipari (Kentucky), Huggins (West Virginia), Majerus (Saint Louis), Marshall (Wichita State) and Williams (North Carolina) are active coaches now at other schools. . . . UCLA's John Wooden won 81% of his games in the PCC/AAWU/Pacific-8 from 1949-75 but none of those contests included conference tournament competition.
Can't We Get Along? Taylor Made Mistake Being in Wrong Place at Wrong Time
Regrettably, memories of a murdered basketball player surfaced amid Rodney King's death last weekend. King drowned in his swimming pool from drug- and alcohol-induced delirium a little over a month after the 20th anniversary of the acquittal of four policemen accused in the videotaped beating of him. In the opening hours of south Los Angeles' riots, Dwight Taylor was in the wrong place at the wrong time while apparently stopping at a grocery store to pick up some milk for his family.
Taylor, a guard for Long Beach State's first two NCAA playoff teams in 1970 and 1971 under coach Jerry Tarkanian, was shot in a parking lot while en route to visiting his estranged wife and their children. Two bullets penetrated his neck and chest as he and two teenagers were the first of 53 people killed in the ensuing week of repulsive rioting and looting. Taylor, a teammate of All-American Ed Ratleff, was dubbed "Fishman" as an adult because of his trade cutting up fish at a neighborhood market.
Victory Lap: All-Time Winningest Coaches For NCAA Division I Schools
After Jim Calhoun retired, a total of 28 active coaches have an opportunity to pad their lead, entering the 2012-13 campaign as the all-time winningest mentors for their schools after Phil Martelli (Saint Joseph's), Bo Ryan (Wisconsin) and Bob Williams (UC Santa Barbara) reached that milestone last season.
Among the individuals who could join the following list of school all-time winningest coaches next year are Mike Jarvis (Florida Atlantic), Andy Kennedy (Ole Miss), Tony Shaver (William & Mary) and Kevin Stallings (Vanderbilt):
| School | Coach (Years) | Seasons | Record | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force | Bob Spear (15) | 1957-71 | 177-175 | .503 |
| Akron | Russell Beichly (19) | 1941-59 | 288-142 | .670 |
| Alabama | Winfrey "Wimp" Sanderson (12) | 1981-92 | 267-119 | .692 |
| Alabama A&M | **Vann Pettaway (25) | 1987-2011 | 453-279 | .619 |
| Alabama State | **C.J. Dunn (29) | 1935-63 | 298-209 | .588 |
| Albany | **Richard "Doc" Sauers (41) | 1956-97 | 702-330 | .680 |
| Alcorn State | Davey Whitney (27) | 1970-89 & 1997-2003 | 510-292 | .636 |
| American | *Jeff Jones (12) | 2001-12 | 201-163 | .552 |
| Appalachian State | **Bob Light (15) | 1958-72 | 211-178 | .542 |
| Arizona | Robert "Lute" Olson (24) | 1984-2007 | 590-192 | .754 |
| Arizona State | Ned Wulk (25) | 1958-82 | 406-272 | .599 |
| Arkansas | Nolan Richardson (17) | 1986-2002 | 389-169 | .697 |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | **H.O. Clemmons (21) | 1956-76 | 296-217 | .577 |
| Arkansas State | **John Rauth (14) | 1950-63 | 191-150 | .560 |
| Army | Leo Novak (13) | 1927-39 | 126-61 | .674 |
| Auburn | Joel Eaves (14) | 1950-63 | 213-100 | .681 |
| Austin Peay State | *Dave Loos (22) | 1991-2012 | 363-310 | .539 |
| Ball State | **Jim Hinga (14) | 1955-68 | 154-169 | .477 |
| Baylor | Bill Henderson (18) | 1942-61 | 201-233 | .463 |
| Belmont | **Rick Byrd (26) | 1987-2012 | 545-286 | .656 |
| Bethune-Cookman | Jack "Cy" McClairen (31) | 1963-93 | 383-420 | .477 |
| Boise State | Bobby Dye (12) | 1984-95 | 213-133 | .616 |
| Boston College | Al Skinner (13) | 1998-2010 | 247-165 | .600 |
| Boston University | Dennis Wolff (15) | 1995-2009 | 247-197 | .556 |
| Bowling Green | Harold Anderson (21) | 1943-63 | 367-193 | .655 |
| Bradley | A.J. Robertson (26) | 1921-48 | 312-186 | .627 |
| Brigham Young | Stan Watts (23) | 1950-72 | 372-254 | .594 |
| Brown | Stanley Ward (15) | 1955-69 | 133-241 | .356 |
| Bryant | **Tom Folliard (10) | 1969-78 | 174-88 | .664 |
| Bucknell | Charlie Woollum (19) | 1976-94 | 318-221 | .590 |
| Buffalo | **Len T. Serfustini (14) | 1957-70 | 206-105 | .662 |
| Butler | Paul "Tony" Hinkle (41) | 1927-70 | 560-392 | .588 |
| California | Clarence "Nibs" Price (30) | 1925-54 | 449-294 | .604 |
| UC Davis | **Bob Hamilton (22) | 1968-89 | 301-291 | .508 |
| UC Irvine | Pat Douglass (13) | 1998-2010 | 197-191 | .508 |
| Cal Poly | **Ernie Wheeler (14) | 1973-86 | 254-138 | .648 |
| UC Riverside | **John Masi (26) | 1980-2005 | 462-269 | .632 |
| UC Santa Barbara | *Bob Williams (14) | 1999-2012 | 237-181 | .567 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | **Pat Douglass (10) | 1988-97 | 257-61 | .808 |
| Cal State Fullerton | **Alex Omalev (12) | 1961-72 | 138-177 | .438 |
| Cal State Northridge | **Pete Cassidy (25) | 1972-96 | 334-337 | .498 |
| Cal State Sacramento | **Jack Heron (16) | 1969-84 | 197-195 | .503 |
| Campbell | Danny Roberts (15) | 1969-83 | 234-179 | .567 |
| Canisius | Nick Macarchuk (10) | 1978-87 | 149-128 | .538 |
| Centenary | Tommy Canterbury (12) | 1978-89 | 150-180 | .455 |
| Central Arkansas | **Don Dyer (14) | 1980-93 | 285-145 | .663 |
| Central Connecticut | **Bill Detrick (29) | 1960-88 | 468-266 | .638 |
| Central Michigan | **Ted Kjolhede (15) | 1957-71 | 215-157 | .578 |
| Charleston Southern | Gary Edwards (9) | 1988-96 | 121-133 | .476 |
| Charlotte | Bobby Lutz (12) | 1999-2010 | 218-158 | .580 |
| Chattanooga | Mack McCarthy (12) | 1986-97 | 243-122 | .666 |
| Chicago State | **Bob Hallberg (10) | 1978-87 | 224-84 | .727 |
| Cincinnati | Bob Huggins (16) | 1990-2005 | 398-128 | .757 |
| The Citadel | Pat Dennis (14) | 1993-2006 | 157-233 | .403 |
| Clemson | Cliff Ellis (10) | 1985-94 | 177-128 | .580 |
| Cleveland State | Ray Dieringer (14) | 1970-83 | 151-209 | .419 |
| Coastal Carolina | Russ Bergman (19) | 1976-94 | 306-246 | .554 |
| Colgate | Emmett Davis (13) | 1999-2011 | 163-214 | .432 |
| College of Charleston | John Kresse (23) | 1980-2002 | 560-143 | .797 |
| Colorado | Russell "Sox" Walseth (20) | 1957-76 | 261-245 | .516 |
| Colorado State | Jim Williams (26) | 1955-80 | 352-283 | .556 |
| Columbia | John "Jack" Rohan (18) | 1962-74 & 1991-95 | 197-248 | .443 |
| Connecticut | Jim Calhoun (26) | 1987-2012 | 621-235 | .725 |
| Coppin State | *Ron "Fang" Mitchell (26) | 1987-2012 | 409-373 | .523 |
| Cornell | Royner Greene (13) | 1947-59 | 168-145 | .537 |
| Creighton | Dana Altman (16) | 1995-2010 | 327-176 | .650 |
| Dartmouth | Alvin "Doggie" Julian (17) | 1951-67 | 183-236 | .437 |
| Davidson | *Bob McKillop (23) | 1990-2012 | 426-271 | .611 |
| Dayton | Don Donoher (26) | 1964-89 | 437-275 | .614 |
| Delaware | Steve Steinwedel (10) | 1986-95 | 163-121 | .574 |
| Delaware State | **Bennie George (22) | 1950-71 | 201-219 | .479 |
| Denver | **Dick Peth (12) | 1986-97 | 221-123 | .642 |
| DePaul | Ray Meyer (42) | 1943-84 | 724-354 | .671 |
| Detroit | Bob Calihan (21) | 1949-69 | 306-237 | .564 |
| Drake | Maury John (13) | 1959-71 | 211-131 | .617 |
| Drexel | Sam Cozen (16) | 1953-68 | 213-94 | .694 |
| Duke | *Mike Krzyzewski (32) | 1981-2012 | 854-232 | .786 |
| Duquesne | Charles "Chick" Davies (21) | 1925-48 | 314-106 | .748 |
| East Carolina | **Howard Porter (12) | 1948-59 | 182-102 | .641 |
| Eastern Illinois | Rick Samuels (25) | 1981-2005 | 360-360 | .500 |
| Eastern Kentucky | Paul McBrayer (16) | 1947-62 | 219-144 | .603 |
| Eastern Michigan | Ben Braun (11) | 1986-96 | 184-134 | .580 |
| Eastern Washington | **William "Red" Reese (31) | 1931-42 & 1946-64 | 473-298 | .613 |
| East Tennessee State | Madison Brooks (25) | 1949-73 | 369-268 | .579 |
| Elon | **Bill Miller (20) | 1960-79 | 331-225 | .595 |
| Evansville | **Arad McCutchan (31) | 1947-77 | 514-314 | .622 |
| Fairfield | Fred Barakat (11) | 1971-81 | 160-128 | .556 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | Tom Green (26) | 1984-2009 | 407-351 | .537 |
| Florida | *Billy Donovan (16) | 1997-2012 | 386-158 | .710 |
| Florida A&M | Edward "Rockjaw" Ogelsby (21) | 1951-70 & '72 | 386-138 | .737 |
| Florida Atlantic | Tim Loomis (6) | 1990-95 | 67-98 | .406 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | Dave Balza (9) | 2003-11 | 153-121 | .558 |
| Florida International | Rich Walker (9) | 1982-90 | 108-134 | .446 |
| Florida State | J.K. "Bud" Kennedy (18) | 1949-66 | 237-208 | .532 |
| Fordham | John Bach (18) | 1951-68 | 263-193 | .576 |
| Fresno State | Boyd Grant (9) | 1978-86 | 194-74 | .724 |
| Furman | Lyles Alley (20) | 1946-66 | 248-258 | .490 |
| Gardner-Webb | **Jim Wiles (12) | 1979-90 | 221-149 | .597 |
| Gardner-Webb | Rick Scruggs (15) | 1996-2010 | 221-219 | .502 |
| George Mason | Jim Larranaga (13) | 1998-2010 | 246-157 | .610 |
| Georgetown | John Thompson Jr. (27) | 1973-99 | 596-239 | .714 |
| George Washington | Bill Reinhart (24) | 1936-42 & 1950-66 | 316-237 | .571 |
| Georgia | Hugh Durham (17) | 1979-95 | 298-216 | .580 |
| Georgia Southern | J.B. Scearce (23) | 1948-67 & 1978-80 | 396-225 | .638 |
| Georgia State | Bob Reinhart (9) | 1986-94 | 107-148 | .420 |
| Georgia Tech | Bobby Cremins (19) | 1982-2000 | 354-237 | .599 |
| Gonzaga | *Mark Few (13) | 2000-12 | 342-90 | .792 |
| Grambling State | **Fred Hobdy (27) | 1960-86 | 572-288 | .665 |
| Green Bay | **Dave Buss (13) | 1970-82 | 271-94 | .742 |
| Hampton | **Hank Ford (12) | 1976-87 | 225-119 | .654 |
| Hartford | **Gordon McCullough (14) | 1963-76 | 201-117 | .622 |
| Harvard | Frank Sullivan (16) | 1992-2007 | 178-245 | .421 |
| Hawaii | Riley Wallace (20) | 1988-2007 | 334-265 | .558 |
| High Point | **Jerry Steele (31) | 1973-2003 | 470-424 | .526 |
| Hofstra | Butch van Breda Kolff (13) | 1956-62 & 1989-94 | 215-134 | .616 |
| Holy Cross | George Blaney (22) | 1973-94 | 357-276 | .564 |
| Houston | Guy Lewis (30) | 1957-86 | 592-279 | .680 |
| Houston Baptist | Ron Cottrell (21) | **1992-2012 | 403-275 | .594 |
| Howard | A.B. Williamson (14) | 1977-90 | 241-182 | .570 |
| Idaho | Charles Finley (7) | 1948-54 | 113-94 | .546 |
| Idaho State | **Guy Wicks (10) | 1932-41 | 168-71 | .703 |
| Illinois | Lou Henson (21) | 1976-96 | 421-226 | .651 |
| Illinois-Chicago | Jimmy Collins (14) | 1997-2010 | 210-197 | .516 |
| Illinois State | **Joseph Cogdal (22) | 1928-49 | 280-177 | .613 |
| Indiana | Bob Knight (29) | 1972-2000 | 659-242 | .731 |
| Indiana State | **Duane Klueh (12) | 1956-67 | 182-121 | .602 |
| IUPU Fort Wayne | **Andy Piazza (9) | 1988-96 | 140-108 | .565 |
| IUPUI | Ron Hunter (17) | 1995-2011 | 293-219 | .572 |
| Iona | Jim McDermott (26) | 1948-73 | 319-253 | .558 |
| Iowa | Tom Davis (13) | 1987-99 | 269-140 | .658 |
| Iowa State | Johnny Orr (14) | 1981-94 | 218-200 | .522 |
| Jackson State | **Harrison B. Wilson (17) | 1951-67 | 371-93 | .800 |
| Jacksonville | Hugh Durham (8) | 1998-2005 | 106-119 | .471 |
| Jacksonville State | Bill Jones (24) | 1975-98 | 449-210 | .661 |
| James Madison | Lou Campanelli (13) | 1973-85 | 238-118 | .669 |
| Kansas | Forrest "Phog" Allen (39) | 1908, '09 & 1920-56 | 590-219 | .729 |
| Kansas State | Jack Hartman (16) | 1971-86 | 295-169 | .643 |
| Kennesaw State | **Phil Zenoni (11) | 1986-96 | 162-156 | .509 |
| Kent State | Jim McDonald (10) | 1983-92 | 147-140 | .512 |
| Kentucky | Adolph Rupp (41) | 1931-72 | 875-190 | .822 |
| Lafayette | Fran O'Hanlon (17) | 1996-2012 | 238-261 | .477 |
| Lamar | Jack Martin (25) | 1952-76 | 334-283 | .541 |
| La Salle | Bill "Speedy" Morris (15) | 1987-2001 | 238-203 | .540 |
| Lehigh | Tony Packer (16) | 1951-66 | 112-213 | .345 |
| Liberty | Jeff Meyer (16) | 1982-97 | 259-206 | .557 |
| Lipscomb | **Don Meyer (24) | 1976-99 | 665-178 | .789 |
| Long Beach State | Jerry Tarkanian (5) | 1969-73 | 121-20 | .858 |
| Long Island | Clair Bee (18) | 1932-43 & 1946-51 | 359-80 | .818 |
| Longwood | **Cal Luther (9) | 1982-90 | 136-105 | .564 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | Beryl Shipley (16) | 1958-73 | 296-129 | .696 |
| Louisiana-Monroe | Mike Vining (24) | 1982-2005 | 401-303 | .570 |
| Louisiana State | Dale Brown (25) | 1973-97 | 448-301 | .598 |
| Louisiana Tech | **Cecil C. Crowley (21) | 1941-64 | 269-221 | .549 |
| Louisville | Denny Crum (30) | 1972-2001 | 675-295 | .696 |
| Loyola Chicago | George Ireland (24) | 1952-75 | 321-255 | .557 |
| Loyola (Md.) | **Emil "Lefty" Reitz (23) | 1938-44 & 1946-61 | 349-228 | .605 |
| Loyola Marymount | William Donovan (8) | 1954-61 | 107-101 | .514 |
| Maine | Tom "Skip" Chappelle (17) | 1972-88 | 217-226 | .490 |
| Manhattan | Kenneth Norton (22) | 1947-68 | 310-205 | .602 |
| Marist | Dave Magarity (18) | 1987-2004 | 253-259 | .494 |
| Marquette | Al McGuire (13) | 1965-77 | 295-80 | .787 |
| Marshall | Cam Henderson (20) | 1936-55 | 361-160 | .693 |
| Maryland | Gary Williams (22) | 1990-2011 | 461-252 | .647 |
| Maryland-Baltimore County | **Billy Jones (12) | 1975-86 | 134-173 | .436 |
| Maryland-Eastern Shore | **Nathaniel C. Taylor (10) | 1955-64 | 145-74 | .662 |
| Massachusetts | Jack Leaman (13) | 1967-79 | 217-126 | .632 |
| McNeese State | **Ralph Ward (19) | 1953-71 | 272-194 | .584 |
| Memphis | John Calipari (9) | 2001-09 | 252-69 | .785 |
| Mercer | Bill Bibb (15) | 1975-89 | 222-194 | .534 |
| Miami (Fla.) | Bruce Hale (13) | 1955-67 | 220-112 | .663 |
| Miami (Ohio) | Charlie Coles (16) | 1997-2012 | 266-226 | .541 |
| Michigan | Johnny Orr (12) | 1969-80 | 209-113 | .649 |
| Michigan State | *Tom Izzo (17) | 1996-2012 | 412-169 | .709 |
| Middle Tennessee State | Jimmy Earle (10) | 1970-79 | 164-103 | .614 |
| Milwaukee | **Guy Penwell (18) | 1931-42 & 1947-52 | 186-145 | .562 |
| Minnesota | Louis J. Cooke (27) | 1898-1924 | 245-135-2 | .644 |
| Mississippi | Bonnie Graham (13) | 1950-62 | 144-168 | .462 |
| Mississippi State | Rick Stansbury (14) | 1999-2012 | 293-166 | .638 |
| Mississippi Valley State | Lafayette Stribling (22) | 1984-2005 | 315-318 | .498 |
| Missouri | Norm Stewart (32) | 1968-99 | 634-333 | .656 |
| Missouri-Kansas City | **Darrell Corwin (8) | 1972 & 1974-80 | 126-93 | .575 |
| Missouri State | **Andrew McDonald (23) | 1926-43 & 1946-50 | 301-166 | .644 |
| Monmouth | **Bill Boylan (21) | 1957-77 | 364-157 | .699 |
| Montana | Jiggs Dahlberg (16) | 1938-42 & 1945-55 | 222-224 | .498 |
| Montana State | John "Brick" Breeden (17) | 1936-47 & 1949-54 | 283-198 | .588 |
| Morehead State | Ellis T. Johnson (15) | 1936-43 & 1947-53 | 171-159 | .518 |
| Morgan State | Nathaniel Frazier (11) | 1972-77 & 1986-90 | 172-134 | .562 |
| Mount St. Mary's | Jim Phelan (49) | 1955-2003 | 830-524 | .613 |
| Murray State | **Carlisle Cutchin (17) | 1925-41 | 267-101 | .726 |
| Navy | Ben Carnevale (20) | 1947-66 | 257-160 | .616 |
| Nebraska | Danny Nee (14) | 1987-2000 | 254-190 | .572 |
| Nebraska-Omaha | **Bob Hanson (25) | 1970-94 | 382-313 | .550 |
| Nevada | Glenn "Jake" Lawlor (15) | 1943 & 1946-59 | 201-168 | .545 |
| New Hampshire | Gerry Friel (20) | 1970-89 | 200-335 | .374 |
| New Mexico | Dave Bliss (11) | 1989-99 | 246-108 | .695 |
| New Mexico State | Lou Henson (17) | 1967-75 & 1998-2005 | 309-176 | .637 |
| New Orleans | **Ron Greene (8) | 1970-77 | 146-65 | .692 |
| Niagara | John "Taps" Gallagher (31) | 1932-43 & 1947-65 | 465-261 | .640 |
| Nicholls State | **Don Landry (13) | 1967-79 | 173-156 | .526 |
| Norfolk State | **Charles Christian (12) | 1975-78 & 1983-90 | 319-95 | .771 |
| North Carolina | Dean Smith (36) | 1962-97 | 879-254 | .776 |
| UNC Asheville | **Bob Hartman (15) | 1965-79 | 223-209 | .517 |
| North Carolina A&T | **Calvin Irvin (18) | 1955-72 | 344-117 | .746 |
| North Carolina Central | **Floyd H. Brown (18) | 1953-70 | 249-191 | .566 |
| UNC Greensboro | Mike Dement (11) | 1992-95 & 2006-12 | 124-181 | .407 |
| North Carolina State | Everett Case (19) | 1947-65 | 377-134 | .738 |
| UNC Wilmington | Mel Gibson (14) | 1973-86 | 194-180 | .519 |
| North Dakota | **Rich Glas (18) | 1989-2006 | 335-194 | .633 |
| North Dakota State | **Erv Inniger (14) | 1979-92 | 244-150 | .620 |
| Northeastern | Jim Calhoun (14) | 1973-86 | 250-137 | .646 |
| Northern Arizona | **Herb Gregg (24) | 1951-74 | 290-288 | .502 |
| Northern Colorado | **Thurm Wright (14) | 1970-83 | 156-216 | .419 |
| Northern Illinois | John McDougal (10) | 1977-86 | 136-141 | .491 |
| Northern Iowa | Eldon Miller (12) | 1987-98 | 164-178 | .480 |
| North Florida | **Matt Kilcullen (10) | 2000-09 | 98-186 | .345 |
| North Texas | **H.G. Shands (22) | 1936-59 | 223-257 | .465 |
| Northwestern | Arthur "Dutch" Lonborg (23) | 1928-50 | 236-203-1 | .538 |
| Northwestern State | **H. Lee Prather (36) | 1913-50 | 473-169 | .737 |
| Notre Dame | Richard "Digger" Phelps (20) | 1972-91 | 393-197 | .666 |
| Oakland | *Greg Kampe (28) | 1985-2012 | 490-349 | .584 |
| Ohio University | Jim Snyder (25) | 1950-74 | 355-255 | .581 |
| Ohio State | Fred Taylor (18) | 1959-76 | 297-158 | .653 |
| Oklahoma | Billy Tubbs (14) | 1981-94 | 333-132 | .716 |
| Oklahoma State | Hank Iba (36) | 1935-70 | 655-316 | .675 |
| Old Dominion | *Blaine Taylor (11) | 2002-12 | 237-124 | .657 |
| Oral Roberts | *Scott Sutton (13) | 2000-12 | 250-162 | .607 |
| Oregon | Ernie Kent (13) | 1998-2010 | 235-173 | .576 |
| Oregon State | Amory "Slats" Gill (36) | 1929-64 | 599-392 | .604 |
| Pacific | *Bob Thomason (24) | 1989-2012 | 414-309 | .573 |
| Penn State | John Egli (14) | 1955-68 | 187-135 | .581 |
| Pennsylvania | Fran Dunphy (17) | 1990-2006 | 310-163 | .655 |
| Pepperdine | Robert "Duck" Dowell (20) | 1949-68 | 263-263 | .500 |
| Pittsburgh | H.C. "Doc" Carlson (31) | 1923-53 | 366-248 | .596 |
| Portland | Jack Avina (17) | 1971-87 | 222-243 | .477 |
| Portland State | **Sharkey Nelson (12) | 1954-65 | 162-156 | .509 |
| Prairie View | Elwood Plummer (18) | 1974-79 & 1991-2002 | 150-341 | .305 |
| Presbyterian | **Gregg Nibert (23) | 1990-2012 | 376-307 | .551 |
| Princeton | Pete Carril (29) | 1968-96 | 514-261 | .663 |
| Providence | Joe Mullaney (18) | 1956-69 & 1982-85 | 319-164 | .660 |
| Purdue | Gene Keady (25) | 1981-2005 | 512-270 | .655 |
| Quinnipiac | **Burt Kahn (30) | 1962-91 | 459-358 | .562 |
| Radford | Ron Bradley (11) | 1992-2002 | 192-124 | .608 |
| Rhode Island | Frank Keaney (27) | 1922-48 | 403-124 | .765 |
| Rice | Willis Wilson (16) | 1993-2008 | 218-247 | .469 |
| Richmond | Dick Tarrant (12) | 1982-93 | 239-126 | .655 |
| Rider | John Carpenter (23) | 1967-89 | 292-328 | .471 |
| Robert Morris | Jarrett Durham (12) | 1985-96 | 157-183 | .462 |
| Rutgers | Tom Young (12) | 1974-85 | 239-117 | .671 |
| Sacred Heart | **Dave Bike (34) | 1979-2012 | 519-480 | .520 |
| St. Bonaventure | Larry Weise (12) | 1962-73 | 202-90 | .692 |
| St. Francis (N.Y.) | Daniel Lynch (21) | 1949-69 | 282-237 | .543 |
| Saint Francis (Pa.) | Dr. William "Skip" Hughes (21) | 1946-66 | 293-206-1 | .587 |
| St. John's | Lou Carnesecca (24) | 1966-70 & 1974-92 | 526-200 | .725 |
| Saint Joseph's | *Phil Martelli (17) | 1996-2012 | 320-223 | .589 |
| Saint Louis | Eddie Hickey (11) | 1948-58 | 211-89 | .703 |
| Saint Mary's | *Randy Bennett (11) | 2002-12 | 235-118 | .666 |
| Saint Peter's | Don Kennedy (22) | 1951-72 | 323-195 | .624 |
| Samford | Jimmy Tillette (15) | 1998-2012 | 229-219 | .511 |
| Sam Houston State | Bob Marlin (12) | 1999-2010 | 225-131 | .632 |
| San Diego | Brad Holland (13) | 1995-2007 | 200-176 | .532 |
| San Diego State | **George Ziegenfuss (21) | 1949-69 | 316-229 | .580 |
| San Francisco | Bob Gaillard (8) | 1971-78 | 165-57 | .743 |
| San Jose State | Walt McPherson (17) | 1941, '42 & 1946-60 | 251-197 | .560 |
| Santa Clara | Carroll Williams (22) | 1971-92 | 341-277 | .552 |
| Savannah State | **Russell Ellington (9) | 1977-85 | 148-91 | .619 |
| Seattle | H. Albert Brightman (8) | 1949-56 | 180-68 | .726 |
| Seton Hall | John "Honey" Russell (18) | 1937-43 & 1950-60 | 295-129 | .696 |
| Siena | Dan Cunha (21) | 1942-65 | 246-225 | .522 |
| South Alabama | *Ronnie Arrow (13) | 1988-95 & 2008-12 | 206-156 | .569 |
| South Carolina | Frank McGuire (16) | 1965-80 | 283-142 | .666 |
| South Carolina State | Cy Alexander (16) | 1988-2003 | 277-200 | .581 |
| USC Upstate | **Jerry Waters (17) | 1981-97 | 364-133 | .732 |
| South Dakota | **David Boots (24) | 1989-2012 | 493-215 | .696 |
| South Dakota State | **Scott Nagy (17) | 1996-2012 | 316-196 | .617 |
| Southeastern Louisiana | **Luther Marlar (20) | 1948-67 | 223-254 | .470 |
| Southeast Missouri State | Ron Shumate (16) | 1982-97 | 306-171 | .641 |
| Southern (La.) | Ben Jobe (12) | 1987-96, '02 & '03 | 209-141 | .597 |
| Southern California | Justin "Sam" Barry (17) | 1930-41 & 1946-50 | 260-138 | .653 |
| Southern Illinois | **William McAndrew (28) | 1914-18 & 1921-43 | 303-210 | .591 |
| SIU-Edwardsville | **Larry Graham (8) | 1985-92 | 147-84 | .636 |
| Southern Methodist | E.O. "Doc" Hayes (20) | 1948-67 | 299-192 | .609 |
| Southern Mississippi | M.K. Turk (20) | 1977-96 | 300-267 | .529 |
| Southern Utah | Bill Evans (16) | 1992-2007 | 209-223 | .484 |
| South Florida | Bobby Paschal (10) | 1987-96 | 127-159 | .443 |
| Stanford | Mike Montgomery (18) | 1987-2004 | 392-168 | .700 |
| Stephen F. Austin | **Marshall Brown (19) | 1960-78 | 345-168 | .672 |
| Stetson | Dr. Glenn Wilkes (36) | 1958-93 | 551-436 | .558 |
| Stony Brook | **Joe Castiglie (7) | 1985-91 | 137-55 | .714 |
| Syracuse | *Jim Boeheim (36) | 1977-2012 | 890-304 | .745 |
| Temple | John Chaney (24) | 1983-2006 | 516-253 | .671 |
| Tennessee | Ray Mears (15) | 1963-77 | 278-112 | .713 |
| Tennessee-Martin | **Floyd Burdette (19) | 1953-71 | 199-200 | .499 |
| Tennessee State | Ed Martin (17) | 1969-85 | 284-154 | .648 |
| Tennessee Tech | **Preston "Putty" Overall (23) | 1925-47 | 170-151-1 | .530 |
| Texas | *Rick Barnes (14) | 1999-2012 | 342-137 | .714 |
| Texas A&M | Shelby Metcalf (27) | 1964-90 | 438-306 | .589 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Ronnie Arrow (8) | 2000-07 | 135-93 | .592 |
| Texas-Arlington | Eddie McCarter (14) | 1993-2006 | 179-211 | .459 |
| Texas Christian | Byron "Buster" Brannon (19) | 1949-67 | 205-259 | .442 |
| Texas-El Paso | Don Haskins (38) | 1962-99 | 719-353 | .671 |
| Texas-Pan American | Sam Williams (15) | 1959-73 | 247-151 | .621 |
| Texas-San Antonio | Tim Carter (11) | 1996-2006 | 160-152 | .513 |
| Texas Southern | Robert Moreland (27) | 1976-2001 & '08 | 406-377 | .519 |
| Texas State | **Milton Jowers (15) | 1947-61 | 287-106 | .730 |
| Texas Tech | Gerald Myers (21) | 1971-91 | 326-261 | .555 |
| Toledo | Bob Nichols (22) | 1966-87 | 377-211 | .641 |
| Towson | Vince Angotti (16) | 1967-78 & 1980-83 | 234-179 | .567 |
| Troy | **Don Maestri (30) | 1983-2012 | 490-381 | .563 |
| Tulane | Clifford Wells (18) | 1946-63 | 259-171 | .602 |
| Tulsa | Clarence Iba (11) | 1950-60 | 137-147 | .482 |
| UAB | Gene Bartow (18) | 1979-96 | 365-204 | .641 |
| UALR | Mike Newell (6) | 1985-90 | 133-60 | .689 |
| UCF | Kirk Speraw (17) | 1994-2010 | 279-231 | .547 |
| UCLA | John Wooden (27) | 1949-75 | 620-147 | .808 |
| UNLV | Jerry Tarkanian (19) | 1974-92 | 509-105 | .829 |
| Utah | Vadal Peterson (26) | 1928-53 | 384-224 | .631 |
| Utah State | *Stew Morrill (14) | 1999-2012 | 345-119 | .744 |
| Utah Valley | *Dick Hunsaker (9) | 2004-12 | 160-104 | .606 |
| Valparaiso | Homer Drew (22) | 1989-2002 & 2004-11 | 370-306 | .547 |
| Vanderbilt | Roy Skinner (16) | 1959 & 1962-76 | 278-135 | .673 |
| Vermont | Tom Brennan (19) | 1987-2005 | 264-276 | .489 |
| Villanova | Alex Severance (25) | 1937-61 | 413-201 | .673 |
| Virginia | Terry Holland (16) | 1975-90 | 326-173 | .653 |
| Virginia Commonwealth | Charles "Sonny" Smith (9) | 1990-98 | 136-127 | .517 |
| Virginia Military | Wesley "Bart" Bellairs (11) | 1995-2005 | 116-191 | .378 |
| Virginia Tech | Charles Moir (11) | 1977-87 | 213-119 | .642 |
| Wagner | **Herb Sutter (27) | 1938-65 | 352-251 | .584 |
| Wake Forest | Murray Greason (23) | 1934-57 | 288-243 | .542 |
| Washington | Clarence "Hec" Edmundson (27) | 1921-47 | 488-195 | .714 |
| Washington State | Jack Friel (30) | 1929-58 | 495-377 | .568 |
| Weber State | Neil McCarthy (11) | 1975-85 | 200-98 | .671 |
| Western Carolina | **Jim Gudger (19) | 1951-69 | 311-222 | .583 |
| Western Illinois | **Leroy Morley (22) | 1948-69 | 367-213 | .622 |
| Western Kentucky | Ed Diddle (42) | 1923-64 | 759-302 | .715 |
| Western Michigan | Herbert "Buck" Read (27) | 1923-49 | 351-171 | .672 |
| West Virginia | Gale Catlett (24) | 1979-2002 | 439-276 | .614 |
| Wichita State | Ralph Miller (13) | 1952-64 | 220-133 | .623 |
| William & Mary | Bill Chambers (9) | 1958-66 | 113-110 | .507 |
| Winthrop | Gregg Marshall (9) | 1999-2007 | 194-83 | .700 |
| Wisconsin | *William "Bo" Ryan (11) | 2002-12 | 268-101 | .726 |
| Wofford | **Gene Alexander (19) | 1959-77 | 283-265 | .516 |
| Wright State | Ralph Underhill (18) | 1979-96 | 356-162 | .687 |
| Wyoming | Everett Shelton (19) | 1940-59 | 328-201 | .620 |
| Xavier | Pete Gillen (9) | 1986-94 | 202-75 | .729 |
| Yale | Joe Vancisin (19) | 1957-75 | 206-242 | .460 |
| Youngstown State | **Dom Roselli (38) | 1941-82 | 591-388 | .604 |
*Active coaches still at same school.
**Set record when school was classified as a small college during most or all of his tenure.
Let's Make a Deal: Four Coaches Boast Longest Defined Contracts Thru 2023
Mike Brey has come a long way in college basketball since averaging 5 points per game with Northwestern State (Natchitoches, La.) in 1977-78 and 1978-79 when the NCAA Division I newcomer Demons compiled a 19-34 record while losing to Louisiana College three times and East Texas Baptist once.
It might not duplicate the lifetime contract of Brey's former mentor, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, but his 10-year deal with Notre Dame matched Butler's Brad Stevens for longest defined coaching contract (through 2021-22 season) until West Virginia's Bob Huggins, New Mexico's Steve Alford, Pittsburgh's Jamie Dixon and Virginia Commonwealth's Shaka Smart surpassed them by one year. The length of Brey's pact certainly can be justified if he directs the Irish to its first NCAA Tournament championship game after Stevens achieved the feat in back-to-back years with the Bulldogs in 2010 and 2011. Akron's Keith Dambrot, Louisville's Rick Pitino and Kansas' Bill Self matched Brey and Stevens before the start of the 2012-13 season.
A shaky economy is not deterring universities from dishing out long-term agreements. Following is an alphabetical list of coaches with at least five years remaining on their contracts:
Fatherly Advice: Activist Etan Thomas Writes Book About Fatherhood
When former Syracuse All-American Etan Thomas twice led the Big East Conference in blocked shots before pacing the league in field-goal percentage as a senior in 1999-2000, no one thought at the time he would become a leader in parenting.
Thomas, after growing up in Tulsa without a father, has assembled a collection of essays from celebrities in a book called "Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge." And a formidable challenge it is inasmuch as nearly three-fourths of African-American kids are raised in single-parent households.
"The importance of parenting is something that men do not talk about," the nine-year NBA veteran told the Syracuse Post-Standard.
Talkative Thomas, also vocal in disapproving Georgia's immigration crackdown while playing for the Atlanta Hawks, is a peace activist who actively supported Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and appeared with DNC chair Howard Dean on a bus tour to encourage voter registration drives. Hoopster-in-chief Obama, a JV player for Occidental College (CA) after growing up in a dysfunctional family, made a controversial policy change regarding young illegal immigrants last week because it was the "Left" thing to do.
Thomas, who averaged 5.7 ppg and 4.8 rpg with the Washington Wizards, Oklahoma City Thunder and Hawks in nine NBA seasons from 2001-02 through 2010-11, joined Obama among the ranks of hoopsters-turned-authors in 2005 when he released a 34-poem book "More Than an Athlete," which included a questionable-taste work dedicated to former Wizards coach Doug Collins entitled Haters.
Collins grew up in Benton, Ill., where his high school coach, Rich Herrin, never had an opportunity to coach an African-American player in his 29 small-town seasons of prep coaching until he was hired by Southern Illinois University after the 1984-85 campaign. But Collins became an All-American with Illinois State under Will Robinson, the first black head coach at a predominantly white Division I school.
Collins might have come from an environment deeming hip hop as spit slop and rap as crap, but there is no ample evidence of him being a stereotypical "hater" while coaching a long list of prominent professional players such as Bill Cartwright, Joe Dumars, Horace Grant, Richard Hamilton, Grant Hill, Allan Houston, Lindsey Hunter, Michael Jordan, Charles Oakley, Scottie Pippen and Jerry Stackhouse before turning around the young Philadelphia 76ers' fortunes the past two seasons.
Actually, Collins probably should have been included in Thomas' book in a favorable light featuring the Olympian's relationship with son Chris, a Duke assistant who was a significant player for the Blue Devils and likely will be an NCAA Division I head coach in the very near future.
Thomas, who said he loved ESPN's Fab 5 documentary denigrating Duke, seemed to take the simplistic approach that anytime you disagree with Obama, you can be branded a racist. In a CNN.com editorial in the spring of 2011, Thomas criticized Donald Trump, pulling out the race card saying the real estate magnate is a "Hey, what is that black guy doing here?' racist. He is the type of racist who wants black people to stay in their place." Thomas doesn't indicate whether or not a voting bloc going about 95% in one direction is racist.
In the editorial, Thomas described two incidents from his days at Syracuse, saying one professor questioned how he could get a B-minus on a test that most other students failed, and that another instructor wondered why Thomas was in his class and not in "remedial English or Rocks for Jocks?"
In a recent column for hoopshype.com, Thomas offered the stereotypical "college athletics is nothing more than a corrupt system focused on exploitation and greed." But even if a conservative might think Thomas' progressive politics are remedial appealling to the LCD, you have to hope his book ultimately succeeds with improving the state of fatherhood.
Hoop Legacy: Celebrating Three Generations of Basketball on Father's Day
"It is much easier to become a father than to be one." - Letters to My Son: Reflections on Becoming a Man
Undeniably, it is also much easier to talk about becoming a prominent player than putting in the man hours necessary to earn your spurs and have an impact at a single university like the Guokas clan at Saint Joseph's. Matt Sr. and Matt Jr. went on to become the first father-son tandem to win NBA championships as players before Matt III competed four seasons with the Hawks from 1988-89 through 1991-92.
Gifted by having a father and grandfather with hoop credentials is not a prerequisite for becoming a competent basketball player. Although some observers might think the last couple of generations in the following hoop families were groomed from birth, on-court excellence is earned by blood, sweat and tears; not inherited via blood being thicker than water.
Hoosier Hysteria's passion can't be denied when considering Indiana families including All-Americans Steve Alford, Eric Montross and Jack Parkinson plus significant DI contributors with last names such as Dakich, Neal, Plumlee and Shepherd. In deference to Father's Day, following are some of the most accomplished father-son-grandson basketball combinations with at least one of them playing for or coaching a school from a power conference or in national postseason competition:
| Grandfather/Father | Father/Son(s) | Grandson(s)/Son(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Alford (Franklin, IN '64) | Steve Alford (Indiana '87) | Kory Alford (UCLA '16) and Bryce Alford (UCLA '17) |
| Cleophus Banks (Southern, LA '67) | Roman Banks (Northwestern State '92) | Tre'lun Banks (Southern, LA '17) |
| Gary Bradds (Ohio State '64) | David Bradds (Dayton '91) | Evan Bradds (Belmont '17) |
| Tom Dakich (Bowling Green State '56) | Dan Dakich (Indiana '85) | Andrew Dakich (Michigan '17) |
| Lewis D'Antoni (Concord, WV '37) | Dan D'Antoni (Marshall '69) | Nick D'Antoni (William & Mary '05) |
| Don Gatens (Notre Dame '46) | Mike Gatens (Iowa '76) | Matt Gatens (Iowa '12) |
| Leroy "Spike" Gibson (Florida A&M '59) | Isaac Brown Sr. (Florida A&M '82) | Isaac Brown Jr. (Florida A&M '12) |
| Matt Guokas Sr. (St. Joseph's '38) | Matt Guokas Jr. (St. Joseph's '66) | Matt Guokas III (St. Joseph's '92) |
| Bill Hosket Sr. (Ohio State '33) | Bill Hosket Jr. (Ohio State '68) | Brad Hosket (Ohio State '00) |
| Lake Kelly (Georgia Tech '56) | Brian Kelly (Morehead State '86) | Drew Kelly (Morehead State '14) |
| Press Maravich (Davis & Elkins, WV '41) | Pete Maravich (Louisiana State '70) | Jaeson Maravich (Alabama, McNeese State and William Carey, MS '04) and Josh Maravich (Louisiana State '05) |
| Johnny McConathy (Northwestern State '51) | Mike McConathy (Louisiana Tech '77) | Michael McConathy (Northwestern State '10) and Logan McConathy (Northwestern State '11) |
| Stan Neal (Ball State '65) | Craig Neal (Georgia Tech '88) and Shane Neal (Chattanooga '95) | Cullen Neal (New Mexico '17) |
| Jack Parkinson (Kentucky '48) | Bruce Parkinson (Purdue '77) | Austin Parkinson (Purdue '04) |
| Don Parsons (Rutgers '50) | Gary Parsons (Rollins, FL '77) | Chandler Parsons (Florida '11) |
| Albert Schultz (Michigan Tech '44) | Perky Plumlee (Tennessee Tech '83) | Miles Plumlee (Duke '12), Mason Plumlee (Duke '13) and Marshall Plumlee (Duke '16) |
| Bill Reigel (Duquesne/Duke '53/McNeese State '56) | Ernie Reigel (Davidson '80) | Will Reigel (Davidson '12) and Rusty Reigel (Davidson '18) |
| Danny Schultz (Tennessee '64) | Danny Schultz (Tennessee Tech '84) | Dan Schultz (Tennessee '08) |
| Bill Shepherd Sr. (Butler '49) | Billy Shepherd Jr. (Butler '72) | Scott Shepherd (Florida State '96) and Jeff Shepherd (Huntington, IN '99) |
| John Townsend (Michigan '38) | Scott Montross (Michigan '68) | Eric Montross (North Carolina '94) |
If ancestry and genealogy are hot-button hoop topics for you, here is some additional "family tradition" research by CollegeHoopedia.com that can embellish your Father's Day weekend:
Duke's Austin Rivers becomes only the eighth son of an All-American to receive the same national recognition as his dad.
Doug McDermott could join Louisiana State legend Pete Maravich as only the second player to win three conference MVP awards while on his father's roster.
Ranking of the "First Families of Hoops" comprised of players who had at least three sons also go on to make an impact at the collegiate level.
Major-college schools that have had a significant father-son, coach-player combination.
Martin Doesn't Become Latest Ex-College Hoopster to Coach CWS Champion
Florida State's Mike Martin squandered an opportunity to become the latest former college basketball player to coach a school to a College World Series championship. One of the all-time five winningest college baseball coaches, he boasts the highest winning percentage among NCAA Division I mentors, winning almost three-fourths of his games Martin, who has guided the Seminoles to the CWS a total of 15 times (1980-86-87-89-91-92-94-95-96-98-99-00-08-10-12), played basketball for Wingate (NC) in the mid-1960s before the institution became a four-year school. One of his junior college hoop teammates was Morris "Mo" McHone, who went on to coach the San Antonio Spurs in 1983-84. Martin coached basketball for Tallahassee (FL) Community College in the early 1970s.
Martin, runner-up in 1986 and 1999, isn't the only revered coach frustrated by not capturing a national title. Richard "Itchy" Jones, who averaged 8.9 ppg for Southern Illinois's basketball squad in 1956-57, established a baseball dynasty in 21-year coaching career at his alma mater before accepting a similar position with the Illini in Champaign in 1991. Jones compiled a 1,240-752-6 record before retiring in 2005. In 1971, his second year at Southern Illinois, Jones guided the Salukis to within one game of the national title, finishing second at the College World Series. In 1974 and 1977, Jones brought Southern Illinois back to the CWS, placing third both times. Buoyed by 22 eventual major leaguers, he became the 18th coach in NCAA Division I history to win 1,000 games.
Stanford's Everett Dean, compiling a 3-0 basketball tournament record in 1942, is the only unbeaten coach in NCAA playoff history. He is also the only NCAA basketball championship coach to win a College World Series baseball game for the same school as a coach (1953). Following is an alphabetical list of previous ex-college hoopsters like Martin, Jones and Dean who went the extra step and reached the milestone of coaching a CWS titlist:
JOHN "JACK" BARRY, Holy Cross
Infielder, primarily a shortstop, hit .243 with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox in 11 A.L. seasons
from 1908 through 1919. Ranked fifth in the league in RBI in 1913 with 85 for the Athletics as a key component of
Connie Mack's first dynasty. Participated in five World Series, four with the champion, in a six-year span from
1910 through 1915. Compiled a 90-62 managerial record with the Red Sox in 1917 before winning more than 80
percent of his games coaching his alma mater for 40 years (including capturing the 1952 College World Series).
The 5-9 Barry was a basketball letterman for the Crusaders in 1908.
SAM BARRY, Wisconsin
Basketball Hall of Famer coached USC's 1948 baseball titlist. He is the Trojans' all-time winningest basketball
coach.
RAY "PICK" FISHER, Middlebury (VT)
Righthander compiled a 100-94 record and 2.82 ERA with the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds in 10 years from
1910 through 1920. Ranked among the A.L. top 10 in ERA and complete games in back-to-back seasons (1914 and
1915). Started one World Series game for the Reds against the Chicago White Sox in 1919. Won 14 Big Ten
Conference championships as baseball coach at Michigan for 38 years until the late 1950s (including 1953 College
World Series title). Became a spring training pitching instructor for the Detroit Tigers after being blacklisted
for almost 40 years because of salary disputes with Cincinnati's owners. Fisher played "class" basketball (1910
graduate) before becoming his alma mater's first full-time salaried member of the Physical Education Department.
MARTIN KAROW, Ohio State
Coach of his alma mater's 1966 College World Series winner after the Buckeyes finished runner-up the previous
year. He was a basketball letterman in 1925.
JERRY KINDALL, Minnesota
Infielder hit .213 in nine seasons (1956 through 1958 and 1960 through 1965) with the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland
Indians and Minnesota Twins. Baseball coach at Arizona for more than 20 years, leading the Wildcats to three
College World Series titles (1976, 1980 and 1986). He is the only player to hit for the cycle in the College
World Series at Omaha (against Ole Miss on June 11, 1956). Kindall is the only individual to play for and coach
CWS champions. The 6-2 1/2, 175-pounder played two seasons of varsity basketball for Minnesota under coach Ozzie
Cowles, averaging 1.4 ppg as a sophomore in 1954-55 and 6.9 ppg as a junior in 1955-56. Excerpt from school
guide: "Exceptionally quick reflexes and a good eye are his main attributes although he also has tremendous
spring making him a good rebounder."
DON LUND, Michigan
Outfielder hit .240 in a seven-year career (1945, 1947 through 1949 and 1952 through 1954) with the Brooklyn
Dodgers, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers. His only season as a regular was 1953 when he was the Tigers' right
fielder. Coached baseball at his alma mater, winning the national championship in 1962, before running the
Tigers' farm system until 1970. First-round selection as a fullback/linebacker by the Chicago Bears in the 1945
NFL draft. Rejected $100 a game offer from the Bears and never played pro football. He was a 6-0, 200-pound
starting guard as a junior for the Wolverines' basketball team and starting center as a senior. Averaged 4.4 ppg
in 46 outings. In his history of Michigan basketball, Jeff Mortimer wrote of the school's World War II squads:
"Lund, rejected for military service because of a trick knee, was the mainstay of these teams." Following his
playing career, he served as baseball coach for his alma mater (won 1962 College World Series), farm system
director for the Tigers and associate athletic director at his alma mater.
JOHN "HI" SIMMONS, Northeast Missouri State
Missouri's all-time winningest baseball coach (481-284 record in 34 years) captured the 1954 NCAA title in one of
his six College World Series appearances. One of his winning pitchers at the CWS was Norm Stewart, who went on to
become Mizzou's all-time winningest basketball coach. School's baseball stadium is named after Simmons. All-
conference center was senior captain of 1927-28 basketball squad.
BOBBY WINKLES, Illinois Wesleyan
Coached Arizona State to College World Series titles in 1965, 1967 and 1969 before managing the California Angels
in 1973 and through the first 74 games of 1974 (170-213 major league record). Reggie Jackson, Rick Monday and Sal
Bando were among the more than 20 future major leaguers he coached at ASU. Winkles led Illinois Wesleyan in
scoring as a senior in 1950-51 (12 ppg). The 5-9, 170-pound guard was a first-team selection in the College
Conference of Illinois.
Deans of Coaches: Longest Tenures in DI Leagues Range From 5 to 34 Years
Syracuse's Jim Boeheim and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski are among the list of only seven coaches who have been in the same conference the last 20 years. There has been so much coaching turnover and league realignment that the the dean of coaches in the C-USA is Ben Braun, who is entering just his fifth campaign with Rice.
Buffalo's Reggie Witherspoon is the new dean of coaches in the Mid-American Conference after Charlie Coles retired at Miami (OH). Following are the active coaches with the longest tenures in their present Division I conference:
*Hinson's first nine seasons in MVC were with Missouri State.
Top Cop: AG Holder Faces Fast & Furious Pressing Issues Like Hoop Freshman
In hoop parlance, it's the equivalent of triple-teaming as an unprecedented animosity appears to be escalating toward government unaccountability. Republican lawmakers, perceiving disregard for the Constitution and stonewalling their oversight by withholding documents, pursued a contempt citation in the House of Representatives against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The action stemmed from his failure to divulge sufficient information about the botched "Fast and Furious" ATF "gunwalking" operation selling 2,000 firearms to Mexican drug cartels. The nation's top cop, treating the DOJ as a partisan sanctuary community according to opponents, seemed to be shedding light on as much material regarding the controversial ATF topic as the number of FGM he had for Columbia's freshman basketball squad in 1969-70 (misfired on all four field-goal attempts).
Texas Senator John Cornyn, who served on the state Supreme Court, called for the resignation of Holder, one of several former college basketball players in the Obama Administration. Whether or not there is a cover-up or obstruction of justice, lost amid the juvenile freshman-like gamesmanship is the moral obligation to supply a full explanation to the distraught family of murdered border patrol agent Brian Terry that feels as if the government is hiding something. The House oversight committee leader for the Democrats said they "would not rest" until they found answers but some shameless folks on The Hill are more concerned with covering their side's back rather than discerning who shot Terry in the back. The uncompliant Holder, claiming he made an "extraordinary offer" (estimated mostly-redacted 7,600 of 80,000-plus subpoenaed documents) before requesting executive privilege from the White House, has been in hot water for a variety of issues, including his responses regarding other issues such as the New Black Panther Party, voter rights, enforcement of immigration laws and national security leaks. After the White House tried to protect Holder with executive privilege, House Republicans planned to file a civil suit against him.
(With)Holder, an Ivy League freshman the same year as Princeton's Brian Taylor and Harvard's James Brown, was confirmed as AG despite his outrageous pandering to leftist special interests in orchestrating a pardon for international fugitive Marc Rich and clemency for 16 members of a terrorist group (FALN). Obama, a backup JV basketball player for Occidental (CA), said as an Illinois Senator that the President is not the AG's client.
Months later, the feds were more concerned with detaining some obscure producer of an anti-Islamic film making light of the prophet Mohammed. Meanwhile, the stonewalling Obama Administration - either grossly incompetent or immersed in a corrupt cover-up - dealt with a terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, by standing in front of caskets at an airport hangar (plus the White House press corps, the U.N. and national politically-oriented shows) offering an orchestrated narrative claiming the nondescript video was responsible for a spontaneous murder of the American ambassador and three other Americans. Unbelievably, a Navy SEAL among the deceased violated stand-down orders to help save numerous individuals at the embassy and then fought the terrorists for seven hours while his pleas for backup at an annex were ignored by morally-bankrupt government officials real-time watching events unfold. Weeks later, the apologist-in-chief and cowardly cronies were still striving to supply a cogent response to their deflect-and-deny sacrificial inaction.
The father of slain SEAL Tyrone Woods said bombastic VP Joe Biden asked an incredibly inappropriate question: "Did your son always have balls the size of cue balls?" Countered Woods' father: "Better to die a hero than to live as a coward." If you're interested in political players, CollegeHoopedia.com has conducted extensive research on politicians and political appointees who were college hoopsters.
Name Game: North Dakota Fighting Over Sioux Coming to Misguided End
North Dakota voters approved a ballot measure by a 2-to-1 margin allowing the University of North Dakota, an NCAA Division I newcomer, to discontinue using its controversial nickname - the Fighting Sioux. There are groups that will continue an exercise-in-futility fight for nickname retention. Thus angst over a new nickname and logo will simmer until early 2015, which is the earliest the current moniker will be jettisoned.
A rebranding process is necessary after the most recent furor stemming from the state Board of Higher Education yielding to the NCAA's meddling progressive policy police following a six-year battle over the nickname and logo allegedly being hostile to American Indians. The school chose to respect the state's referendum process and resumed using the nickname in mid-season after an intense debate spurred supporters to file petitions demanding a statewide vote on the issue. By season's end, the heavyhanded NCAA responded by saying the school risked forfeiting postseason games if it failed to "take measures to minimize or eliminate the presence of the imagery."
Previous schools failing to exhibit nearly as much spunk as North Dakota's citizenry and making politically-correct decisions by switching their supposedly demeaning and highly-insensitive nicknames were Arkansas State (changed from Indians to Red Wolves), Colgate (Red Raiders to Raiders), Eastern Michigan (Hurons to Eagles), Louisiana-Monroe (Indians to Warhawks), Marquette (Warriors to Golden Eagles), Miami of Ohio (Redskins to RedHawks), Oklahoma City (Chiefs to Stars), Quinnipiac (Braves to Bobcats), St. John's (Redmen to Red Storm), Seattle (Chieftains to Redhawks), Siena (Indians to Saints) and Southeast Missouri State (Indians to Redhawks).
It might be the NCAA's place to assert itself if the origin of some of the more clever nicknames were tinkered with and became too risque such as Flipu, Gamblers, Haters, Hell on Heels, Horny Frogs and Trenchcoat Flashes. But for those insensitive louts nonpulsed by this holier-than-thou victimization obsession, are they to feel shame at the extent of the alleged discrimination? Rather than bow to pressure, many traditional observers hope the following "Last of the Mohegans" remain steadfast and retain their time-honored monikers: Alcorn State (Braves), Bradley (Braves), Central Michigan (Chippewas), Florida State (Seminoles), Illinois (Fighting Illini), Utah (Utes) and William & Mary (Tribe).
If not, left-wing zealots from PETA (unless they are card-carrying members of the parallel universe People for Eating Tasty Animals) and the Bird Lovers International crowd could possibly be next, feeling empowered to capitalize on this catalyst for constructive social change by making it a heartless foul to have any nickname referencing a precious animal or fowl.
What was the cumulative cost, including personnel at the NCAA home office in Indianapolis, for nickname changes and how many mental midgets did it take at the NCAA to concoct this colossal caricature intervention? No wonder it's so easy to ridicule the governing body with a name-calling barrage. In the aftermath of authentic turmoil at Miami (FL), Ohio State, Penn State, Southern California and Syracuse, many think there are more significant issues in intercollegiate athletics requiring "fighting" or "suing" by the purulent NCAA rather than giving a selective outrage forum to pious pinheads manufacturing a mascot/nickname problem that really didn't exist at any meaningful degree.
When Should Coach Retire? Weep On It/Think On It/Sleep On It/Drink On It
When is the proper time to leave via retirement for a legend such as Connecticut's Jim Calhoun? There are no hard-and-fast rules and discerning the right sequence to step aside is more elusive than one might think.
But what's patently clear is not every coach can depart like luminaries John Wooden, Al McGuire, Ray Meyer and Dean Smith when they bowed out in style. From 1964 to 1975 with Wooden at the helm, UCLA won an NCAA-record 10 national titles, including seven straight from 1967 through 1973. McGuire's goodbye in 1977 with an NCAA title marked Marquette's eighth straight season finishing among the Top 10 in a final wire-service poll. Meyer directed DePaul to a Top 6 finish in a final wire-service poll six times in his final seven seasons from 1978 through 1984. Smith won at least 28 games with North Carolina in four of his final five seasons from 1992-93 through 1996-97.
But those fond farewells are the exception, not the rule, in trying to cope with Father Time. How many school all-time winningest mentors such as Charlie Coles with Miami (OH) this past year rode off into the sunset donning at least a partial black rather than white hat? How much they may have tarnished their legacy is debatable but hanging around too long probably caused a few of the following celebrated coaches to lose some of their luster:
Dale Brown, Louisiana State - 23 games below .500 with four straight losing campaigns after 10 consecutive NCAA playoff appearances from 1984 through 1993
Howard Cann, NYU - 12 games below .500 in last six seasons after six national postseason tournament appearances from 1943 through 1952
Ben Carnevale, Navy - four non-winning seasons after three national postseason tournament appearances in a four- year span from 1959 through 1962
Everett Case, North Carolina State - only four games above .500 in final five full seasons after averaging 24.6 victories annually his first 13 campaigns from 1946-47 through 1958-59
Gale Catlett, West Virginia - 11 games below .500 in last four seasons after 15 national postseason tournament appearances in an 18-year span from 1981 to 1998
John Chaney, Temple - only 11 games above .500 in final five seasons after 17 NCAA playoff appearances in an 18- year span from 1984 through 2001
Charlie Coles, Miami (OH) - 12 games below .500 in last five seasons after appearing in 2007 NCAA playoffs
Denny Crum, Louisville - breakeven mark last four seasons while winless in national postseason play after missing national postseason competition only twice in his first 26 campaigns from 1972 through 1997
Ed Diddle, Western Kentucky - 5-16 mark each of his final two seasons after only one losing record in his previous 32 campaigns from 1930-31 through 1961-62
Don Donoher, Dayton - 12 games below .500 with three straight losing campaigns after 15 national postseason tournament appearances in first 22 seasons from 1965 through 1986
Fred Enke, Arizona - only four games above .500 in final five seasons after averaging more than 20 victories annually in nine campaigns from 1942-43 through 1950-51
Jack Friel, Washington State - 71 games below .500 in final six seasons after averaging 19 victories annually with only one losing record in 23-year span from 1929-30 through 1951-52
Taps Gallagher, Niagara - 17 games below .500 in final two seasons after only two losing records in first 29 campaigns from 1931-32 through 1962-63
Tom Green, Fairleigh Dickinson - 30 games below .500 in final three seasons after appearing in NCAA playoffs and NIT in 2005 and 2006
Jack Hartman, Kansas State - minimum of 14 defeats each of his last four seasons after 11 consecutive first- division finishes in the Big Eight Conference from 1971-72 through 1981-82
Don Haskins, Texas-El Paso - three games below .500 in final four years after 16 consecutive winning campaigns (including 12 20-win seasons) from 1979-80 through 1994-95
Nat Holman, CCNY - losing records each of final five seasons after incurring only two losing marks in first 32 campaigns from 1919-20 through 1950-51
Hank Iba, Oklahoma State - 33 games below .500 his final five campaigns after last NCAA playoff appearance of 36 -year tenure with the school in 1965
George Ireland, Loyola (il) - 32 games below .500 his final seven campaigns after third NCAA playoff appearance in five years following 1963 NCAA title
Doggie Julian, Dartmouth - seven straight losing campaigns with fewer than eight victories after five consecutive first- or second-place finishes in the Ivy League with three NCAA playoff appearances from 1955-56 through 1959- 60
Gene Keady, Purdue - eight games below .500 his final four seasons after 12 consecutive national postseason tournament appearances from 1990 through 2001
Piggy Lambert, Purdue - three games below .500 his final four seasons after 23 consecutive winning records from 1920 through 1942
Speedy Morris, La Salle - 47 games below .500 his final six campaigns from 1995-96 through 2000-01 after appearing in national postseason competition each of his first six seasons from 1987 through 1992
Jim Phelan, Mount St. Mary's - 50 games below .500 his final four campaigns after reaching the 800-win plateau with an NCAA Division I Tournament appearance in 1999
Digger Phelps, Notre Dame - five games below .500 his final two campaigns after averaging 21 victories annually in a 17-year span from 1972-73 through 1988-89
Harry Rabenhorst, Louisiana State - 35 games below .500 in final three seasons after going undefeated in SEC competition in back-to-back years in 1952-53 and 1953-54
Rick Samuels, Eastern Illinois - 21 games below .500 in final four seasons after appearing in 2001 NCAA playoffs
Fred Taylor, Ohio State - 20 games below .500 in final three seasons after 11 top three finishes in Big Ten Conference standings in a 14-year span from 1959-60 through 1972-73
M.K. Turk, Southern Mississippi - nine games below .500 in final five seasons after back-to-back NCAA playoff appearances in 1990 and 1991
Ralph Underhill, Wright State - nine games below .500 in final three seasons after NCAA playoff appearance in 1993
Mike Vining, Louisiana-Monroe - 22 games below .500 in final three seasons after sixth 20-win campaign in 2001-02
Sox Walseth, Colorado - 40 games below .500 in final seven seasons after Big Eight Conference championship in 1969
Clifford Wells, Tulane - 12 games below .500 in final six seasons after 12 non-losing campaigns from 1945-46 through 1956-57
Carroll Williams, Santa Clara - eight games below .500 in final three seasons after five 20-win campaigns in seven years from 1982-83 through 1988-89
Big Shoes to Fill: Pitino Among 11 Legend Successors to Reach Final Four
Much is made of the struggles for an individual when he succeeds a coaching legend such as active mentors Temple's Fran Dunphy (followed John Chaney), Louisville's Rick Pitino (Denny Crum), Purdue's Matt Painter (Gene Keady) and Maryland's Mark Turgeon (Gary Williams). But only eight of the successors on the following list posted losing marks during their tenures compared to twice as many of the predecessors.
Many times the celebrated coaches lay a solid foundation that can't possibly be messed up. Pitino joined Gene Bartow, John Brady, Mike Davis, Bill Guthridge, Joe B. Hall, Dick Harp, Jack Kraft, Pete Newell, John Oldham and Lou Rossini as coaches who took teams from the same institution to the Final Four after replacing an icon.
Naturally, it's not all peaches and cream inheriting a stable program. Before guiding South Florida to the NCAA playoffs this year, Stan Heath compiled a modest 82-71 record with Arkansas in five seasons from 2002-03 through 2006-07 after succeeding Nolan Richardson. Heath and Richardson (389-169 mark with the Hogs from 1986-2002) didn't quite make the following list regarding the level of success for successors of legends who won more than 400 games for a single school:
| Coaching Legend | School | Record | Tenure | Successor | Record | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phog Allen | Kansas | 588-218 | 1908, 09 & 20-56 | Dick Harp | 121-82 | 1957-64 |
| Dale Brown | Louisiana State | 448-301 | 1973-97 | John Brady | 192-139 | 1998-2008 |
| Howard Cann | NYU | 409-232 | 1924-58 | Lou Rossini | 185-137 | 1959-71 |
| Lou Carnesecca | St. John's | 526-200 | 1966-70 & 74-92 | Brian Mahoney | 56-58 | 1993-96 |
| Pete Carril | Princeton | 514-261 | 1968-96 | Bill Carmody | 92-25 | 1997-2000 |
| Gale Catlett | West Virginia | 439-276 | 1979-2002 | John Beilein | 104-60 | 2003-07 |
| John Chaney | Temple | 516-253 | 1983-2006 | Fran Dunphy | 134-65 | 2007-12 |
| Denny Crum | Louisville | 675-295 | 1972-2001 | Rick Pitino | 273-105 | 2002-12 |
| Ed Diddle | Western Kentucky | 759-302 | 1923-64 | John Oldham | 146-41 | 1965-71 |
| Don Donoher | Dayton | 437-275 | 1964-89 | Jim O'Brien | 61-87 | 1990-94 |
| Hec Edmundson | Washington | 488-195 | 1921-47 | Art McLarney | 53-36 | 1948-50 |
| Fred Enke | Arizona | 511-318 | 1926-61 | Bruce Larson | 137-148 | 1962-72 |
| Jack Friel | Washington State | 495-377 | 1929-58 | Marv Harshman | 155-181 | 1959-71 |
| Taps Gallagher | Niagara | 465-261 | 1932-43 & 47-65 | Jim Maloney | 35-38 | 1966-68 |
| Slats Gill | Oregon State | 599-392 | 1929-64 | Paul Valenti | 91-82 | 1960 & 65-70 |
| Don Haskins | Texas-El Paso | 719-353 | 1962-99 | Jason Rabedeaux | 46-46 | 2000-02 |
| Lou Henson | Illinois | 421-226 | 1976-96 | Lon Kruger | 81-48 | 1997-2000 |
| Tony Hinkle | Butler | 549-384 | 1927-70 | George Theofanis | 79-105 | 1971-77 |
| Nat Holman | CCNY | 423-190 | 1920-60 | Dave Polansky* | N/A | N/A |
| Hank Iba | Oklahoma State | 655-316 | 1935-70 | Sam Aubrey | 18-60 | 1971-73 |
| Gene Keady | Purdue | 512-270 | 1981-2005 | Matt Painter | 160-77 | 2006-12 |
| Frank Keaney | Rhode Island | 403-124 | 1922-48 | Robert "Red" Haire | 57-42 | 1949-52 |
| Bob Knight | Indiana | 659-242 | 1972-2000 | Mike Davis | 115-79 | 2001-06 |
| Guy Lewis | Houston | 592-279 | 1957-86 | Pat Foster | 142-73 | 1987-93 |
| Shelby Metcalf | Texas A&M | 438-306 | 1964-90 | Kermit Davis Jr. | 8-21 | 1991 |
| Ray Meyer | DePaul | 724-354 | 1943-84 | Joey Meyer | 231-158 | 1985-97 |
| Lute Olson | Arizona | 590-192 | 1984-2007 | Kevin O'Neill | 19-15 | 2008 |
| Clarence "Nibs" Price | California | 449-294 | 1925-54 | Pete Newell | 119-44 | 1955-60 |
| Adolph Rupp | Kentucky | 875-190 | 1931-72 | Joe B. Hall | 297-100 | 1973-85 |
| Alex Severance | Villanova | 413-201 | 1937-61 | Jack Kraft | 238-95 | 1962-73 |
| Dean Smith | North Carolina | 879-254 | 1962-97 | Bill Guthridge | 80-28 | 1998-2000 |
| Norm Stewart | Missouri | 634-333 | 1968-99 | Quin Snyder | 126-91 | 2000-06 |
| Jerry Tarkanian | UNLV | 509-105 | 1974-92 | Rollie Massimino | 36-21 | 1993 & '94 |
| John Thompson Jr. | Georgetown | 596-239 | 1973-99 | Craig Esherick | 103-74 | 1999-2004 |
| Gary Williams | Maryland | 461-252 | 1990-2011 | Mark Turgeon | 17-14 | 2012 |
| John Wooden | UCLA | 620-147 | 1949-75 | Gene Bartow | 51-10 | 1976 & '77 |
| Ned Wulk | Arizona State | 405-273 | 1958-82 | Bob Weinhauer | 44-45 | 1983-85 |
*CCNY de-emphasized its program after the 1952-53 season.
NOTE: Olson formally announced his retirement less than a month before the 2008-09 season when the Wildcats compiled a 21-14 record under Russ Pennell.
Groundbreaker: Blueblood Davis Becomes First Big Blue National Player of Year
Duke has had eight different national player of the year winners, including seven of them in a 21-year span from 1986 through 2006. UCLA is runner-up with six individuals earning national POY acclaim. Incredibly, perennial power Kentucky never had a representative win one of the six principal national player of the year awards until freshman Anthony Davis achieved the feat this season.
Excluding specialty publications, there are five nationally-recognized Player of the Year awards. However, none of them comes anywhere close to being the equivalent to college football's undisputed most prestigious honor, the Heisman Trophy. The basketball stalemate stems from essentially the same people voting on the major awards (writers or coaches or a combination) and the announcements coming one after another right around the Final Four when the playoff games dominate the sports page.
United Press International, which was a sixth venue for major awards through 1996, got all of this back slapping started in 1955. Four years later, the United States Basketball Writers Association, having chosen All-American teams in each of the two previous seasons, added a Player of the Year award to its postseason honors. In recent years, the USBWA award was sponsored by Mercedes and then RCA.
The third oldest of the awards comes from the most dominant wire service, the Associated Press. Perhaps because of its vast network of media outlets, the AP award gets more print and broadcast attention than the other honors. The AP award started in 1961 before affiliating in 1972 with the Commonwealth Athletic Club of Lexington, Kentucky, which was looking for a way to honor Hall of Fame coach Adolph Rupp. The result of their merger is the Rupp Trophy.
The Atlanta Tipoff Club initially was associated with UPI before starting its own Naismith Award in 1969. Six years later, the National Association of Basketball Coaches initiated its award, which was sponsored from the outset by the Eastman Kodak Company. In 1977, the Los Angeles Athletic Club began honoring Hall of Fame UCLA coach John Wooden with the Wooden Award.
Davis enabled Kentucky to become the only SEC school other than Louisiana State to supply a national POY. Following is a look at the seven conferences with at least two different individuals capturing one of the six principal national player of the year awards since UPI's initial winner in 1955:
ACC (16) - Shane Battier (Duke), Elton Brand (Duke), Johnny Dawkins (Duke), Tim Duncan (Wake Forest), Danny Ferry (Duke), Phil Ford (North Carolina), Tyler Hansbrough (North Carolina), Art Heyman (Duke), Antawn Jamison (North Carolina), Michael Jordan (North Carolina), Christian Laettner (Duke), J.J. Redick (Duke), Ralph Sampson (Virginia), Joe Smith (Maryland), David Thompson (North Carolina State), Jason Williams (Duke)
Big Ten (11) - Gary Bradds (Ohio State), Dee Brown (Illinois), Calbert Cheaney (Indiana), Draymond Green (Michigan State), Jim Jackson (Ohio State), Jerry Lucas (Ohio State), Scott May (Indiana), Shawn Respert (Michigan State), Glenn Robinson Jr. (Purdue), Cazzie Russell (Michigan), Evan Turner (Ohio State)
Pac-12 (7) - Lew Alcindor (UCLA), Sean Elliott (Arizona), Walt Hazzard (UCLA), Marques Johnson (UCLA), Ed O'Bannon (UCLA), Bill Walton (UCLA), Sidney Wicks (UCLA)
Big East (4) - Ray Allen (Connecticut), Walter Berry (St. John's), Patrick Ewing (Georgetown), Chris Mullin (St. John's)
Big 12 (4) - Nick Collison (Kansas), Kevin Durant (Texas), T.J. Ford (Texas), Blake Griffin (Oklahoma)
Missouri Valley (3) - Larry Bird (Indiana State), Hersey Hawkins (Bradley), Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati)
SEC (3) - Anthony Davis (Kentucky), Pete Maravich (Louisiana State), Shaquille O'Neal (Louisiana State)
NOTE: Cincinnati joined the Big East in 2005-06.
Change of Scenery: From King of Hill to Looking Uphill at Small-School Level
Butler's bench boss before Brad Stevens guided the mid-major Bulldogs to back-to-back NCAA Tournament championship games was Todd Lickliter, who earned national coach of the year acclaim in 2007 with his third season of more than 25 victories in his first six campaigns. After a shaky three-season stint with Iowa, Lickliter has resurfaced at the small-college level by becoming the new coach for Marian (IN).
Lickliter is one of only a handful of individuals named national coach of the year at the highest level before subsequently coaching a small school. Coincidentally, Marian is the alma mater of Bill Hodges, who directed Larry Bird-led Indiana State to the 1979 NCAA title contest.
Many observers might think Rollie Massimino, the coach at Northwood (FL) the previous six seasons after directing Villanova to the 1985 NCAA crown, is in this rare category. But Massimino is among high-profile mentors such as Denny Crum, Billy Donovan, Bo Ryan and Gary Williams never to receive one of the major national coach of the year awards (AP, NABC, Naismith, UPI, USBWA).
Lickliter and Hodges are among the following seven major-college national coaches of the year - two of them from San Francisco - who subsequently coached a small school:
| National Coach of Year | School (Award Season) | Subsequent Small College | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gaillard | San Francisco (1976-77) | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 1989-90 through 2010-11 |
| Bill Hodges | Indiana State (1978-79) | Georgia College | 1986-87 through 1990-91 |
| Ed Jucker | Cincinnati (1962-63) | Rollins (FL) | 1972-73 through 1976-77 |
| Abe Lemons | Texas (1977-78) | Oklahoma City* | 1985-86 through 1989-90 |
| Todd Lickliter | Butler (2006-07) | Marian (IN) | since 2012-13 |
| Jim O'Brien | Ohio State (1998-99) | Emerson (MA) | 2011-12 and 2012-13 |
| Phil Woolpert | San Francisco (1954-55 and 1955-56) | San Diego | 1962-63 through 1968-69 |
*OCU was still a DI school in 1983-84 and 1984-85 during Lemons' second stint as coach.
NOTE: San Diego moved up to the NCAA DI level in 1979-80.
Family Feud: Zeigler or Reed Could Be Top Transfer After Dad's Dismissal
If Trey Zeigler helps propel Pittsburgh back to the NCAA playoffs, the swingman might have the most impact of any player ever to transfer to another school after playing for his father before he was fired as coach. For some inexplicable reason, the NCAA granted a waiver allowing Trey to be immediately eligible with the Panthers in the aftermath of dad Ernie Zeigler's dismissal at Central Michigan.
Somewhat overlooked in this category because he sat out last season is Georgia Southern's Cliff Reed, who was the MEAC's Player of the Year in 2010-11 before his dad was axed by Bethune-Cookman. Reed was a redshirt at UCF before rejoining his father at GSU when he was hired as an assistant coach. The best player to date in this rare category probably is Joedy Gardner, who twice led Long Beach State in scoring in the mid-1980s after departing Northern Arizona.
Prominent playmaker sons of Sonny Allen (Southern Methodist to Nevada-Reno), Tubby Smith (Georgia to Kentucky), Gene Smithson (Illinois State to Wichita State), Eddie Sutton (Kentucky to Oklahoma State) and Ralph Willard (Western Kentucky to Pittsburgh) were transfers who sat out a redshirt season after their father voluntarily switched schools. A rare player who chose to stay put after his father was issued a pink slip was Canisius' Nick Macarchuk III in the late 1980s.
Billy Baron, who previously transferred from Virginia, was expected to be like Macarchuk at Rhode Island tagged along with his father after he was fired and wound up at Canisius. More than 100 NCAA Division I schools have had a father-son, coach-player combination. Following is a look at a handful of players who transferred to another DI school after his father was axed as coach:
| Transfer Son | Father/Coach | Original College (Statistics) | Transfer School (Statistics) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Barone | Tony Barone Sr. | Texas A&M 97-98 (2.7 ppg, 4 apg) | Marquette 00-01 (2.6 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.9 apg) |
| Joedy Gardner Jr. | Joedy Gardner Sr. | Northern Arizona 80-81 (9.3 ppg, 4.5 apg) | Long Beach State 83-84 (15.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg) |
| Kevin Grawer | Rich Grawer | Saint Louis 92 (3 ppg) | Tulsa 94-95 (1.4 ppg, 0.8 apg) |
| Joey Miller | Mike Miller | Eastern Illinois 12 (10.4 ppg, 2.9 apg) | Illinois-Chicago 13 (TBD) |
| Logan Nutt | Dickey Nutt | Arkansas State 08 (1.6 ppg, 1.1 apg) | SE Missouri State 12 (1 ppg, 1.4 apg) |
| Cliff Reed | Clifford Reed Jr. | Bethune-Cookman 09-11 (16.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 4.8 apg) | UCF 13 (TBD) |
| Marcus Watkins | Melvin Watkins | Texas A&M 03-04 (2.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg) | Missouri 06-07 (2.3 ppg, 1.2 rpg) |
| Trey Zeigler | Ernie Zeigler | Central Michigan 11-12 (16 ppg, 6.1 rpg) | Pittsburgh 13 (TBD) |
Card Game: Louisville Likely #1 Preseason Pick Because of High School Reunion
Louisville, supplementing its already overstocked roster, likely assured itself a consensus preseason No. 1 national ranking after forward Montrezl Harrell hooked up with the Cardinals after de-committing from Virginia Tech following coach Seth Greenberg's dismissal by the Hokies. Harrell had played at Hargrave Military Academy (VA) under Kevin Keatts, who joined coach Rick Pitino's staff last year. Another Hargrave product at The Ville is guard Luke Hancock, who will be eligible the coming campaign after transferring from George Mason.
Oddly, new Virginia Tech coach James Johnson is one of six active Division I mentors who got their start in college coaching tagging along with a prep phenom. Keatts could become the next head coach in this category; especially since Pitino already has eight former assistants currently serving as a DI bench boss.
Will Harrell become another Louisville All-American after being part of a high school reunion? The school's top two career scorers - Darrell Griffith (Wade Houston) and DeJuan Wheat (Scott Davenport) - rejoined their high school coaches who became assistants under Denny Crum.
Pitino is well acquainted with this tried-and-true recruiting technique. Simeon Mars joined Pitino's Kentucky staff in 1996 directly with Jamaal Magloire, who went on to become the Wildcats' all-time leader in blocked shots. Pitino's initial exposure to the ploy probably was at his alma mater where all-time great Julius "Dr. J" Erving joined his high school coach with the Minutemen in the early 1970s just before Pitino arrived on Massachusetts' campus.
Ethical questions are always raised anytime the coach of a prize prospect is hired. But package deals are a longstanding practice. In 1989, Michigan was the 10th different school in a 20-year span to reach the Final Four with the help of a "coattail" franchise (assistant coach Perry Watson/starting guard Jalen Rose). There also were a total of 10 first- and second-team consensus All-Americans in that stretch stemming from such quid pro quo activity.
No Playing Pedigree: Some Coaches Didn't Don Jerseys Before Sideline Suits
You don't need to be a great player to be a great coach. In fact, you don't need to play at all. More than 10 percent of the active NCAA Division I coaches graduated from major universities where they didn't compete for the institution in basketball. A dozen of them in this category coached in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
There is no textbook career path to becoming a coach. Just ask former All-American guards Mark Macon (Temple) and Isiah Thomas (Indiana) after they combined to win barely over one-fourth of their games the previous three seasons before being axed by Binghamton and Florida International, respectively.
Indiana's Branch McCracken is the only one of 46 All-Americans who became major-college mentors to compile a higher winning percentage as a coach than as a player (.588 as IU player from 1927-28 through 1929-30; .677 as Hoosiers coach in 24 seasons from 1938-39 to 1964-65). Proving you don't have to play to be successful as a bench boss, the following alphabetical list of active DI coaches -- including 11 of them with multiple schools - have guided teams to the NCAA playoffs despite not playing major-college basketball:
NOTE: Braun (Eastern Michigan and California), Carter (Texas-San Antonio), Crean (Marquette), Cronin (Murray State), Davis (Drake), DeChellis (East Tennessee State and Penn State), Ellis (South Alabama, Clemson and Auburn), Eustachy (Utah State, Iowa State and Southern Mississippi), Hunter (Ohio University), Kennedy (Southeastern Louisiana and Murray State), Majerus (Ball State and Utah), Marlin (Sam Houston State), Martin (Kansas State), Monson (Gonzaga and Minnesota), Weber (Southern Illinois and Illinois) and R. Williams (Kansas) coached other schools in the NCAA Tournament.
Dead Teams Walking: Brown, Colgate and UNH Never Have Won 20 Games
The latest individual to be named coach of his alma mater is Mike Martin, a four-year Brown starter who was part of the winningest class in school history (63-45 record from 2000-01 through 2003-04). Martin, an assistant at his alma mater in 2005-06 before tagging along with coach Glen Miller to Penn, helped the Bears' Class of 2004 compile a four-year 39-17 Ivy League mark - the best by a conference member other than Penn and Princeton since 1970.
But what Martin and any other Brown player never has achieved is be part of a 20-win season. After Harvard and Northwestern reached the 20-win plateau for the first time in school annals in 2009-10, Brown and the following two other Eastern schools - Colgate and New Hampshire - are the only institutions never to post a 20-win campaign despite being at the NCAA Division I level more than 50 years:
| School | Most Victories (Season/Coach) | Sizing Up Longstanding Futility |
|---|---|---|
| Brown | 19-10 (2007-08/Craig Robinson) | one winning record in last eight years |
| Colgate | 18-10 (1992-93/Jack Bruen) and 18-14 (2007-08/Emmett Davis) | three winning records in last 17 years |
| New Hampshire | 19-9 (1994-95/Gib Chapman) | 17 consecutive losing seasons |
Oh Davey! Oldest MLB Manager Johnson Oversees Nationals Young Stars
Davey Johnson, MLB's oldest manager at 69, is generating major headlines with the first-place Washington Nationals overseeing the development of prodigies Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper. It shouldn't be that much of a surprise because Johnson finished first or second 11 times in his first 15 seasons as a big league skipper. But he had to dust off his managerial resume after being away from that role for about a dozen years. The A.L. Manager of the Year in 1997 with the Baltimore Orioles directed the New York Mets to victory over the Orioles in the 1986 World Series. His managerial record in 14 seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers was 1,148-888 (.564).
Overlooked in any review of Johnson's background is the fact he played college basketball for Texas A&M, averaging 1.7 ppg in his only varsity season (1961-62) with the Aggies before signing a pro baseball contract. The four-time All-Star hit .261 as an infielder in a 13-year career (1965 through 1975, 1977 and 1978) with the Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs. He earned three straight A.L. Gold Gloves as a second baseman with the Orioles from 1969 through 1971 and slugged 43 (N.L. runner-up) of his 136 career homers for the Braves in 1973 after appearing in four World Series with the Orioles (1966, 1969, 1970 and 1971). Owns the distinction of being the only player to have hit behind both Hank Aaron and Japan's all-time home-run king, Sadaharu Oh.
Before hitting a home run monitoring Strasburg and Harper, Johnson had previous experience dealing with tumult surrounding the high expectations of some other first-round draft choices. Infielder Gregg Jeffries, a first-round pick in 1985, reached the bigs when Johnson was managing the Mets and went on to lead the N.L. in doubles with 40 in 1990 in Johnson's final year with them.
Moreover, what is little known about Johnson is that he also briefly managed Dan "The Sundown Kid" Thomas on a Miami Amigos team that was in first place when the Inter-American League folded after only three months in 1979 (five other franchises in Caracas, Panama, Puerto Rico, Maracaibo and Santo Domingo). Thomas had been a first-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1972 (sixth pick overall) ahead of eventual All-Stars Dick Ruthven, Dave Chalk, Scott McGregor and Chet Lemon. Thomas, despite not playing from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday observing the holy day for the religious sect he joined (Worldwide Church of God) to try to cope with depression, was the Brewers' cleanup hitter in 1977 until their frustration with a less-than-fulltime player led them to demote and subsequently release him. Thomas, after winning the triple crown in the Eastern League in 1976, drove in Aaron for his first major-league RBI during a September call-up. Commissioner Bud Selig was Milwaukee's president at the time.
Thomas had high school and college coaches who were former college basketball players like Johnson. Thomas' baseball coach with Southern Illinois, Itchy Jones, the 18th individual in NCAA Division I history to win 1,000 games, averaged 8.9 ppg for the Salukis in 1956-57. Dan Radison, one of Thomas' teammates with SIU's 1971 College World Series squad, was fired as first-base coach by the Nationals when Johnson was hired the middle of last season.
Thomas' high school basketball coach in Dupo, Ill., a small railroad town just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, was Cal Neeman, a seven-year catcher who also played with the Cubs and Phillies among five clubs before ending his MLB career in Washington with the Senators in 1963. Neeman was Illinois Wesleyan's leading scorer in basketball as a freshman in 1947-48 with 12 ppg. The next year, he set a school single-season scoring record in helping the school compile a 19-6 record and capture the College Conference of Illinois championship. Three of the defeats were on the road against perennial powers DePaul, Duquesne and Seton Hall.
Yes, it's a small world after all. Rice center Kendall Rhine Sr., one of Johnson's fellow sophomore basketball opponents in the SWC, was also from Dupo. Rhine, an all-league second-team selection that season en route to leading the Owls in scoring and rebounding all three years before averaging 9 ppg and 11 rpg for the ABA's Houston Mavericks in 1968-69, had a 6-7 son with the same name play basketball for Georgia under Hugh Durham before being selected by the Houston Astros in the first round of the 1992 MLB June amateur draft (37th pick overall).
Additional former Aggie hoopsters pre-Johnson who played at least seven MLB seasons were outfielders Beau Bell and Wally Moon. Bell, a two-year basketball letterman in the early 1930s, hit .297 with the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians from 1935 through 1941. In 1936, he hit .344 with 123 RBI and 100 runs scored for the Browns. The next season, the All-Star led the A.L. in hits (218) and doubles (51) while hitting .340 with 117 RBI. He coached his alma mater to the 1951 College World Series in his first of eight campaigns from 1951 through 1958.
Moon, who averaged 4.3 ppg with the Aggies in 1948-49 and 1949-50, was a two-time All-Star who hit .289 with the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers in 12 N.L. seasons from 1954 through 1965. The lefthanded swinger homered in his first at-bat en route to earning N.L. Rookie of the Year acclaim over Aaron in 1954 when Moon led the league in plate appearances (716) and ranked among the top six in hits (193), triples (9), runs (106) and stolen bases (18). The Gold Glove left fielder in 1960 between participating in two World Series with the Dodgers (1959 and 1965) finished fourth in the 1959 MVP voting ahead of Willie Mays (6th), Frank Robinson (9th) and Ken Boyer (10th) when he led the league in triples with 11.
Johnson is one of only six living men to have won a World Series ring as a player and manager, joining Alvin Dark, Joe Girardi, Lou Piniella, Mike Scioscia and Red Schoendienst. Dark and Piniella are among the following alphabetical list of former MLB managers who were college basketball players:
JOE ADCOCK, Louisiana State
First baseman hit .277 with 336 home runs and 1,122 RBI in 17 seasons from 1950 through 1966 with the Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Braves, Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles/California Angels. He hit four homers and a double for the Braves against the Brooklyn Dodgers on July 31, 1954, setting a major league record for most total bases in a game (18). Adcock was the Braves' regular first baseman on 1957 and 1958 National League champions. He failed to get an extra-base hit in nine World Series games against the Yankees, but his sixth-inning single accounted for Game Five's only run in 1957 when Lew Burdette outdueled Whitey Ford. Adcock, who blasted a career-high 38 homers in 1956 between injury-plagued seasons, was an All-Star in 1960 and managed the Indians in 1967.
He played three seasons from 1944-45 through 1946-47 for LSU as a 6-4, 190-pound center. Leading scorer with 18.6 ppg for the 1945-46 Tigers team that compiled an 18-3 record and lost against Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference Tournament final. Set SEC Tournament record with 15 field goals in a game against Tulane in 1946.
WALTER ALSTON, Miami (Ohio)
Member of Baseball Hall of Fame managed the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers for 23 seasons from 1954 through 1976, winning seven National League pennants and three World Series. His managerial record was 2,040-1,613 (.558) with 23 one-year contracts. In eight All-Star Game assignments, Alston was the winning manager a record seven times. He struck out in his only major league at-bat with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936.
The 6-2, 195-pound Alston, a charter member of his alma mater's Athletic Hall of Fame, lettered in basketball from 1932-33 through 1934-35. He scored 10 of Miami's 15 points in a 32-15 defeat against Indiana in his senior season.
JOHN "JOEY" AMALFITANO, Loyola Marymount
Infielder, primarily a second baseman, hit .244 with the New York/San Francisco Giants, Houston Colt .45's and Chicago Cubs in 10 seasons (1954, 1955 and 1960 through 1967). He posted a career-high .277 bating average with the Giants in 1960. Traded by the Colt .45's back to the Giants for Dick LeMay and Manny Mota on November 30, 1962. Also registered a 66-116 record as manager of the Cubs from 1979 to 1981.
Collected six points and six rebounds in eight basketball games for the Lions in 1952-53.
JOHN "JACK" BARRY, Holy Cross
Infielder, primarily a shortstop, hit .243 with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox in 11 A.L. seasons from 1908 through 1919. Ranked fifth in the league in RBI in 1913 with 85 for the Athletics as a key component of Connie Mack's first dynasty. Participated in five World Series, four with the champion, in a six-year span from 1910 through 1915. Compiled a 90-62 managerial record with the Red Sox in 1917 before winning more than 80 percent of his games coaching his alma mater for 40 years (including capturing the 1952 College World Series).
The 5-9 Barry was a basketball letterman for the Crusaders in 1908.
LOU BOUDREAU, Illinois
Hall of Fame infielder hit .295 in 15 seasons from 1938 through 1952 with the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox. Managed Indians, Red Sox, Kansas City Athletics and Chicago Cubs, starting his managerial career at the age of 24 in 1942. As player-manager in 1948, the shortstop led Cleveland to the A.L. title and earned MVP honors by hitting .355 with 116 RBI. He hit a modest .273 in the World Series. The seven-time All-Star led the A.L. with 45 doubles on three occasions (1941, 1944 and 1947) and paced the league in batting average in 1944 (.327). Ranked among the A.L. top 10 in batting average five times in a six-year span from 1943 through 1948.
Played two varsity basketball seasons for Illinois (1936-37 and 1937-38) under coach Doug Mills. As a 5-11 sophomore, Boudreau led the Illini in scoring with 8.7 ppg as the team shared the Big Ten Conference title. Compiled an 8.8 average the next year. After helping the Illini upset St. John's in a game at Madison Square Garden, the New York Daily News described him as "positively brilliant" and said he "set up countless plays in breathtaking fashion." Averaged 8.2 ppg for Hammond (Ind.) in the National Basketball League in 1938-39. He was one of three individuals to coach Hammond the next season, compiling a 1-4 record.
ALVIN DARK, Louisiana State/Louisiana-Lafayette
Three-time All-Star infielder hit .289 in 14 years (1946 and 1948 through 1960) with the Boston Braves, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies. He hit a career-high .322 with the Braves in 1948 when he won the Rookie of the Year award. Dark led the N.L. in doubles with the Giants with 41 in 1951 and paced the league's shortstops three times each in putouts and double plays. Ranked among the N.L. top 10 in hits seven times in a 10-year stretch from 1948 through 1957. He hit .323 in three World Series ('48 with Braves; '51 and '54 with Giants). Dark compiled a 994-954 record in 13 years (1961-64, 1966-71, 1974, 1975, 1977) as manager of the Giants, Kansas City/Oakland A's, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres. He won the 1962 N.L. pennant with the Giants and 1974 World Series with Oakland.
As a sophomore in 1942, Dark was a 5-11, 160-pound tailback who led LSU in rushing (433 yards in 60 carries) and passing (completed 40 of 106 passes for 556 yards and five touchdowns). Third-round NFL draft choice by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1945 (25th pick overall). Member of LSU's 1942-43 basketball squad before entering military service (Marine Corps V-12 program) during World War II. Dark, known as the "Swamp Fox," was five-sport letterman at Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now Louisiana-Lafayette) during 1943-44 when he led the Bulldogs to an Oil Bowl victory over Arkansas A&M in Houston with a TD run, TD pass, field goal and three PATs.
LARRY DOBY, Virginia Union
Outfielder hit .283 with 253 home runs and 969 RBI in a 13-year career from 1947 through 1959 with the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. The first black player in the American League twice led the A.L. in homers (32 in 1952 and 1954). He was the first African-American to lead a league in homers (1952 and 1954) and the first to participate in the World Series (1948). Hit 20 or more round-trippers eight consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1956 while finishing among the A.L. top nine in slugging percentage each year. The seven-time All-Star drove in 100 or more runs five times, leading the A.L. with 126 in 1954 when the Indians won 111 games before being swept by the New York Giants in the World Series. Appeared in 1948 and 1954 World Series with the Indians, winning Game 4 in '48 with a homer off Braves star Johnny Sain. Doby managed the White Sox for most of 1978 (37-50 record).
The 6-1, 180-pounder attended LIU on a basketball scholarship but transferred to Virginia Union prior to the start of the season after Uncle Sam summoned him for World War II service. Doby was told Virginia Union had a ROTC program and he could complete his freshman season before being drafted. He became eligible the second semester of the 1942-43 season and was a reserve guard on a team that won the CIAA title.
JIM FANNING, Buena Vista (Iowa)
Catcher hit .170 in 64 games with the Chicago Cubs in four years from 1954 through 1957. Long-time MLB executive managed the Montreal Expos to a 116-103 record in three years the first half of the 1980s. His biggest trades as general manager with the Expos involved Rusty Staub (acquired from Houston Astros and shipped to New York Mets).
He collected 25 points for Buena Vista in 1947-48 and 1948-49.
KERBY FARRELL, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
First baseman hit .262 for the Boston Braves and Chicago White Sox in three seasons from 1943 through 1945. Three-time Minor League Manager of the Year (1954, 1956 and 1961) managed the Cleveland Indians to a 76-77 record in 1957.
Key player for a couple of strong FHC basketball squads in the mid-1930s.
FRANKIE FRISCH, Fordham
Hall of Famer compiled a run of 11 consecutive .300 seasons and set fielding records for chances and assists with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1927. As player-manager with the Cards, he instilled the rollicking all-out style of hardnosed play that prompted a team nickname of "The Gashouse Gang." His season strikeout total topped 20 only twice en route to a .316 average in his 19-year career, which also included a stint with the New York Giants. N.L. MVP in 1931 when he led the league in stolen bases for the third of three times.
According to his bio in Total Baseball, "The Fordham Flash" captained the Rams' basketball squad. In 1925, Frisch officiated the first-ever game played in the Rose Hill Gym (the oldest NCAA Division I facility in the nation).
DALLAS GREEN, Delaware
Compiled a 20-22 pitching record in eight seasons from 1960 through 1967 with the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators and New York Mets. Managed the Phillies to victory over the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 World Series. Assembled a 395-406 managerial record with the Phillies and Mets.
Green played two seasons of varsity basketball for the Blue Hens, averaging 6.5 ppg and 5.3 rpg as a sophomore in 1953-54 and 12.1 ppg as a junior in 1954-55, when the 6-5 center was the school's second-leading scorer and rebounder (10.6 rpg).
MIKE HARGROVE, Northwestern Oklahoma State
First baseman hit .290 with the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres and Cleveland Indians in 12 years from 1974 through 1985. Rookie of the Year when he posted a career-high .323 batting average (fifth in A.L.). Lefthander earned a spot on the A.L. All-Star team in 1975. Compiled a 1,188-1,173 managerial record for the Indians, Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners in 16 A.L. seasons from 1991 through 2007, guiding Cleveland to five consecutive Central Division titles from 1995 through 1999.
The 6-0, 190-pounder (class of '72) is the school's last athlete to letter in all three major sports (including football).
GIL HODGES, St. Joseph's (Ind.)/Oakland City (Ind.)
Dead-pull hitter had a .273 batting average with 370 home runs and 1,274 RBI in an 18-year playing career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets. Became a three-time Gold Glove first baseman after being switched from catcher by manager Leo Durocher because of the emergence of Roy Campanella. Eight-time All-Star swatted four home runs against the Braves on August 31, 1950. The 6-1 1/2, 200-pounder drove in more than 100 runs seven consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1955 and hammered 20 or more homers 11 straight years from 1949 through 1959. Finished among the N.L. top three in homers four times in a five-year span from 1950 through 1954. Hodges, who hit 14 grand slams, achieved career highs in 1954 by hitting .304 with league runner-up totals of 42 homers and 130 RBI. He appeared in seven World Series. After a woeful 0-for-21 performance in a 1952 World Series loss to the Yankees, he led the Dodgers' regulars with a .364 World Series average the next year. Hodges homered in each of his last four World Series with the Dodgers, including blasts that won 1956's Game One vs. the Yanks and 1959's Game Four vs. the White Sox. Hodges hit the first homer in Mets history in 1962 before he was traded to the Senators for OF Jim Piersall the next year. Managed the "Miracle Mets" to the 1969 World Series championship, compiling a 660-753 record (.467) with the Senators and Mets in nine years from 1963 through 1971.
Gil and his brother (Bob), natives of Petersburg, Ind., enrolled at St. Joseph's (Ind.) in the fall of 1941. Gil, a Marine who spent 18 months in the Pacific with 80 of those days in combat on Okinawa, later attended Oakland City, where he played basketball in 1947 and 1948. Morris Klipsch, a Petersburg auto dealer, says Gil may have liked basketball as much as baseball. "I recall him saying one fall after the Dodgers season was over that he would like to join a pro basketball team," Klipsch said.
DON KESSINGER, Mississippi
Shortstop hit .252 in 16 seasons from 1964 through 1979 with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox. Managed the White Sox in 1979 before becoming coach at his alma mater. Led N.L. shortstops in putouts three times, assists four times and double plays four times. The 6-1, 170-pound switch-hitter played in six All-Star Games in a seven-year span from 1968 through 1974. His best season was 1969 when he scored 109 runs (fourth in N.L.), had 181 hits (seventh), stroked 38 doubles (runner-up) and earned one of his two Gold Gloves.
Selected to the 10-man All-Southeastern Conference team all three of his varsity seasons from 1961-62 through 1963-64 while finishing among the nation's top 45 scorers each year. In scoring for all games, he ranked third in the SEC as a sophomore (21.4 ppg), second as a junior (21.8 ppg) and second as a senior (23.5 ppg). He scored 49 points on 22-of-28 field-goal shooting against Tulane on February 2, 1963, and exploded for 48 points at Tennessee 10 nights later. Excerpt from school guide: "One of the nation's most gifted athletes, he features every shot in the book but the specifics are one-handed push shots, usually a jumper, and driving layups." One of his sons, Keith, earned two basketball letters at Ole Miss before eventually reaching the major leagues as an infielder with the Cincinnati Reds.
HARVEY KUENN, Wisconsin
Infielder-outfielder hit .303 in 15 years from 1952 through 1966 with the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies. In his career with the Tigers, he led the A.L. in batting average once (.353 in 1959), hits four times (209 in 1953 when he was rookie of the year, 201 in 1954, 196 in 1956 and 198 in 1959) and doubles on three occasions (38 in 1955, 39 in 1958 and 42 in 1959). Ranked among the A.L. top seven in batting average seven times (1953-54-55-56-58-59-60). He went 1 for 12 (.083) in 1962 World Series with the Giants. Kuenn compiled a 160-118 record as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1982 and 1983, guiding them to the World Series in his first season.
Played in five games for Wisconsin's basketball team in the 1951-52 season. The 6-2, 185-pounder missed all eight of his field-goal attempts and hit three of seven free throws.
DAVEY LOPES, Iowa Wesleyan
Four-time All-Star second baseman hit .263 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland A's, Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros in 16 seasons from 1972 through 1987. Led the N.L. in stolen bases in back-to-back campaigns in 1975 (77) and 1976 (63) after finishing runner-up in 1974 (59). Swiped five bases in a game on August 24, 1974, to tie a 70-year-old N.L. record before establishing a since-broken N.L. mark with 38 consecutive successful thefts the next year. Pilfered 47 bases at age 39. Appeared in four World Series with the Dodgers in an eight-year span from 1974 through 1981, swatting two homers in Game One of the 1978 World Series against the New York Yankees. Posted a .424 batting average in postseason competition with runners in scoring position. Compiled a 144-195 managerial record for the Milwaukee Brewers in three years from 2000 through 2002.
The 5-9 NAIA All-District 15 selection averaged 16.9 ppg and 3.4 rpg as a freshman in 1964-65 and 12.1 ppg as a sophomore in 1965-66 before transferring to Washburn (Kan.).
TED LYONS, Baylor
Member of Baseball Hall of Fame spent his entire 21-year career with the Chicago White Sox (1923 through 1942 and 1946) after never playing in the minors. Managed the White Sox from 1946 through 1948. Three-time 20-game winner compiled a 260-230 record and 3.67 ERA in 594 games, completing almost three-fourths of his 484 starts. Righthander pitched a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox in 1926. In 1939, the All-Star hurled 42 consecutive innings without issuing a walk. Ranked among the A.L. top six in ERA nine times, including a league-best 2.10 mark in 1942.
Earned four basketball letters with Baylor from 1919-20 through 1922-23. Consensus first-team selection on All-Southwest Conference squad as a sophomore and senior.
MEL McGAHA, Arkansas
Former manager of the Cleveland Indians (1962) and Kansas City Athletics (June 11, 1964-May 14, 1965). Compiled a 123-173 record (.416).
The first player in Arkansas history to earn four letters in basketball (1943-44 through 1946-47). Played for the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America in 1948-49.
SAM MELE, New York University
Major league outfielder for 10 years from 1947 through 1956 and manager of the Minnesota Twins for seven years from 1961 through 1967. Hit .267 in 1,046 games with the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians. Played for two different teams in a single season four times in a seven-year span from 1949 through 1955. Led the A.L. with 36 doubles for the Senators in 1951 and drove in six runs in one inning in a 1952 game for the White Sox. Compiled a 524-436 managerial record from 1961 through 1967 with the Twins, winning the 1965 A.L. title with a 102-60 mark.
The 6-0, 180-pound guard played two seasons of varsity basketball before entering the military. Named to the first five on the All-Metropolitan New York team as a sophomore in 1942-43 when he was the Violets' leading scorer in the NCAA Tournament (losses against Georgetown and Dartmouth).
LOU PINIELLA, Tampa
Hit .291 with 102 homers and 766 RBI as an outfielder during 18 seasons (1964 and 1968 through 1984) with the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees. Named A.L. Rookie of the Year in 1969 after hitting .282 for the Royals. All-Star in 1972 when he led the A.L. in doubles (33) and was runner-up in batting average (.312). Hit .319 in 22 World Series games with the Yankees in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1981. Compiled a 1,835-1,713 managerial record in 23 years with the Yankees (1986 through 1988), Cincinnati Reds (1990 through 1992), Seattle Mariners (1993 through 2002), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2003 through 2005) and Chicago Cubs (2007 to 2010). Led the Reds to a four-game sweep of the Oakland A's in the 1990 World Series.
Accepted a college basketball scholarship in 1961 after establishing a Tampa city single-season high school scoring record that stood until 1984. Less than a year after enrolling at UT, the 6-2 Piniella signed to play baseball with the Indians.
JIM RIGGLEMAN, Frostburg State (Md.)
Compiled a 662-824 managerial record (.445) in 12 years with the San Diego Padres (1992 to 1994), Chicago Cubs (1995 through 1999), Seattle Mariners (2008) and Washington Nationals (2009 to 2011). Resigned as the Nationals skipper in mid-season on the heels of them winning 11 of 12 games when the franchise failed to give him a contract extension.
Two-year basketball letterman averaged 7.2 ppg in early 1970s and was considered an outstanding ball-handling guard.
ROBERT "RED" ROLFE, Dartmouth
Third baseman hit .289 in 10 years with the New York Yankees. The four-time All-Star led the A.L. in triples with 15 in 1936 and paced the league in hits (213), doubles (46) and runs (139) in 1939. Rolfe appeared in six of the seven World Series from 1936 through his final season in 1942, hitting .400 against the New York Giants in '36. He compiled a 278-256 record in four years as manager of the Detroit Tigers from 1949 through 1952.
The 5-11 1/2, 170-pounder appeared in two basketball games for Dartmouth as a freshman in 1927-28 and four contests as a junior in 1929-30. He coached the Toronto Huskies of the Basketball Association of America for the last 44 games of the 1946-47 campaign after coaching Yale to a 48-28 record in four years from 1943-46. Rolfe has the highest winningest percentage (.632) of any individual who coached Yale more than two seasons.
GEORGE "BIRDIE" TEBBETTS, Providence
Four-time All-Star catcher hit .270 with the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians in 14 A.L. seasons from 1936 through 1942 and 1946 through 1952. Hitless in 11 at-bats in 1940 World Series with the Tigers against the Cincinnati Reds. Compiled a 748-705 managerial record (.515) with the Reds, Milwaukee Braves and Indians from 1954 through 1958 and 1961 through 1966.
Scored six points in four games for PC in 1932.
BILL VIRDON, Drury (Mo.)
Outfielder hit .267 with the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates in 12 N.L. seasons from 1955 through 1965 and 1968. N.L. Rookie of the Year with the Cardinals in 1955 after he was acquired from the New York Yankees in a deal involving Enos Slaughter. Lefthanded swinger was runner-up in the N.L. in batting average in 1956 with a .319 mark (.211 for the Cards and .334 for the Pirates). Led the N.L. in triples in 1962 with 10 after ranking among the top five three straight years from 1956 through 1958. Gold Glove center fielder in 1962 two years after helping the Pirates win the World Series over the Yankees with three doubles and five RBI. Compiled a 995-921 managerial record with the Pirates, Yankees, Houston Astros and Montreal Expos in 13 seasons from 1972 through 1984. Boasts the distinction of being named Manager of the Year in both the American League (Yankees in 1974) and National League (Astros in 1980).
The 6-0 Virdon played basketball for Drury in 1949.
BOBBY WINKLES, Illinois Wesleyan
Coached Arizona State to College World Series titles in 1965, 1967 and 1969 before managing the California Angels in 1973 and through the first 74 games of 1974 (170-213 major league record). Reggie Jackson, Rick Monday and Sal Bando were among the more than 20 future major leaguers he coached at ASU.
Led Illinois Wesleyan in scoring as a senior in 1950-51 (12 ppg). The 5-9, 170-pound guard was a first-team selection in the College Conference of Illinois.
The Thrill is Gone: Name Schools Go From NCAA Headlines to Heartaches
A significant number of schools turn sheepish at the mention of recent NCAA Tournament success. Among Division I institutions making at least 10 NCAA playoff appearances, nine former Final Four participants - Holy Cross, Houston, Minnesota, New Mexico State, Oregon State, Princeton, San Francisco, Southern Methodist and Texas-El Paso - combined to go winless in the past 14 years.
DePaul, Oregon State and San Francisco each have won more than 20 NCAA tourney games but collaborated for only one win in the last 23 years (DePaul over Dayton in double overtime in 2004). Following is an alphabetical list of schools with at least 10 NCAA playoff appearances for which Sweet 16 is a distant memory:
School (Playoff Appearances) Recent NCAA Tournament Travails Charlotte (11) no appearance last 7 years; winless last 11 years Clemson (11) one victory last 15 years Dayton (14) one victory last 22 years DePaul (22) appeared once last 12 years; one victory last 23 years George Washington (10) one victory last 18 years Georgia (11) one victory last 16 years Holy Cross (12) winless since 1953 Houston (19) winless last 28 years Idaho State (11) winless last 35 years Iowa (22) one victory last 13 years La Salle (11) one victory last 29 years Minnesota (11) winless last 15 years New Mexico State (19) winless last 19 years Old Dominion (11) one victory last 17 years Oregon State (16) winless last 30 years Penn (23) one victory last 32 years Pepperdine (13) one victory last 30 years Princeton (24) winless last 14 years San Francisco (16) appeared once last 30 years Santa Clara (11) no appearance last 16 years Seattle (11) winless since 1964 Southern Methodist (10) no appearance last 19 years; winless last 24 years Temple (30) one victory last 11 years Texas-El Paso (17) winless last 20 years Utah State (20) one victory last 42 years Virginia (17) one victory last 17 years Weber State (14) winless last 13 years Wyoming (14) one victory last 25 years
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