Was it worth the outlandish outrage? Perhaps Kansas' sanctimonious athletic department shouldn't have been quite so "incensed" by the NCAA's original decision amid corruption probe to suspend scholarly center Silvio De Sousa for two full seasons several years ago. Jayhawks coach Bill "Just Got to Get a Couple of Real Guys" Self's previous bluster he would "fight for Silvio" and "Silvio is the type of student-athlete college athletics needs" rang a mite hollow after stool-wielding De Sousa's thuggish raising of a potential weapon significantly higher than taunting major's anemic scoring average (2.6 ppg) during brawl in disability-seating section at end of game against arch-rival Kansas State. Let's hope dearly-departed De Sousa elevated or fought to keep gpa above 2.6 after moving on following sickening showmanship.

Media personalities failing to comprehend the gravity of De Sousa's actions should be confined to a mentally-challenged section of press area. What's new? It takes a long time to read about Self-less' prominent players who've run afoul of the law since KU captured 2008 NCAA title in midst of an off-the-books sale of nearly $900,000 worth of basketball tickets to brokers over five-year span.

Well, the faces change on rosters, but the intensity of power league intra-state match-ups and zeal for tickets remains when they come to blows in conference play. If in doubt about raw emotions, see video of conclusion of K-State's confrontation at KU. Sans prayerful #NannyPathetic's juvenile pen collection and #Demonrat ceremonial impeachment parade testing jolly Jerry "The White Urkel" Nadler's athletic prowess, regional hoop fans eagerly anticipate the following intra-conference "bragging rights" games (series records are through 2021-22):

Leader/Opponent	Series Record	Season Started	Series Highlights
Alabama/Auburn	98-68	1924	Auburn, which defeated Alabama three times in 1998-99 by an average of 29.3 points, won 26 of 30 assignments from 1958 through 1971 before the Crimson Tide won 18 of the next 19.
Arizona/Arizona State	157-85	1914	Arizona won 46 of first 55 meetings to 1937, 17 in a row from 1945 to 1952 and 24 of 25 from 1996 through 2007.
Baylor/Texas Christian	103-85	1909	TCU lost first seven meetings before winning nine in a row. Baylor won 14 straight from 1935 to 1942 and 11 consecutive contests from 2013 through 2017. TCU won 12 successive games from 1981 to 1987.
Bradley/Illinois State	69-65	1905	Ten consecutive contests were decided by fewer than seven points from 1996 through 2000. ISU won 16 of 18 games from 2009 to 2018.
California/Stanford	154-129	1912	Cal won 14 in a row from 1924-25 through 1929-30 and 24 of 25 to 1933-34. Stanford won 10 straight at the turn of the century, including a 51-point triumph in 2000.
Duke/North Carolina State	150-102	1912	Duke won 15 straight from 1941 to 1947 before losing 12 of 13 from 1947 to 1952. N.C. State also won nine consecutive confrontations in the mid-1970s. The Blue Devils won 13 in a row from 1998 through 2002.
Duke/Wake Forest	178-79	1906	Duke won 40 of 42 meetings from 1928 through 1948 with the two setbacks in that span coming by a total of seven points. Wake won eight straight from 1981 to 1984 and nine in a row from 1993 to 1997. The Blue Devils won 18 of 19 tilts between them prior to splitting games in 2019-20.
Florida State/Miami (Fla.)	53-36	1951	FSU won 11 of 12 games from 2006 to 2012.
Idaho/Idaho State	61-53	1933	Idaho won 14 games in a row from 1987-88 to 1993-94. Idaho State won 13 of 15 contests from 1971-72 to 1978-79.
Illinois/Northwestern	142-42	1908	Illini twice won 16 in a row (from 1946-47 through 1954-55 and 1983-84 through 1990-91). Northwestern's best extended stretch was winning eight of 14 contests from 1928 to 1939.
Kansas/Kansas State	203-94	1907	Kansas won 31 games in a row from 1993-94 through 2004-05 in fourth-most frequently played series in Division I. The Wildcats won 25 of 36 contests from 1967-68 through 1982-83.
Michigan/Michigan State	103-86	1909	Michigan won 12 straight from 1921 through 1927, 10 of 11 from 1935 through 1940 and 13 of 15 from 1970 to 1978. MSU defeated the Wolverines three times in 2019 and has won 31 of last 46 outings overall (11 of last 17).
Mississippi State/Mississippi	147-119	1914	Both schools have won more than 65% of their home assignments. MSU won the first nine games in the "Egg Bowl" series, 16 of the first 18 and 15 of 18 from 1955 through 1963. Ole Miss won eight straight in the early 1980s and eight of nine from 2013-14 to 2017-18.
Montana/Montana State	154-149	1903	Second-most frequently played series in Division I. Montana State, which prevailed in 19 of first 21 contests to 1917-18, had winning record in series until dropping 19 of last 20 outings (both games cancelled last year). UM also won 11 in a row from 1938-39 to 1941-42.
North Carolina/Duke	142-115	1920	UNC won 16 straight from 1921 through 1928 and 16 of 17 in the mid-1970s (three-point overtime loss in 1975). The Blue Devils won all three assignments in 1998-99 by an average margin of 18.3 points. The two teams would have split a stretch of 102 match-ups if Heels didn't lose at home in OT three seasons ago. When they met in 2020, it was first time in 60 years that neither school was nationally ranked.
North Carolina/North Carolina State	163-79	1913	Carolina won 16 of 17 contests from 1922 to 1930, 17 of 18 from 1934 to 1942 and 14 of 15 from 1967 to 1972. Roy Williams won 33 of his first 37 assignments against NCSU as coach of the Tar Heels.
North Carolina/Wake Forest	163-68	1911	UNC won 29 of 31 games from 1919 through 1936, 23 of 27 from 1966 through 1975, 23 of 24 from 1982 through 1992, and 12 of last 15 outings.
North Carolina State/Wake Forest	148-108	1911	The Wolfpack won 16 of 19 games from 1928 to 1937, 19 of 22 from 1942 through 1952, 16 of 18 from 1954 through 1959 and 10 of 11 from 1985 to 1990. Wake won nine of first 11 meetings, including a 41-point victory in 1912.
Oklahoma/Oklahoma State	141-103	1908	Oklahoma was victorious in first 11 meetings, 26 of first 28 and 44 of first 53. The Aggies/Cowboys prevailed in 14 of 16 outings from 1940 to 1947.
Oregon State/Oregon	192-168	1903	Most frequently played series in Division I by more than 50 games. The Beavers won 14 of 16 contests from 1954 to 1959, 16 of 17 from 1962 to 1966 and 15 straight from 1980 to 1986. The Ducks won 19 of 20 outings from 1994-95 through 2002-03.
Purdue/Indiana	125-90	1901	Purdue won 50 of first 60 meetings with archrival. IU won 13 in a row from 1949 to 1955 and 25 of 42 from 1973 through 1993. The Boilermakers have prevailed in 13 of last 15 outings.
Tennessee/Vanderbilt	128-75	1922	The Volunteers, who are 72-20 at Knoxville, won 25 of 26 games overall from 1937 to 1950 and 25 of 30 from 1968 through 1982. Vandy's longest winning streak was six in the mid-1950s. The Vols have won 12 of last 13 outings.
Texas/Baylor	163-96	1906	UT won 16 of 17 games from 1914 to 1921, 14 of 15 from 1924 through 1930 and 24 in a row from 1999 to 2009.
Texas/Texas Christian	115-69	1915	Texas won the first 13 meetings, 10 straight from 1945 to 1950, eight in succession from 1977 through 1980, eight in a row from 1988 to 1991 before the SWC disbanded in 1996 and 11 consecutive from 1995 through 2015. TCU's longest winning streak was seven from 1982 through 1985.
Texas/Texas Tech	88-65	1940	Texas posted only one triumph over Texas Tech (75-74) in a 15-game stretch of their series from 1970 through 1976. The Longhorns won 11 straight from 1988 to 1993 and 13 in a row from 1998 to 2003.
Texas Tech/Baylor	82-60	1937	Tech won 10 straight from 1976 to 1980 and 1983 to 1987.
Texas Tech/Texas Christian	86-53	1932	Texas Tech won 12 of 13 from 1960 to 1966 and 19 straight from 1973 through 1981.
UCLA/Southern California	145-116	1928	UCLA's only two defeats in a 38-game stretch from 1964 through 1979 were back-to-back setbacks by a total of three points. USC won 42 in a row from 1932 to 1943, including nine consecutive seasons when the Trojans pulled off 4-0 sweeps.
Virginia/Virginia Tech	96-58	1915	Virginia won 10 of first 11, 15 of 17 from 1931 through 1941 and nine straight from 1978 to 1984. The Hokies twice won nine straight (from 1948 to 1952 and 1959 through 1965). UVA is 41-13 in Charlottesville.
Washington/Washington State	187-108	1910	UW won first seven meetings in the third-most frequently played series in Division I, all-time high 17 straight from 1923 to 1930, 14 of 16 from 1932 to 1936, 28 of 32 from 1952 through 1963, eight straight from 1971 to 1975 and eight straight from 1983 to 1987. WSU won 17 of 26 from 1945 to 1951 and seven in a row from 2006 through 2008.

Not again! An ugly topic raised its head once more when coach Chris Beard was canned by Texas following allegations of domestic violence involving his fiancee. Last summer marked nearly half of Michigan State's All-Big Ten Conference first-team selections this century running afoul of the law or involved in unseemly lawsuits/incidents after Miles Bridges faced felony domestic violence charge following accusation of assaulting his girlfriend in front of their two children (pleaded no contest when sentenced to serve three years of probation). Bridges, who is also a rapper under the name RTB MB, previously was fined $50,000 for striking a fan with a mouthpiece.

Out of eligibility or not, a campaign can't go by without having to wade through college basketball's corrosive "Cradles of Criminals" cesspool. A couple of years ago, former Notre Dame assistant coach Ryan Ayers was charged with three counts of voyeurism and one count of domestic violence. Charges involved his relationships with two women over a four-year span where he allegedly recorded them, without their consent, naked or while having sex with them. Ayers, who averaged 6.5 ppg and 2.4 rpg for UND from 2005-06 through 2008-09 under coach Mike Brey, is also said to have hit one of the females in the face during an altercation in his car. Son of former Ohio State/Philadelphia 76ers coach Randy Ayers abruptly left the less-than-candid Fighting Irish program at start of 2020-21 school year "to pursue opportunities (to do heaven or impish leprechaun knows what) elsewhere." The state's subsequent motion to dismiss charges came after prosecutors twice asked a superior court judge to recuse himself from the case for allegedly making inappropriate comments about an accuser and photographic evidence in the case.

Several seasons ago, Georgetown's roster was depleted when majority of four exiting players departed due to off-the-court transgressions. The "hood" ornaments of self-indulgence striving to bask in glory of Hoya Paranoia heroes such as Allen Iverson and Victor Page drove away without admission of or finding of guilt regarding sexual harassment and assault charges in mid-September including FaceTime "we'll send people after you" threat and complaint that one of the suspects "showed her his erect clothed penis." One of the female accusers expressed fear for her safety and her roommate's safety, alleging assault and battery plus theft of personal property (Playstation 4, Nikon camera among other items with value of $1,625). Seems as if Hoyas coach Patrick Ewing should have taken his "G-men" scholars on "cultural" field trip to g-string Atlanta strip club, where former All-American center admitted twice having oral sex with dancers compliments of the club owner according to testimony in a racketeering trial. At a "bare-it-all" minimum, Ewing could conduct free #MeToo seminar explaining to his pupils how abusing women similar to Georgetown graduate William Jefferson Clinton could be detrimental to their careers if facing an authentic impeachment. Perhaps by now the inept #MessMedia, including "unbiased" Clinton lackey George Step-on-the-truth-to-us and his throat-slitting gesture on ABC to cut input from Donald Trump lawyer, discerned who blew past him as #SickWillie's "whistle" blower relieving his anxieties.

Amid the incessant indiscretions at NCAA DI level, there should be a GoFundMe account for those offended whenever self-promoting mother/daughter duo Gloria Allred and Lisa Bloom - women's rights lawyers/extortionists "extraordinaire" - hit the airwaves with doctored evidence and therapeutic crying towels. Prior to making Prince Andrew profusely sweat, boisterous Bloom sought to solicit cash from donors and media outlets for accusers of sexual misconduct alleged about #TheDonald. Unscrupulous Bloom, affiliating with demented demagogue David Brock, offered to sell the victims' Pay-to-Say tales while wanting to pocket a portion for herself as a commission. She persuaded a Democratic donor to pay off one accuser's flip-flopping make-up artist mortgage and tried to get a hefty six-figure payday for a hospitalized woman who eventually declined to come forward despite exponentially-increasing offers up to $750,000. Read Bloom's disgusting emails and text messages if you want to lose your lunch and get an urge to recycle leech lawyer jokes. Misguided Allred/Bloom tandem should make themselves useful by keeping mouths fulls of fellow insufferable Left Coast lunatics/swamp mistresses #NannyPathetic and #MadMaxine via "fohty-five" scoops of #Dimorat diva deluxe (im)peach ice cream.

At any rate, which sexual-deviant B.C. (Bill Clinton or Bill Cosby) should be designated BC (Biggest Conniver)? Moreover, which BCs (Basketball Coaches) should be sued for BC (Bringing to Campus) so many BCs (Bad Characters)? Beyond Clinton's Oral Office, is nothing sacred as father-figure Cosby's silence about numerous female accusations spoke volumes before and as his sexual assault retrial unfolded? We'll never think of Fat Albert and Jell-O pudding in the same way after hearing about a settlement and conviction involving former Temple women's basketball staffer Andrea Constand and Cosby, the school's most famous alumnus. Standards depend upon how much one donates to a university on or off the court/field. Temple's indifferent brass, apparently much too fond of Jello-O pudding samples or Quaaludes lethargic, kept Cosby as a member of its Board of Trustees while many other entities dropped Dr. Huxtable off a cliff quicker than a Ferguson or Baltimore thief mishandling a liquor bottle scampering out of a looted convenience store hurdling debris like an aging track star fantasizing about an aphrodisiac drink. The Cosby Show was finally cancelled as a TU Trustee after Thanksgiving before degenerate's striking number of accusers formed a cathartic coalition. Cigars stored elsewhere, perv prez Clinton must have a freezer full of Jell-O pops spiked with "distinguishing-characteristic" Quaaludes provided by admirer Cos, going blind from who knows what as his attack-dog legal team assaulted his victims again. Have you woke-wondered if #SickWillie's attorney with wallet full of his sex-dollar bills was immersed in negotiating #HarveySwinestein's contract tolerating sexual harassment by acknowledging prospect of pathetic pig, supported by Bloom, paying Cosmic settlements to aggrieved women? #Swinestein had millions of reasons invested in a recent massage-my-ego project.

Excluding slip-and-fall ambulance chasers, what self-respecting attorney would contemplate representing repulsive rollator-requiring #Swinestein? If Jimmy Carter felt comfortable smiling while criticizing "we-know-what-has-to-be-done," then there is an absolute absence of mentally-tough authentic leaders. The NFL essentially ignored domestic violence until Candid Camera delivered demonstrable deviance igniting a cover-up. In sports, what the "presstitutes" miss is that zero tolerance for the troubling "War on Women" needs to be addressed in high school and college before the lack of a moral compass reaches the green room for pink-ribbon and pink-shoe donning pros. Actually, Allred and Bloom missed the boat dwelling on celebrities and politicians when they could have made a fortune focusing on college sports during and after scholars were big man on campus. For instance, former Arkansas State guard Arthur Agee Jr., featured in documentary Hoop Dreams (1994 Oscar-nominated film following prep players in Chicago) was accused of punching a woman in mid-November 2017, causing her to incur three fractured ribs (charges subsequently dropped). In 2018, UMBC earned national acclaim by becoming the first #16 seed to defeat a #1 seed (Virginia) but the Retrievers didn't receive similar headlines only four years earlier when four members of team allegedly gang raped a female athlete at a dormitory in late summer. The deliberate debauchery has existed for decades. Fifty years ago, Pan American was investigated regarding a sexually explicit interracial photo album used in recruitment. Any idea why a Florida State cheerleader reportedly traveled with a Seminoles assistant coach to Chicago in the late 1970s on recruiting trip pursuing guard Raymond McCoy?

Only heaven knew where tawdry allegations would end up in aftermath of legal "Hoop Nightmare" maneuverings against former Memphis guard Derrick Rose, Sacramento Mayor/Depreciated Democrat Kevin Johnson and OTL investigative reporting about Michigan State's pill-pushing Cosby wannabees. Rose, hoop royalty speaking with all the credibility of "sweating-and-learning" Prince Andrew explaining friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, testified he was taught at the NBA's rookie camp to take used condoms with him after sex. Cynically, coach John Calipari could have been referring to Rose's group-effort escapades several years ago when saying "he (great kid) is taking better care of his body than at any other point during his career." Other observers digesting trial accounts of possible Lamar Odom/Tristan Thompson (Kardashi)can-chasing wannabee might view him as the youngest MVP (Most Vile Pervert) in NBA history or that Karma is a bitch when it came to his series of injuries.

Unless you are progressive puke approving of Bernie Sanders' rape-fantasy essay and completely ignore Tara Reade's accusations regarding #Plagiarist Bile-dumb going farther than hair-sniffing when not on speaker phone with business partner son hideous Hunter, shouldn't there be more reflexive concern for victims rather than impact on roster of team with alleged criminal? According to FBI, about 70% of domestic violence probes fail to result in criminal cases. Those figures coincide with estimates claiming about 2/3 of sexual assault charges involving soup-kitchen college athletes are dropped or not filed similar to couple of TCU hoopers in 2006; multiple Syracuse hoopers in fall of 2007 carrying on SU tradition stemming from bizarre incident involving Villanova cheerleader at 1982 Big East Tournament in Hartford; St. John's players attending a strip club to drown their sorrows following loss at Pittsburgh in 2004; two Michigan State freshmen playing mini-hoop version of strip poker during orientation in fall of 2010 plus three apparently wayward scholars "running a train" in spring of 2015; a Washington player probed in 2010-11; pair of Providence freshman "players" several seasons ago on the heels of recruiting rot revealed upon dismissal of leading scorer after 2009-10 campaign; Wake Forest band member allegation after 2009 NCAA playoff upset defeat against Cleveland State in Miami, and salacious Kansas sexcapade in dormitory housing hoopers relieving stress "running away" from studying for final exams in mid-December 2016. Criminal charges also weren't filed at KU stemming from an alleged elevator exposure incident in mid-May 2007. In light of Marquette failing to report multiple messy incidents to Milwaukee police, can you begin to fathom how many times monopolistic schools covered up "Boys Gone Wild" indiscretions with get-out-of-trouble-free cards to keep rap sheets shorter than stat sheets? If in idealistic denial, read accounts regarding raunchy book written by Kyle Fuller, a starting guard in previous decade for Vanderbilt, the so-called "Harvard of the South."

Forfeiting any recruiting dignity, the MSU and PC freshman felonious activity coupled with Minnesota's frosh porn-star tryout in 2015-16 and Louisville's "Thrill in the Ville" indicate that, at the very least, schools need to improve their background checks. In an era where athletic departments solely review accusations against their own, statistics show disturbing pattern of inaction where athletes are convicted at a much lower rate than the general population. According to a USA Today study during a trial involving wayward Kobe Bryant, prominent athletes are much less likely to be convicted of sexual assault than the average citizen. Consider this stark statistical comparison: 2/3 of the public-at-large is convicted when charged with sexual assault while 2/3 of prominent athletes are exonerated in similar allegations involving the brotherhood of scumbags. Accordingly, can you imagine how many self-serving boosters (such as Sam Gilbert at UCLA) and coaches helped orchestrate and underwrite abortions since Roe vs. Wade decision? Naked thought is as ugly as #Hollyweird mosaic of male celebs exposed as sexual abusers the last few years.

Public-at-large has virtually become numb to the seemingly never-ending sordid shenanigans such as Saint Louis having multiple players suspended for 1 1/2 to 2 years and another expelled before prize prospect Jordan Goodwin was sanctioned stemming from an on-campus apartment incident concluding with three women telling police they were sexually assaulted. Earlier in the decade, SLU had its top two players dropped from the Billikens' roster amid similar accusations. Michigan State's poor judgment, including redacting information on public records to a point where the material became useless, wasn't restricted to basketball obfuscation in order to try to maintain national acclaim. Reports of sexual misconduct by disgraced Dr. Larry Nassar reached at least 14 MSU representatives in two decades before his arrest. MSU is an inspiration to mediocrities everywhere. It missed multiple opportunities to halt Nassar, a graduate of its osteopathic medical school who also served as USA Gymnastics national team doctor while reportedly molesting more than 250 girls and women under the guise of treating them for pain. Circling the wagons before settling with survivors for $500 million, MSU's purported concern for victims included spending $500,000 for dig-up-dirt/peeping Tom monitoring of some of their social media accounts along with journalists. But Spartan Nation has always been suspect, if not textbook lax, in regard to accountability going back to All-American guard Scott Skiles, the nation's second-leading scorer in 1985-86 who incurred two DUI arrests, a drug possession arrest, two jail sentences and 18 days in jail during a 16-month span in mid-1980s. As a result of these numerous indiscretions, Skiles received a whopping one-game suspension. What "train" engineering courses do athletes with "loco-motives" take at maniacal MSU? Manhood Selfie 101 (like Snap-chat sensation Draymond Green). Who do these vain denizens think they are? As Amazon irresistible as #WashingtonCompost owner Jeff Bezos and his intimate texts to girlfriend? Thus, it was no surprise ESPN unearthed that aroused MSU athletes were about three times as likely as other students to be accused of sexual misconduct or domestic violence in complaints made at the "institution." In the aftermath of 2015 Final Four appearance, several Spartan players lured a female student back to their apartment under false pretenses from a local bar and took turns having their way with her. In late February 2021, a judge dismissed a Title IX complaint despite saying case met criteria of incident of actionable sexual harassment and the school's actual knowledge of it.

Tortured observers needed "other stuff" treatment after listening to and watching image-protecting hoops icon Tom Izzo's painful healing and support-for-survivors post-game weasel words weekend following retirement/resignation of school prez and AD. If Izzo has a "part-of-life" soul, he should donate his "sole" income (sneaker endorsement money) to victims of recruits he brought to campus (including post-MSU career) and/or help underwrite MSU paying ESPN's attorneys' fees after Michigan courts ruled the university violated open-records laws. Izzo's contacting witness before school in another sordid incident and unsettling silence was interrupted by seemingly rehearsed remarks such as "I can do whatever I want to do" resembling Slick Rick's smug trivialization during "get your fill in the Ville" than "we'll cooperate with any investigation and always have." Among the things a good Christian man like Izzo might "want to do" is religiously meet with FBI-indicted agent Christian Dawkins to go over their donation endeavors. For candor's sake, let us hope an undergraduate assistant coach didn't live in Izzo's basement completing his degree the season Izzo said he couldn't recall why a rare three-year captain exited the program. Was Izzo also unaware of captain/undergrad aide's child support order? By the way, what is the deal with becoming MSU captain or Final Four "playmaker" in the last 20 years? Did stress of duty contaminate Bridges, Mateen Cleaves, Charlie Bell, Travis Walton, Korie Lucious and Keith Appling or did they wash down idiot pills with toxic tap water from Flint? Something sinister surely is in state's water after Michigan and MSU each had an All-American with multiple Final Deplore appearances sued by women claiming they gave them herpes as NBA players. STD seems to have also infected fellow Big Ten Conference member Purdue if lawsuit involving center Isaac Haas had any merit. Enterprising engineering students apparently should have invested more time and energy helping Haas with a different pliable and protective appendage sleeve than designing brace for his fractured right elbow. What could possibly be the genesis for these raw animalistic instincts? UM physician Robert E. Anderson engaged in sexual misconduct (multiple forms of inappropriate examinations) with patients on countless occasions. Dr. "Drop Your Drawers" Anderson worked in various capacities at the university between 1966 and 2003. Other names by which student-athletes referred to him included "Handy Andy," "Goldfinger" and "Dr. Handerson."

After MSU's gymnastics coach was charged with lying about her knowledge of sexual assault complaints, Izzo exhibited similar lack of candor. Amid the airing-of-dirty-laundry debris including an "entitled" walk-on, it didn't appear prudent to put much stock in arousal-discretion dialogue from Earvin Johnson. But MSU's most famous alumnus (even more than ex-ESPN egomaniac #KneelWithJemele) lectured nation as if he was male version of Oprah by calling for the firing of any employee who failed to report sexual assault allegations on campus to the proper authorities. Consider the ravenous source insofar as Johnson admitted his Magical Mystery Tour sexual frivolity included sleeping with 300 to 500 partners per year (entertainment venue featured the Los Angeles Lakers' locker room and sauna). How many enablers resembling "Clintonistas" such as Betty "Hoover" Curry and former DePauw (Ind.) hooper Vernon Jordan, perhaps humming "Do You Believe in Magic?", facilitated indulgence over the decades of decadence? Of course, this great feat of Magic paled in comparison to legendary Wilt Chamberlain's community partnership claim to bedding 20,000 women from coast to coast before and after son of janitor left Philly to drive around the Kansas plains in a souped-up red and white Oldsmobile convertible (with license plate BIG DIPPER) not all that far from NCAA headquarters at the time. "I feel sorry for the Stilt," wrote New York Daily Mirror columnist Leonard Lewin. "When he enters the NBA, he'll have to take a cut in salary." Truth be told, the LA (Lay All) Lakers' debauchery and Olympian appetite for copulation likely didn't originate there; "littering" simply escalated on free-love Left Coast. Perhaps it is time to allow sanctuary-sick and homeless-infested California to go ahead and secede before U.S. version of salty Sodom and Gomorrah turns into bankrupted ruins. Don't look back!

Distributing pain to anyone with belief system, disturbing allegations at Louisville (Chris Jones), Kansas (multiple players) and Duke (Rasheed Sulaimon and Corey Maggette) had their celebrated coaches either making comments as incoherent as their scholars or hiding under their desk memorizing athletic department versions of pleading the fifth. Minnesota and West Virginia endured similar unseemly "violation-of-team-rules" situations in the mid-1980s. Ditto Arizona State in the mid-1990s and priorities across the country haven't improved. Consider an Inside Higher Ed article written about a Syracuse dean facing dismissal for refusing to cover up an assault of a female student on campus by basketball players. Elsewhere, a culture concerning abuse of females frequently goes unchecked at sports factories reminiscent of group assault charges at Arkansas under coaches Nolan Richardson and John Pelphrey resulting in Ray Rice-like initial modest sanctions. UA probably failed to meet #MeToo college-town investigation standards in wake of late summer 2009 frat-house party incident when prosecutor was son-in-law of former athletic director Frank Broyles and brother-in-law of athletic department spokesman. Did the tumult really change much under coach Mike Anderson, who also had more than his share of undignified problem children at Missouri before moving on to St. John's?

Only one in five college-aged female students report their assaults to law enforcement. There are words and there are actions as well as "tough" guys and "cool" guys in this criminal "no-means-no" emphasis. One-sided co-ed boxing apparently needs to get personal before the player-predator issue penetrates thick skulls in establishment media and cavalier campuses. For instance, ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale, obsessed with "payday" and "cash" as always, tweeted he doesn't "dig actions away from ring but he (Floyd Mayweather Jr.) is an all-time great." Well, let's "dig" on one easy hipster wannabee layup straight from the grandstanding opening bell. Unless mindset of role model/ex-analyst Dancin' Ray contaminated network judgment across the sports spectrum including Screamin' A. Stiff, no one with an extensive history of domestic abuse charges such as misfit Mayweather should be designated an all-time great in any way, shape or form with or without a cover-your-fanny-like-commish qualifier. Ditto for Florida State's troubled Jameis Winston, who Vitale tweeted was "great to have on your side on Saturday" (at least until Nike severed its relationship with QB before promoting kneeling knucklehead #ColonKrapernick).

Presumably, Dickie V didn't mean late Saturday night with him and Uber driver or at any sort of Winston post-college game celebration leaving an accuser susceptible to dragging through the mud one way or the other (perhaps on a scooter). In a textbook example of Buc-kissing shilling, Vitale bragged about Shameless Jameis joining him at gala in Tampa Bay QB's first appearance as NFL player before the university settled with Winston's accuser for $950,000 in the spring of 2016. Methinks Vitale knows little, if anything, about FSU "football-fixer" associate AD who served time in prison for cocaine distribution. The general public's prevailing ignorance resembles failing to acknowledge the corrupt Clintons' "War on Women" exemplified by #Shrillary's faith advisor.

If the holier-than-thou press is so concerned about PC-police nickname changing, perhaps they should encourage schools to be more accurate with monikers such as Auburn Whore Eagles, Bailor Needed For Bad News Bears, Cincinnati Barely Can Read 'Cats, UConn Artists, Florida Maters, Florida State Sininoles, Georgetown Beatdowns, Indiana Booziers, Kansas Jailhawks, Louisville Slug-her Breaking Cardinal Rules, Memphis Mafia Malcontents, The U (as in "unsavory"), Michigan State Hard-ons, Minnesota Go-for-hers, Miz-zou Animals, UNCheat Tarrin (Gals in) Heels, Oklahoma Sinners, Syracuse Orange Jumpsuits, TCU Horny Dawgs, UNLV Sincredibles, USC Trojan Ultra Ribbed, X-rated Musketeers, etc. Wherever the #MessMedia and school administrators may have been in same veiled-secret toilet sweeping stench under sullied carpet, someone needs to finish the "movement" and flush them all! Emptying the excrement should include infected hangers-on although prosecutors declined to pursue charges against Baylor's former manager after his arrest early in 2017 on allegations of harassing two women via sexually-explicit social media messages. How could Baylor bear such bewildering behavior while boasting a director of sports ministry on staff? An "I'm-such-a-stud" mindset in culture breeding risky behavior goes way out of bounds to near epidemic proportions as an alarming number of conniving former college hoopers think they're still BMOC when hired by a high school district and victimize vulnerable females.

Amid the extensive flaws, can any of the journalistic jackals unearth whether "The Carolina (Academic) Way" for Raymond Felton and Ty Lawson included a rigorous African and Afro-American independent study course on how to treat the opposite sex, Africa's subjugation of females or discerning the origin of HIV and Ebola virus rather than the importance of Swahili language? If the scheme was solely for GPA boosting, Carolina's 2005 (10 of 15 members were AFAS majors with total of 35 "pretty doggone good" bogus classes over two semesters) and 2009 NCAA titles should of been in jeopardy of being vacated. But the UNC placed on probation for scholastic shenanigans was Northern Colorado; not Carolina. At the very least, for the sake of supplying a good chuckle to offset a portion of the angst, we should be entitled to digest a sampling of prose from those unread Prime Time 10-page papers (assigned mostly A grades with few B+ marks since a few players may have misspelled their names). UNC, admitting "regrettable actions," should have been sanctioned simply because disgraceful no-show classes came under umbrella of Center For Ethics apparently as unethical as seven-layered Comey and FBI toadies Baker/Clinesmith/McCabe/Page/Priestap/Strzok.

UNC paid over $21 million in assorted costs dealing with the scholastic scandal but that exorbitant fee might have been an affordable expense insofar as there was significant savings over these many years when no faculty was necessary to actually provide instruction for bogus book-work. Rather than learning classy pass fakes on the court, the courted players passed by "learning" in fake classes. It's no excuse but, if the let's-not-dwell-on-the-negative media would get off its royal cushion, how many other schools across the nation have comparable compromising courses? A polluted program under current coach Richard Pitino, who brought in troubled transfers Reggie Lynch and Daquein McNeil, isn't exactly virgin territory among power-league members. The Gophers have "hole" history featuring a former Minnesota tutor claiming she wrote or helped write more than 400 papers or pieces of coursework for in excess of 20 Gophers players in the mid-1990s, multiple pre-Lynch/pre-#AlFrankenstein prospects-turned-suspects (Courtney James/Mitchell Lee/Trevor Mbakwe/Royce White) and recent out-of-control athletic director. After academic anemia decades ago involving Creighton's Kevin Ross taking rigorous courses such as theory of baseball and ceramics, the NCAA should remember: "If you don't stand for something (such as higher scholastic standards), you'll fall for anything (excessive number of criminals)." If NCAA movers and shakers didn't do anything meaningful back then addressing scholastic shenanigans, why would we expect them to do something now such as condemn Auburn's class clustering? In this charade, many of the recruits contemptible coaches and media butt kissers drool upon are "self-reliant students" as much as culpable kids of actress Lori Loughlin/Aunt Becky are "authentic athletes."

How in Heel is having athletic department personnel steering players into sham classes for 18 years not, at its core curriculum, a textbook definition of "lack of institutional control?" When will ESPN get to the bottom of the chicanery yielding answers via another orchestrated interview with former coach Roy Williams serving as master of "really-bothered-by-whole-thing" ceremonies featuring backdrop of supportive ex-players? ESPN should have just gone ahead and issued Williams' support group "Game Day" posters for their little pep rally at former big boss' alma mater. Network could have called charade, appearing as if it was created by coke-head Rolling Stone editor, Skipper's short three-hour tour. What most media outlets skip over is the disgusting percentage of prize prospects becoming prime predatory suspects in abusing underage females (including after they leave college).

How difficult would it have been for Williams, instead of pleading educational mission ignorance, to take a few minutes per semester assessing academic progress of each of his players? Didn't he acknowledge there was "class clustering" early in his Carolina head coaching tenure? It is the height of hypocrisy for him and other DI mentors/"fathers" to have a contract bonus provision stemming from APR/graduation rates. Will UNC encourage him to apologize to whistle-blower tutor Mary "Just Keep My Players Eligible" Willingham? Didn't Williams figuratively punch her (triggering death threats in aftermath of additional administration admonishments) by impugning Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary's character saying her illiteracy claims were untrue and totally unfair about a striking number of scholars boasting middle-school reading skills? Said Willingham prior to settling a lawsuit with UNC for $335,000 (about $1,000 per basketball player enrollment in paper class minus attorneys' fees): "I went to a lot of basketball games in the Dean Dome, but Roy never came and sat with me while I tutored his guys." Naturally, the first step to academic-anemia recovery at reformatory is admitting you're a huge hypocrite. Heaven help us if Williams' "sad-time" excuses and pleading ignorance about suspension of guard Jalek Felton - most heralded member of freshman class for defending NCAA champion - are typical of the coaching community level of interest in authentic advancement toward a genuine diploma.

Which is worse - free grades/dean's list for not even attending rogue class (see Rashad McCants), free abuse of female tutor or free rental cars for top returning scorer (P.J. Hairston) linked to an ex-convict? An absence of press accountability in the Carolinas probably is why a Democratic male running for statewide office can chuckle after calling a Republican female sitting governor a "whore." What we have here is a failure to exhibit standards; not so much an inability to thoroughly discuss the (physical and/or verbal) beat-down topic and appease the all-women sports gabfest "We Need to Talk" on CBS. The coaches' Sgt. Schultz "I-know-nothing" routine is insulting spit because they usually know when a regular takes an irregular dump. The NFL and NBA likely will announce policies "to do more," but when will colleges and the media do likewise to mitigate Sharia Law-like malignant message dumping on women? Instead, we get Kansas' Selfless coach creatively saying one of his Adidas-adoring players involved in school probe was "ill" upon missing a couple of games. Truth be told, the sport will remain "sick" if scholastic standards aren't raised while "educators of men" focus more on assembling megaconferences.

The NCAA should embrace the Nwagwu Rules of Engagement. Jackson State guard Chuck Nwagwu's father, a professor at the school, forced the part-time starter to quit the Tigers' team in 1996-97 after receiving a grade of C in two classes. "I am an academician," said the elder Nwagwu. "My job is to educate young black men. That should be the primary objective. Basketball is secondary." Nwagwu's dad also made him move out of the dormitory and canceled his meal tickets. "I had to impress him that school comes first," the Nigerian native said. "He thinks he's going to be the next Michael Jordan." Regrettably, JSU didn't last long as beacon of integrity among HBCU institutions as seven players were arrested five years later and charged with sexual abuse.

What is it about punks flourishing at sports that makes adults fall all over themselves making excuses for abhorrent behavior infecting the sport? Amid the pimpish compartmentalization, there are also "clever" outfits such as Oregon stemming from its timing in waiting to expel three players implicated in an alleged sexual assault in order to avoid a reduction in its Academic Progress Rate score before reaching 2017 Final Four with another player under comparable criminal investigation. Telephone records clearly convey Oregon athletic officials including coach Dana Altman were concerned about a recent recruit and NCAA gumshoes should be, too, instead of whether an assistant coach refereed a scrimmage. Meanwhile, fellow Pac-12 Conference member California adopted a stricter admissions policy when it comes to academics and Indiana embraced a no-admittance policy regarding previous indiscretions. Will Cal and IU set a nationwide trend for increased scholastic and decorum standards or will majority of universities duck the issue? Not if their on-court performances this season are any barometer or the condescending NCAA headquarters remains much more concerned about Indian nicknames and transgender restrooms than ending licking of dames. Can the NCAA, featuring a president informed at the start of this decade about MSU mayhem, at least encourage its members to consider utilizing Norway's syllabus teaching Muslim male migrants how to treat non-veiled women? At times such as Evansville firing coach Walter McCarty midway through 2019-20 season amidst a Title IX probe into alleged sexual misconduct, the ethically-bankrupt atmosphere doesn't appear to be much better at mid-major schools. St. Francis (N.Y.) had two different teammates busted for sex abuse on back-to-back days in early 2014 and an alleged cover-up at North Texas is equally disturbing.

It was a bizarre Halloween(ie) at mid-major Detroit in 2012 when athletic director Keri Gaither and assistant coach Derek Thomas resigned stemming from their extramarital, interracial affair. Ex-Baylor standout Carlos Briggs, another aide under coach Ray McCallum, was the anonymous whistle-blower before his identity was compromised and he was also dismissed. According to lawsuit filed by Briggs, UD players would observe former Western Illinois head coach Thomas slip into Gaither's hotel room after the team's curfew during road games, triggering them to leave their rooms to go stand outside the door to Gaither's room, giggling while they listened to zesty sounds of Gaither and Thomas apparently getting busy. No word if they discerned whether Titan condoms were utilized.

Speaking of "tough, cool and clever" guys resembling deranged DeNiro, Mayweather told CNN that "only God can judge me." But let's play The Almighty role and make things personal prior to enablers going on their merry way "earning" academic-anemia "dollars" off the next round of ill-equipped recruits. Father-figure coaches masquerading as social workers who persuade admissions offices to enroll some of the "exception" vermin should be sued by victims if the abuse is campus connected under their stewardship. As for the #MessMedia (student newspaper had to step up to the plate at Duke), perhaps Vitale's next illuminating book should be "You're Awful, Baby! With a Capital A!: 100 Players I Praised as Great But Glad My Daughters Didn't Date." Striving to avoid turning a blind eye to problem like so many in the press, below we'll give his researchers a head start on the EBOLA (Excessive Beatings are Outlandish of Ladies by Athletes) plague with robust list of scholars to assess en route to him setting a Guinness Book of World Records for most basketball volumes he didn't write, yet having name on covers as author.

Research shows that arrests of college athletes are more than double those of pros. Former Duke starter Jay Bilas has experiential ACC knowledge competing against colorful North Carolina State coach Jim Valvano's suspect squads (735 average SAT score - featuring Chris Washburn at 470 - and excessive number of positive drug tests during the 1980s). While pondering rigorous courses washout Washburn somehow passed to remain academically eligible for more than one season, a cold-blooded question surfaces as to whether the academic anemia at UNC is worse than what occurred at N.C. State, which probably gains the negative nod if only because of Washburn teammate Charles Shackleford's following animal-expert quote: "Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." The "A" in "bring your A-game" in an old ACC ad apparently didn't stand for academics.

If bookish Bilas genuinely knows self-evaluation "toughness" beyond "if they (coaches) knew," the policy wonk will maneuver upstream and shift his passion from lambasting the NCAA about paying these gentlemen and scholars to a lawyer-like focus on stopping the NCAA from preying on players who have little to no business representing universities because they aren't authentic student-athletes (although "Sullen-man" was still enrolled as student when allegations against him surfaced). Granted, such an academic-values modification will translate into an inferior product for him and his network to promote (and for walk-on-water luminaries such as Jim Boeheim, Calipari, Bob Huggins, Izzo plus Rick Pitino to coach for that matter). But does a mediocre Duke player such as Lance Thomas need more than $30,000 as down payment on jewelry? What about multiple Memphis players reporting they were robbed of more than $66,000 worth of vital items for Calipari-coached college students (mink coats, diamond earrings, stereo equipment, flat-screen TV)? Ask CIA jurisprudence jackal John Brennan!

Moreover, Syracuse's Boeheim wouldn't have an opportunity to be "impressed" about one-and-done Carmelo Anthony's 1.8 gpa before failing to mention if Anthony attended more classes than games his second semester. Did Melo mellow out in Orange-hot Child and Family Studies en route to underwriting Cuse's hoops centerpiece (The Melo Center)? No word yet from blow-hard Boeheim after former Orange hooper/NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb was accused of sexual harassment by a former female colleague at the NFL Network and discarded by ESPN. At least the win-at-all-costs mentality is gender neutral as goalie Hope Solo flew above the Soccer Wars like Han Solo and school spirit took on a whole new meaning among Coastal Carolina's cheerleaders. More coaches are becoming members of the Garbage Collectors Guild as they don't give a rat's ass about anything beyond winning a few more games. What quality of classes could possibly be taken in college by mercenary professional-caliber athletes if a mind-numbing 60% of NBA players file for bankruptcy five years after retirement? Symbolic of a normal DI rescue-mission campaign, more than 50 people were arrested in a sex trafficking sting operation during Final Four weekend in Minneapolis several seasons ago. Instead of paying athletes, just let "sperminator" stallions have free erectile access to on-campus brothels.

In a 2015 sexcapade, a former recruit said he felt as if "I was in a strip club" when visiting Louisville. Georgia Tech apparently felt comfortable transporting impressionable high school prospect directly to jiggle joint. It's almost time to hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete and reboot nearly everything about the sport. A striking number of prominent schools (down to Florida, LSU and Oregon first week of new year not long ago before LSU "won" commitment) recruited power forward Emmitt Williams, who was arrested the previous fall in Florida on sexual battery and false imprisonment charges before charges were dismissed just before Christmas. Zach Harvey, a prize prep prospect in Kansas, pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor crimes (endangering a child and breach of privacy) after facing two felony sex crime charges stemming from an alleged incident in March 2017 involving two other teens and an underage girl. Amid a scholastic schedule laden with decidedly non-academic courses, personal character flaws didn't surface solely upon reaching the professional level and power-league members unscathed by female battery are clearly in the minority.

Immersed in an era fraught with human debris devoid of moral compass, ORU committed athletic program suicide during the previous decade when mandating the Titans, who averaged 22 victories annually in their first six seasons at the NCAA DI level in the 1970s, could only sign players without tattoos and new recruits would have to take a "faith exam" as well. Facing unvarnished truth, all hormonal basketball roads seem to lead to liberal lunacy including "tolerant" fans condoning shameless womanizing comparable to Los Angeles Lakers zealot Jack Nicholson. As many local and national press heads should roll as incompetent school administrators if there is anything close to equivalence of their overall hear-no-evil, see-no-evil and speak-no-evil oversight. While much of the lame-stream media looks the other way like referee in waning moments seeking blowout contest to conclude as soon as possible, following are vital facts on what really is outside the lines since ESPN came on the scene in the late 1970s and CBS assumed control of March Madness. High-profile commentators, appearing as if they were drugged, aimlessly address relevant "no-means-no" issues about as much as Cosby and Izzo answered pertinent inquiries. Celebrated coaches such as Altman, Boeheim, Izzo, Greek philosopher Pitino and many of their peers never will "get it" until they're hit in the pocketbook or, God forbid, their daughters are victimized by a cretin. Compare how much power conference/prominent mid-major player air-time was given to "singing the praises" of the following alphabetical list of Three-S "Men" (Stupid, Sin-tillating and Sin-sational) to how much gutless wonders devoted to elaborating on their Hoop Hall of Shame misdeeds against women or offering solutions preventing exploitation of such derelict student-athletes even if the quality of basketball is reduced and might negatively affect ratings, endorsement deals, speaking engagement fees, charity donations or circulations of periodicals:

• Abdul Abdullah (Providence) - arrested as fugitive from justice and held for extradition to Georgia as probation violator on statutory rape conviction
• Richie Adams (UNLV) - convicted of manslaughter after being accused of stalking and killing a 15-year-old Bronx girl in a housing project
• Courtney Alexander (Virginia/Fresno State) - convicted of misdemeanor assault after arrest for striking his live-in girlfriend
• Darryl Allen (Oklahoma) - accused of breaking into woman's apartment and assaulting her
• Teddy Allen (West Virginia/Wichita State/Nebraska/New Mexico State) - dismissed from WSU's squad following disturbance at woman's home
• Tony Allen (Oklahoma State) - charged with domestic assault, domestic vandalism and interference with emergency calls in connection with incident at his wife's apartment
• Rafer Alston (Fresno State) - pleaded no contest to assaulting former girlfriend
• Keith Appling (Michigan State) - accused with teammate Adrien Payne of raping student in their dorm room during freshmen orientation
• Ron Artest (St. John's) - arrested on suspicion of domestic violence
• Vincent Askew (Memphis State) - accused of unlawfully having sex with minor
• Brandon Austin (Providence/Oregon) - twice accused of sexual assault
• Ryan Ayers (Notre Dame) - charged with three counts of voyeurism and one count of domestic violence (charges involved his relationships with two women over a four-year span where he allegedly recorded them, without their consent, naked or while having sex with them)
• D'Juan Baker (Cincinnati) - aggravated assault charge for striking his girlfriend in head with flower pot
• Sean Banks (Memphis) - arrested in connection with domestic-violence complaint
• Lucas Barnes (Miami/Southern LA/Florida International) - dispute with girlfriend
• Matt Barnes (UCLA) - arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence although his then-fiancee denied he abused her before subsequently choking woman during brawl at New York City nightclub
• Mark Barwig (Oregon) - arraigned on rape charge
• Armon Bassett (Indiana/Ohio University) - apprehended after allegedly pouring bleach over his girlfriend's head and face in front of victim's toddler
• Michael Beasley (Kansas State) - investigated for alleged sexual assault
• Benoit Benjamin (Creighton) - charged with simple battery and resisting arrest following a domestic disturbance
• Corey Benjamin (Oregon State) - domestic battery
• Keith Benjamin (Pittsburgh) - arrested and charged with simple assault after altercation with former girlfriend
• Winston Bennett (Kentucky) - Rick Pitino assistant violated Boston Celtics' contractual agreement for practicing at Brandeis by having sexual relationship with female student enrolled there
• Joseph Bertrand (Illinois) - arrested for domestic battery before charge was dismissed because alleged victim became uncooperative
• Mike Bibby (Arizona) - police investigated sexual-abuse harassment accusations made against coach of his high school alma mater (likely won't face criminal charges)
• Kavell Bigby-Williams (Oregon/Louisiana State) - played entire 2016-17 season for Final Four-bound Oregon while under criminal probe for sexual assault
• Chauncey Billups (Colorado) - settled lawsuit with Boston Celtics teammate stemming from incident as NBA rookie
• Jabari Bird (California) - arrested and faced domestic abuse and kidnapping charges
• Jimmy Black (North Carolina) - jailed after arrest in domestic-abuse case while serving as assistant coach for Notre Dame
• Daron "Mookie" Blaylock (Oklahoma) - became violent with his wife in summer of 2001 and cops came to his house in 2009 for a domestic disturbance after his girlfriend called them
• Charles Boozer (Iowa State) - arrested and charged with simple assault
• Anthony Bowie (Oklahoma) - suspended without pay following accusation of twice exposing himself to another teacher
• Todd Bozeman (Rhode Island) - former California coach reached court-approved settlement with woman accusing him of harassment
• Jamel Bradley (South Carolina) - fired as resource officer at high school amid internal investigations into multiple predatory sexual relationships with students
• Carlton Bragg Jr. (Kansas/Arizona State/New Mexico) - battery charges dropped after incident when he allegedly struck his girlfriend and pushed her down flight of stairs during argument; served three-game suspension stemming from police probe of attempted rape of girlfriend's best friend (college town politics included wife of county DA being UNM's Dean of Students)
• Alyn Breed (Providence) - suspended after charged with pointing gun at girlfriend
• Rick Brunson (Temple) - indicted for sexual assault stemming from encounter with massage therapist before he was found not guilty
• Andrew Bryant (Boston College) - violated in dining hall a restraining order a woman secured against him
• Glenn Bryant (Arkansas/Eastern Michigan) - accused of choking girlfriend during argument
• Joe Bunn (North Carolina A&T/Old Dominion) - convicted for assaulting girlfriend
• Todd Burgan (Syracuse) - suspended for seven games following breach of school's Student Conduct Code
• Antonio Burks (Memphis) - arrested after fight with his girlfriend
• Darryl Butterfield (Missouri) - arrested for allegedly punching ex-girlfriend during domestic dispute
• Jason Caffey (Alabama) - charged with domestic violence
• J.J. Caldwell (Texas A&M/New Mexico) - suspension linked to accusation of battery against ex-girlfriend
• Jamaal Camah (Providence) - pleaded "no contest" to misdemeanor charge of domestic disorderly conduct involving his pregnant girlfriend
• Marcus Capers (Washington State) - charged with assaulting female police officer at London bar at about 1:45 a.m.
• Derrick Caracter (Louisville/Texas-El Paso) - arrested and jailed after allegedly striking a cashier
• Aquille Carr (Seton Hall commitment) - arrested on domestic-assault charge
• Parrish Casebier (Evansville) - received eight-year prison sentence for felony rape of minor
• DeAngelo Casto (Washington State) - arrested for domestic violence involving his wife
• Duane Causwell (Temple) - alleged domestic violence dispute
• Cedric Ceballos (Cal State Fullerton) - faced warrant for allegedly assaulting former girlfriend in school dormitory
• Tony Christie (Clemson) - pleaded "no contest" to charge of assault after female student claimed high school coach touched her inappropriately
• Keon Clark (Temple commitment/UNLV) - domestic battery
• Monterale Clark (Marquette commitment) - J.C. recruit from Milwaukee arrested and charged with alleged second-degree felony sexual assault stemming from dorm-room party
• Shelly Clark (Illinois) - arrested and charged with breaking into his ex-girlfriend's apartment
• Mateen Cleaves (Michigan State) - charged with sexually assaulting woman who said she was driven to motel and attacked following Flint-area charity golf outing and group trip to local bar for drinks (subsequently acquitted)
• Ricky Clemons (Missouri) - assault case involving former girlfriend after she didn't want to watch Roots
• Verice Cloyd (Alabama/Chattanooga) - accusation he enticed 12-year-old girl into apartment and raped her
• Peter Coker Sr. (Dartmouth/North Carolina State) - arrested as 49-year-old in his native Allentown, Pa., and charged with allegedly exposing himself to three girls (as he drove his BMW around a school)
• Tony Cole (Georgia) - arrested for violating protection order involving ex-girlfriend he pleaded guilty to punching in face
• Derrick Coleman (Syracuse) - faced civil lawsuit after accusation of trespassing and battery at woman's home
• James Collins (Florida State) - arrested on charges of stalking ex-girlfriend
• Sherron Collins (Kansas) - accused of exposing himself and rubbing against older woman in elevator at Jayhawker Towers (accuser subsequently dropped civil suit)
• Darren Collison (UCLA) - arrested on domestic-violence charge
• Deshawn Corprew (Texas Tech) - juco recruit left program following suspension from 2019 NCAA tourney finalist after allegations of Title IX allegations
• Attila Cosby (Pittsburgh/New Mexico/George Washington/Bowie State MD) - found guilty by judge in sexual assault case involving 46-year-old prostitute
• DeMarcus Cousins (Kentucky) - faced arrest warrant on misdemeanor domestic violence charge before harassment allegation was dropped three months later
• Morgan Tyler Crawford (Georgetown) - arrested for felonious assault after punching woman in face several times
• Dante Cunningham (Villanova) - suspected of domestic assault
• Avery Curry (Florida State/Idaho) - found innocent of battery in separate hotel incident but pleaded guilty to disturbing peace, was fined $298 and wrote letter of apology to another woman
• Quintin Dailey (San Francisco) - pleaded guilty to aggravated assault of nursing student in dormitory
• Ian Dale (Arizona State) - placed on three years' probation after pleading guilty to attempted sexual abuse and assault
• Samuel Dalembert (Seton Hall) - arrested following alleged battery involving his girlfriend after finding out she was leaving with their two children
• Myles Davis (Xavier) - restraining order issued amid facing two charges involving former girlfriend
• Terence Davis (Mississippi) - arrested for assault after getting into verbal dispute with his girlfriend (charges dropped four months later)
• Branden Dawson (Michigan State) - arrested on suspicion of felony spousal abuse
• Yuri Demetris (Pittsburgh) - booted from team following arrest after altercation at his ex-girlfriend's apartment where he twice climbed through window
• Eric Devendorf (Syracuse) - punished for punching female student in face
• Michael Dixon Jr. (Missouri/Memphis) - accused in a couple of unseemly incidents while attending Mizzou
• Damonte Dodd (Maryland) - accused of having sex with intoxicated woman without her consent (subsequently acquitted)
• Robert Dozier (Memphis) - police took simple assault domestic violence report before complaint stemming from argument at 3:30 a.m. outside nightclub was dismissed; also arrested on domestic assault charge in attack reportedly leaving victim with dislocated shoulder and finger
• Nikola Dragovic (UCLA) - arrested although charges weren't filed in case involving suspicion of misdemeanor battery on ex-girlfriend with which he co-habitated
• Bobby Dulin (Penn State/Connecticut) - pleaded no contest to sexual assault in second degree stemming from affair with teenage girl he coached in summer program
• Jordan Dumars (South Florida/Michigan) - controversy at UM regents meeting as to whether transfer son of NBA All-Pro Joe Dumars received preferential treatment from university and local newspaper following accusation of forcible oral sodomy
• Devan Dumes (Eastern Michigan/Indiana) - faced charges of domestic battery before suspect shooting
• LaceDarius Dunn (Baylor) - arrested on charges he punched his girlfriend and broke her jaw in two places
• Teddy Dupay (Florida) - pleaded guilty to attacking a woman at a Utah ski resort
• Billy Edelin (Syracuse) - two accusations of sexual assault although court charges were dropped because of insufficient evidence
• Eugene Edgerson (Arizona) - faced two domestic violence arrests in two-month span
• Jay Edwards (Indiana) - charged with two counts of battery following accusation by woman he slapped and punched her at party
• Craig Ehlo (Washington State) - arrested on domestic violence charge
• Dale Ellis (Tennessee) - found guilty of assaulting wife and resisting arrest
• Tyree Evans (Cincinnati signee/Maryland signee/Kent State) - pleaded guilty to reduced assault-related misdemeanor
• Jim Farmer (Alabama) - arrested during sting operation on charges of seeking sex from minor (human trafficking charge subsequently dropped)
• Jamaal Faulkner (Arizona State/Alabama) - arraigned for assaulting his girlfriend
• John Fedders (Marquette) - SEC enforcement director in Reagan Administration admitted in divorce court to having beaten his wife
• Kay Felder (Oakland) - booked amid allegations of domestic violence
• Rakym Felder (South Carolina) - dropped from roster after arrest around 2:45 a.m. stemming from brawl reportedly precipitated by him spitting on woman
• Jalek Felton (North Carolina) - expelled for sexual assault and sexual violence
• Raymond Felton (North Carolina) - estranged wife allegedly told police she was threatened with gun
• Ronnie Fields (DePaul signee) - charged with sexual assault
• Dedrick Finn (Xavier) - accused of shoving his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping her pug dog
• Damon Flint (Cincinnati) - pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charge of domestic violence
• John Flowers (Indiana/UNLV) - arrested on attempted rape, burglary and robbery charges involving a friend's girlfriend
• Eric "Sleepy" Floyd (Georgetown) - arrested on misdemeanor-assault charge after fight with his wife
• Dwayne Fontana (Arizona State) - charges dropped following arrest after co-ed's rape allegations
• Bryn Forbes (Cleveland State/Michigan State) - arrested at 5:15 a.m. on family violence charge after verbal argument with his ex-porn star fiancee turned physical
• Steve Francis (Maryland) - woman on his record label filed groping complaint against him
• Kevin Gaines (Michigan/Houston) - arrested for assaulting woman at nightclub
• Travis Garrison (Maryland) - pleaded guilty to assault and sex offense charges stemming from slapping incident at local bar before he was required to register as sex offender after assaulting multiple women present at his wife's overnight birthday party
• Naseem Ikena Gaskin (Utah/Montana) - arrested for felony strangulation of partner
• Andre Gilbert (South Dakota State/Kansas State) - juco recruit for K-State was acquitted by jury on two counts of second-degree rape after female SDSU student accused him and teammate of sexual assault
• C.J. Giles (Southern California commitment/Miami FL signee/Kansas/Oregon State) - kicked off KU team for misdemeanor battery to his girlfriend
• David Girley (Oregon) - accused of trying to harass women who claim he sexually abused them
• Ben Gordon (Connecticut) - arrested for allegedly slapping female student
• Benny Green (Kansas State/Chattanooga) - struck female cheerleader from opposing team in face at conclusion of contest when she held her index finger in his face in "We're No. 1" gesture
• Jeremy Green (Stanford) - arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence
• Orien Greene (Florida/Louisiana-Lafayette) - arrested after being accused of breaking into two Florida homes and fondling woman
• Wendell Greenleaf (Baylor) - faced misdemeanor charge of assault-family violence after already on two years' deferred probation upon pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief and assault (breaking down apartment door and slapping ex-girlfriend)
• Eddie Griffin (Seton Hall) - woman accused him of punching her in face and shooting pistol at her car as she drove away
• Teddy Grubbs (DePaul) - convicted of lewd fondling and simple battery
• Anthony Grundy (North Carolina State) - arrested and charged with simple assault on female
• P.J. Hairston (North Carolina) - charged with assault on a female, interfering with emergency communication and injury to personal property
• Darvin Ham (Texas Tech) - arrested on suspicion of violence against his wife
• Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway (Memphis) - charged with threatening and intimidating his girlfriend while carrying gun at his side
• Greg Hardy (Ole Miss) - arrested as an NFL defensive end and charged with attacking and threatening his girlfriend
• James Hardy III (Indiana) - arrested for abusing mother of his child and their infant boy
• Keith Harris (Kansas) - charged with assault after choking and biting female student in her apartment
• Paul Harris (Syracuse) - pleaded guilty to menacing
• Jaxson Hayes (Texas) - arrested after altercation with police when law enforcement was summoned to LA area home for domestic disturbance
• Daniel Hayles (Auburn/South Alabama) - arrested on domestic violence charge
• Eric Hayward (Connecticut) - sentenced to three years in prison for multiple counts of sexual assault and risk of injury to child
• Cedric Henderson (Memphis) - booked on warrant to appear in court on domestic-assault charge
• Jason Henry (Arkansas) - pimp known as "Allstar" booked on multiple sex crimes
• LaDontae Henton (Providence) - charged with domestic assault after fighting with ex-girlfriend although charges were eventually dropped
• Eric Hicks (Cincinnati) - faced felony charges for assault
• Jordan Hill (Arizona) - felony assault charge after allegedly shoving and choking his girlfriend
• Baskerville Holmes (Memphis State) - arrested twice for domestic violence
• Jonathan Holton (Rhode Island/West Virginia) - pleaded no contest to sex crime of video voyeurism
• Dennis Hopson (Ohio State) - pleaded guilty to menacing charge for threatening to shoot his wife
• Daniel Horton (Michigan) - arraigned on domestic-violence charge
• Byron Houston (Oklahoma State) - pleaded guilty to multiple counts of indecent exposure and became registered sex offender
• Rolando Howell (South Carolina) - arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence
• Dewan Huell/Hernandez (Miami FL) - arrested after reportedly entering his ex-girlfriend's dorm room uninvited and finding her in closet with another man
• Ron Huery (Arkansas) - received five-year prison sentence for violating probation and attempting to break into ex-girlfriend's home
• Jordy Hultberg (Louisiana State) - arrested after shoving his estranged wife into dresser when she caught him with another woman
• Jeremy Hunt (Memphis) - twice charged with domestic assault
• LeRoy Hurd (Miami/Texas-San Antonio) - sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of using computer to solicit minor stemming from relationship with high school student where he was a coach
• Richard Hurd (Baylor) - arrested for sexual assault but charges were dropped when DA's office determined case was not strong enough to go to trial
• Allen Iverson (Georgetown) - kicked naked wife out of their residence according to 911 police tape
• Courtney James (Minnesota) - found guilty of domestic assault
• Anthony Jenkins (Clemson) - pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting minor
• Anthony Johnson (College of Charleston) - pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct
• Carlos "Scooby" Johnson (Butler) - medical redshirt freshman from Michigan charged with felony rape and sexual battery in his dormitory room (subsequently found not guilty by jury)
• Dave Johnson (Syracuse) - disciplined for relationship with 14-year-old girl who claimed he had sex with her
• Dennis Johnson (Pepperdine) - charges dismissed after wife refused to press them following arrest for holding knife to her throat
• Dior Johnson (Pittsburgh) - shortly after arriving on campus following 10 high schools and two previous college commitments (Syracuse and Oregon), he was arrested after alleged fight with woman (pleaded guilty to simple assault and strangulation)
• James Johnson (Wake Forest) - arrested on charges of domestic assault causing bodily harm
• Kevin Johnson (California) - history of sexual misbehavior
• Marques Johnson (UCLA) - arrested on suspicion of beating his wife
• Torre Johnson (Oklahoma State/Wisconsin-Milwaukee) - dismissed from UWM's team after police found him hiding in closet and arrested him on suspicion of substantial battery (hitting woman in mouth causing her to get 10 stitches)
• Chris Jones (Louisville) - faced charges of rape and sodomy (subsequently cleared by grand jury)
• Theodore "Mookie" Jones IV (Syracuse) - suspended for one year following female student accusing him of cyberbullying
• Bobby Joyce (UNLV) - abuse of spouse
• Logan Kelley (Rutgers/Montevallo AL) - pleaded guilty to fatally slicing neck of strip club employee in Tijuana
• Jason Kidd (California) - pleaded guilty to spousal abuse
• Thomas Kilgore (Central Michigan/California) - charged with roughing up CMU student and mother of his daughter
• Jesse King III (Texas A&M) - acquitted of child rape charges while attending prep school in 1999
• Jason Klotz (Texas) - charged and arrested for assault with injury following fight with his girlfriend
• Billy Knight (UCLA) - committed suicide month following arrest on molestation charges reportedly involving nine-year-old daughter of ex-girlfriend
• Danny Lawhorn Jr. (Washington State signee/Midwestern State TX) - AAU girls coach in hometown of Hartford, Conn., accused of assaulting female player staying with him as her summer sponsor
• Ty Lawson (North Carolina) - arrested in alleged domestic violence incident
• Mitchell Lee (Minnesota) - involved in couple of sexual assault cases
• DeAndre Liggins (Kentucky) - charged with domestic abuse
• Donald Little (Cincinnati) - pleaded guilty to persistent disorderly conduct for assaulting female tavern manager
• Mario Little (Kansas) - arrested after altercation involving girlfriend
• Robert Littlejohn (Purdue) - sentenced to 60 years in prison following conviction of chasing and stabbing woman to death during fight
• Eric Lockett (George Mason/Florida International/North Carolina State) - criminal case was dismissed following arrest at 5 a.m. and charged with assault on his ex-girlfriend
• Steve Logan (Cincinnati) - pleaded guilty to charge of domestic violence stemming from incident involving long-time girlfriend
• Brad Lohaus (Iowa) - pleaded guilty to domestic assault stemming from hotel incident involving his girlfriend
• Art Long (Cincinnati) - pleaded no contest to domestic violence
• Reggie Lynch (Illinois State/Minnesota) - arrested on probable cause of criminal sexual conduct and subsequently suspended from campus for separate incident
• Clyde Lynn (North Carolina) - walk-on resigned from his high school position following arrest for allegedly having sexual relationship with student
• Sam Mack (Iowa State/Arizona State/Houston) - co-ed accused him of rape
• Yemi Makanjuola (Tennessee/UNC Wilmington/SIU Edwardsville) - accused by woman of sexual assault in residence hall housing many of UT's athletes (his attorney sat on university's board of athletics; DA declined to prosecute)
• Roy Marble Sr. (Iowa) - charged with domestic-abuse assault
• Anthony Mason (Tennessee State) - multiple criminal rape complaints
• Bryant Matthews (Virginia Tech) - found guilty in Australia of sexual assault
• Vernon Maxwell (Florida) - charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault
• Joe Mazzulla (West Virginia) - suspended for arrest on charges of domestic battery (allegedly grabbed woman he had lived with by neck at bar)
• Trevor Mbakwe (Marquette/Minnesota) - arrested and jailed for violating harassment restraining order
• Ed McCants (Northwestern/Wisconsin-Milwaukee) - sentenced to year in jail for six misdemeanors related to domestic abuse case
• Walter McCarty (Kentucky) - fired as Evansville coach amid Title IX probe into reports of alleged sexual misconduct
• Michael McClain (Washington) - faced assault charges following arrest stemming from scuffle with girlfriend
• Xavier McDaniel (Wichita State) - accused of couple of domestic assaults
• Cam McDowell (Georgia) - charged with criminal trespass-family violence/damage to on-campus property where a former girlfriend resided after throwing rock through window about midnight
• Marcetteaus McGee (Wisconsin signee/Illinois-Chicago) - pleaded guilty to reduced sexual-assault charge
• Donnie McGrath (Providence) - pleaded no contest to charge of simple assault following arrest stemming from struggle with former girlfriend
• Mario McKinney Jr. (Missouri/New Mexico State/Texas-El Paso) - accused of attempting a battery on woman who lived with him
• Roshown McLeod (St. John's/Duke) - charged with simple battery after shoving pregnant girlfriend
• Donovan McNabb (Syracuse) - fired by ESPN after he, along with several other ex-NFL players, were accused of sexual harassment by a former female colleague (wardrobe stylist) at NFL Network
• Daquein McNeil (Florida International/Minnesota) - jailed after arrest for two counts of domestic assault against 28-year-old girlfriend and accused again less than week after release from jail
• Howard McNeil (Seton Hall) - convicted of murder
• Carl McPipe (Nebraska) - sex crime conviction resulting in five years' probation
• Fab Melo (Syracuse) - charged with criminal mischief
• Marcus Melvin (North Carolina State) - charged with trying to strangle his girlfriend
• Ron Mercer (Kentucky) - settled lawsuit with Boston Celtics teammate stemming from incident as NBA rookie
• Nate Miles (Connecticut) - expelled following hearing concerning alleged assault of female student
• Greg Minor (Louisville) - agreed to enter program for batterers to avoid trial on charges he assaulted his ex-girlfriend
• Duke Mondy (Providence/Oakland) - arrested based on sexual-assault complaint
• Arterio Morris (Texas/Kansas) - charged with misdemeanor assault after physical altercation with his ex-girlfriend (entered plea deal) and suspended from KU's program following alleged sexual assault
• Ravi Moss (Kentucky) - arrested on assault charge after alleged argument with mother of their child
• Andrew Moten (Florida) - arrested and charged with spouse battery
• Jerrod Mustaf (Maryland) - settled wrongful-death lawsuit
• Shawn Myrick (Cincinnati) - jailed for sexual battery
• Lee Nailon (Texas Christian) - pleaded no contest to roughing up his girlfriend in dormitory room and arrested on charges of beating his wife
• Johnny Newman (Richmond) - sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $500 for assaulting his wife
• Kendrick Nunn (Illinois/Oakland) - charged with domestic battery for allegedly striking woman in her apartment
• Greg Oden (Ohio State) - accused of punching woman in face around 3:30 a.m.
• Mike Olliver (Lamar) - sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder (stabbing ex-girlfriend)
• Michael Olowokandi (Pacific) - police investigated multiple alleged instances of domestic violence
• Venoy Overton (Washington) - alleged criminal conduct involving teenage girls
• Victor Page (Georgetown) - multiple assaults against same woman among 33 criminal charges in 3 1/2-year span in Maryland and the District of Columbia prior to sentenced to 10 years in prison before going back behind bars following alleged attempt to assault his girlfriend's 17-year-old daughter
• Richie Parker (Long Island) - convicted of sexual abuse at his New York City high school
• Ruben Patterson (Cincinnati) - NBA's first registered sex offender stemming from incident involving his family's nanny
• Anthony Peeler (Missouri) - federal court jury awarded woman $2.4 million after suing him and testifying he pinned her down and held gun to her head
• Kendrick Perkins (Memphis commitment) - allegedly punched woman in face outside nightclub
• Prentiss Perkins (Washington) - sex-abuse offense
• Gerald Perry (South Carolina/Southern LA) - multiple settlements involved in series of sordid incidents regarding eventual NFL offensive tackle
• Jesse Perry (Arizona) - pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charge of strangulation after facing three felony domestic violence charges
• Marcus Perry (Nebraska) - jury found him not guilty of sexual assault but guilty of child abuse
• Wesley Person Sr. (Auburn) - multiple domestic-violence charges
• Terry Pettis (Fresno State) - pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vandalism and battery charges involving his girlfriend before later sentenced to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder in botched drug robbery
• Larry Petty (Wisconsin) - pleaded guilty to threatening wife with kitchen knife
• Terrence Phillips (Missouri) - suspended in mid-season amid investigation by school officials in Title IX office (Mizzou paid $400K over claims of botched sexual conduct probe)
• Pierre Pierce (Iowa) - imprisoned for assaulting former girlfriend at her apartment
• Matt Pilgrim (Kentucky/Hampton/Oklahoma State) - judge dismissed female student's emergency protective order against him
• Kendal "Tiny" Pinder (North Carolina State) - professional career in Australia derailed by multiple sexual-assault convictions involving women aged 16 to 20 between 1988 and 1990
• Elliott Pitts (Arizona) - left school over "personal issue" following suspension after university finding of sexual misconduct
• Carl Pollard (Brigham Young/Southern California/Southern Utah) - sentenced to prison for sexually molesting three girls under 11 years old
• Olden Polynice (Virginia) - arrested on domestic-assault charges
• Kevin Porter Jr. (Southern California) - accused of punching woman in face and later of assault and strangulation involving his girlfriend
• Michael Porter (Kentucky) - sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to having sex with an underage girl
• Kenny Pratt (Iowa State) - arrested for alleged abuse (charges subsequently dropped)
• Zach Price (Louisville/Missouri/Winthrop) - allegedly pushed female to ground
• Joshua Primo (Alabama) - released by San Antonio Spurs stemming from multiple alleged instances of exposing himself to women
• Stanley Pringle (Penn State) - charged with public lewdness and disorderly conduct in connection to a reported library masturbation incident
• Zach Randolph (Michigan State) - exotic dancer sued him for sexual assault although police never filed criminal charges
• Michael Reese (Boston College/Loyola MD) - criminal charges for which he never was convicted involving altercation with old girlfriend
• Grady Reynolds (St. John's) - arrested and charged with assaulting and harassing female student in campus dormitory
• Lafester Rhodes (Iowa State) - charged with ransacking ex-girlfriend's apartment
• King Rice (North Carolina) - charged with assaulting woman, resisting arrest and destruction of public property
• Jason Richardson (Michigan State) - found guilty of domestic violence
• Jereme Richmond (Illinois) - convicted of threatening female probation officer
• Andre Riddick (Kentucky) - allegedly picked up his girlfriend after leaving a bar and pushed or tossed her down stairs before punching her in chest
• J.R. Rider (UNLV) - accused of kidnapping and battery of female acquaintance
• Jimario Rivers (Memphis) - wanted for aggravated assault after reportedly attacking his girlfriend at grocery store
• Rolan Roberts (Virginia Tech/Southern Illinois) - transferred following suspension for one year at VT for an incident alleging assault and sexual misconduct
• Alvin Robertson (Arkansas) - imprisoned for probation violation involving rape accusation
• Bernard Robinson Jr. (Michigan) - arrested and charged with three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct
• Cliff Robinson (Connecticut) - decked female police officer during brawl outside nightclub
• Clifton Robinson (Auburn) - accepted plea bargain (contributing to delinquency of minor) following accusation of having sex with underage girl
• Glenn Robinson Jr. (Purdue) - charged with domestic battery and assault
• Jon Robinson (Maryland) - wife obtained restraining order after household scuffle
• Rumeal Robinson (Michigan) - swindled his adoptive mother out of her home
• Marvin Rodgers (West Virginia RS/Wright State) - expelled from WV after pleading guilty to second-degree sexual assault
• Lou Roe (Massachusetts) - woman successfully filed restraining order against him
• Reggie Rogers (Washington) - assaulted girlfriend
• Delco Rowley (Michigan State) - arrested as YMCA behavior specialist on charges of sending nude pictures of himself to 15-year-old girl
• Clifford Rozier (North Carolina/Louisville) - arrested on charges of assaulting his mother but case was dropped
• Casey Sanders (Duke) - charged with assaulting girlfriend
• Chris Sandle (Arizona State/Texas-El Paso) - charged with two counts of assault on women at nightclub
• Melvin Scott (North Carolina) - arrested and charged with assaulting female student at local nightclub
• Brian Shorter (Pittsburgh) - charged with domestic violence and wanton endangerment after dispute with wife in middle of night as Kentucky assistant coach
• Bobby Simmons (DePaul) - charged in assault
• Greg Simpson (Ohio State/West Virginia) - couple of disputes with females
• Andy Slocum (Texas A&M) - immersed in controversy with fellow WWE talent
• Bobby Leon Smith (Villanova/Southeast Missouri State) - arrested for domestic battery
• Tommy Smith (Arizona State) - pleaded guilty to charge of aggravated assault
• Troy Smith (Louisville) - served one year of five-to-25-year prison term for involuntary manslaughter death of mother of his infant son
• Ben Spencer (Connecticut) - allegedly broke several windows in his girlfriend's apartment
• Travis Spivey (Georgia Tech/Iowa State) - pleaded guilty to sexual assault in incident involving 15-year-old and booked into jail for investigation of battery in domestic-violence case
• Latrell Sprewell (Alabama) - accused of assaulting girlfriend in front of children
• Michael Spruell (Auburn signee) - sentenced to 15 years in prison after conviction for rape and aggravated assault of two women
• Jerry Stackhouse (North Carolina) - accused of assaulting real estate agent during argument concerning beach house
• D.J. Stephens (Memphis) - arrested in connection with domestic-violence incident involving his child's mother
• Lance Stephenson (Cincinnati) - arrested for pushing girlfriend down stairs
• DeShawn Stevenson (Kansas signee) - admitted taking 14-year-old back to hotel room, getting her drunk and having consensual sex
• Rod Strickland (DePaul) - pleaded guilty to assaulting girlfriend
• Rasheed Sulaimon (Duke/Maryland) - sexual assault allegations
• Jared Sullinger (Ohio State) - domestic dispute with girlfriend
• Chester Surles (Nebraska) - arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend
• Zac Swansey (Georgia/Tennessee Tech) - entered plea for eight years of probation after high school coach/online learning teacher had inappropriate relationship with female student
• Daimon Sweet (Notre Dame) - arrested and charged with having sexual relationship with high school student where he coached
• Stromile Swift (Louisiana State) - pleaded guilty to stalking
• Roy Tarpley (Michigan) - jailed on assault charge
• Jaylon Tate (Illinois) - arrested on charge of domestic battery
• Jeff Taylor (Vanderbilt) - charged with domestic assault
• Marvin Taylor (South Florida) - accused by multiple women of sexual harassment
• Bill Teal (Arkansas commitment) - Florida high school product lost opportunity to align with Razorbacks after conviction of kidnapping and raping woman at gunpoint
• Sebastian Telfair (Louisville commitment) - slapped with three-year restraining order involving his estranged wife
• Issa Thiam (Rutgers) - dismissed from team while native of Senegal faced deportation following domestic-violence charges (pleaded guilty to two of them stemming from incident slapping woman and swinging knife at her after she refused to relinquish cellphone)
• Charles Thomas (Arkansas) - arrested and charged with third-degree battery after reported argument with his former girlfriend
• Isiah Thomas (Indiana) - jury ruled he harassed female New York Knicks executive who was awarded $11.6 million in damages
• Kurt Thomas (Texas Christian) - charged with assaulting his wife
• Stuart Thomas (Stanford) - pleaded no-contest in plea bargain reducing felony charge to misdemeanor in connection with reported sexual assault in campus dormitory
• Ali Thompson (Arkansas) - imprisoned for beating mother of his child
• James Thompson (South Carolina signee/Eastern Michigan) - arrested for alleged domestic abuse despite former Gamecocks coach Frank Martin calling him "an awesome kid"
• Joshua Tinch (Louisville) - football WR who also played hoops under coach Rick Pitino was terminated as high school instructor after female student complained of inappropriate contact with her when she was 16 shortly following his hiring
• Marlon Towns (Arkansas/Murray State) - arrested on charges of domestic assault and marijuana possession
• Gary Trent (Ohio University) - arrested on domestic-violence charge accused of assaulting girlfriend
• Mack Tuck (Colorado) - kicked off team following arrest for allegedly threatening 6 1/2-month pregnant teenager who refused to have sex with him
• Rodney Tucker (Florida State/Auburn) - missed season facing first-degree felony charge of sexual battery on physically helpless victim while she slept after night of clubbing
• Carlos Turner (South Carolina signee) - Louisville product was accused of breaking into home of former girlfriend and stabbing mother of two of his children seven times before turning weapon on himself
• Sean Tyson (Clemson) - charged with assaulting female student
• Robbie Valentine (Louisville) - charged with strangulation of his girlfriend at their home (reportedly because she sought to move out)
• David Vaughn III (Memphis State) - domestic violence arrest
• Herman Veal (Maryland) - disciplined for allegedly making unwarranted sexual advance toward female student
• Toby Veal (Colorado/Virginia Commonwealth/Paine GA) - violated school's weapons policy
• Lagerald Vick (SMU signee/Kansas) - although never charged with crime, school probe resulted in recommendation of two years probation after determining he likely committed domestic violence
• Charlie Villanueva (Connecticut) - domestic assault charge
• Clyde Wade III (Memphis) - domestic-assault charges involving mother of their twins
• Maurice "Boo" Wade (Wisconsin) - sentenced to 18 months probation and ordered to complete domestic-violence counseling
• Kenny Walker (Kentucky) - pleaded guilty to menacing his wife
• Martez Walker (Texas/Oakland) - charged with misdemeanor assault
• Toraino Walker (Connecticut) - spent time in detention home in high school after pleading guilty to battery charge in incident involving young woman during double date
• John Wallace (Syracuse) - girlfriend withdrew harassment charge alleging he punched her in face and choked her during quarrel
• Rasheed Wallace (North Carolina) - misdemeanor assault involving ex-girlfriend
• Jake Walter (Xavier commitment) - seven-footer charged as juvenile with rape and sodomy before accusation was dismissed and documents in case ordered to be sealed
• Carlo Walton (Iowa State) - arrested after allegedly beating his girlfriend in a bar parking lot
• Travis Walton (Michigan State) - allowed to continue duties as student-assistant coach after criminally charged for punching female student at bar
• Chris Washburn (North Carolina State) - convicted of misdemeanor charge of pushing and slapping female student at NCSU
• Brock Washington (Michigan State) - freshman walk-on underwent investigation for criminal sexual conduct (forcibly groping woman) before state AG decided not to press charges
• Jermaine Watson (Boston College) - evicted from his apartment following incident allegedly precipitated by pushing of woman at party
• Marcus Watson (Oklahoma State) - second cousin to coach Mike Boynton was suspended entire season following protective order filed against Pokes' highest-rated freshman recruit for 2019-20 by ex-girlfriend of former OSU player (county DA's office chose to not pursue criminal charges)
• Maurice Watson Jr. (Boston University/Creighton) - pleaded no-contest to misdemeanor assault and sentenced to five days he'd already served in jail
• Kenyan Weaks (Florida) - placed on conduct probation following dormitory altercation with woman
• Kass Weaver (Wisconsin/Richmond) - charged with domestic assault and malicious wounding
• Marcus Webb (Alabama) - pleaded guilty to reduced charge of indecent assault
• Bonzi Wells (Ball State) - arrested after allegedly assaulting woman who refused to have sex with him
• Delonte West (St. Joseph's) - domestic dispute
• Robert Whaley (Missouri signee/Cincinnati) - charged with sexual misconduct in alleged rape of 13-year-old friend of his sister although trial ended with hung jury
• Jahidi White (Georgetown) - prosecutors declined to file charges because of insufficient evidence after Salt Lake woman said she was drugged and awoke in hotel room being raped
• Royce White (Minnesota/Iowa State) - Maxim model girlfriend filed police report alleging he beat her up
• Sherron Wilkerson (Indiana) - starter kicked off team following domestic violence arrest at 3:30 a.m.
• Darrell Williams (Oklahoma State) - convicted of sexual battery and rape by instrumentation although verdict was overturned by court of appeals
• DeShaun Williams (Syracuse/Iona) - arrested for allegedly hitting team's mascot during bar fight
• Frank Williams (Illinois) - booked for domestic battery
• Jacorey Williams (Arkansas/Middle Tennessee State) - dismissed from Razorbacks squad following alleged pair of assaults at local nightclub, including one against his ex-girlfriend
• Jayson Williams (St. John's) - wife claimed abusive relationship in divorce papers
• Terrence Williams (Louisville) - domestic-violence arrest
• Tre'Von Willis (Memphis/UNLV) - pleaded no-contest to domestic battery stemming from arrest after allegedly choking female acquaintance six years older than him
• Othell Wilson (Virginia) - acquitted of rape charges, he admitted writing threatening letter to ex-girlfriend half his age at the time but did not kidnap or sexually assault her
• David Wingate (Georgetown) - encountered multiple criminal complaints from women
• Dontonio Wingfield (Cincinnati) - imprisoned for assaulting two police officers responding to domestic violence call
• Jeff Withey (Arizona/Kansas) - L.A. District Attorney's Office chose not to move forward with case after 2014 Playboy Playmate of the Year accused her ex-fiancee of domestic violence
• Enosch Wolf (Connecticut) - arrested by campus police after he was involved in domestic dispute just before 6 a.m.
• Brandon Wood (Southern Illinois/Valparaiso/Michigan State) - arrested after allegedly striking female across face
• Terry Woods (Iowa State) - pleaded guilty to reduced charges in connection with kidnapping case involving woman
• Tony Woods (Wake Forest/Oregon) - arrested and charged with assaulting live-in girlfriend
• Doug Wrenn (Connecticut/Washington) - convicted of cyber-stalking and telephone harassment
• Lorenzen Wright (Memphis) - prior to arrest for his murder, ex-wife claimed abusive behavior in book she wrote

"If we have one of those cases (sexual assault), that's very problematic," pious NCAA President Mark Emmert told USA Today while five of every six universities refused to provide disciplinary records to the publication's network for a "Predator Pipeline" profile despite federal law giving schools explicit permission to provide such information. Question for Emmert: How about hundreds of cases plus one? If they bother to digest this lengthy list (including murders) or discern how often local "Mr.-Fix-It" go-to defense attorney is utilized by athletes, it might be time for four-million-dollar-a-year Emmert and shameful thumb-sucking university presidents to emerge from fetal position in their ivory towers, cease deliberate indifference and finally add a few paragraphs citing penalties for sexual misconduct to 440-page rules book. More to the point, how about elevating scholastic standards to emphasize genuine student-athletes less likely to be involved in sordid activities? Let's face it: Stupid people do dumb things. A correlation connecting delinquency of college cagers and soft-on-crime mindset is certainly an inconvenient truth requiring better leadership than insulated higher-education parasites and lame-stream #MessMedia leeches; not to mention grievance-industry NBA players probably supporting the aforementioned list as much as social scholars do common criminals in #Dimorat-dominated municipalities such as Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, District of Columbia, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, state of Wisconsin, etc. Even worse are college campuses infected by progressive puke as genesis for every idiotic idea nation is combating.

"We will either find a way or make one." - Hannibal, Carthaginian military commander

UCLA, in a stellar 10-year stretch from 1963-64 through 1972-73 ruling the scene much like Hannibal, accounted for four of only 12 major-college squads to go undefeated since the start of national tournament postseason competition in the late 1930s. Purdue and New Mexico, both incurring first loss in early January, fell far short of becoming Unbeaten Team #13.

Kentucky was soundly whipped by undefeated LIU in 1938-39 prior to the Wildcats going unbeaten themselves 15 years later. The average number of defeats the previous year for the first 12 unbeaten teams was five. The only time in major-college history two undefeated major colleges met in a national postseason tournament was the 1939 NIT final between Loyola of Chicago and Long Island University. LIU (23-0) defeated Loyola (21-1), 44-32.

In a seven-year span, all-time greats Lew Alcindor (UCLA in 1966-67), Bill Walton (UCLA in 1971-72) and David Thompson (North Carolina State in 1972-73) weren't freshmen but they were in their first season of varsity eligibility when leading their unbeaten teams in scoring. Alcindor (29 ppg), Lennie Rosenbluth (28 ppg with North Carolina in 1956-57) and Thompson (24.7 ppg) tallied the three highest-scoring averages among these undefeated squads.

Each of the dozen unbeaten major universities had at least one outing decided by fewer than eight points. Following is chronological list of schedules and team statistics for the 12 squads, including last one to achieve feat in 1975-76 (Indiana won five regular-season games by fewer than five points or in overtime), to emerge undefeated since the start of national tournament postseason competition:

Long Island (23-0 in 1938-39)
Coach: Clair Bee (eighth of 18 seasons with Blackbirds)

1938-39 LIU Opponents	Score	LIU's High Scorer
Newark University (N.J.)	64-14	George Newman 14
Panzer College	41-35	Daniel Kaplowitz 15
Princeton/Seminary	82-37	John Bromberg/Irv Torgoff 10
McGill University (Quebec)	77-39	Irv Torgoff 12
Montclair Teachers College (N.J.)	63-40	Irv Torgoff 10
East Stroudsburg Teachers (Pa.)	63-33	John Bromberg 14
Southern California	33-18	Daniel Kaplowitz 12
Kentucky	52-34	John Bromberg 12
Marquette	41-34	Arthur Hillhouse 14
New York Athletic Club	64-43	Arthur Hillhouse 15
Toledo	46-39	Irv Torgoff 18
Geneva College (Pa.)	48-39	Irv Torgoff 15
Duquesne	48-31	John Bromberg 13
Scranton (Pa.)	65-53	Daniel Kaplowitz 16
Canisius	62-50	Myron Sewitch 15
St. Francis (N.Y.)	61-20	Ossie Schechtman 13
St. Bonaventure	70-31	Irv Torgoff 12
University of Baltimore	52-34	Daniel Kaplowitz 9
John Marshall College	65-25	Irv Torgoff 11
at La Salle	28-21	Daniel Kaplowitz 7
New Mexico State (NIT)	52-45	Irv Torgoff 14
Bradley (NIT)	36-32	John Bromberg 12
Loyola of Chicago (NIT)	44-32	Irv Torgoff 12

NOTES: La Salle game technically played on a neutral court (Philadelphia Convention Hall). . . . NIT games played at Madison Square Garden.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR LIU REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	PPG
Irv Torgoff	F	Sr.	23	9.5
Daniel Kaplowitz	F	Sr.	23	8.1
*Arthur Hillhouse	C	Sr.	12	7.1
John Bromberg	G	Sr.	23	6.6
Oscar "Ossie" Schechtman	G	Soph.	22	4.8
Seymour "Cy" Lobello	C	Soph.	22	4.4
**Dolly King	C	Soph.	10	4.0
Myron Sewitch	C	Sr.	21	3.9
Solomon Schwartz	G	Soph.	22	3.8
George Newman	G	Sr.	23	3.5
Joseph Shelly	G	Soph.	20	3.5
Irving Zeitlin	G	Soph.	18	1.7
Maxwell Sharf	G-F	Soph.	16	1.4

*Hillhouse completed eligibility at the end of the first semester.
**King became eligible at the start of the second semester.

Seton Hall (19-0 in 1939-40)
Coach: John "Honey" Russell (fourth of 18 seasons with Pirates)

1939-40 Seton Hall Opponents	Date	Score	Pirates High Scorer
Alumni	D8	45-29	Nick Parpan 12
Mount St. Mary's	D18	58-32	Ed Sadowski 13
Tulane	D20	53-25	Bob Davies 9
Florida	D28	43-41	Bob Davies/Ed Sadowski 13
William & Mary	J6	51-35	Ed Sadowski 17
at Scranton	J12	48-32	Ed Sadowski 17
Becker	J17	69-29	Ed Sadowski 14
at Kutztown (Pa.)	J24	42-34	Ed Sadowski 15
Loyola (Md.)	F2	50-40	Ed Sadowski 13
at St. Peter's	F3	55-27	Bernie Coyle 13
at Brooklyn	F5	51-34	Bob Fischer 13
Rider	F9	44-32	Bob Davies/John Ruthenberg 8
St. Francis (Pa.)	F14	48-36	Bob Davies 17
St. Bonaventure	F17	46-41	Bob Davies 19
Kutztown (Pa.)	F21	53-33	Bob Davies 15
Canisius	F23	52-46	Bob Davies 17
Catholic (D.C.)	F26	53-27	Edward Ryan 13
Brooklyn	F28	43-41	Frank Delany 16
Scranton (Pa.)	M1	68-39	Bob Davies 16

NOTE: Seton Hall played its home games at five different arenas - East Orange High School, Elizabeth Armory, Orange Armory, Orange High School and Dickinson High School (Jersey City).

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR SETON HALL REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	PPG
Ed Sadowski*	C	Sr.	9	12.2
Bob Davies	F	Soph.	18	11.8
Bob Fischer	F	Soph.	18	4.9
John Ruthenberg	G-C	Soph.	19	4.7
Bob Holm	G	Soph.	17	4.2
Frank Delany	G-F	Sr.	19	3.8
Bernie Coyle	G-F	Sr.	18	3.7
Nick Parpan	G-F	Jr.	14	3.4
Ken Pine	C	Soph.	16	3.2
Ray Studwell	F-G	Soph.	18	1.2

*Sadowski missed the second half of the season because of a broken kneecap.

Army/U.S. Military Academy (15-0 in winter of 1944)
Coach: Ed Kelleher (first of two seasons with Cadets)

1943-44 Army Opponents	Score	Army's High Scorer
Swarthmore (Pa.)	80-29	Bob Faas 20
Colgate	69-44	Dale Hall 18
St. John's	49-36	Dale Hall 21
at Columbia	55-37	Dale Hall 17
Penn State	49-38	Dale Hall 14
Coast Guard	55-37	Doug Kenna 11
West Virginia	58-31	Dale Hall 18
at Rochester (N.Y.)	57-43	Dale Hall 23
Pittsburgh	66-32	Ed Christl 16
Hobart (N.Y.)	69-36	Dale Hall/Doug Kenna 20
Pennsylvania	55-38	Dale Hall 18
Villanova	34-22	Dale Hall 23
New York University	46-36	Dale Hall 18
Maryland	85-22	Dale Hall 32
Navy	47-40	Doug Kenna 17

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR ARMY REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	PPG
Dale Hall	F	Jr.	15	18.2
Doug Kenna	G	Jr.	15	10.1
Ed Christl	C	Sr.	12	8.3
Bob Faas	F	Sr.	15	7.1
Bill Ekberg	C	Jr.	15	4.7
Jack Hennessey	G	Sr.	15	1.7

Kentucky (25-0 in 1953-54)
Coach: Adolph Rupp (24th of 41 seasons with Wildcats)

1953-54 UK Opponents	Date	Score	UK's High Scorer
Temple	D5	86-59	Cliff Hagan 51
at Xavier	D12	81-66	Frank Ramsey 27
Wake Forest	D14	101-69	Cliff Hagan 18
at St. Louis	D18	71-59	Frank Ramsey 21
Duke	D21	85-69	Cliff Hagan 27
La Salle	D22	73-60	Cliff Hagan 28
Minnesota	D28	74-59	Frank Ramsey 23
Xavier	J4	77-71	Cliff Hagan 20
Georgia Tech	J9	105-53	Cliff Hagan 34
DePaul	J11	81-63	Cliff Hagan/Frank Ramsey 22
Tulane	J16	94-43	Frank Ramsey 26
at Tennessee	J23	97-71	Frank Ramsey 37
at Vanderbilt	J30	85-63	Frank Ramsey 24
Georgia Tech*	F2	99-48	Cliff Hagan 23
Georgia	F4	106-55	Frank Ramsey 29
Georgia*	F6	100-68	Cliff Hagan 29
at Florida	F8	97-55	Cliff Hagan 22
Mississippi	F13	88-62	Cliff Hagan 38
Mississippi State	F15	81-49	Cliff Hagan 26
Tennessee	F18	90-63	Cliff Hagan 24
at DePaul	F20	76-61	Cliff Hagan 29
Vanderbilt	F22	100-64	Cliff Hagan 22
Auburn*	F27	109-79	Frank Ramsey 28
at Alabama	M1	68-43	Cliff Hagan 24
Louisiana State* (SEC Playoff)	M9	63-56	Frank Ramsey 30

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR KENTUCKY REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Cliff Hagan	F-C	Sr.	25	.455	.691	24.0	13.5
Frank Ramsey	G	Sr.	25	.416	.729	19.6	8.8
Lou Tsioropoulos	F	Sr.	25	.351	.690	14.5	9.6
Billy Evans	F-G	Jr.	25	.372	.778	8.4	7.2
Gayle Rose	G	Jr.	23	.346	.646	6.7	1.3
Phil Grawemeyer	F-C	Soph.	25	.372	.543	5.9	6.1
Linville Puckett	G	Soph.	24	.295	.673	5.1	2.2
Bill Bibb	F	Soph.	16	.313	.583	1.7	1.6
TEAM TOTALS			25	.383	.678	87.5	52.7

San Francisco (29-0 in 1955-56)
Coach: Phil Woolpert (fifth of nine seasons with Dons)

1955-56 USF Opponents	Date	Score	USF's High Scorer
Chico State (Calif.)	D2	70-39	Bill Russell 15
Southern California	D3	58-42	Bill Russell 24
San Francisco State	D6	72-47	Bill Russell 20
Marquette*	D16	65-58	Bill Russell 16
at DePaul	D17	82-59	K.C. Jones 23
at Wichita	D20	75-65	Bill Russell 17
at Loyola of New Orleans	D23	61-43	Bill Russell 20
La Salle*	D26	79-62	Bill Russell 26
Holy Cross*	D27	67-51	Bill Russell 24
UCLA*	D28	70-53	Bill Russell 17
Pepperdine	J6	62-51	Bill Russell 20
Santa Clara	J10	74-56	Mike Farmer 18
at Fresno State	J13	69-50	Bill Russell 22
at California	J28	33-24	K.C. Jones 15
San Jose State	J31	67-40	Bill Russell 21
Loyola of Los Angeles	F3	68-46	Carl Boldt 20
at Pacific	F7	77-60	Bill Russell 24
Fresno State	F10	79-46	Bill Russell 23
at San Jose State	F14	76-52	Bill Russell 21
at St. Mary's	F17	76-63	Bill Russell 28
at Santa Clara	F24	80-44	Bill Russell 29
Pacific	F28	87-49	Bill Russell 28
at Pepperdine	M2	68-40	Carl Boldt 14
at Loyola of Los Angeles	M3	65-48	Bill Russell 24
St. Mary's	M6	82-49	Bill Russell 22
UCLA* (NCAA Tournament)	M16	72-61	Gene Brown 23
Utah* (NCAA Tournament)	M17	92-77	Bill Russell 27
Southern Methodist* (NCAA Tournament)	M22	86-68	Mike Farmer 26
Iowa* (NCAA Tournament)	M23	83-71	Bill Russell 26

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR USF REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Bill Russell	C	Sr.	29	.513	.495	20.6	21.0
K.C. Jones*	G	Sr.	25	.365	.655	9.8	5.2
Hal Perry	G	Sr.	29	.365	.729	9.1	2.0
Carl Boldt	F	Jr.	28	.326	.783	8.6	5.0
Mike Farmer	F	Soph.	28	.371	.548	8.4	7.8
Gene Brown	G	Soph.	29	.377	.641	7.1	4.4
Mike Preaseau	F	Soph.	29	.366	.609	4.1	3.1
Warren Baxter	G	Sr.	26	.301	.667	2.2	0.7
Bill Bush	G	Sr.	22	.208	.625	0.9	0.8
Jack King	F	Jr.	22	.162	.462	0.8	1.0
TEAM TOTALS			29	.388	.604	72.2	54.2

*Ineligible for NCAA Tournament as a fifth-year player.

North Carolina (32-0 in 1956-57)
Coach: Frank McGuire (fifth of nine seasons with Tar Heels)

1956-57 UNC Opponents	Date	Score	Carolina's High Scorer
Furman	D4	94-66	Lennie Rosenbluth 47
Clemson*	D8	94-75	Pete Brennan 28
George Washington	D12	82-55	Lennie Rosenbluth 27
at South Carolina	D15	90-86	Tommy Kearns 29
Maryland	D17	70-61	Lennie Rosenbluth 26
at New York University	D20	64-59	Bob Cunningham 16
Dartmouth*	D21	89-61	Lennie Rosenbluth 30
Holy Cross*	D22	83-70	Lennie Rosenbluth 23
Utah*	D27	97-76	Lennie Rosenbluth 36
Duke*	D28	87-71	Lennie Rosenbluth 32
Wake Forest*	D29	63-55	Lennie Rosenbluth 18
at William & Mary	J8	71-61	Pete Brennan 20
Clemson	J11	86-54	Lennie Rosenbluth 34
Virginia	J12	102-90	Lennie Rosenbluth 30
at North Carolina State	J15	83-57	Lennie Rosenbluth 29
at Western Carolina	J30	77-59	Lennie Rosenbluth 26
at Maryland	F5	65-61 (2OT)	Lennie Rosenbluth 25
Duke	F9	75-73	Lennie Rosenbluth 35
at Virginia	F11	68-59	Lennie Rosenbluth 23
Wake Forest	F13	72-69	Lennie Rosenbluth 24
North Carolina State	F19	86-57	Lennie Rosenbluth 28
South Carolina	F22	75-62	Pete Brennan 26
at Wake Forest	F26	69-64	Lennie Rosenbluth 30
at Duke	M1	86-72	Lennie Rosenbluth 40
Clemson* (ACC Tournament)	M7	81-61	Lennie Rosenbluth 45
Wake Forest* (ACC Tournament)	M8	61-59	Lennie Rosenbluth 23
South Carolina* (ACC Tournament)	M9	95-75	Lennie Rosenbluth 38
Yale* (NCAA Tournament)	M12	90-74	Lennie Rosenbluth 29
Canisius* (NCAA Tournament)	M15	87-75	Lennie Rosenbluth 39
Syracuse* (NCAA Tournament)	M16	67-58	Lennie Rosenbluth 23
Michigan State* (NCAA Tournament)	M22	74-70 (3OT)	Lennie Rosenbluth 31
Kansas* (NCAA Tournament)	M23	54-53 (3OT)	Lennie Rosenbluth 20

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR NORTH CAROLINA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Lennie Rosenbluth	F	Sr.	32	.483	.758	28.0	8.8
Pete Brennan	F	Jr.	32	.394	.706	14.7	10.4
Tommy Kearns	G	Jr.	32	.434	.711	12.8	3.1
Joe Quigg	C	Jr.	31	.434	.719	10.3	8.6
Bob Cunningham	G	Jr.	32	.393	.598	7.2	6.7
Tony Radovich	G	Sr.	16	.525	.769	3.9	1.8
Bill Hathaway	C	Soph.	15	.333	.417	2.8	5.0
Stan Groll	G	Soph.	12	.370	.556	2.1	1.5
Bob Young	C	Sr.	15	.256	.538	1.9	2.1
Ken Rosemond	G	Jr.	15	.400	.556	1.1	0.6
Danny Lotz	F	Soph.	24	.350	.391	1.0	1.6
TEAM TOTALS			32	.431	.701	79.3	46.7

UCLA (30-0 in 1963-64)
Coach: John Wooden (16th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1963-64 UCLA Opponents	Date	Score	Bruins High Scorer
Brigham Young	D6	113-71	Walt Hazzard 20
Butler	D7	80-65	Walt Hazzard 21
Kansas State*	D13	78-75	Gail Goodrich 21
Kansas*	D14	74-54	Gail Goodrich 23
Baylor*	D20	112-61	Walt Hazzard 23
Creighton*	D21	95-79	Walt Hazzard 26
Yale	D26	95-65	Gail Goodrich 25
Michigan	D27	98-80	Gail Goodrich 30
Illinois	D28	83-79	Gail Goodrich 21
at Washington State	J3	88-83	Gail Goodrich 28
at Washington State	J4	121-77	Gail Goodrich 21
Southern California	J10	79-59	Walt Hazzard 21
Southern California	J11	78-71	Gail Goodrich 23
Stanford	J17	84-71	Gail Goodrich 23
Stanford*	J18	80-61	Walt Hazzard 31
UC Santa Barbara	J31	107-76	Gail Goodrich/Walt Hazzard 21
UC Santa Barbara*	F1	87-59	Gail Goodrich 31
at California	F7	87-67	Gail Goodrich 26
at California	F8	58-56	Walt Hazzard 17
Washington	F14	73-58	Walt Hazzard 17
Washington	F15	88-60	Gail Goodrich 22
at Stanford	F22	100-88	Walt Hazzard 27
at Washington	F24	78-64	Keith Erickson/Walt Hazzard 21
Washington State	F29	93-56	Walt Hazzard 19
California	M2	87-57	Gail Goodrich 23
Southern California	M6	91-81	Gail Goodrich 23
Seattle* (NCAA Tournament)	M13	95-90	Walt Hazzard 26
San Francisco* (NCAA Tournament)	M14	76-72	Walt Hazzard 23
Kansas State* (NCAA Tournament)	M20	90-84	Keith Erickson 28
Duke* (NCAA Tournament)	M21	98-83	Gail Goodrich 27

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Gail Goodrich	G	Jr.	30	.458	.711	21.5	5.2
Walt Hazzard	G	Sr.	30	.445	.718	18.6	4.7
Jack Hirsch	F	Sr.	30	.528	.664	14.0	7.6
Keith Erickson	F	Jr.	30	.403	.623	10.7	9.1
Fred Slaughter	C	Sr.	30	.466	.484	7.9	8.1
Kenny Washington	F-G	Soph.	30	.458	.627	6.1	4.2
Doug McIntosh	C	Soph.	30	.519	.500	3.6	4.4
Kim Stewart	F	Sr.	23	.393	.467	2.2	2.0
Rich Levin	F	Jr.	19	.372	.500	2.0	0.6
Mike Huggins	G	Sr.	23	.382	.478	1.6	1.0
Chuck Darrow	G	Soph.	23	.379	.583	1.6	1.2
Vaughn Hoffman	C	Soph.	21	.476	.500	1.2	1.3
TEAM TOTALS			30	.455	.644	88.9	55.7

UCLA (30-0 in 1966-67)
Coach: John Wooden (19th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1966-67 UCLA Opponents	Date	Score	Bruins High Scorer
Southern California	D3	105-90	Lew Alcindor 56
Duke	D9	88-54	Lew Alcindor/Lucius Allen 19
Duke	D10	107-87	Lew Alcindor 38
Colorado State	D22	84-74	Lew Alcindor 34
Notre Dame	D23	96-67	Lew Alcindor 25
Wisconsin	D28	100-56	Lew Alcindor 24
Georgia Tech	D29	91-72	Lew Alcindor 18
Southern California	D30	107-83	Lew Alcindor 25
at Washington State	J7	76-67	Lew Alcindor 28
at Washington	J9	83-68	Lew Alcindor 28
California	J13	96-78	Lew Alcindor 26
Stanford	J14	116-78	Lew Alcindor 37
Portland	J20	122-57	Lew Alcindor 27
UC Santa Barbara	J21	119-75	Lew Alcindor 37
at Loyola of Chicago	J28	82-67	Lew Alcindor 35
Illinois*	J29	120-82	Lew Alcindor 45
at Southern California	F4	40-35 (OT)	Lew Alcindor 13
Oregon State	F10	76-44	Lew Alcindor/Lucius Allen 22
Oregon	F11	100-66	Lucius Allen 20
at Oregon	F17	34-25	Lew Alcindor 12
at Oregon State	F18	72-50	Lew Alcindor 28
Washington	F24	71-43	Lew Alcindor 37
Washington State	F25	100-78	Lew Alcindor 61
at Stanford	M3	75-47	Lew Alcindor 20
at California	M4	103-66	Lew Alcindor 30
Southern California	M11	83-55	Lew Alcindor 26
Wyoming* (NCAA Tournament)	M17	109-60	Lew Alcindor 29
Pacific* (NCAA Tournament)	M18	80-64	Lew Alcindor 38
Houston* (NCAA Tournament)	M24	73-58	Lynn Shackelford 22
Dayton* (NCAA Tournament)	M25	79-64	Lew Alcindor 20

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Lew Alcindor	C	Soph.	30	.667	.650	29.0	15.5
Lucius Allen	G	Soph.	30	.479	.713	15.5	5.8
Mike Warren	G	Jr.	30	.465	.758	12.7	4.5
Lynn Shackelford	F	Soph.	30	.480	.821	11.4	5.9
Ken Heitz	F-G	Soph.	30	.506	.600	6.1	3.2
Bill Sweek	G	Soph.	30	.479	.565	4.7	2.8
Jim Nielsen	F-C	Soph.	27	.519	.455	4.6	3.4
Don Saffer	G	Jr.	27	.451	.542	2.9	0.8
Gene Sutherland	G	Jr.	20	.455	.583	1.9	0.8
Neville Saner	F-C	Jr.	24	.308	.667	1.4	1.9
Joe Chrisman	F	Jr.	19	.320	.364	1.1	1.5
TEAM TOTALS			30	.520	.653	89.6	49.8

UCLA (30-0 in 1971-72)
Coach: John Wooden (24th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1971-72 UCLA Opponents	Date	Score	Bruins High Scorer
The Citadel	D3	105-49	Henry Bibby 26
Iowa	D4	106-72	Henry Bibby 32
Iowa State	D10	110-81	Bill Walton 24
Texas A&M	D11	117-53	Bill Walton 23
Notre Dame	D22	114-56	Henry Bibby 28
Texas Christian	D23	119-81	Bill Walton 31
Texas	D29	115-65	Bill Walton 28
Ohio State	D30	79-53	Bill Walton 14
at Oregon State	J7	78-72	Henry Bibby 17
at Oregon	J8	93-68	Bill Walton 30
Stanford	J14	118-79	Bill Walton 32
California	J15	82-43	Bill Walton 20
Santa Clara	J21	92-57	Keith Wilkes 16
Denver	J22	108-61	Henry Bibby/Larry Farmer 19
at Loyola of Chicago	J28	92-64	Henry Bibby/Bill Walton 18
at Notre Dame	J29	57-32	Henry Bibby 15
Southern California	F5	81-56	Bill Walton 22
Washington State	F11	89-58	Bill Walton 25
Washington	F12	109-70	Bill Walton 27
at Washington	F19	100-83	Bill Walton 31
at Washington State	F21	85-55	Larry Hollyfield/Keith Wilkes 16
Oregon	F25	92-70	Bill Walton 37
Oregon State	F26	92-72	Bill Walton 26
at California	M3	91-71	Bill Walton 24
at Stanford	M4	102-73	Greg Lee 16
at Southern California	M10	79-66	Bill Walton 20
Weber State* (NCAA Tournament)	M16	90-58	Henry Bibby 16
Long Beach State* (NCAA Tournament)	M18	73-57	Henry Bibby 23
Louisville* (NCAA Tournament)	M23	96-77	Bill Walton 23
Florida State* (NCAA Tournament)	M25	81-76	Bill Walton 24

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Bill Walton	C	Soph.	30	.640	.704	21.1	15.5
Henry Bibby	G	Sr.	30	.450	.806	15.7	3.5
Keith Wilkes	F	Soph.	30	.531	.696	13.5	8.2
Larry Farmer	F	Jr.	30	.456	.549	10.7	5.5
Greg Lee	G	Soph.	29	.492	.824	8.7	2.0
Larry Hollyfield	F	Jr.	30	.514	.651	7.3	3.3
Swen Nater	C	Jr.	29	.535	.609	6.7	4.8
Tommy Curtis	G	Soph.	30	.437	.636	4.1	2.1
Andy Hill	G	Sr.	26	.356	.709	2.7	0.8
Vince Carson	F	Soph.	28	.400	.667	2.4	2.6
Jon Chapman	F	Sr.	28	.465	.500	1.6	1.6
Gary Franklin	F	Soph.	26	.412	.438	1.3	1.0
TEAM TOTALS			30	.504	.695	94.6	54.9

UCLA (30-0 in 1972-73)
Coach: John Wooden (25th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1972-73 UCLA Opponents	Date	Score	Bruins High Scorer
Wisconsin	N25	94-53	Bill Walton 26
Bradley	D1	73-38	Bill Walton 16
Pacific	D2	81-48	Keith Wilkes 18
UC Santa Barbara	D16	98-67	Bill Walton 30
Pittsburgh	D22	89-73	Keith Wilkes 20
Notre Dame	D23	82-56	Keith Wilkes 18
Drake*	D29	85-72	Bill Walton 29
Illinois*	D30	71-64	Bill Walton 22
Oregon	J5	64-38	Larry Farmer/Keith Wilkes 14
Oregon State	J6	87-61	Keith Wilkes 19
at Stanford	J12	82-67	Larry Farmer/Larry Hollyfield/Bill Walton 18
at California	J13	69-50	Larry Farmer/Keith Wilkes 18
San Francisco	J19	92-64	Bill Walton 22
Providence	J20	101-77	Larry Farmer 21
at Loyola of Chicago	J25	87-73	Bill Walton 32
at Notre Dame	J27	82-63	Keith Wilkes 20
at Southern California	F3	79-56	Bill Walton 20
at Washington State	F10	88-50	Bill Walton 17
at Washington	F12	76-67	Bill Walton 29
Washington	F16	93-62	Bill Walton 26
Washington State	F17	96-64	Bill Walton 29
at Oregon	F22	72-61	Keith Wilkes 18
at Oregon State	F24	73-67	Bill Walton 21
California	M2	90-65	Bill Walton/Keith Wilkes 15
Stanford	M3	51-45	Bill Walton 23
Southern California	M10	76-56	Bill Walton/Keith Wilkes 17
Arizona State (NCAA Tournament)	M15	98-81	Bill Walton 28
San Francisco (NCAA Tournament)	M17	54-39	Larry Farmer 13
Indiana* (NCAA Tournament)	M24	70-59	Tommy Curtis 22
Memphis State* (NCAA Tournament)	M26	87-66	Bill Walton 44

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Bill Walton	C	Jr.	30	.650	.569	20.4	16.9
Keith Wilkes	F	Jr.	30	.525	.652	14.8	7.3
Larry Farmer	F	Sr.	30	.511	.701	12.2	5.0
Larry Hollyfield	G	Sr.	30	.466	.492	10.7	2.9
Tommy Curtis	G	Jr.	24	.512	.667	6.4	1.7
Dave Meyers	F	Soph.	28	.477	.756	4.9	2.9
Greg Lee	G	Jr.	30	.473	.790	4.6	1.3
Swen Nater	C	Sr.	29	.459	.652	3.2	3.3
Pete Trgovich	G-F	Soph.	25	.382	.400	3.1	1.7
Vince Carson	F	Jr.	26	.514	.471	1.7	2.2
Gary Franklin	F	Jr.	24	.485	.500	1.6	1.3
Bob Webb	G	Jr.	21	.148	.833	0.6	0.2
TEAM TOTALS			30	.519	.632	81.3	49.0

Assists leader: Walton 168.

North Carolina State (27-0 in 1972-73)
Coach: Norman Sloan (seventh of 14 seasons with Wolfpack)

1972-73 N.C. State Opponents	Date	Score	Wolfpack High Scorer
Appalachian State	N27	130-53	David Thompson 33
Atlantic Christian	D1	110-40	David Thompson 32
Georgia Southern	D4	144-100	David Thompson 40
South Florida	D8	125-88	David Thompson 30
Wake Forest*	D15	88-83	David Thompson 29
North Carolina*	D16	68-61	David Thompson 19
Davidson*	D19	103-90	Joe Cafferky 25
at Georgia	D23	97-83	David Thompson 26
at Virginia	J6	68-61	Monte Towe 17
Duke	J10	94-87	Monte Towe/Tom Burleson 20
Lehigh	J12	115-53	Tom Burleson 30
at Maryland	J14	87-85	David Thompson 37
at Clemson	J20	86-76	David Thompson 24
at Furman	J27	98-73	David Thompson 27
Maryland	J31	89-78	David Thompson 24
Virginia	F3	64-59	David Thompson 18
North Carolina	F5	76-73	David Thompson 22
Clemson*	F9	68-61	David Thompson 30
Georgia Tech*	F10	118-94	David Thompson 36
East Carolina	F13	105-70	David Thompson 33
at Wake Forest	F17	81-59	David Thompson 21
at Duke	F21	74-50	David Thompson 31
UNC Charlotte	F24	100-64	Tom Burleson 26
at North Carolina	F27	82-78	David Thompson 18
Wake Forest	M3	100-77	Tom Burleson 27
Virginia* (ACC Tournament)	M9	63-51	Tom Burleson/David Thompson 14
Maryland* (ACC Tournament)	M10	76-74	Tom Burleson 14

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR N.C. STATE REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
David Thompson	F	Soph.	27	.569	.825	24.7	8.1
Tom Burleson	C	Jr.	27	.512	.730	17.9	12.0
Monte Towe	G	Soph.	27	.468	.729	10.0	1.7
Rick Holdt	F	Sr.	27	.531	.660	8.3	3.7
Tim Stoddard	F	Soph.	27	.482	.569	7.9	5.3
Joe Cafferky	G	Sr.	25	.569	.767	7.2	2.1
Greg Hawkins	F	Jr.	25	.448	.706	5.6	3.3
Mark Moeller	G	Soph.	27	.579	.516	4.7	1.6
Steve Nuce	F	Jr.	26	.474	.571	4.4	2.1
Craig Kuszmaul	G	Soph.	19	.667	.400	2.4	0.9
TEAM TOTALS			27	.520	.715	92.9	46.5

INDIANA (32-0 in 1975-76)
Coach: Bob Knight (fifth of 29 seasons with Hoosiers)

1975-76 IU Opponents	Date	Score	IU's High Scorer
UCLA*	N29	84-64	Scott May 33
Florida State*	D8	83-59	Scott May 24
Notre Dame	D11	63-60	Scott May 25
Kentucky*	D15	77-68 (OT)	Kent Benson/Scott May 27
Georgia	D19	93-56	Scott May 18
Virginia Tech	D20	101-74	Scott May 27
Columbia*	D26	106-63	Kent Benson 15
Manhattan*	D27	97-61	Scott May 32
at St. John's	D28	76-69	Scott May 29
at Ohio State	J3	66-64	Scott May 24
Northwestern	J5	78-61	Kent Benson 22
at Michigan	J10	80-74	Kent Benson 33
at Michigan State	J12	69-57	Kent Benson 23
at Illinois	J17	83-55	Scott May 27
Purdue	J19	71-67	Scott May 32
at Minnesota	J24	85-76	Tom Abernethy 22
at Iowa	J26	88-73	Scott May 32
Wisconsin	J31	114-61	Scott May 30
Michigan	F7	72-67 (OT)	Scott May 27
Michigan State	F9	85-70	Kent Benson 38
Illinois	F14	58-48	Kent Benson 17
at Purdue	F16	74-71	Scott May 26
Minnesota	F21	76-64	Tom Abernethy 22
Iowa	F23	101-81	Quinn Buckner 24
at Wisconsin	F26	96-67	Scott May 41
at Northwestern	M1	76-63	Scott May 24
Ohio State	M6	96-67	Kent Benson/Scott May 21
St. John's* (NCAA Tournament)	M13	90-70	Scott May 33
Alabama* (NCAA Tournament)	M18	74-69	Scott May 25
Marquette* (NCAA Tournament)	M20	65-56	Kent Benson 18
UCLA* (NCAA Tournament)	M27	65-51	Kent Benson 16
Michigan* (NCAA Tournament)	M29	86-68	Scott May 26

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR INDIANA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Scott May	F	Sr.	32	.527	.782	23.5	7.7
Kent Benson	C	Jr.	32	.578	.684	17.3	8.8
Tom Abernethy	F	Sr.	32	.561	.743	10.0	5.3
Quinn Buckner	G	Sr.	32	.441	.488	8.9	2.8
Bobby Wilkerson	G-F	Sr.	32	.493	.630	7.8	4.9
Wayne Radford	G	Soph.	30	.563	.712	4.7	2.1
Jim Crews	G	Sr.	31	.468	.857	3.3	0.7
Jim Wisman	G	Soph.	26	.367	.724	2.5	0.8
Rich Valavicius	F	Fr.	28	.483	.625	2.4	1.8
TEAM TOTALS			32	.517	.698	82.1	41.4

Assists leader: Wilkerson 171.
Blocked shots leader: Benson 39.
Steals leader: Buckner 65.

No NCAA Division I men's team has compiled an undefeated record since Indiana in 1975-76. New Mexico was the last unbeaten team this season before the Lobos lost at Fresno State, ending their shot at becoming the 20th team in history to enter the NCAA Tournament with an unblemished record.

Despite Virginia's success four seasons ago, the historical odds are against the Lobos capturing the NCAA title because only four final undefeated teams in the previous 43 years - Duke '92, UConn '99, Florida '06 and UVa '19 - went on to capture the national crown.

Of course, there is more of a chance of UNM falling into a "shut out" category with SMU and Clemson. Prior to probation-shackled SMU seven seasons ago, Clemson (winner of its first 17 outings in 2006-07), was the only school in this last-of-the-unbeaten category to fail to participate in the NCAA playoffs. The Tigers finished runner-up in the NIT.

The total of 50 clubs previously in this "final-undefeated" category combined to compile an average 31-4 season record. Following in reverse order are vital facts on final unbeaten teams since the Hoosiers nearly a half-century ago:

Season	Last Unbeaten (Wins)	First Defeat	Date	Score	Final Record/Postseason
2022-23	New Mexico (14)	at Fresno State	1-3-23	71-67	TBD/TBD
2021-22	Baylor (15)	Texas Tech	1-11-22	65-62	27-7/Second Round
2020-21	Gonzaga (31)*	Baylor	4-5-21	86-70	31-1/NCAA runner-up
2019-20	San Diego State (26)*	UNLV	2-22-20	66-63	30-2/NCAA cancelled
2018-19	Michigan (17)	at Wisconsin	1-19-19	64-54	30-7/Regional Semifinal
2018-19	Virginia (16)	at Duke	1-19-19	72-70	35-3/NCAA Champion
2017-18	Arizona State (12)	Arizona	12-31-17	84-78	20-12/NCAA Play-In
2016-17	Gonzaga (29)*	Brigham Young	2-25-17	79-71	37-2/National Runner-up
2015-16	Southern Methodist (18)	at Temple	1-24-16	89-80	25-5/Probation
2014-15	Kentucky (38)*	vs. Wisconsin	4-4-15	71-64	38-1/NCAA Final Four
2013-14	Wichita State (35)*	vs. Kentucky	3-23-14	78-76	35-1/Second Round
2012-13	Michigan (16)	at Ohio State	1-13-13	56-53	31-8/NCAA Runner-up
2011-12	Murray State (23)*	Tennessee State	2-9-12	72-68	31-2/Second Round
2010-11	Ohio State (24)	at Wisconsin	2-12-11	71-67	34-3/Regional Semifinal
2009-10	Kentucky (19)	at South Carolina	1-26-10	68-62	35-3/Regional Final
2008-09	Wake Forest (16)	Virginia Tech	1-21-09	78-71	24-7/First Round
2007-08	Memphis (26)	Tennessee	2-23-08	66-62	38-2/National Runner-up
2006-07	Clemson (17)*	at Maryland	1-13-07	92-87	25-11/NIT Runner-up
2005-06	Florida (17)*	at Tennessee	1-21-06	80-76	33-6/NCAA Champion
2004-05	Illinois (29)*	at Ohio State	3-6-05	65-64	37-2/NCAA Runner-up
2003-04	Saint Joseph's (27)*	vs. Xavier	3-11-04	87-67	30-2/Regional Final
2002-03	Duke (12)	at Maryland	1-18-03	87-72	26-7/Regional Semifinal
2001-02	Duke (12)	at Florida State	1-6-02	77-76	31-4/Regional Semifinal
2000-01	Stanford (20)	UCLA	2-3-01	79-73	31-3/Regional Final
1999-00	Syracuse (19)	Seton Hall	2-7-00	69-67	26-6/Regional Semifinal
1998-99	Connecticut (19)	Syracuse	2-1-99	59-42	34-2/NCAA Champion
1997-98	Utah (18)	at New Mexico	2-1-98	77-74	30-4/NCAA Runner-up
1996-97	Kansas (22)	at Missouri (2OT)	2-4-97	96-94	34-2/Regional Semifinal
1995-96	Massachusetts (26)*	George Washington	2-24-96	86-76	35-2/NCAA Final Four
1994-95	Connecticut (15)	at Kansas	1-28-95	88-59	28-5/Regional Final
1993-94	UCLA (14)	at California	1-30-94	85-70	21-7/First Round
1992-93	Virginia (11)	at North Carolina	1-20-93	80-58	21-10/Regional Semifinal
1991-92	Duke (17)	at North Carolina	2-5-92	75-73	34-2/NCAA Champion
1991-92	Oklahoma State (20)	at Nebraska	2-5-92	85-69	28-8/Regional Semifinal
1990-91	UNLV (34)	vs. Duke	3-30-91	79-77	34-1/NCAA Final Four
1989-90	Georgetown (14)	at Connecticut	1-20-90	70-65	24-7/Second Round
1988-89	Illinois (17)	at Minnesota	1-26-89	69-62	31-5/NCAA Final Four
1987-88	Brigham Young (17)*	at UAB	2-6-88	102-83	26-6/Sweet 16
1986-87	DePaul (16)	at Georgetown	1-25-87	74-71	28-3/Regional Semifinal
1985-86	Memphis State (20)	at Virginia Tech	2-1-86	76-72	28-6/Second Round
1984-85	Georgetown (18)	St. John's	1-26-85	66-65	35-3/NCAA Runner-up
1983-84	North Carolina (21)	vs. Arkansas	2-12-84	65-64	28-3/Regional Semifinal
1982-83	UNLV (24)	at Cal State Fullerton	2-24-83	86-78	28-3/Second Round
1981-82	Missouri (19)	Nebraska	2-6-82	67-51	27-4/Regional Semifinal
1980-81	Oregon State (26)*	Arizona State	3-7-81	87-67	26-2/Second Round
1979-80	DePaul (26)*	at Notre Dame (2OT)	2-27-80	76-74	26-2/Second Round
1978-79	Indiana State (33)*	vs. Michigan State	3-26-79	75-64	33-1/NCAA Runner-up
1977-78	Kentucky (14)	at Alabama	1-23-78	78-62	30-2/NCAA Champion
1976-77	San Francisco (29)	at Notre Dame	3-5-77	93-82	29-2/First Round

*All-time top winning streaks.
NOTES: North Carolina lost in Pine Bluff, Ark. . . . Saint Joseph's lost in Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament quarterfinals at Dayton.

What usually happens to a team encountering a head coaching departure in mid-season such as Texas dismissing Chris Beard (7-1) following a domestic violence charge and Wofford parting ways with Jay McAuley (5-4)? Maryland transitioned from Mark Turgeon last season despite ranking #4 in the country only three years ago. A total of 38 different schools in the previous 26 seasons (including Charlotte twice in previous eight years) had a coach relieved of his duties, retire or pass away after the start of the season but before the second half of the campaign. Seven years ago, Wisconsin's Greg Gard (15-8) became only the eighth "successor" coach piloting a club more than half of a campaign since the NCAA playoffs expanded to at least 64 entrants in 1985 to post a winning record the remainder of the season. Texas' Rodney Terry is expected to become the ninth, joining Jeff Dittman (10-8 with Sam Houston State in 1988-89), Dave Fehte (9-8 with Saint Mary's in 1990-91), Max Good (13-9 with UNLV in 2000-01), Ray Harper (11-8 with Western Kentucky in 2011-12), Mike Perry (10-9 with Georgia State in 2002-03), Brad Soderberg (16-10 with Wisconsin in 2000-01) and Derek Waugh (14-8 with Stetson in 2000-01). Gard, Harper and Soderberg guided the squads they inherited to an NCAA playoff berth as Terry is also likely to do.

At the power-conference level, Beard joined Turgeon along with John Brady (Louisiana State in 2007-08), Lou Campanelli (California in 1992-93), Gale Catlett (West Virginia in 2001-02), Jim Dutcher (Minnesota in 1985-86), Dennis Felton (Georgia in 2008-09), Larry Glass (Northwestern in 1968-69), Mark Gottfried (Alabama in 2008-09), Joe Harrington (Colorado in 1995-96), Bob Knight (Texas Tech in 2007-08), Ward "Piggy" Lambert (Purdue in 1945-46), Shelby Metcalf (Texas A&M in 1989-90), Kevin O'Neill (Southern California in 2012-13), Charlie Parker (Southern California in 1995-96), Steve Patterson (Arizona State in 1988-89) and Quin Snyder (Missouri in 2005-06) to comprise the list of coaches departed in mid-season when their tenures ended for one reason or another. There is no consensus as to whether the timing of their dismissals was fairer than "biased" jury fore-person amid numerous gutless wonders demonstrating self-righteous vindictiveness in Roger Stone trial.

It's a shame self-absorbed Sen. Mitt "Pierre Defecto" Romney, perhaps disoriented by Mormon underwear being on too tight, can't receive a "you're fired" notice from Utah patriots in mid-term. Following is an alphabetical list of universities in the pre-midseason coaching turnover category since the start of national postseason competition and the records of their coaches that season:

Division I School	Season	Successor/Interim (Mid-Year Record)	Departing Coach (Record)
Appalachian State	1974-75	Russ Bergman (2-12)	Peter "Press" Maravich (1-11)
Boise State	1972-73	Doran "Bus" Connor (6-7)	Murray Satterfield (5-8)
Boston College	2020-21	Scott Spinelli (1-3)	Jim Christian (3-13)
Brigham Young	1996-97	Tony Ingle (1-25)	Roger Reid (1-6)
Buffalo	1999-00	Reggie Witherspoon (3-20)	Tim Cohane (2-3)
Cal Poly	2000-01	Kevin Bromley (3-12)	Jeff Schneider (5-7)
Centenary	1977-78	Tommy Canterbury (6-9)	Riley Wallace (4-8)
Central Connecticut State	1987-88	C.J. Jones (8-15)	Bill Detrick (2-3)
Charlotte	2014-15	Ryan Odom (8-11)	Alan Major (6-7)
Charlotte	2017-18	Houston Fancher (3-17)	Mark Price (3-6)
Chicago State	1996-97	Phil Gary (4-17)	Craig Hodges (0-6)
The Citadel	1939-40	Ben Parker (4-5)	Absalon "Rock" Norman (4-4)
Colgate	1997-98	Paul Aiello (10-12)	Jack Bruen (0-6)
Connecticut	1946-47	Hugh Greer (12-0)	Blair Gullion (4-2)
Connecticut	1962-63	George Wigton (11-4)	Hugh Greer (7-3)
Dartmouth	1966-67	Dave Gavitt (2-15)	Alvin "Doggie" Julian (5-2)
Dartmouth	2009-10	Mark Graupe (2-13)	Terry Dunn (3-10)
Denver	1948-49	Hoyt Brawner (11-6)	Ellison Ketchum (6-9)
DePaul	2009-10	Tracy Webster (1-15)	Jerry Wainwright (7-8)
Detroit	1987-88	John Mulroy (7-20)	Don Sicko (0-3)
Detroit	2007-08	Kevin Mondro (3-13)	Perry Watson (4-10)
East Carolina	2017-18	Michael Perry (8-16)	Jeff Lebo (2-4)
Eastern Kentucky	1961-62	Jim Baechtold (6-3)	Paul McBrayer (4-3)
Eastern Michigan	1985-86	Ben Braun (5-10)	Jim Boyce (4-8)
Fordham	2009-10	Jared Grasso (1-22)	Dereck Whittenburg (1-4)
Fordham	2020-21	Mike DePaoli (1-5)	Jeff Neubauer (1-7)
Georgetown	1998-99	Craig Esherick (8-10)	John Thompson Jr. (7-6)
Georgia State	1984-85	Mark Slonaker (1-24)	Tom Pugliese (1-2)
Georgia State	2002-03	Mike Perry (10-9)	Charles "Lefty" Driesell (4-6)
Howard University	1999-00	Billy Coward (1-18)	Kirk Saulny (0-9)
Idaho State	1967-68	Dan Miller (10-12)	Claude Retherford (3-1)
Idaho State	2011-12	Deane Martin (7-13)	Joe O'Brien (2-8)
Iowa	1949-50	Frank "Bucky" O'Connor (6-5)	Lawrence "Pops" Harrison (9-2)
Jacksonville	1996-97	Buster Harvey (5-17)	George Scholz (0-6)
Kent State	1977-78	Mike Boyd (5-11)	Rex Hughes (1-10)
Long Island	2001-02	Ron Brown (5-13)	Ray Martin (0-9)
Louisville	1970-71	Howard Stacey (12-8)	John Dromo (8-1)
Maryland	2021-22	Mark Turgeon (5-3)	Danny Manning (10-14)
Monmouth	1986-87	Ron Krayl (7-13)	Ron Kornegay (1-6)
UNC Greensboro	2011-12	Wes Miller (11-11)	Mike Dement (2-8)
North Carolina State	1964-65	Peter "Press" Maravich (20-4)	Everett Case (1-1)
UNC Wilmington	2019-20	Rob Burke (5-8)	C.B. McGrath (5-14)
Northern Illinois	2000-01	Andy Greer (4-16)	Brian Hammel (1-6)
Oral Roberts	1982-83	Dick Acres (11-9)	Ken Hayes (3-5)
Penn	2009-10	Jerome Allen (6-15)	Glen Miller (0-7)
Portland	2020-21	Ben Johnson (0-4)	Terry Porter (6-11)
Princeton	1944-45	Leonard Hattinger (5-8)	William Logan (2-4)
Princeton	1960-61	Jake McCandless (9-6)	Franklin "Cappy" Cappon (9-2)
St. John's	2003-04	Kevin Clark (4-17)	Mike Jarvis (2-4)
Saint Mary's	1990-91	Dave Fehte (9-8)	Paul Landreaux (4-9)
Sam Houston State	1988-89	Jeff Dittman (10-8)	Gary Moss (2-8)
San Francisco	1970-71	Bob Gaillard (10-12)	Phil Vukicevich (0-4)
San Francisco	2007-08	Eddie Sutton (6-13)	Jessie Evans (4-8)
South Alabama	1994-95	Judas Prada (8-15)	Ronnie Arrow (1-3)
South Carolina	1942-43	Rex Enright (10-6)	Frank Johnson (2-0)
South Florida	1979-80	Gordon Gibbons (2-13)	Hunter "Chip" Conner (4-8)
Southeast Missouri State	2008-09	Zac Roman (0-18)	Scott Edgar (3-9)
Southeastern Louisiana	1987-88	Leo McClure (4-12)	Newton Chelette (3-9)
Southern California	2004-05	Jim Saia (11-15)	Henry Bibby (2-2)
Stetson	2000-01	Derek Waugh (14-8)	Murray Arnold (4-4)
Tennessee State	1984-85	Ed Meyers (6-13)	Ed Martin (3-6)
Tennessee State	2002-03	Hosea Lewis/Teresa Phillips (0-20)	Nolan Richardson III (2-5)
Tennessee Tech	1988-89	Frank Harrell (8-17)	Tom Deaton (2-3)
Texas-El Paso	2017-18	Phil Johnson (10-15)	Tim Floyd (1-5)
Tulsa	2004-05	Alvin "Pooh" Williamson (7-15)	John Phillips (2-5)
UCLA	2018-19	Murry Bartow (10-10)	Steve Alford (7-6)
UNLV	2000-01	Max Good (13-9)	Bill Bayno (3-4)
Western Kentucky	2011-12	Ray Harper (11-8)	Ken McDonald (5-11)
Wisconsin	2000-01	Brad Soderberg (16-10)	Dick Bennett (2-1)
Wisconsin	2015-16	Greg Gard (15-8)	William "Bo" Ryan (7-5)

Texas Rangers General Manager Chris Young (Princeton/Ivy league) and fellow former NCAA DI conference all-league hooper Terrell Lowery (Loyola Marymount/West Coast) were each traded by the franchise this month in a span of 10 years. They are among the following former college hoopers involved in MLB off-season transactions during the month of January:

JANUARY

2: RHP Jack Ogden (Swarthmore PA hooper in 1918) traded by the New York Giants to Rochester (International) in 1919.
3: OF Hoot Evers (Illinois hoops starter in 1939-40) purchased from the Detroit Tigers by Baltimore Orioles in 1955. . . . UTL Harvey Hendrick (Vanderbilt hoops letterman in 1918) traded by the Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees in 1923.
4: UTL Leo Burke (averaged 9.2 ppg for Virginia Tech in 1952-53 and 1953-54) purchased from the Washington Senators by Los Angeles Angels in 1961. . . . C Ken Retzer (one of top four juco scorers for Jefferson City MO in 1953-54) traded by the Houston Astros to Cleveland Indians in 1967.
5: RHP Rich Gale (led New Hampshire with 7.2 rpg in 1975-76) traded by the San Francisco Giants to Cincinnati Reds in 1983.
6: RHP Chris Young (All-Ivy League first-team selection as Princeton's leading scorer and rebounder in 1999-00) traded by the Texas Rangers to San Diego Padres in 2006.
7: OF Earle Combs (three-year hoops captain for Eastern Kentucky) traded by Louisville (American Association) to the New York Yankees in 1924.
8: INF Ernie Bowman (East Tennessee State hoops letterman in 1954-55 and 1955-56) shipped as player to be designated by the San Francisco Giants to Milwaukee Braves in 1964 to complete trade made the previous month.
9: OF-1B Mike Stenhouse (averaged 4.1 ppg for Harvard in 1977-78) traded by the Montreal Expos to Minnesota Twins in 1985.
10: DH-OF Larry Sheets (All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference selection for Eastern Mennonite VA in 1981-82 and 1982-83) traded by the Baltimore Orioles to Detroit Tigers in 1990.
11: INF Al Dark (hoops letterman for Louisiana State and Southwestern Louisiana during World War II) traded by the Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies in 1960. . . . SS Keith Kessinger (averaged 2.7 ppg for Ole Miss in 1985-86 and 1986-87) traded by the Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs in 1995. . . . RHP Jeff Robinson (two-time NAIA All-District 3 honoree in early 1980s left Azusa Pacific CA as school's No. 9 all-time scorer) traded by the Detroit Tigers to Baltimore Orioles in 1991.
13: INF Ray Morehart (Austin College TX hoops letterman in early 1920s) traded by the Chicago White Sox to New York Yankees in 1927.
14: 2B Wayne Terwilliger (two-year hoops letterman for Western Michigan averaged 5.6 ppg in his final season in 1947-48) purchased from the Washington Senators by New York Giants in 1955.
15: 1B George Altman (appeared in 1953 and 1954 NAIA Tournament with Tennessee State's hoops team) traded by the New York Mets to Chicago Cubs for OF Billy Cowan (co-captain of Utah's 1960 NCAA playoff team) in 1965. . . . INF Ron Campbell (Tennessee Wesleyan hooper) traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1969.
17: RHP Oral Hildebrand (Butler hoops All-American in 1928-29 and 1929-30) traded by the Cleveland Indians to St. Louis Browns in 1937.
18: 1B-LF Hank Greenberg (enrolled at NYU on hoop scholarship in 1929 but attended college only one semester) purchased from the Detroit Tigers by Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947. . . . RHP Kevin Gryboski (backup hooper for Wilkes PA in 1991-92 and 1992-93) traded by the Seattle Mariners to Atlanta Braves in 2002.
20: OF-1B Beau Bell (two-year hoops letterman for Texas A&M in early 1930s) traded by the Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians in 1940. . . . 3B Wally Gilbert (Valparaiso hoops captain in early 1920s) purchased from the Cincinnati Reds by St. Louis Cardinals in 1933. . . . OF Don Lund (Michigan hoops starter in 1943-44 and 1944-45) purchased from the St. Louis Browns by Detroit Tigers in 1949.
22: 1B Donn Clendenon (four-sport letterman with Morehouse GA) traded with Jesus Alou by the Montreal Expos to Houston Astros for Rusty Staub in 1969. Clendenon refused to report to his new team. . . . 3B Jim Tabor (Alabama hoops letterman in 1936-37) purchased from the Boston Red Sox by Philadelphia Phillies in 1946.
23: RHP Steve Renko (averaged 9.9 ppg and 5.8 rpg as Kansas sophomore in 1963-64) traded by the Boston Red Sox to California Angels in 1981.
24: OF Jim Gleeson (NAIA Hall of Famer was all-league hoops pick for Rockhurst MO in early 1930s) purchased from the New York Yankees by Chicago Cubs in 1939.
25: OF Terrell Lowery (two-time All-WCC first-team selection and league-leading scorer for Loyola Marymount in 1990-91 and 1991-92) traded by the Texas Rangers to New York Mets in 1996. . . . C Ed Madjeski (Seton Hall hoops letterman from 1928-29 through 1930-31) purchased from the New York Yankees by New York Giants in 1937. . . . RHP John Stuper (two-time all-conference junior college hooper in mid-1970s for Butler County PA) traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals in 1979.
26: 1B Tony Lupien (Harvard hoops captain in 1938-39) awarded off waivers from the Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers in 1949.
29: OF Carl Reynolds (juco recruit was basketball team MVP in mid-1920s for early SWC member Southwestern TX) traded by the Washington Senators to Minneapolis (American Association) in 1937. . . . C-UTL Billy Sullivan Jr. (Portland hoops letterman in 1927-28) purchased from the Cincinnati Reds by Cleveland Indians in 1936.
30: C-UTL Billy Sullivan Jr. (Portland hoops letterman in 1927-28) traded by the St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers in 1940.

MLB OFF-SEASON WHEELING AND DEALING PREVIOUS TWO MONTHS
MLB December Transactions Involving Former College Hoopers
MLB November Transactions Involving Former College Hoopers

A high this month of seven NCAA Division I All-Americans were born on January 7th and 26th. Kansas, Kentucky and Notre Dame contributed the most A-As born in January with five apiece. Marquette (Dwayne Wade and Sam Worthen on 17th) and the Fighting Irish (David Rivers and Dick Rosenthal on 20th) each have two All-Americans born on the same day this month. Three former Wyoming standouts are among the following All-Americans and Hall of Fame coaches born this month:

JANUARY

1: All-Americans Glen "Big Baby" Davis (born in 1986/Louisiana State), Travis Grant (1950/Kentucky State), George Gregory Jr. (1906/Columbia), Ronnie Lester (1959/Iowa), Mike Mitchell (1956/Auburn) and Waldo Wegner (1913/Iowa State).
2: All-Americans Hal Gensichen (1921/Western Michigan), Luke Harangody (1988/Notre Dame), Kirk Hinrich (1981/Kansas), Chris Thomforde (1947/Princeton) and Michael Young (1961/Houston).
3: All-Americans Jay Edwards (1969/Indiana), Don May (1946/Dayton), Doug McDermott (1992/Creighton) and Jason Sasser (1974/Texas Tech).
4: All-Americans Sidney Green (1961/UNLV) and Bob Morse (1951/Penn).
5: All-Americans Rod Fletcher (1930/Illinois), Ryan Minor (1974/Oklahoma), Rick Mount (1947/Purdue), George Munroe (1922/Dartmouth and Tyler Ulis (1996/Kentucky) plus Hall of Fame coach Luigi "Lou" Carnesecca (1925/St. John's).
6: All-Americans Sean Kilpatrick (1990/Cincinnati), Duane Klueh (1926/Indiana State), Tom Marshall (1931/Western Kentucky) and Dwayne "Pearl" Washington (1964/Syracuse).
7: All-Americans Todd Day (1970/Arkansas), Reece Gaines (1981/Louisville), Jerry Nemer (1912/Southern California), Don Rehfeldt (1927/Wisconsin), Edgar Sonderman (1916/Syracuse), Bill Uhl Sr. (1933/Dayton) and Michael Wright (1980/Arizona).
8: All-Americans Bill Closs (1922/Rice), John "Hook" Dillon (1924/North Carolina), Chris Douglas-Roberts (1987/Memphis), Tre Jones (2000/Duke), Todd Lichti (1967/Stanford) and Calvin Natt (1957/Northeast Louisiana) plus Hall of Fame coach Davey Whitney (1930/Alcorn State).
9: All-Americans Michael Beasley (1989/Kansas State) and James "Scoonie" Penn (1977/Ohio State).
10: All-Americans Paul Birch (1910/Duquesne) and Glenn Robinson Jr. (1973/Purdue) plus Hall of Fame coach Lou Henson (1932/Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State and Illinois).
11: All-Americans Ernie Andres (1918/Indiana) and Gary Brokaw (1954/Notre Dame).
12: All-Americans Bonzie Colson II (1996/Notre Dame), Michael "Campy" Russell (1952/Michigan) and Dominique Wilkins (1960/Georgia).
13: All-Americans Tom Gola (1933/La Salle), Vernon Hatton (1936/Kentucky) and Alec Kessler (1967/Georgia).
14: All-Americans Meyer "Mike" Bloom (1915/Temple), Aaron Brooks (1985/Oregon), Wayne Hightower (1940/Kansas) and Kenny Sailors (1921/Wyoming).
15: All-Americans Bob Davies (1920/Seton Hall), Ernie DiGregorio (1951/Providence) and Don Kojis (1939/Marquette).
16: All-Americans Don MacLean (1970/UCLA), Greivis Vasquez (1987/Maryland) and Joseph "Jo Jo" White (1946/Kansas).
17: All-Americans Bill Davis (1911/Kentucky), Quamdeen "Ayo" Dosunmu (2000/Illinois), Don Forman (1926/NYU), Dwyane Wade (1982/Marquette), Sam Worthen (1958/Marquette) and Tyler Zeller (1990/North Carolina).
18: All-Americans Isaac "Bud" Stallworth (1950/Kansas) and Jewell Young (1913/Purdue).
19: All-Americans Ron Behagen (1951/Minnesota), Jim Line (1926/Kentucky) and Bill Mlkvy (1931/Temple).
20: All-Americans Ron Harper Sr. (1964/Miami of Ohio), Bailey Howell (1937/Mississippi State), Jason Richardson (1981/Michigan State), David Rivers (1965/Notre Dame), Dick Rosenthal (1930/Notre Dame) and Grady Wallace (1934/South Carolina) plus Hall of Fame coach Norm Stewart (1935/Missouri).
21: All-Americans Roosevelt Bouie (1958/Syracuse), Simpson "Skip" Brown (1955/Wake Forest), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963/Houston), Detlef Schrempf (1963/Washington) and Tom Stith (1939/St. Bonaventure) plus Hall of Fame coaches John Chaney (1932/Temple) and Don Donoher (1932/Dayton).
22: All-Americans Dillon Brooks (1996/Oregon), Quintin Dailey (1961/San Francisco), Greg Oden (1988/Ohio State), Leon Powe (1984/California), Lennie Rosenbluth (1933/North Carolina) and Sam Williams (1945/Iowa).
23: All-American Keita Bates-Diop (1996/Ohio State).
24: All-Americans Fennis Dembo (1966/Wyoming), Kevin Magee (1959/UC Irvine) and Albert "Ab" Nicholas (1931/Wisconsin).
25: All-Americans Da'Sean Butler (1988/West Virginia), Acie Law IV (1985/Texas A&M), Chris Mills (1970/Arizona), Rollie Seltz (1924/Hamline MN), Emilio "Zeke" Sinicola (1929/Niagara) and Walt Wesley (1945/Kansas).
26: All-Americans MarShon Brooks (1989/Providence), Vince Carter (1977/North Carolina), Bill Hapac (1918/Illinois), Tom Henderson (1952/Hawaii), Dick McGuire (1926/St. John's), Kevin Pangos (1993/Gonzaga) and Sylvester "Sly" Williams (1958/Rhode Island) plus Hall of Fame coach Walter "Doc" Meanwell (1884/Wisconsin and Missouri).
27: All-Americans Wesley Cox (1955/Louisville), Russell Lee (1950/Marshall) and Tony Windis (1933/Wyoming).
28: All-Americans Michael Cage (1962/San Diego State), Mark Madsen (1976/Stanford) and Payton Pritchard (1998/Oregon).
29: All-Americans Greg Ballard (1955/Oregon), Vinnie Ernst (1942/Providence) and Stacey King (1967/Oklahoma).
30: All-Americans Ernie Calverley (1924/Rhode Island State), John "Jack" Kerris (1925/Loyola of Chicago), Paul Neumann (1938/Stanford), Rick Robey (1956/Kentucky), Jalen Rose (1973/Michigan) and Mychal Thompson (1955/Minnesota) plus Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo (1955/Michigan State).
31: All-Americans Len Chappell (1941/Wake Forest) and Hal Lear (1935/Temple).

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Louisiana State's Pete Maravich, the NCAA's career scoring leader, still holds the all-time single-game scoring mark by an individual opponent against eight universities (Alabama, Auburn, Duquesne, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Tulane and Vanderbilt). Do you know who holds the record for highest output against the Tigers? Standard was achieved during month of January by Ole Miss' Johnny Neumann, who fired in a school-record 63 points at LSU the season after Maravich's eligibility expired.

This month also features UCLA's single-game rebounding record, a mark not established by either of celebrated centers Lew Alcindor or Bill Walton. Speaking of rebounding, existing single-game standards against a Division I opponent for Lamar and Oral Roberts were set in the same contest in 1972 and USC's single-game mark against a DI foe came from two different players on the same day 22 years apart. In one of the most dominating performances of 20th Century, Rick Barry set Miami FL scoring and rebounding records in the same game. Following is a day-by-day calendar citing memorable moments in January college basketball history:

JANUARY

1 - Hank Luisetti (50 points vs. Duquesne at Cleveland in 1938) set Stanford's single-game scoring record. . . . Seton Hall's school-record 46-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by William & Mary (57-55 in 1954). . . . Penn opposed Yale in 1927 in debut game at the legendary Palestra in Philadelphia. . . . Bailey Howell (34 vs. Louisiana State in 1957) set Mississippi State's single-game rebounding record.
2 - Chris Collier (49 points vs. Butler in 1991) set Georgia State's single-game scoring record. Collier's output is also an all-time high by an Atlantic Sun Conference player. . . . Mississippi State's school-record 35-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Auburn (64-48 in 1960). . . . Morehead State's Steve Hamilton (38 vs. Florida State in 1957) and Murray State's Dick Cunningham (36 vs. MacMurray IL in 1967) set school single-game rebounding records. . . . Eventual MLB INF Jack Kubiszyn scored a career-high 47 points for Alabama in a game against Mississippi College in 1957.
3 - Markus Howard (52 points at Providence in 2018) set Marquette's single-game scoring record and tied Big East Conference contest standard. . . . Daishon Smith (42 vs. Little Rock in 2019) set Louisiana-Monroe's single-game scoring standard at NCAA Division I level. . . . Wake Forest snapped North Carolina State's school-record 36-game winning streak (83-78 in 1975). . . . Brigham Young's school-record 53-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Wake Forest (94-87 in 2009). . . . Pacific Coast Conference cellar dweller Oregon upset NCAA Tournament champion-to-be California in 1959. . . . DePaul's Ken Warzynski (28 vs. Harvard in 1970), Long Beach State's Michael Zeno (22 vs. Loyola Marymount in 1983) and Wisconsin's Paul Morrow (30 vs. Purdue in 1953) set school single-game rebounding records against a major-college opponent.
4 - Ball State's Chris Williams (48 points at Akron in overtime in 2003), Lamar's Mike James (52 vs. Louisiana College in 2011), Loyola Marymount's Bo Kimble (54 at St. Joseph's in 1990) and Texas-El Paso's Jim Barnes (51 vs. Western New Mexico in 1964) set school single-game scoring records. Kimble won game in Philly hometown with running three-pointer after crossing half-court on dribble along left sideline. . . . In 2003, Butler's Darnell Archey established an NCAA Division I standard by converting his 74th of 85 consecutive free throws. . . . Illinois' school-record 31-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Iowa (60-59 in 1986). . . . Delaware's Jack Waddington (31 vs. Rutgers in 1956), Middle Tennessee State's Mike Milholland (32 vs. Austin Peay State in 1965), Nebraska's Bill Johnson (26 vs. Iowa State in 1954), Nevada's Pete Padgett (30 vs. Loyola Marymount in 1973) and Valparaiso's Chris Ensminger (24 vs. Northeastern Illinois in 1996) set school single-game rebounding records.
5 - Eastern Washington's Rodney Stuckey (45 points at Northern Arizona in 2006), Fairfield's Curtis Cobb (46 at Manhattan in 2017), Michigan State's Terry Furlow (50 vs. Iowa in 1976) and West Virginia's Hot Rod Hundley (54 vs. Furman in 1957) set school single-game scoring records. . . . Stephen F. Austin State's Scott Dimak (40 at Texas Southern in 1989) set school single-game scoring record against a DI opponent. . . . In 1991, Loyola Marymount's 186-point output is the highest in NCAA history by a team in a single game and Kevin Bradshaw's 72-point outburst for U.S. International CA is the most ever for a player against a major-college opponent. . . . Fairfield's Darren Phillip (25 vs. Marist in 2000), Texas-San Antonio's Lennell Moore (25 vs. Centenary in 1987) and Tulane's Mel Payton (31 vs. Mississippi State in 1951) set school single-game rebounding records against a DI opponent. . . . Sacramento State's NCAA-record 56-game losing streak away from home (road and neutral sites) ended with a 68-56 success at Loyola of Chicago in 1995.
6 - Drexel's John Rankin (44 points vs. Rider in 1988), Pepperdine's William "Bird" Averitt (57 vs. Nevada-Reno in 1973) and Xavier's Steve Thomas (50 vs. Detroit in 1964) set school single-game scoring records. Averitt's output is also a West Coast Conference record in league competition. . . . Ernie Losch (41 vs. Utah State in 1973) tied Tulane's single-game scoring record against a Division I opponent. . . . Bob Mortell (24 vs. Virginia Military in 1960) set Virginia's single-game rebounding record against a DI opponent.
7 - UC Riverside's Rickey Porter (40 points at Pacific in 2006), Michigan's Rudy Tomjanovich (48 vs. Indiana in overtime in 1969) and Southwest Texas State's Lynwood Wade (42 vs. Sam Houston State in double overtime in 1993) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . North Carolina hit an NCAA-record 94.1% of its second-half field-goal attempts (16-of-17 vs. Virginia in 1978). . . . Niagara's Gary Bossert set an NCAA single-game record by hitting 11 consecutive three-point field-goal attempts against Siena in 1987. . . . Long Beach State ended UNLV's Big West Conference-record 40-game winning streak (101-94 in 1993), Pacific's school-record 45-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Long Beach State (91-85 in 1973), Tennessee's school-record 37-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Gonzaga (89-79 in overtime) and UNLV's school-record 72-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by New Mexico (102-98 in 1978). . . . Alex "Boo" Ellis (31 vs. Kent State in 1957) set Niagara's single-game rebounding record.
8 - Eddie House (61 points at California in double overtime in 2000) set Arizona State's single-game scoring record and tied Pac-12 Conference standard. . . . Michael Hicks (47 at Cal Poly in overtime in 2001) set Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's single-game scoring mark. . . . Isiaih Mosley (43 vs. Northern Iowa in 2022) set Missouri State's single-game scoring standard at NCAA Division I level. . . . Georgia Tech snapped Kentucky's NCAA-record 129-game homecourt winning streak and SEC-record 51-game winning streak in 1955. . . . Nelson Richardson (26 vs. Manhattan in 1977) set Siena's single-game rebounding record.
9 - Cincinnati sophomore Oscar Robertson (56 points) personally outscored Seton Hall in a 118-54 rout of the Pirates at Madison Square Garden in 1958. . . . Alabama's Jerry Harper (28 vs. Mississippi State in 1956), Texas-Arlington's Albert Culton (24 vs. Northeastern in 1981), Villanova's Howard Porter (30 vs. St. Peter's in 1971) and Virginia Tech's Chris Smith (36 vs. Washington & Lee VA in 1959) set school single-game rebounding records against a major-college opponent.
10 - Connecticut's Bill Corley (51 points vs. New Hampshire in 1968), Massachusetts' Luwane Pipkins (44 vs. La Salle in 2018), John Conforti of St. Francis NY (45 vs. Wagner in 1970), Washington's Bob Houbregs (49 vs. Idaho in 1953) and Winthrop's Melvin Branham (45 at Charleston Southern in 1994) set school single-game scoring records. Pipkins played for Providence two seasons later. . . . Alec Peters (39 at Detroit in 2016) tied Valparaiso's single-game scoring standard at NCAA Division I level. . . . Navy's David Robinson (45 at James Madison in 1987) set CAA scoring record in league competition. . . . Saint Joseph's and Xavier combined to have an NCAA-record eight players foul out in 1976. . . . Connecticut's school-record 31-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Marquette (73-69 in 2007) and Western Kentucky's school-record 67-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Xavier (82-80 in overtime in 1955). . . . Ed Diddle made his Western Kentucky head coaching debut in 1923 with a 103-7 decision over the Adairville Independents en route to a school-record 759 victories. . . . Kentucky's Adolph Rupp became the coach to compile 500 victories the fastest with a 92-59 win over DePaul in 1955 (584 games in 23rd season). . . . Louisiana-Lafayette's Roy Ebron (28 vs. Northwestern State in 1972) and Vanderbilt's Clyde Lee (28 vs. Mississippi in 1966) set school single-game rebounding records.
11 - Don Scaife (43 points at Samford in 1975) set Arkansas State's Division I single-game scoring record. . . . Texas Tech's school-record 35-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Colorado (80-78 in 1997). . . . Alcorn State's Larry Smith (21 vs. Mississippi Valley State in 1979), UC Santa Barbara's Eric McArthur (28 vs. New Mexico State in 1990) and Dartmouth's Rudy LaRusso (32 vs. Columbia in 1958) set school single-game rebounding records against a DI opponent. . . . Bill Clark (23 vs. Oakland in 1973) set Ball State's single-game rebounding record at DI level.
12 - Bucknell's Al Leslie (45 points vs. American in 1980) set the East Coast Conference single-game scoring record. . . . Mike Olliver (50 at Portland State in 1980) set Lamar's single-game scoring record against a Division I opponent. . . . Iowa State's school-record 39-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Oklahoma State (69-66 in 2002) and Michigan State's school-record 53-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Wisconsin (64-63 in 2002). . . . Marshall's Charlie Slack (43 vs. Morris Harvey WV in 1954), Monmouth's Karl Towns (23 vs. Morgan State in 1985) and Robert Morris' Mike Morton (20 vs. Baltimore in 1980) set school single-game rebounding records.
13 - Boise State's Chandler Hutchison (44 points vs. San Diego State in 2018), Bowling Green's Jim Darrow (52 vs. Toledo in overtime in 1960), Cal Poly's Shanta Cotright (43 vs. George Mason in 1996), Charleston Southern's Dwyane Jackson (43 at Virginia Military in 2007), Kentucky's Jodie Meeks (54 at Tennessee in 2009), Sacramento State's Loren Leath (41 at Northern Colorado in 2009), Southeastern Louisiana's Sam Bowie (39 at Central Florida in 1996), Southeast Missouri State's Daimon Gonner (37 at Tennessee State in double overtime in 2005) and UAB's Andy Kennedy (41 vs. Saint Louis in 1991/subsequently tied) set school Division I single-game scoring records. Leath did his damage coming off the bench. . . . Oklahoma ended Kansas' NCAA-record 35-game winning streak on the road (45-19 in 1928). . . . Marquette's school-record 81-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Notre Dame (71-69 in 1973). . . . Doug Hess (27 vs. Marshall in 1971) tied Toledo's single-game rebounding record against a DI opponent.
14 - Loyola MD's Andre Walker (43 points vs. Lafayette in 2018), Sacred Heart's Quincy McKnight (44 at Bryant in 3OT in 2017), SIU-Edwardsville's Burak Eslik (40 vs. Morehead State in overtime in 2016), Syracuse's Bill Smith (47 vs. Lafayette in 1971) and Virginia Commonwealth's Chris Cheeks (42 vs. Old Dominion in overtime in 1989) set school Division I single-game scoring records. McKnight subsequently transferred to Seton Hall. . . . Damon Stoudamire (45 at Stanford in 1995) set Arizona's single-game scoring record against a DI opponent.
15 - Coppin State's school-record 42-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by North Carolina A&T (76-70 in 1997), Murray State's school-record 47-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Southeast Missouri State (84-78 in 2000) and Virginia's school-record 34-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by North Carolina (101-95 in 1983). . . . Texas-Pan American ended its NCAA-record 64-game road losing streak with a 79-62 triumph at Oral Roberts in 2000. . . . Bob Reiter (27 vs. Kansas State in 1955) set Missouri's single-game rebounding record. . . . . Bob Lazor (23 vs. Penn State in 1955) set Pittsburgh's single-game rebounding record against a major-college opponent.
16 - Columbia's school-record 34-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Penn (66-64 in 1952).
17 - New Mexico State's John Williamson (48 points at California in 1972) and UNC Wilmington's Brian Rowsom (39 at East Carolina in 1987) set school single-game scoring records. . . . Virginia Military's school-record 35-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Appalachian State (73-58 in 1979). . . . Steve Stiepler (22 vs. Charleston Southern in 1977) set James Madison's single-game rebounding record.
18 - A weekly ritual began when the Associated Press announced results of its first weekly basketball poll in 1949 (SLU was initial #1). . . . CJ Carter (45 points vs. IUPUI in 2015) set Omaha's single-game scoring record against NCAA DI opponent. . . . Indiana State's Jim Cruse (25 vs. Drake in 1997) and North Texas' Ken Williams (29 vs. Lamar in 1978) set school single-game rebounding records.
19 - UC Davis' Corey Hawkins (40 points at Hawaii in 2013), Charleston Southern's Ben Hinson (43 vs. Edward Waters FL in 1985/subsequently tied) and New Hampshire's Brad Cirino (39 at Maine in four overtimes in 1996/subsequently tied) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Jim Ashmore (45 vs. Mississippi in 1957) set Mississippi State's single-game scoring record against a DI opponent. . . . Notre Dame came from behind in the closing minutes to end visiting UCLA's NCAA-record 88-game winning streak in 1974. . . . George Mason's Andre Smith set an NCAA single-game record by sinking all 10 of his shots from beyond the three-point arc against James Madison in 2008. . . . Ron deVries (24 vs. Pacific in 1974) set Illinois State's single-game rebounding record against a DI opponent. . . . Chris Street, Iowa's top rebounder with 9.5 per game, died instantly in 1993 in a collision between the car he was driving and a county dumptruck/snowplow.
20 - Austin Peay's James "Fly" Williams (51 points vs. Tennessee Tech in 1973), Fordham's Ken Charles (46 vs. St. Peter's in 1973/tied mark established two seasons earlier), Memphis State's Larry Finch (48 vs. St. Joseph's IN in 1973) and Oklahoma City's Gary Gray (55 at West Texas State in 1967) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Houston ended UCLA's 47-game winning streak (71-69 in Astrodome in 1968), Minnesota's school-record 40-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Nebraska (22-21 in 1905) and West Virginia's school-record 39-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by St. Bonaventure (64-63 in 1983). . . . Visiting Texas-El Paso snapped Memphis' NCAA-record 52-game winning streak in regular-season conference competition (C-USA/72-67 in 2010). . . . Cliff Robinson (28 vs. Portland State in 1978) and David Bluthenthal (28 vs. Arizona State in 2000) set and tied Southern California's single-game rebounding record against a DI opponent.
21 - Howard's Ron Williamson (52 points vs. North Carolina A&T in 2003) and Saint Joseph's Jack Egan (47 at Gettysburg PA in 1961/subsequently tied) set school single-game scoring records. . . . Adrian Oliver (39 vs. Louisiana Tech in 210) set San Jose State's single-game scoring standard against a Division I opponent. . . . Kansas' school-record 69-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Texas (74-63 in 2011) and DePaul's school-record 36-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Dayton (67-63 in 1985). . . . Terry Rutherford (21 vs. Marshall in 1978) set Western Carolina's single-game rebounding record against a Division I opponent.
22 - Lee Campbell (20 vs. Cleveland State in 1990) tied his own Missouri State single-game rebounding record against a Division I opponent.
23 - Eastern Illinois' Jay Taylor (47 points vs. Chicago State in 1989), Middle Tennessee State's Mike Milholland (44 vs. Austin Peay in 1965), Nicholls State's Anatoly Bose (46 at Northwestern State in double overtime in 2010), South Florida's Dominique Jones (46 at Providence in overtime in 2010) and Tennessee State's Anthony Mason (44 at Eastern Kentucky in 1988) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Jacksonville's James Ray (45 vs. South Florida in 1980) set Sun Belt Conference single-game scoring record in league competition. . . . Northeastern's Steve Carney (23 vs. Hartford in 1988) and Ohio University's Howard Joliff (28 vs. Kent State in 1960) set school single-game rebounding records against a DI opponent. . . . Creighton's Paul Silas (36 vs. Marquette in 1964) became the only player in NCAA DI history to twice grab more than 35 rebounds in a single game. He previously had 38 caroms vs. Centenary on 2-19-62.
24 - Appalachian State's Stan Davis (56 points at Carson-Newman TN in 1974), Chattanooga's Oliver Morton (50 vs. Pikeville KY in 2001), Loyola of New Orleans' Ty Marioneaux (53 vs. Virginia Commonwealth in 1970), North Carolina Central's Connell "C.J." Wilkerson (41 at North Carolina A&T in overtime in 2011), Oakland's Travis Bader (47 vs. IUPUI in 2013) and Texas-Arlington's Steven Barber (43 at Texas-San Antonio in 2002) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . San Diego State's Ben Wardrop set an NCAA record for shortest playing time before disqualification by fouling out in only 1:11 at Colorado State in 2004. . . . Notre Dame's school-record 45-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Connecticut (69-61 in 2009).
25 - Southern's Avery Johnson tied an NCAA single-game record against DI opponent with 22 assists against Texas Southern in 1988. . . . Brigham Young's school-record 44-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Utah (79-75 in 2003). . . . East Carolina's Erroyl Bing (24 vs. South Florida in 2003), Kansas State's David Hall (27 vs. Oklahoma in 1971), Lamar's Steve Wade (27 vs. Oral Roberts in 1972), Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods (30 vs. Lamar in 1972) and Seton Hall's Nick Werkman (32 vs. Boston College in 1963) set school single-game rebounding records against a DI opponent. . . . The final 36 seconds of Ohio State's 50-44 win at Minnesota in 1972 were not played after a melee ensued following a flagrant foul on Buckeyes center Luke Witte as he attempted a layup. The Gophers, despite a pair of remainder-of-season suspensions, went on to capture the Big Ten Conference championship while OSU finished runner-up.
26 - Gonzaga's Frank Burgess (52 points vs. UC Davis in 1961) and Youngstown State's Tilman Bevely (55 vs. Tennessee Tech in 1987) set school Division I single-game scoring records. Bevely's output also tied Ohio Valley Conference record in league competition. . . . Arizona and Northern Arizona combined for an NCAA-record 130 free-throw attempts in a 1953 contest. . . . Herb Neff (36 vs. Georgia Tech in 1952) set Tennessee's single-game rebounding record.
27 - Georgia Southern's Johnny Mills (44 points vs. Samford in 1973), Indiana's Jimmy Rayl (56 vs. Minnesota in 1962/subsequently tied by him), James Madison's Steve Stiepler (51 vs. Robert Morris in 1979), UNC Greensboro's Trevis Simpson (41 vs. Chattanooga in 2013) and West Texas State's Simmie Hill (42 at Texas Western in 1968) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Visiting New Mexico State overcame a 28-0 deficit to defeat Bradley in 1977. . . . Big Ten Conference perennial cellar dweller Northwestern upset Magic Johnson and NCAA Tournament champion-to-be Michigan State by 18 points in 1979 and Big Eight Conference sixth-place finisher Nebraska upset Danny Manning and NCAA playoff champion-to-be Kansas in 1988. . . . Centenary's Robert Parish (33 vs. Southern Mississippi in 1973) and Florida's Neal Walk (31 vs. Alabama in 1968) set school single-game rebounding records.
28 - Syracuse's Sherman Douglas tied an NCAA single-game record with 22 assists against Providence in 1989. . . . Jim Loscutoff of Oregon (32 vs. Brigham Young in 1955), Maurice Stokes of Saint Francis PA (39 vs. John Carroll OH in 1955) and Willie Naulls of UCLA (28 vs. Arizona State in 1956) set school single-game rebounding records. . . . Barney Cable (28 vs. Marquette in 1956) set Bradley's single-game rebounding record against a major-college opponent.
29 - Arkansas State's Jeff Clifton (43 points vs. Arkansas-Little Rock in 1994/tied mark), Jacksonville's Ernie Fleming (59 vs. St. Peter's in 1972), Seton Hall's Nick Werkman (52 vs. Scranton PA in 1964), USC Upstate's Deion Holmes (39 vs. Lipscomb in 2OT in 2018/tied), Utah Valley's Ryan Toolson (63 at Chicago State in quadruple overtime in 2009), Vermont's Eddie Benton (54 vs. Drexel in 1994) and Wagner's Terrance Bailey (49 vs. Brooklyn in triple overtime in 1986) set school Division I single-game scoring records. Benton's output is also an America East Conference record in league competition. . . . Big East Conference West Division cellar dweller Rutgers upset Carmelo Anthony and NCAA Tournament champion-to-be Syracuse in 2003. . . . Columbia's Jacob "Jack" Molinas (31 vs. Brown in 1953), North Carolina State's Ronnie Shavlik (35 vs. Villanova in 1955) and Penn State's Jesse Arnelle (27 vs. Temple in 1955) set school single-game rebounding records.
30 - Maryland-Eastern Shore's Tee Trotter (42 points at Howard in overtime in 2003), Mississippi's Johnny Neumann (63 at Louisiana State in 1971), New Orleans' Ledell Eackles (45 at Florida International in 1988), Seattle's Elgin Baylor (60 vs. Portland in 1958), Tennessee Tech's Kevin Murphy (50 vs. SIU-Edwardsville in 2012) and Western Kentucky's Clem Haskins (55 vs. Middle Tennessee State in 1965) set school Division I single-game scoring records. Haskins' output is also an Ohio Valley Conference record in league competition. . . . Rick Barry (51 vs. Oklahoma City in 1965) set Miami's single-game scoring record against a major-college opponent. . . . William & Mary ended West Virginia's Southern Conference-record 44-game winning streak in 1960. . . . UC Irvine's Kevin Magee (25 vs. Long Beach State in 1982), Miami's Rick Barry (29 vs. Oklahoma City in 1965) and Oklahoma State's Andy Hopson (27 vs. Missouri in 1973) set school single-game rebounding records.
31 - LSU's Pete Maravich, despite having 13 regular-season games remaining in 1970, passed Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson (2,973 points from 1957-58 through 1959-60) with 4:43 left against Mississippi to become the NCAA's career scoring leader. . . . Gerhard "Jerry" Varn (51 points vs. Piedmont GA in 1953) set The Citadel's single-game scoring record. . . . Ty Greene (39 at North Florida in 2015) set USC Upstate's single-game scoring record at DI level. . . . Holy Cross' Jim McCaffrey (46 vs. Iona in 1985) set MAAC scoring record in league competition. . . . Loyola Marymount outgunned U.S. International CA (181-150 in 1989) in the highest-scoring game in major-college history. . . . Manhattan's Bruce Seals established an NCAA single-game record with 27 three-point field-goal attempts (making nine vs. Canisius in 2000). . . . Canisius' Darren Fenn (22 vs. Manhattan in 2000/tied), George Mason's Kenny Sanders (22 vs. American in 1989), Loyola Marymount's Hank Gathers (29 vs. U.S. International CA in 1989), Princeton's Carl Belz (29 vs. Rutgers in 1959) and St. Bonaventure's Bob Lanier (23 vs. Niagara in 1970/tied) set school single-game rebounding records against a DI opponent.

Memorable Moments in December College Basketball History
Memorable Moments in November College Basketball History

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

With Auld Lang Syne chords playing in background, the final weekend of calendar year offered another time to say goodbye by acknowledging the passing away in 2022 of a striking number of major-college basketball movers and shakers. All-Americans in necrology category included Charlie Brown (Seattle), Arnie Ferrin (Utah), Don Goldstein (Louisville), Dick Knostman (Kansas State), Bob Lanier (St. Bonaventure), Togo Palazzi (Holy Cross), Mike Pratt (Kentucky), Lennie Rosenbluth (North Carolina), Bill Russell (San Francisco), Danny Schultz (Tennessee), Rollie Seltz (Hamline MN), Gene Shue (Maryland), Paul Silas (Creighton), Caleb Swanigan (Purdue), George Thompson (Marquette), Bernard Toone (Marquette), Bill Uhl Sr. (Dayton) and Freeman Williams (Portland State). Dayton was hit particularly hard in the obituary column as Uhl was joined by Chris Harris, George Janky, Bobby "Toothpick" Jones, Don Lane and Mike Reichert.

A striking number of African-Americans breaking the color barrier at predominantly white major schools died in 2022 - John Crawford (Iowa State), L.M. Ellis (Austin Peay State), Julian Hammond Sr. (Tulsa), Norman Holmes (West Virginia), Julius Pegues (Pittsburgh) and Sam Smith (Louisville). These trailblazers plus former Purdue hoopers/professional football standouts Erich Barnes and Len Dawson are among the following alphabetical list of deceased players and coaches who usually didn't "drop the ball" on the basketball court:

• Billy Joe Adcock, 94, averaged 14.9 ppg for Vanderbilt as an All-SEC selection each season from 1947-48 through 1949-50 under coach Bob Polk.
• Dr. James Allen, 82, was on roster of Ohio State's 1960 NCAA championship team coached by Fred Taylor.
• Ron Allen, 71, was a juco recruit who averaged 8.4 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Arizona in 1972-73 and 1973-74 under coach Fred Snowden.
• Odis Allison Jr., 72, averaged 17.9 ppg and 9.9 rpg for UNLV as an All-WCAC second-team selection in 1969-70 and 1970-71 in the Rebels' first two seasons at the NCAA Division I level.
• Harry Anderson, 87, averaged 6.6 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Brigham Young from 1954-55 through 1956-57 under coach Stan Watts. As a senior, Anderson was third-leading scorer with an NCAA tourney team (10.4 ppg).
• John Arrillaga, 84, averaged 12.3 ppg and 4.8 rpg for Stanford from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Howie Dallmar. All-AAWU first-team selection as a senior.
• Jim Bagley, 87, played for Ohio State in the mid-1950s.
• Walter Baker, 91, played for Rice in 1950-51.
• George Baljevich, 84, played for Saint Mary's in 1959-60.
• Erich Barnes, 86, played briefly with Purdue in 1955-56. Six-time Pro Bowl defensive back intercepted 45 passes with the Chicago Bears, New York Giants and Cleveland Browns in 14 seasons from 1958 through 1971. Played in six NFL championship games.
• Jim Barnett, 87, averaged 1.5 ppg and 1.4 rpg for West Virginia in 1955-56 and 1956-57 under coach Fred Schaus.
• Jim Barr, 97, was Northwestern's senior co-captain in 1949-50 when averaging 4.8 ppg.
• Tom Barrise, 68, played for Fairleigh Dickinson in 1972-73.
• Dick Barry, 87, averaged 5 ppg for Iona from 1953-54 through 1955-56.
• Henry "Hank" Bartnicki, 98, was an All-Yankee Conference first-team selection for Connecticut as a sophomore in 1948-49 after serving in U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII. He averaged 6.9 ppg in 1948-49 and 1949-50 under coach Hugh Greer.
• Art Bartolozzi Jr., 97, played for Georgetown in 1945-46.
• Paul Basham, 86, was a member of Louisville's 1956 NIT titlist coached by Peck Hickman.
• C. "Roger" Bauer, 78, averaged 9 ppg and 3.3 rpg for St. Bonaventure from 1963-64 through 1965-66. He appeared in the NIT as a sophomore.
• John "Jack" Beardsworth Sr., 95, averaged 2 ppg for Connecticut in 1948-49 under coach Hugh Greer after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII.
• John Beasley, 78, was a three-time All-SWC selection who averaged 21.8 ppg and 10.7 rpg for Texas A&M from 1963-64 through 1965-66 under coach Shelby Metcalf. Beasley is the Aggies' career scoring and rebounding average leader.
• Martell Beeton, 87, averaged 2.4 ppg for Utah State from 1953-54 through 1957-58 (missed 1954-55 and 1955-56 seasons while on Mormon mission).
• Don Belcher, 89, averaged 7.8 ppg and 3.6 rpg for Louisiana State from 1951-52 through 1954-55 under coach Harry Rabenhorst. Belcher was the third-leading scorer and rebounder with the Tigers' 1953 Final Four team.
• Dick Berg, 82, compiled a 102-122 coaching record with Hofstra in eight seasons from 1980-81 through 1987-88.
• Dick Berghoff, 85, was a seven-footer who averaged a team-high 13.2 rpg for Miami (Fla.) in 1957-58 under coach Bruce Hale.
• Frank Berrett, 84, was a juco recruit who averaged 2.6 ppg and 2.7 rpg for Brigham Young in 1958-59 and 1959-60 under coach Stan Watts.
• Sherrell Berrett, 83, averaged 1.6 ppg for Brigham Young in 1958-59 under coach Stan Watts.
• John Bertolero, 84, led Wyoming's 1958 NCAA Tournament team in rebounding (9.5 rpg) as a sophomore under coach Everett Shelton.
• Paul Biko, 72, averaged 10.5 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Bucknell from 1970-71 through 1972-73. As a senior, he was runner-up in scoring average with the Bison in Jim Valvano's first season as a major-college head coach.
• Darryl Bishop, 71, was a football DB walk-on for Kentucky in 1971-72 in legendary coach Adolph Rupp's final season. Bishop played for UK's freshman squad in 1969-70, which was one season before Tom Payne became the school's first African-American varsity player. Bishop was picked by the Cincinnati Bengals in 16th round of 1974 NFL draft.
• Tom Blackburn, 88, played for Duke in 1954-55 under coach Harold Bradley. Blackburn pitched a no-hitter with the Blue Devils the same year.
• Bob Boehm, 79, averaged 7.1 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Rhode Island in 1964-65 and 1965-66.
• Charles "Bill" Bolen, 86, averaged 1.4 ppg for Drake from 1955-56 through 1957-58.
• Jim Bolla, 70, averaged 3.3 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Pittsburgh from 1971-72 through 1974-75. He was in regular rotation for the Panthers' 1974 East Regional finalist.
• Joe Bonner averaged 5.6 ppg and 5.1 rpg for St. Peter's in 1964-65 and 1965-66.
• Gene Booth, 87, averaged 6.3 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Dartmouth from 1954-55 through 1956-57 under coach Doggie Julian. Booth was an All-Ivy League second-team selection as a senior after participating in the NCAA playoffs the previous season.
• Harry Booth, 81, compiled a 44-61 record as St. Joseph's coach in four seasons from 1974-75 through 1977-78. He averaged 3.4 ppg and 1.8 rpg for three NCAA tourney teams at St. Joe's from 1960 through 1962 under coach Jack Ramsay.
• Gary Borchard, 81, averaged 14.5 ppg and 6.8 rpg for Harvard from 1959-60 through 1961-62, leading the Crimson in scoring and rebounding as a junior and senior captain. He was a two-time All-Ivy League second-team selection and team MVP.
• Fred Bortolussi Jr., 88, averaged 2.9 ppg for Boston College in 1955-56 and 1956-57.
• Jim Bostick, 75, averaged 1.3 ppg for North Carolina in 1966-67 under coach Dean Smith.
• Marvin Bowling, 89, played for Ohio State in 1951-52 before serving in U.S. Army during Korean Conflict.
• Melvin Bowling, 88, was on Alabama's roster in 1952-53.
• Bob Boyce, 93, played for Iowa State in 1948-49.
• John Bozick, 83, was a Penn State WR from 1958 through 1960 who played two basketball games with the Nittany Lions in 1957-58 under coach John Egli.
• Joe Bransfield Jr., 93, played for Connecticut in 1948-49 under coach Hugh Greer.
• Denis Brenan II, 85, averaged 6.1 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Lehigh from 1956-57 through 1958-59 under coach Tony Packer (Billy's father).
• Steve Brooks, 72, was Southland Conference Player of the Year in 1973-74 for Arkansas State in third season he was an all-league selection.
• Charlie Brown, 86, averaged 14.8 ppg for Indiana in 1955-56 before transferring to Seattle, where he was a two-time All-American while averaging 14.3 ppg and 8.9 rpg in 1957-58 and 1958-59. He was the second-leading scorer and rebounder behind All-American Elgin Baylor for 1958 NCAA Tournament runner-up.
• Dr. Neil Brayton, 77, averaged 9.4 ppg and 4.5 rpg for Maryland from 1963-64 through 1965-66.
• Bill Brennan, 85, averaged 6.7 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Villanova in 1957-58 under coach Alex Severance.
• Jamaal Brown, 52, averaged 9 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.9 apg and 1.2 spg for Ohio State from 1988-89 through 1991-92. Senior captain with Southeast Regional finalist.
• Roy Brown, 89, scored four points in his only game with Arizona in 1952-53 under coach Fred Enke.
• Don Brummer, 85, averaged 4.8 ppg and 1.3 rpg for Creighton in the mid-1950s as a basketball-baseball teammate of MLB Hall of Famer Bob Gibson. Brummer was an INF who hit .286 in six minor-league seasons from 1958 through 1963 in the farm systems of the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles (.312 at AA level in 1961 and .291 at AAA in 1962).
• John Bryant, 85, played for Cincinnati in 1958-59 and 1959-60 under coach George Smith.
• Bob Bundy, 74, averaged 10.4 ppg and 6 rpg for Vanderbilt from 1966-67 through 1968-69 under coach Roy Skinner.
• Ron Bushwell, 88, was a St. John's transfer who averaged 10.8 ppg for Connecticut from 1953-54 through 1955-56 under coach Hugh Greer. All-Yankee Conference first-team selection as a senior when finishing runner-up in scoring with the Huskies. Appeared in two different NCAA playoffs.
• Bill Butterfield, 94, averaged 3.4 ppg for Purdue from 1946-47 through 1949-50.
• Leland Byrd, 94, averaged 11.5 ppg with West Virginia from 1944-45 through 1947-48 en route to becoming the Mountaineers' first 1,000-point career scorer. They reached the NIT semifinals in 1946 and 1947.
• Dick Cable, 88, averaged 14.4 ppg for Wisconsin from 1951-52 through 1954-55 under coach Bud Foster, pacing the Badgers in scoring each of his last two years.
• Dr. Jim Campbell, 86, was a juco recruit who played for Wake Forest in 1954-55 and 1955-56 under coach Murray Greason.
• John "Bud" Campbell, 92, averaged 2 ppg for Texas Christian from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Buster Brannon.
• Granville "Bobby" Cannon, 72, averaged 5.8 ppg and 2.6 rpg for Maryland-Eastern Shore's 27-2 team participating in 1974 NIT in the Hawks' inaugural season at the NCAA Division I level.
• Ralph Capasso, 90, averaged 4.8 ppg and 3.9 rpg for Iona in 1953-54.
• Norm Carmichael, 74, averaged 11.6 ppg and 8.9 rpg for Virginia from 1966-67 through 1968-69. He led the Cavaliers in rebounding as a junior with 12 rpg.
• Terry Carr, 77, averaged 16 ppg and 3.8 rpg for Maine from 1964-65 through 1966-67. Two-time All-Yankee Conference second-team selection was the Black Bears' top scorer each of his final two seasons.
• Pete Carril, 92, compiled a 525-273 coaching record with Lehigh (11-12 in 1966-67) and Princeton (514-261 in 29 seasons from 1967-68 through 1995-96). PU's all-time winningest coach led the nation in scoring defense in 14 campaigns and captured the Ivy League's lone NIT championship in 1975. He averaged 11.5 ppg for Lafayette from 1949-50 through 1951-52.
• Bobby Carroll, 96, averaged 8.4 ppg for West Virginia from 1944-45 through 1947-48. He was captain of one of the Mountaineer teams participating in the NIT his first three seasons.
• Clayton Carter, 89, averaged 11.6 ppg and 5.6 rpg for Oklahoma State from 1953-54 through 1955-56 under coach Hank Iba. After competing in NCAA playoffs as a sophomore, Carter was OSU's top scorer each of his last two seasons (including NIT participant as a senior).
• Kevin Carter, 59, averaged 1.9 ppg and 1.2 rpg with Niagara in 1981-82 before transferring to Loyola (Md.), where he averaged 7.7 ppg and 7.3 rpg from 1983-84 through 1985-86. He led the Greyhounds in rebounding each of his last two seasons.
• Clay Cary Jr., 94, was a teammate of All-American Ed Macauley for St. Louis' 1948 NIT titlist coached by Eddie Hickey.
• Jim Cassidy III, 67, played for Lehigh in 1975-76.
• Chris Cheeks, 54, was a juco recruit who averaged 20.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 3.1 apg for Virginia Commonwealth in 1987-88 and 1988-89. He set VCU DI single-game scoring record with 42 points against Old Dominion. Two-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection led league in scoring as senior with 23.8 ppg.
• Bob "Chimmy" Chmielewski, 80, averaged 3 ppg and 2.8 rpg as a senior for Eddie Hickey-coached Marquette's third-place finisher in 1963 NIT.
• John Clark, 94, averaged 2.4 ppg for Gettysburg PA in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
• Dr. Orlo Clark, 81, averaged 4.7 ppg and 5.5 rpg for Cornell from 1960-61 through 1962-63.
• Kenneth Clements, 84, averaged 1.9 ppg for Providence from 1956-57 through 1958-59 under coach Joe Mullaney. The Friars were an NIT semifinalist during Clements' senior season.
• Benny Clyde, 70, averaged 13 ppg and 6.9 rpg for Florida State in 1972-73 under coach Hugh Durham before dropped off roster following flagrant-foul ejection from a game (punching opponent). Clyde was NJCAA Tournament MVP in 1971.
• Dennis Coates, 77, was a juco recruit who averaged 1.2 ppg for Weber State in 1964-65 under coach Dick Motta.
• Craigg Cody, 60, averaged 5.8 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Bucknell from 1980-81 through 1982-83.
• Fred Cohen, 88, played for Duquesne's 1954 NIT runner-up under coach Dudey Moore before transferring to Temple, where he averaged 8.2 ppg and team-high 9.9 rpg with 1956 NCAA Tournament national third-place team coached by Harry Litwack. Cohen grabbed a playoff-record 34 rebounds in East Regional victory against Connecticut.
• Ken Cole, 82, averaged 1.7 ppg for East Tennessee State in 1958-59 and 1959-60.
• Jay Collins, 41, was a juco recruit who averaged 10.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 4.5 apg and 1.7 spg for Southern Utah in 2001-02 and 2002-03. He led the Thunderbirds in assists and steals his second season.
• Dr. Nick Colmenares Sr., 82, played for Tennessee in 1959-60.
• Kraig Conger, 51, averaged 1.6 ppg and 1.4 rpg for Southern California in 1990-91 under coach George Raveling before transferring back to his home state to Colorado State, where he averaged 2.6 ppg and 3.1 rpg in 1992-93 and 1993-94. Conger died after suffering a heart attack while on duty as a veteran law enforcement officer.
• Fred Conley, 82, compiled an 8-16 coaching record with Western Carolina in 1976-77 in the Catamounts' inaugural season at NCAA Division I level.
• Ed Contreras, 85, averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Miami (Fla.) from 1956-57 through 1958-59 under coach Bruce Hale. Contreras was also a star 1B who hit .321 with 19 homers and 67 RBI in only 73 career games for the Hurricanes' baseball squad.
• Charles Conway, 74, played for Providence in the late 1960s under coach Joe Mullaney III.
• Dr. Jim Cook, 73, was a member of coach Al McGuire's first NCAA Tournament team with Marquette in 1967-68.
• Wayne Cooper, 65, averaged 14.5 ppg and 10.8 rpg for New Orleans from 1975-76 through 1977-78. Two-time All-Sun Belt Conference first-team selection led UNO in rebounding all three seasons and paced the Privateers in scoring as league MVP his senior year.
• Fran Corcoran Sr., 88, averaged 5.5 ppg and 3.7 rpg for Canisius from 1953-54 through 1955-56. In his final two seasons, he played with the Golden Griffins' first two NCAA tourney teams.
• Steve Courtin, 79, participated in NCAA tourney each of his first two seasons before leading St. Joseph's in scoring with 20.7 ppg as a senior in 1963-64 under coach Dr. Jack Ramsay.
• Kirk Cowan, 45, averaged 6.9 ppg and 5.1 rpg for Bowling Green State from 1995-96 through 1998-99 under coaches Jim Larranaga and Dan Dakich. Cowan was the Falcons' top rebounder as a junior.
• Gardner "Gee" Cowell, 58, played for North Carolina A&T in the mid-1980s under coach Don Corbett.
• Jimmy Cox, 75, averaged 12.9 ppg and 2.7 rpg for East Carolina from 1965-66 to 1967-68.
• Bob Crane, 89, was a juco recruit who averaged 1.5 ppg for Utah State in 1956-57.
• Marshall Crawford Jr., 74, was a juco recruit who averaged 12.7 ppg and 3.9 rpg for Centenary in 1969-70 and 1970-71.
• Bryan Crow, 88, was a walk-on member of Hardin-Simmons TX team competing in 1953 NCAA Tournament.
• Vincent Crutcher, 34, averaged 4.6 ppg and 2.6 rpg as part-time starter for Morehead State in 2006-07 before transferring to Georgetown College KY.
• William "Paul" Dailey Jr., 82, averaged 2.9 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Middle Tennessee State from 1959-60 through 1961-62.
• Bob Daniels, 86, coached Marshall to a 71-62 record in five seasons from 1972-73 through 1976-77. He averaged 10.4 ppg for Western Kentucky from 1953-54 through 1956-57. Daniels compiled a 12-10 pitching mark in the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system in 1958 and 1959.
• George "Jet" Dargati, 90, played for Connecticut in 1952-53 under coach Hugh Greer before serving in U.S. Army during Korean Conflict and subsequently becoming a Hall of Famer at Willimantic State CT with career scoring average of 24.5 ppg.
• Marc Davidson, 49, averaged 1.6 ppg and 1.7 rpg for Illinois in 1991-92 and 1992-93 before transferring to Trinity International IL. He was in regular rotation for the Illini's 1993 NCAA tourney team coached by Lou Henson.
• John "Jack" Dawson, 90, averaged 10.5 ppg for Case Western Reserve OH from 1950-51 through 1952-53 before serving in U.S. Marine Corps during Korean Conflict. He finished among the Mid-American Conference member's top two in scoring and rebounding each of his last two seasons.
• Len Dawson, 87, played in two basketball games with Purdue in 1956-57. Pro Football Hall of Fame/seven-time All-Pro quarterback completed 2,136 passes for 28,731 yards and 239 touchdowns in 19 seasons from 1957 through 1975 with the Cleveland Browns, Dallas Texans and Kansas City Chiefs.
• Steve Day, 79, averaged 2.2 ppg and 1.3 rpg for Bradley from 1961-62 through 1963-64 under coach Chuck Orsborn. Day was a member of two NIT teams with the Braves.
• Larry DePalma, 92, averaged 5.4 ppg for Providence in 1948-49. He hit .196 as an outfielder in the Boston Braves' farm system in 1950 and 1951.
• Bob Derderian, 92, averaged 6 ppg for NYU from 1948-49 through 1950-51 under coach Howard Cann.
• Dick Derrickson, 95, played for Kentucky early in 1944-45 season under coach Adolph Rupp before serving in U.S. Army during WWII, receiving the Purple Heart at the Battle of Okinawa.
• Dr. John "Jim" DeVos, 89, averaged 1.6 ppg for Wake Forest from 1951-52 through 1954-55 under coach Murray Greason.
• Dr. Melvin Deweese, 93, averaged 6.1 ppg for Murray State from 1948-49 through 1951-52.
• Dick Dhabalt, 85, averaged 2 ppg and 2 rpg for Bradley from 1955-56 through 1957-58. He was a member of 1957 NIT titlist coached by Chuck Orsborn.
• Walt Diggs, 89, played for Washington & Lee VA in 1952-53. He was a prominent pole vaulter in the Southern Conference.
• Ron Divjak, 82, averaged 2.4 ppg and 1.4 rpg for Michigan State from 1961-62 through 1964-65 (redshirt in 1963-64) under coach Forddy Anderson.
• Donny Dodds, 62, averaged 4.8 ppg and team-high 3.6 apg for Temple in 1979-80 before transferring.
• Steve Dodge, 72, averaged 14.2 ppg and 4.6 rpg for William & Mary from 1968-69 through 1970-71. All-Southern Conference second-team selection as a senior.
• Mike Doherty, 84, averaged 7 ppg and 3.1 rpg for Portland in 1959-60 and 1960-61 after transfer was on football scholarship at Notre Dame.
• Dale Donaldson, 69, played for Texas A&M in 1973-74 under coach Shelby Metcalf.
• Ed Donchey, 91, averaged 4.5 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Denver in 1952-53 and 1953-54.
• Mike Donohue, 88, averaged 2 ppg and 1.4 rpg for DePaul in 1953-54 and 1954-55 under coach Ray Meyer.
• Vince Dooley, 90, averaged 6.3 ppg with Auburn in 1951-52. Football team MVP in 1954 Gator Bowl coached Georgia to the 1980 national championship and six SEC titles, compiling a 201-66-10 record as 20 of his clubs appeared in bowl games in 25 seasons from 1964 through 1988.
• Jacky Dorsey, 67, averaged 23.7 ppg and 10.6 rpg for Georgia in 1974-75 and 1975-76 before becoming 26th pick overall as undergraduate in NBA draft. Two-time All-SEC selection still holds the Bulldogs' career scoring average record.
• Dan Dougherty, 87, averaged 6.5 ppg and 2.9 rpg for St. Joseph's from 1954-55 through 1956-57. As a junior, he was member of NIT team in Jack Ramsay's debut season as coach of the Hawks. Dougherty compiled a 31-66 record in four-year coaching stint from 1971-72 through 1974-75 at Army sandwiched between tenures of Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski.
• Steve Douglas, 83, averaged 5.6 ppg and 3.9 rpg for Kansas State from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Tex Winter. Douglas appeared in Final Four as a sophomore.
• Clifford "Par" Downing, 51, was a juco recruit who averaged 12.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 4.2 apg and 1.2 spg for Columbia in 1991-92 and 1992-93.
• Denny Doyle, 78, averaged 2.7 ppg for Morehead State in 1962-63. Lefthanded-hitting 2B hit .250 in eight years from 1970 through 1977 with the Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels and Boston Red Sox.
• Tommy Doyle, 87, averaged 2.1 ppg for Georgetown from 1951-52 through 1953-54.
• Rich Dreyer, 77, averaged 9.1 ppg and 5.3 rpg for St. Peter's from 1964-65 through 1966-67 when the Peacocks made their transition to NCAA Division I level.
• Brad Dudek, 58, was a seven-foot center who averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.3 rpg for Iowa State in 1983-84 and 1984-85 under coach Johnny Orr.
• Terry Dunham, 74, played for Tulsa in 1966-67.
• Dave Dunn, 87, played for Stanford in 1954-55 under coach Howie Dallmar.
• Don Dunn, 90, averaged 4.1 ppg for Canisius in 1952-53 and 1953-54. He led the team in total rebounds with 155 in 1953-54.
• Tucker Dunn, 86, played for Georgetown in 1954-55. He subsequently served as a FBI agent and in the U.S. State Department.
• Dick Dunning, 76, averaged 3.4 ppg and 1.1 rpg for Delaware in 1964-65.
• Rick Duplantis, 72, averaged 6.4 ppg and 4.5 rpg for Texas A&M from 1969-70 through 1971-72 under coach Shelby Metcalf.
• Charles Earls, 56, averaged 3 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Georgia Southern in 1984-85 and 1987-88.
• Reno Earls, 44, averaged 6 ppg, 2 rpg and 2.2 apg for The Citadel in 1995-96 before transferring to DeKalb GA. He passed away due to health complications and a battle with COVID-19.
• Don Early, 79, averaged 6.9 ppg and 5.7 rpg for Missouri from 1962-63 through 1964-65.
• Wilfred "Fred" Easter Jr., 81, played for Harvard in 1960-61.
• Jeremy Eaton, 45, was a juco recruit who averaged 8.9 ppg and 4 rpg for Gonzaga in 1996-97 and 1998-99 (redshirt in 1997-98). As a senior, he was second-leading rebounder and third-leading scorer for West Regional finalist.
• Najeeb Echols, 39, averaged 2.7 ppg and 2.7 rpg for Missouri in 2001-02 and 2002-03 before transferring to Illinois State, where he averaged 6.5 ppg and 3.8 rpg in 2003-04. As a freshman, he started seven games with Mizzou's West Regional finalist.
• Kenton Edelin, 60, averaged 3.3 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Virginia's three NCAA tourney teams from 1981-82 through 1983-84 under coach Terry Holland. As a senior, Edelin was top rebounder a Final Four squad the season after national player of the year Ralph Sampson graduated.
• Walt Edgerly, 77, averaged 3.6 ppg and 2.2 rpg for Air Force from 1964-65 through 1966-67 under coach Bob Spear.
• Johnny Egan, 83, averaged 17.9 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Providence from 1958-59 through 1960-61 for three NIT semifinalist teams under coach Joe Mullaney. Egan was the 17th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Rex Ekwall, 87, averaged 13.1 ppg and 10.1 rpg for Nebraska from 1954-55 through 1956-57. Two-time All-Big Eight Conference second-team selection led the Huskers in rebounding all three seasons.
• L.M. Ellis, 79, averaged 9.3 ppg and 10.5 rpg for Austin Peay State as a junior in 1963-64 plus 6.7 ppg and 6.1 rpg as a senior in 1964-65. He was the first Ohio Valley Conference African-American player after transferring from Drake to his hometown school.
• Dr. Ron "Buzz" Ellis, 86, averaged 7.1 ppg and 8.6 rpg for Miami (Ohio) from 1954-55 through 1956-57. He grabbed a total of 22 rebounds in two NCAA tourney games (sophomore and senior seasons).
• Lloyd Elmore, 84, was a hoops letterman for Missouri from 1952-53 through 1954-55. He was also a catcher for the Tigers' 1954 CWS champion as a teammate in both sports of eventual Mizzou basketball coach Norm Stewart.
• Greg Emrick, 75, played for Southern Methodist in 1966-67 under coach Doc Hayes.
• Hal Erickson, 85, averaged 8 ppg and 4 rpg for Montana from 1955-56 through 1957-58.
• Gary "Tiny" Espenschied, 77, played for Centenary in 1964-65 when teammate Tom Kerwin was one of the nation's top 20 scorers.
• Gene "Hunk" Estes, 83, averaged 10.1 ppg and 9.7 rpg for Tulsa from 1958-59 through 1960-61. He led the Golden Hurricane in rebounding each of his last two seasons, setting school single-season average standard as senior with 14.3 rpg (three games with at least 23 caroms including school-record 24 vs. Texas Western).
• Tommy Estes, 87, played for Texas in 1954-55.
• Randy Evans, 69, averaged 8 ppg and 4.9 rpg for Cornell in 1972-73.
• Fred Eydt, 93, averaged 8.6 ppg for Cornell from 1949-50 through 1951-52. As a junior, he led the team in rebounding with 14.9 rpg.
• Robert Farmer, 93, averaged 1.5 ppg for Texas A&M from 1949-50 through 1951-52.
• Walt Faught, 95, earned a letter with Cincinnati in 1944-45 after serving in U.S. Navy as WWII came to a conclusion.
• Hans "Tiny" Fedge, 83, averaged 1.5 ppg for Montana State in 1960-61.
• Arnie Ferrin, 97, averaged 13.7 ppg for Utah from 1943-44 through 1947-48 under coach Vadal Peterson (served in U.S. military during 1945-46). Four-time All-American was Final Four Most Outstanding Player as a freshman.
• Graham "Lee" Fisher, 75, averaged 12.3 ppg and 5.4 rpg with East Tennessee State from 1965-66 through 1967-68. As a senior, he was runner-up in scoring and rebounding for ETSU's first NCAA tourney team.
• Orville Fisher, 78, averaged 1.2 ppg and 1.1 rpg for Brigham Young from 1965-66 through 1967-68 under coach Stan Watts.
• Bill Fitch, 89, compiled a 43-30 coaching record at major-college level in three seasons with Bowling Green State (18-7 for NCAA tourney team in 1967-68) and Minnesota (25-23 in 1968-69 and 1969-70).
• Don Flannigan, 91, played for Texas Christian in the mid-1950s after serving in U.S. Marine Corps during Korean Conflict.
• John Fleming III, 81, averaged 2.8 ppg and 2.2 rpg for Gettysburg PA in 1959-60 and 1960-61.
• Robert Flynn, 95, scored a total of 556 points for Dayton from 1947-48 through 1950-51 under coach Tom Blackburn. The 5-7 Flynn was member of NIT runner-up as a senior.
• Jim Forbes, 69, was a two-time All-WAC second-team selection who averaged 10.7 ppg and 9.1 rpg for Texas-El Paso from 1971-72 through 1973-74 under coach Don Haskins. Forbes led the Miners in rebounding average all three seasons. The 1972 U.S. Olympian died from complications of COVID-19.
• Randle "Leon" Ford, 94, played for Louisville in the late 1940s and early 1950s under coach Peck Hickman.
• John Fransen, 86, averaged 5.6 ppg and 2 rpg for Pepperdine in 1955-56.
• Ron Franz, 76, averaged 9.3 ppg and 6 rpg for Kansas from 1964-65 through 1966-67 under coach Ted Owens. Teammate of All-American Jo Jo White on NCAA tourney teams his last two seasons before becoming 33rd pick overall in NBA draft.
• Jack "Swede" Frauson, 86, played for Wake Forest in 1955-56 before transferring to Western Carolina.
• Norman Frolow, 91, averaged 1.8 ppg for Washington (Mo.) in 1949-50.
• James "Jed" Frost, 51, averaged 1.7 ppg for Missouri from 1990-91 through 1993-94. He shot and killed his estranged wife and himself inside the Dallas County medical examiner's office.
• Erik Furseth, 91, averaged 2.7 ppg for Michigan State in 1951-52 and 1952-53 under coach Pete Newell.
• Dick Gaines, 86, averaged 19.6 ppg and 7.6 rpg for Seton Hall from 1954-55 through 1956-57 under coach Honey Russell. Gaines was team-high scorer all three seasons.
• Dick Garibaldi, 89, averaged 7.4 ppg for Santa Clara from 1951-52 through 1953-54 and 1956-57 (missed 1954-55 and 1955-56 campaigns serving in U.S. military during Korean Conflict). Participated in Final Four as a freshman before becoming an All-WCAC second-team selection as a senior when leading the Broncos in rebounding with 11.3 rpg. Compiled a 137-77 record as his alma mater's coach in eight seasons from 1962-63 through 1969-70, appearing in NCAA playoffs each of last three years.
• Peter Gayeska, 74, averaged 9.6 ppg and 7.6 rpg for Massachusetts from 1966-67 through 1968-69. Two-time All-Yankee Conference selection led the Minutemen in rebounding as a senior.
• Dick Geisler, 94, was a letterman for Idaho from 1947-48 through 1949-50. All-PCC North Division second-team selection as a senior.
• Bob Gentry Jr., 86, averaged 1.6 ppg for Tennessee in 1955-56 and 1956-57 before incurring a career-ending knee injury.
• Marcus "Jarod" Gerald, 39, started five games for South Carolina as freshman in 2002-03 under coach Dave Odom.
• Larry Gibson, 66, averaged 11.9 ppg and 8.9 rpg for Maryland from 1975-76 through 1978-79 under coach Lefty Driesell. Gibson led the Terrapins in rebounding each of his first three seasons before finishing runner-up to Buck Williams as an All-ACC second-team selection his senior year.
• Louis "Fred" Gieg Jr., 90, averaged 13.2 ppg for Dartmouth from 1950-51 through 1952-53, leading the team in scoring each of his last two seasons. He was an All-EIBL (predecessor to Ivy League) first-team selection as senior captain.
• Father Lou Gigante, 90, averaged 9.2 ppg for Georgetown from 1951-52 through 1953-54 (senior co-captain). He was runner-up in scoring for the Hoyas' only national postseason tournament team (1953 NIT) in a 26-year span from 1944 through 1969.
• Earl Gillespie Jr., 80, was a Georgia Tech transfer who averaged a team-high 18.3 ppg as MVP for Christian Brothers College TN in 1964-65.
• Ron Gillespie, 87, averaged 9.7 ppg for Syracuse from 1953-54 through 1955-56.
• Jackie Gilloon, 65, averaged 9.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg and 4.9 apg for South Carolina from 1974-75 through 1977-78 under coach Frank McGuire. Gilloon led the Gamecocks in assists all four seasons.
• Ron Glaser, 80, averaged 16.2 ppg and 5.8 rpg for Marquette from 1960-61 through 1962-63 under coach Eddie Hickey before becoming 38th pick overall in NBA draft. Glaser was runner-up in scoring with NCAA tourney team as a sophomore before leading club in scoring each of his last two seasons.
• Don Goldstein, 84, averaged 12.8 ppg and 10.7 rpg for Louisville from 1956-57 through 1958-59 under coach Peck Hickman. All-American as senior when he was second-leading scorer and rebounder for fourth-place team in NCAA Tournament before becoming 10th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Ed Goorjian, 96, compiled a 44-92 coaching record with Loyola Marymount in five seasons from 1980-81 through 1984-85.
• Nield Gordon, 91, was a juco recruit who averaged 22.5 ppg with Furman in 1951-52 and 1952-53 before two-time All-Southern Conference selection became 17th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Jim Gorsline, 86, averaged 15.1 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Kent State from 1955-56 through 1957-58. All-Mid-American Conference second-team selection as a junior when he led the Golden Flashes in scoring. OF played briefly in the Detroit Tigers' farm system in 1960.
• Don Graham, 95, averaged 2.7 ppg for Tennessee in 1947-48 and 1948-49 after serving in U.S. Army during WWII.
• Mike Graney, 83, averaged 12.9 ppg and 13.3 rpg for Notre Dame from 1957-58 through 1959-60. Senior captain led the Fighting Irish's NCAA tourney team in scoring and rebounding.
• Ed Gregory, 90, compiled an 85-97 coaching record in Fresno State's first seven seasons at the major-college level from 1970-71 through 1976-77.
• Bill Groogan, 86, averaged 3.7 ppg and 3.8 rpg for Texas from 1954-55 through 1956-57.
• Robert "Ken" Guise, 96, scored a total of 287 points for Cincinnati from 1943-44 through 1945-46.
• Ed Halberg Jr., 91, was a juco recruit who averaged 11.8 ppg and 9.2 rpg for Oregon in 1952-53 and 1953-54. He was an All-PCC North Division second-team selection as a senior.
• Gary Hale, 78, averaged 2.3 ppg for North Carolina State from 1963-64 through 1965-66 under coaches Everett Case and Press Maravich. Hale participated in the NCAA playoffs as a junior.
• Bob Hall, 82, averaged 10.9 ppg and 8.7 rpg for St. Francis (Pa.) in 1960-61 and 1961-62. Juco recruit led SFC in rebounding as a senior.
• Joe B. Hall, 93, compiled a 297-100 record coaching with Kentucky in 13 seasons from 1972-73 through 1984-85, winning 1978 NCAA championship and also reaching Final Four in 1975 and 1984. He played briefly for UK in 1948-49 under coach Adolph Rupp before transferring to Sewanee (Tenn.).
• Kermith "Hoss" Hall, 90, averaged 2.6 ppg for Georgia in 1950-51 and 1952-53. As a senior, he was also a catcher with the Bulldogs' SEC title baseball squad.
• Jim Hammond Jr., 82, averaged 8.5 ppg and 5.6 rpg for Southern Methodist from 1959-60 through 1961-62 under coach Doc Hayes.
• Julian Hammond Sr., 79, averaged 12.2 ppg and 7.6 rpg for Tulsa in 1964-65 and 1965-66. Hammond was among three juco recruits becoming the first African-American players for the Golden Hurricane. As a senior, he led the nation in field-goal shooting (65.9%).
• Chris Harris, 89, averaged 5.4 ppg and 3.3 rpg for Dayton from 1951-52 through 1954-55 under coach Tom Blackburn. Harris played for three national postseason tournament teams (1 NCAA/2 NIT).
• Paul "Tom" Harrold, 89, averaged 6.4 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Colorado from 1951-52 through 1954-55. As a senior, he was fourth-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder for the Buffaloes' only Final Four team (third-place finisher).
• Ed Haskins, 80, was an All-Big Sky Conference second-team selection for Idaho as a sophomore in 1963-64.
• Dick Haslam, 81, was a starter for Butler's first-ever NCAA Tournament team in 1962 under coach Tony Hinkle. The Bulldogs won Mideast Regional third-place game.
• Jimmy Hawkins, 76, averaged 7.6 ppg and 5.5 rpg for Memphis State in 1965-66 and 1966-67 (NIT participant).
• Brooks Henderson, 84, was a NYU transfer who averaged 15.2 ppg and 5.5 rpg for Florida from 1962-63 through 1964-65 under coach Norm Sloan. Henderson served in U.S. Air Force before becoming two-time All-SEC selection as the Gators' top scorer.
• Willis "Tuffy" Henderson, 88, played for North Carolina in 1954-55 under coach Frank McGuire.
• Jim Henry, 84, averaged 17.6 ppg and 3.1 rpg for Vanderbilt from 1956-57 through 1958-59 under coaches Bob Polk and Roy Skinner. All-SEC selection each of his last two seasons when leading the Commodores in scoring.
• Nick Herrmann, 20, was a Cal State Northridge recruit who died after a second cancer fight.
• Dale Herron, 84, was a juco recruit who averaged 9.6 ppg and 6.6 rpg for Oregon from 1957-58 through 1959-60. As a senior, he was the third-leading rebounder and fourth-leading scorer for the Ducks' NCAA playoff team.
• Bill Heyer, 78, was a member of St. John's 1965 NIT titlist coached by Joe Lapchick.
• Joe Heyer, 84, averaged 14.5 ppg and 3.8 rpg for La Salle from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Dudey Moore. Heyer led the Explorers in scoring as a junior. He coached his alma mater to a 24-27 record in 1965-66 and 1966-67.
• Charles Higgs, 81, averaged 3.1 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Michigan from 1959-60 through 1961-62.
• David "Skip" Higley, 77, averaged 7.6 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Florida from 1964-65 through 1966-67. Senior captain was an All-SEC second-team selection.
• Jalen Hill, 22, averaged 6.5 ppg and 6.4 rpg for UCLA from 2018-19 to 2020-21. Hill went missing while in Costa Rica after retiring from basketball, citing a healthier lifestyle both physically and mentally without the game after battling both anxiety and depression. He sat out 2017-18 campaign after being one of three Bruins players arrested in China on shoplifting charges in the fall.
• Walter Hirsch, 92, averaged 7.1 ppg for Kentucky from 1947-48 through 1950-51 under coach Adolph Rupp. All-SEC second-team selection as a junior, which was the only one of his four seasons when the Wildcats didn't win the NCAA championship.
• Al Hmiel, 70, averaged 2.9 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Cincinnati in 1971-72.
• Frank Hogan, 85, averaged 4.8 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Loyola of Chicago from 1956-57 through 1958-59 under coach George Ireland.
• Bob Holder, 79, played for Georgetown in 1966-67. He held executive positions in the telecommunications industry with AT&T and spinoff Lucent Communications, where he retired as COO in 2003.
• Dave Hollenbeck, 86, averaged 1.2 ppg for Syracuse from 1955-56 through 1957-58.
• Jack Hollis, 67, played briefly for Kansas in 1973-74 and 1974-75 under coach Ted Owens. After transferring to New Mexico to play baseball, Hollis was selected in the 8th round of 1977 MLB draft (two rounds ahead of 12-year veteran Dave LaPoint) and compiled a 4-9 pitching record with 6.08 ERA in two years in the Toronto Blue Jays' farm system.
• Norman Holmes, 80, was among West Virginia's quintet in 1965-66 representing the first African-American players in Southern Conference history. Holmes, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, averaged 4.6 ppg and 3.3 rpg in three varsity seasons, appearing in 1967 NCAA Tournament East Regional against Princeton.
• Ron Hornyak, 79, averaged 1.8 ppg for Penn State in 1967-68 and 1968-69 under coaches John Egli and John Bach.
• Lyle Houston, 84, averaged 4 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Missouri in 1960-61 and 1961-62.
• Billy Howard, 88, was a juco recruit who averaged 1.4 ppg for Georgia in 1954-55.
• Charles Howard, 88, averaged 3.6 ppg and 2.3 rpg for Texas from 1953-54 through 1955-56.
• Richie Hoyt, 83, averaged 5 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Ohio State from 1958-59 through 1960-61 under coach Fred Taylor. Hoyt was one of top substitutes with the Buckeyes' 1960 NCAA Tournament titlist.
• Ron Huery, 55, averaged 12 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.7 apg and 1.6 spg for Arkansas from 1986-87 through 1990-91 (redshirt in 1988-89) under coach Nolan Richardson Jr. All-SWC first-team selection in 1987-88 was the Hogs' top player off the bench with 1990 Final Four team.
• Ricky Hunt, 69, averaged 3.3 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Clemson in 1972-73 under coach Tates Locke before transferring to American University, where he averaged 4.3 ppg and 4.5 rpg in 1974-75 and 1975-76.
• Jim Ingold, 80, played for Memphis State in 1960-61 and 1962-63.
• Willie "Hobo" Jackson, 77, averaged 15 ppg and 11.3 rpg for Morehead State from 1966-67 through 1968-69. He was runner-up in rebounding all three seasons with the Eagles and led them in scoring as a senior.
• George Janky, 74, averaged 11.1 ppg and 8.3 rpg for Dayton from 1967-68 through 1969-70 under coach Don Donoher. Janky was runner-up in scoring and rebounding for NCAA tourney team as a senior.
• Ed Jasinski, 92, averaged 8 ppg for Vermont from 1949-50 through 1951-52. As a senior, he was an All-Yankee Conference second-team selection.
• Clint Johnson, 66, averaged 8.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.1 apg and 1.2 spg for Kansas from 1974-75 through 1977-78 under coach Ted Owens. Johnson participated in two NCAA tourneys.
• James Johnson, 39, averaged 1.4 ppg, 1.3 rpg and 2.5 apg for Western Carolina in 2002-03 and 2003-04.
• Walter Johnson, 92, was a juco recruit who averaged 2.4 ppg for Mississippi in 1950-51 and 1951-52 under coach Country Graham.
• Bobby "Toothpick" Jones averaged 10 ppg and 8 rpg for Dayton in 1958-59 under coach Tom Blackburn.
• John "Jack" Kaiser, 95, averaged 1.3 ppg for the St. John's 1945 NIT championship club coached by Joe Lapchick.
• Dr. Robert "Rick" Kaminsky, 79, averaged 20 ppg and 8.3 rpg for Yale from 1961-62 through 1963-64 under coach Joe Vancisin. Kaminsky, a three-time All-Ivy League selection (twice first-teamer), was the Bulldogs' top rebounder as a sophomore when they lost in overtime in the NCAA tourney against Final Four-bound Wake Forest despite his team-high 22 points. He led them in scoring each of his last two seasons.
• Jim Kaplan, 87, averaged 11.7 ppg and 4.6 rpg for William & Mary from 1954-55 through 1956-57. He finished among the Tribe's top three scorers all three seasons.
• Don Kaull, 77, averaged 4.7 ppg and 3 rpg for Rhode Island from 1964-65 through 1966-67 under coach Ernie Calverley. Kaull was an All-Yankee Conference second-team selection as a senior.
• Chris Kefalos, 76, averaged 11 ppg and 4.7 rpg for Temple from 1964-65 through 1966-67 under coach Harry Litwack. Kefalos participated in NIT as a junior and NCAA tourney as a senior.
• Dr. Earl Keister Jr., 92, averaged 1.3 ppg for Tennessee in 1948-49.
• Pat Kelly, 72, averaged 3.5 ppg and 3.6 rpg for Wake Forest from 1970-71 through 1972-73 under coach Jack McCloskey.
• Jim Kelson, 81, averaged 9.3 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Brigham Young from 1960-61 through 1962-63 under coach Stan Watts.
• George Kernek, 82, averaged 6.7 ppg and 3.6 rpg for Oklahoma in 1959-60 and 1960-61. First baseman hit .259 in 30 games with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1965 and 1966.
• John Key, 82, averaged 10.6 ppg and 5.7 rpg for North Carolina State as a senior in 1962-63 under coach Everett Case.
• Mike Kielty, 71, averaged 4.2 ppg and 1.9 rpg for St. John's three NIT teams from 1969-70 through 1971-72.
• Wally Knecht, 74, averaged 5 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Oregon from 1959-60 through 1961-62, appearing in NCAA playoffs as a sophomore.
• Dick Knostman, 90, averaged 14.6 ppg and 10.5 rpg for Kansas State from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Jack Gardner. All-American and All-Big Seven Conference first-team selection his last two seasons when leading the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding. As a sophomore, he was the Wildcats' fifth-leading scorer with NCAA Tournament runner-up.
• James Knowles Sr., 91, played for Creighton in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
• Don "Bruce" Kollath, 84, averaged 2.4 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Syracuse from 1957-58 through 1959-60.
• Don Lane, 85, averaged 9.8 ppg for Dayton's three NIT teams from 1955-56 through 1957-58 under coach Tom Blackburn. The Flyers finished as NIT runner-up when Lane was a sophomore and senior.
• Bob Lanier, 73, averaged 27.6 ppg and 15.7 rpg for St. Bonaventure from 1967-68 through 1969-70. Three-time All-American ranked among the nation's top 11 scorers and 13 rebounders each season. Led the Bonnies in scoring and rebounding all three seasons, powering them to a fourth-place finish in NCAA tourney as a senior before becoming first pick overall in NBA draft.
• Jim Larkins, 91, played for Georgetown in 1950-51 and 1952-53.
• Donnie Lasiter, 83, was a juco recruit who averaged 12.9 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Texas in 1959-60 and 1960-61 under coach Harold Bradley. Lasiter earned All-SWC first-team honors as a senior when leading the Longhorns in scoring (14.8 ppg).
• T. "Wayne" Lawrence Sr., 83, averaged 12 ppg and 8 rpg for Texas A&M from 1957-58 through 1959-60, leading the Aggies in rebounding average each of his last two seasons. He was an All-SWC second-team selection as a senior.
• Jim Lawther, 99, was Penn State's fifth-leading scorer with 101 points in 1946-47 under coach John Lawther after serving in U.S. military during WWII.
• Henry "Buddy" Leathers Jr., 82, averaged 5.2 ppg and 2.3 rpg for Louisville from 1958-59 through 1960-61 under coach Peck Hickman. As a sophomore, Leathers was a member of the Cardinals' first Final Four squad.
• Darius Lee, 21, averaged 13.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2 apg and 1.7 spg for Houston Baptist in 2020-21 and 2021-22. All-Southland Conference second-team selection as a senior when leading HBU in scoring and rebounding. Juco recruit scored DI high 52 points in 2021-22 in quadruple overtime game vs. McNeese State.
• Greg Lee, 70, averaged 5.8 ppg and 1.5 rpg for UCLA from 1971-72 through 1973-74 under coach John Wooden. All-American Bill Walton's teammate was among the top seven scorers for NCAA tourney titlists as sophomore and junior.
• Greg Leggett, 53, averaged 11.9 ppg and 3.9 rpg for Bucknell from 1986-87 through 1989-90. All-ECC first-team selection as a senior.
• Ed Lerner, 95, averaged 8.6 ppg for Temple in 1948-49 after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII and finishing among the Owls' top two scorers in 1946-47 and 1947-48.
• Bobby Lewis, 104, was a prominent player for NYU from 1937-38 through 1939-40 under coach Howard Cann. As a sophomore, Lewis started for the Violets in the inaugural national postseason tournament (NIT).
• Bill Lienhard, 92, averaged 6 ppg for Kansas from 1949-50 through 1951-52 under coach Phog Allen before playing with six KU teammates on 1952 gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic team.
• C. "Ron" Livingston, 90, averaged 10.9 ppg and 2.7 rpg for UCLA from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach John Wooden. Livingston was an All-PCC South Division first-team selection as a senior. Standout tennis player (NCAA doubles champion in 1954) led the Bruins in scoring in two seasons, including as a sophomore when they participated in the NCAA tourney.
• Earl Long, 86, was a juco recruit who averaged 3.3 ppg for Louisiana State in 1958-59.
• Glen Long, 84, averaged 2.8 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Kansas State from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Tex Winter, appearing in Final Four as a sophomore.
• William "Taylor" Lovell, 69, played for Georgia in the mid-1970s.
• Charles Luce, 93, played for Boston University in late 1940s and early 1950s before coaching his alma mater to a 49-70 record in five seasons from 1966-67 through 1970-71.
• Paul Lyons, 85, averaged 8 ppg for Boston College from 1955-56 through 1957-58, starting for the Eagles' first-ever NCAA playoff team as a senior.
• Mike Macaluso, 71, averaged 15.9 ppg and 8.7 rpg for Canisius from 1970-71 through 1972-73. He led the Golden Griffins in scoring all three seasons.
• Eric Magdanz, 81, averaged 15.5 ppg and 7 rpg for Minnesota from 1960-61 through 1962-63. Magdanz, who set a school single-game scoring record with 42 points (subsequently tied), was an All-Big Ten Conference second-team selection each of his last two seasons when leading the Gophers in point production.
• Ernest MacFadgen, 95, averaged 5.8 ppg for Connecticut's first NCAA tourney team in 1950-51 under coach Hugh Greer.
• Glen Mankowski, 83, averaged 8.4 ppg and 4.6 rpg for St. Louis from 1958-59 through 1960-61. As a senior, he was an All-Missouri Valley Conference first-team selection and team co-MVP with NIT runner-up.
• Cyrus Mann Jr., 66, averaged 10.7 ppg and 7 rpg for Illinois State as a freshman in 1974-75 before selected by the Boston Celtics as hardship case in NBA draft. Mann died from COVID-19 at a hospital in his hometown of Detroit.
• Paul "Fritz" Margerum, 90, averaged 5.9 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Xavier from 1951-52 through 1953-54.
• Lee Martin, 78, averaged 7.4 ppg and 3 rpg for Georgia from 1963-64 through 1965-66. He was senior captain.
• Lugene "Gene" Martin, 96, was Stanford captain and one of PCC's top 10 scorers in 1945-46 under coach Everett Dean after serving in U.S. Navy during WWII. Martin was also a three-year football letterman.
• Clem Massey, 85, averaged 4.8 ppg for Marquette in 1955-56 and 1956-57.
• Norm McCool, 94, averaged 3.9 ppg for Purdue in 1945-46.
• Mike McCoy, 81, was a Northwestern transfer who averaged 15.2 ppg and 10.6 rpg for Miami (Fla.) from 1960-61 through 1962-63, leading the Hurricanes in scoring each of his last two seasons. Rick Barry was team runner-up in scoring his senior year before seven-footer McCoy became 22nd pick overall in NBA draft.
• Alton McCullough, 61, averaged 9.6 ppg and 6.1 rpg for Temple from 1978-79 through 1981-82. He led the Owls in rebounding as a sophomore and junior and participated in three national postseason tourneys (1 NCAA/2 NIT).
• Wally McCurdy, 95, averaged 1.4 ppg for St. John's in 1944-45 under coach Joe Lapchick before transferring to Harvard, where he played in 1947-48 and 1948-49.
• Tom McDevitt, 87, played for Xavier in 1957-58.
• John Meade, 87, played for Villanova in 1953-54 under coach Alex Severance.
• Johnny Meagher Jr., 95, was a letterman for Auburn in 1944-45. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
• Gerald "Jerry" Mercer, 69, averaged 6.4 ppg and 6.2 rpg for Texas A&M from 1972-73 through 1974-75 under coach Shelby Metcalf. As a junior, Mercer was the Aggies' runner-up in rebounding with 8.5 rpg. His final college contest was in the NCAA playoffs.
• Bill Middendorf, 84, played for Xavier from 1957-58 through 1959-60.
• Brad Millard, 45, averaged 9.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg and 2.3 bpg while shooting 52.7% from the floor for Saint Mary's from 1995-96 through 1999-00. The 7-3 Millard, an All-West Coast Conference selection nicknamed "Big Continent," held his own against national player of year Tim Duncan in 1997 NCAA Tournament loss against Wake Forest.
• Bill Miller, 87, was a Villanova transfer who averaged 13.6 ppg and 4.3 rpg for Virginia from 1954-55 through 1956-57. He was senior captain with the Cavaliers.
• Eddie "Red" Miller, 75, averaged 9.7 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Mississippi in 1966-67 and 1967-68 before his career was curtailed by an elbow injury.
• Nate Miller Jr., 34, averaged 2 ppg and 2.3 rpg for UNC Wilmington in 2005-06 before transferring to Bowling Green State, where he averaged 13.7 ppg and 7.1 rpg from 2006-07 through 2008-09. All-MAC first-team selection as a senior.
• Terry "Ken" Montgomery, 64, spent his freshman season with North Carolina State in 1977-78 under coach Norm Sloan before transferring to Texas, where Montgomery averaged 8.3 ppg and 2.1 rpg from 1979-80 through 1981-82 under coach Abe Lemons.
• Jeff Moore, 56, averaged 13.1 ppg and 8.1 rpg for Auburn's four NCAA tourney teams from 1984-85 through 1987-88. All-SEC second-team selection as a junior when he led the Tigers in scoring and rebounding.
• Kenneth "Dale" Moore, 84, averaged 16 ppg and 8.9 rpg for Eastern Kentucky from 1956-57 through 1958-59 under coach Paul McBrayer. All-Ohio Valley Conference selection each of his last two seasons when leading the Colonels in rebounding. As a senior, he was top scorer for an NCAA tourney team.
• Merrill Morgan, 84, averaged 2.4 ppg for Duke from 1958-59 through 1960-61 under coaches Harold Bradley and Vic Bubas.
• Read Morgan, 91, averaged 2.4 ppg for Kentucky (career-high eight points vs. Tulane) in 1949-50 and 1950-51 under coach Adolph Rupp. Morgan went on to become an actor in wide variety of vigorous roles (including cavalry sergeant Hapgood Tasker noted for eye patch on Henry Fonda TV-western series The Deputy).
• Dr. Chuck Murray, 93, averaged 6.5 ppg for Michigan from 1948-49 through 1950-51. He was senior captain.
• Rick Murray, 83, averaged 5.1 ppg and 1.5 rpg for Wisconsin from 1957-58 through 1959-60.
• Bill "Bones" Murren Jr., 87, served in U.S. Army before juco recruit averaged 7.2 ppg and 2.2 rpg for Texas Tech in 1962-63 and 1963-64.
• Gethro Muscadin, 22, played for Kansas in 2020-21 under coach Bill Self before transferring to New Mexico, where Haitian averaged 9.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 1.6 bpg in 2021-22 under coach Richard Pitino.
• Phil Nelson, 34, averaged 4.7 ppg and 2 rpg for Washington in 2006-07 under coach Lorenzo Romar before transferring to Portland State, where he averaged 10.4 ppg and 3.5 rpg from 2008-09 (fourth-leading scorer and rebounder for NCAA tourney team) through 2010-11.
• John "Jack" Neumayr, 92, averaged 3.4 ppg for Notre Dame from 1949-50 through 1951-52.
• Tom Norland, 83, played for Stanford in late 1950s and early 1960s under coach Howie Dallmar.
• Coniel Norman, 68, was a two-time All-WAC first-team selection who averaged 23.9 ppg and 5.5 rpg for Arizona in 1972-73 and 1973-74, finishing runner-up in league scoring both seasons, before becoming 37th pick overall in NBA draft as an undergraduate.
• John Norris, 92, averaged 3.6 ppg for Georgetown in 1949-50 before transferring to Maine, where he averaged team-high 15.8 ppg in 1951-52 and 23.2 ppg in 1952-53 as an All-Yankee Conference selection both seasons.
• Ricky Norton, 61, averaged 4.5 ppg and 1.6 apg for Arkansas from 1980-81 through 1983-84 under coach Eddie Sutton. All four teams appeared in the NCAA playoffs.
• Tom O'Dea, 82, averaged 2.8 ppg for Georgetown from 1959-60 through 1961-62.
• Charles "Bud" O'Donnell, 79, averaged 2.8 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Georgetown from 1961-62 through 1963-64.
• Ademola Okulaja, 46, averaged 9 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.4 apg and 1.3 spg for North Carolina from 1995-96 through 1998-99. Starting forward for back-to-back Final Four teams (1997 and 1998) before becoming an All-ACC first-team selection as a senior. Born in Nigeria, Okulaja's family moved to Germany when he was a toddler prior to graduating high school in West Berlin.
• Amos Olatayo Jr., 30, averaged 4.3 ppg and 1.8 rpg for Stephen F. Austin in 2010-11 before attending a juco and then enrolling at Louisiana-Monroe, where he averaged 14.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 1.2 spg in 2012-13 and 2013-14.
• Ellis Olmstead, 87, averaged 8.3 ppg and 8.2 rpg for Texas from 1954-55 through 1956-57, leading the Longhorns in rebounding each of his first two seasons.
• Denis O'Neill, 73, averaged 11.5 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Stanford from 1968-69 through 1970-71 under coach Howie Dallmar. As a junior, O'Neill was team runner-up in scoring with 16.6 ppg.
• Louis Orr, 64, averaged 12.8 ppg, 7.6 rpg and 2.2 apg for Syracuse from 1976-77 through 1979-80 under coach Jim Boeheim. All-league first-team selection in Big East Conference's inaugural campaign was the Orange's leading rebounder as a senior before becoming 29th pick overall in NBA draft. He compiled a 201-201 coaching record in 13 seasons with Siena (20-11 in 2000-01), Seton Hall (80-69 in five years from 2001-02 through 2005-06) and Bowling Green State (101-121 in seven years from 2007-08 through 2013-14).
• Lonnie Ostrom, 80, averaged 3.7 ppg and 2.6 rpg for Wisconsin from 1960-61 through 1962-63.
• Togo Palazzi, 90, averaged 20.4 ppg and 13.6 rpg for Holy Cross from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Buster Sheary. Two-time All-American was NIT Most Valuable Player as a senior. In each of his last two seasons, he ranked among the nation's top 14 scorers and top 28 rebounders.
• Orlando "Pancho" Palesse, 98, averaged 7.6 ppg as Marquette's co-captain in 1945-46 before quitting team midway through the following season. He served as a co-pilot flying 23 bombing missions in a B17 Flying Fortress over Europe during WWII.
• John Parker, 74, was a Detroit teammate of All-American Spencer Haywood in 1968-69.
• Major Parker, 44, averaged 4.6 ppg and 2.6 rpg for Florida from 1997-98 through 2000-01 under coach Billy Donovan. Parker was an occasional starter for the Gators' 2000 NCAA Tournament runner-up.
• Dr. Hal Pascal, 86, averaged 3.2 ppg and 2 rpg for St. John's from 1954-55 through 1956-57 under coach Joe Lapchick.
• Worthington "Worthy" Patterson Jr., 91, averaged 11.5 ppg for Connecticut from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Hugh Greer. Two-time All-Yankee Conference first-team selection participated in NCAA playoffs as a senior.
• Tom Patty Jr., 80, averaged 10.4 ppg and 6.1 rpg for Texas Tech from 1960-61 through 1963-64 (redshirt in 1961-62). Third-leading rebounder and fifth-leading scorer for 1961 NCAA tourney team.
• Dr. Ray Pavy Jr., 80, averaged 2.5 ppg for Indiana in 1960-61 under coach Branch McCracken.
• Adreian Payne, 31, averaged 8.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 1 bpg for Michigan State from 2010-11 through 2013-14 under coach Tom Izzo. All-Big Ten Conference second-team selection each of his last two seasons before becoming 15th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Dr. Owen Peck, 97, was an All-Big Six Conference second-team selection for Kansas in 1945-46. He averaged 4.7 ppg from 1944-45 through 1946-47.
• Julius Pegues, 86, averaged 13.6 ppg and 4.9 rpg for Pittsburgh from 1955-56 through 1957-58, finishing runner-up with the Panthers in scoring (17.6 ppg) as a senior behind All-American Don Hennon. Pegues, the school's first African-American varsity hooper, scored a game-high 31 points in an 82-77 loss to Miami of Ohio as a senior in 1958 NCAA Tournament.
• Brent Petrus, 46, averaged 2.5 ppg and 2.2 rpg for Cincinnati in 1997-98 under coach Bob Huggins. Competed three years as backup quarterback with the Bearcats before catching 10 passes for 254 yards and one touchdown as a tight end his senior season for school's first bowl team in 46 campaigns. Played one season as QB with the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League (threw three TD passes and rushed for two more).
• D'Vonne Pickett Jr., 31, was a juco recruit who averaged 7.2 ppg, 3 rpg, 3.4 apg and 1.1 spg for Seattle in 2012-13 and 2013-14.
• Joe Pietropola Sr., 79, played for Tennessee in 1964-65 under coach Ray Mears.
• Dave Plunkett, 87, averaged 11.4 ppg and 9.3 rpg for Cincinnati from 1953-54 through 1955-56 under coach George Smith before becoming 42nd pick overall in NBA draft.
• Rev. Bob Poole Sr., 90, averaged 2.4 ppg and 2.8 rpg for Furman in 1953-54. He played in game that season when All-American teammate Frank Selvy scored NCAA-record 100 points against Newberry SC en route to nation-leading scoring average of 41.7 ppg.
• Chase Poole, 40, averaged 6.5 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Saint Mary's from 2000-01 through 2003-04.
• Dan Potopsky Sr., 88, averaged 17.8 ppg and 9.2 rpg for Kent State from 1953-54 through 1955-56. Two-time All-Mid-American Conference selection led the Golden Flashes in scoring and rebounding as a sophomore and junior.
• Clinton "Ray" Potts, 96, averaged 2.4 ppg for Louisville in 1947-48 and 1948-49 under coach Peck Hickman.
• Joe Powell, 87, averaged 3.9 ppg for Kansas State from 1953-54 through 1955-56 in Tex Winter's first three seasons as coach of the Wildcats. Powell participated in the NCAA playoffs as a senior.
• Mike Pratt, 73, averaged 16.8 ppg, 8.9 rpg and 3.5 apg for Kentucky from 1967-68 through 1969-70. Two-time All-SEC selection was an All-American his senior season.
• Mike Preaseau Sr., 86, averaged 5.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg for San Francisco from 1955-56 through 1958-59 under coach Phil Woolpert (redshirt in 1957-58). He was a regular for the Dons' 1956 NCAA titlist before leading the CBA in free-throw shooting the next season (80.9%).
• Rich Pulliam, 82, was an Illinois native who averaged 4.1 ppg for Missouri in 1958-59.
• Bob Raine, 85, averaged 1.1 ppg for Southern California in 1955-56, 1957-58 and 1958-59 under coach Forrest Twogood.
• John Rambo, 78, played for Utah State in 1962-63 before transferring home and becoming an All-CCAA first-team selection with Long Beach State in 1963-64 and 1964-65. Bronze-medal winner in the high jump in 1964 Tokyo Olympics with a jump of 7-1, which was two inches under his career best mark. NCAA high-jump champion in 1964 before winning the AAU indoor high jump championships in 1967 and 1969.
• Horace "Gene" Ransom II, 65, averaged 14.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg and 4.5 apg for California from 1975-76 through 1977-78. Two-time All-Pacific-8 Conference second-team selection led the Bears in assists all three seasons. Ransom scored 36 points in a five-overtime win against Oregon on 2/10/77. He was shot dead in a suspected road rage incident.
• Billy Joe Ratliff, 56, played for West Virginia in 1985-86 under coach Gale Catlett before transferring to Concord WV.
• John "Jack" Ray, 84, averaged 3 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Louisville from 1959-60 through 1961-62 under coach Peck Hickman. Ray participated in NCAA playoffs as a junior.
• Roy Reardon, 92, averaged 11.7 ppg for St. Francis (N.Y.) from 1948-49 through 1950-51.
• Mike Reichert, 61, averaged 4.8 ppg and 3.7 rpg for Dayton from 1979-80 through 1982-83 under coach Don Donoher.
• Doug Rex, 73, averaged 18.4 ppg and 10.6 rpg in leading UC Santa Barbara in scoring and rebounding each season from 1968-69 through 1970-71. He was a two-time All-PCAA first-team selection.
• Jim Rhead Jr., 83, averaged 9.4 ppg and 8.1 rpg for Utah's three NCAA Tournament teams from 1958-59 through 1960-61 under coach Jack Gardner. As a senior earning All-Mountain States Conference first-team acclaim, Rhead was runner-up to All-American teammate Billy McGill in scoring and rebounding with the Utes' Final Four squad. Rhead reached double figures in rebounding in five different NCAA playoff games, including 20 boards against Loyola Marymount.
• Kendall Rhine Sr., 79, averaged 20.5 ppg and 13.2 rpg for Rice from 1961-62 through 1963-64. He still holds school career record for rebounding average. Three-time All-SWC selection led league in rebounding all three seasons and paced loop in scoring as a senior. Finished among the nation's top 28 scorers and 25 rebounders all three campaigns.
• Richie Richman, 81, averaged 1.4 ppg for Villanova in 1960-61 and 1962-63. QB completed 83-of-220 passes for 1,219 yards and 11 touchdowns while rushing 240 times for 1,001 yards and 10 TDs from 1960 through 1962 (competing in Liberty Bowl against Heisman Trophy winner Terry Baker of Oregon State). Richman was also a 1B who hit .229 in the Philadelphia Phillies' farm system in 1963 and 1964.
• John Risley III, 84, averaged 2.2 ppg for Connecticut from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach Hugh Greer. Risley was a pitcher for the Huskies' 1959 CWS participant before compiling a 9-6 record and 3.98 ERA with two shutouts in the Cleveland Indians' farm system at Class C level in 1960.
• Jim Ritchie, 84, averaged 8.6 ppg and 6.1 rpg for West Virginia from 1958-59 through 1960-61. As a sophomore, he was the fifth-leading scorer and rebounder for NCAA Tournament runner-up before becoming runner-up in rebounding with the Mountaineers each of his last two seasons.
• Belton Rivers Jr., 38, averaged 8.1 ppg, 2 rpg and 1.9 apg for East Carolina in 2002-03 and 2003-04 before transferring to Tennessee Tech, where he averaged 14.9 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.2 apg and 1.1 spg in 2005-06 and 2006-07. Rivers was an All-Ohio Valley Conference first-team selection as a senior.
• Tyrie "Ty" Robbins, 93, averaged 1.3 ppg for Indiana from 1948-49 through 1950-51 under coach Branch McCracken.
• Garvin Roberson, 70, averaged 3.9 ppg and 1.7 rpg for Illinois in 1971-72 and 1972-73. As a wide receiver, he led the Illini in pass receptions all three years from 1971 through 1973, finishing career with 84 catches for 1,357 yards and 10 touchdowns.
• Joe Roberts, 86, averaged 8.6 ppg and 6.2 rpg for Ohio State from 1957-58 through 1959-60. As a senior, Roberts was the third-leading rebounder and fifth-leading scorer for NCAA titlist.
• Roy Roberts Sr., 82, averaged 7.3 ppg and 7.7 rpg for Kentucky from 1959-60 through 1962-63 (redshirt in 1960-61) under coach Adolph Rupp. Roberts was second-leading rebounder for UK's 1962 Mideast Regional runner-up.
• Eric Robertson, 28, averaged 6.4 ppg and 1.6 rpg for Chattanooga from 2012-13 through 2015-16.
• Dr. Robert "Jackie" Robinson, 94, was an All-SWC first-team selection for Baylor from 1945-46 through 1947-48. He was a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic team.
• Matt Roggenburk, 54, averaged 7.6 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 2.5 apg for Creighton from 1986-87 through 1989-90. He participated in the NCAA tourney as a junior.
• Lee Rose, 85, compiled a 228-105 coaching record in 11 major-college seasons with UNC Charlotte (72-18 in three years from 1975-76 through 1977-78), Purdue (50-18 in two years in 1978-79 and 1979-80) and South Florida (106-69 in six years from 1980-81 through 1985-86). Guided UNCC (1977) and Purdue (1980) to NCAA Tournament Final Four the next season after directing respective schools to NIT final.
• Lennie Rosenbluth, 89, averaged 26.9 ppg and 10.4 rpg for North Carolina from 1954-55 through 1956-57. All-American as junior and senior when finishing among the nation's top seven point producers. Leading scorer and second-leading rebounder for 1957 NCAA titlist before becoming sixth pick overall in NBA draft.
• Les Rothman, 95, was a three-year letterman for LIU in the mid-1940s, leading the Blackbirds in scoring in 1944-45. He hit .210 as a 1B in the New York Yankees' farm system in 1945.
• Jerry Roy, 82, averaged 1.2 ppg for Tex Winter-coached Kansas State's 1961 NCAA Tournament team before transferring to Marshall, where Roy averaged 5.3 ppg in 1962-63.
• Rich Ruffell, 82, averaged 10.3 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Utah from 1958-59 through 1960-61 under coach Jack Gardner. Senior captain was third-leading scorer and rebounder with Final Four team.
• Paul Ruffner, 73, was a juco recruit who averaged 16.3 ppg and 9.7 rpg for Brigham Young in 1968-69 (All-WAC second-team selection) and 1969-70 under coach Stan Watts. Ruffner led the Cougars in rebounding both seasons before becoming 28th pick overall in NBA draft.
• Bill Russell, 88, averaged 20.7 ppg and 20.3 rpg with San Francisco from 1953-54 through 1955-56 under coach Phil Woolpert. Two-time All-American is one of six players in NCAA history to average more than 20 points and 20 rebounds per game in his career. Ranked among the nation's top seven rebounders all three seasons. Leading scorer and rebounder for NCAA Tournament champions in 1955 and 1956 was Final Four Most Outstanding Player as a junior before grabbing a F4-record 50 rebounds in two games as senior and becoming third pick overall in NBA draft.
• George "Frank" Russell Jr., 92, averaged 2.9 ppg for Furman in 1950-51 under coach Lyles Alley.
• William "Bob" Russell, 93, played for Georgia in 1945-46 and 1946-47.
• Bob Salen, 98, averaged 8.2 ppg for Creighton in 1942-43 and 1946-47 before transferring to Denver, where he averaged 4.6 ppg in 1948-49. His college career was interrupted by serving in U.S. Navy during WWII.
• James "Booney" Salters, 64, averaged 9.5 ppg for Penn from 1977-78 through 1979-80. Starting guard for the Quakers' 1979 Final Four squad as a junior before becoming team captain/MVP/leading scorer (14.6 ppg) the next year.
• Ronnie Salyer, 86, averaged 3.9 ppg and 2.7 rpg for Furman in 1956-57 and 1957-58 under coach Lyles Alley.
• Chuck Sanders, 83, averaged 7.1 ppg and 6.6 rpg for William & Mary from 1956-57 through 1959-60. He led the Southern Conference in field-goal shooting as a senior (51.3%) and was team runner-up in rebounding each of his last two seasons.
• Rob Sanders, 40, averaged 7.7 ppg, 4 rpg and 1.3 spg for Providence from from 2001-02 through 2003-04.
• Paul Scheer, 90, averaged 11.9 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Wichita from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Ralph Miller, finishing among the Shockers' top two in scoring average all three seasons. Scheer was an All-Missouri Valley Conference second-team selection as a senior with their first national postseason tournament team (1954 NIT), leading the league in free-throw accuracy (81.3%).
• Dr. Harold Schneider, 98, scored a total of 482 points for Cincinnati from 1942-43 through 1944-45. He paced the Bearcats in scoring all three seasons.
• Mark Schoone, 47, was a Dutch native who played for Wake Forest in 1993-94 under coach Dave Odom before transferring to St. Bonaventure, where he averaged 2.4 ppg and 1.4 rpg in 1995-96 and 1996-97 under coach Jim Baron.
• Ted Schreiber, 84, scored 11 points in five games with St. John's in 1957-58 under coach Joe Lapchick. INF hit .160 in 39 games with the New York Mets in 1963, making history on September 18 of that year in final game at the Polo Grounds by hitting into a double play as a pinch hitter in bottom of the ninth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies for final two outs at the famed stadium.
• James Schuldt, 92, averaged 1.2 ppg for Illinois from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Harry Combes.
• Mike Schuler, 81, compiled a 43-139 coaching record in seven major-college seasons with VMI (13-63 in three years from 1969-70 through 1971-72) and Rice (30-76 in four years from 1977-78 through 1980-81). He played for Ohio University in the early 1960s.
• Danny Schultz, 79, was a juco recruit who averaged 17.2 ppg and 2.2 rpg as two-time All-SEC selection for Tennessee in 1962-63 and 1963-64. All-American as a senior ranked among the nation's top five free-throw shooters both seasons.
• Reuben "Rube" Schulz Jr., 88, averaged 10.8 ppg and 7 rpg for Marquette from 1951-52 through 1954-55. Senior co-captain was runner-up in scoring and rebounding for MU's first NCAA tourney team.
• Bill Schyman Jr., 92, averaged 9.3 ppg for DePaul from 1950-51 through 1952-53 under coach Ray Meyer. Schyman, the first deaf person drafted by the NBA, participated in NCAA Tournament as a senior.
• George Sella Jr., 93, was a three-time All-Ivy League selection (twice first-teamer) who averaged 10.1 ppg for Princeton from 1947-48 through 1949-50. He also played football and was picked by the Chicago Bears as a DB in 26th round of 1950 NFL draft.
• Rollie Seltz, 98, was an All-American for Hamline MN as senior in 1945-46 when averaging 17.6 ppg.
• Gerald "Jerry" Shipley, 92, averaged 3.1 ppg for Cincinnati in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
• Aaron Short, 29, was a juco recruit who averaged 4.6 ppg and 3.4 rpg for Pacific in 2012-13 and 2013-14.
• Gene Shue, 90, averaged 18.6 ppg for Maryland from 1951-52 through 1953-54. All-American as junior and senior when ranking among nation's top 30 in scoring and top 24 in field-goal percentage both seasons.
• Mark Shufelt, 73, averaged 1.1 ppg for Georgia in 1967-68 and 1968-69.
• Jim Shuler, 77, compiled a 31-75 coaching record with Hardin-Simmons TX in four seasons from 1977-78 through 1980-81.
• Kelly Shy, 66, averaged 1.3 ppg for Alabama from 1974-75 through 1977-78 under coach C.M. Newton.
• Kenny Sidwell, 86, averaged 17.2 ppg for Tennessee Tech from 1954-55 through 1957-58 when school made transition to major-college status. Three-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection and team captain led TTU in scoring three seasons (including senior year when Golden Eagles made their first NCAA DI Tournament appearance). He coached his alma mater to a 66-57 record in five seasons from 1964-65 through 1968-69.
• Paul Silas, 79, was a three-time All-American who averaged 20.5 ppg and 21.6 rpg for Creighton from 1961-62 through 1963-64 before becoming 12th pick overall in NBA draft. The Bluejays' top scorer and rebounder all three seasons is one of six major-college players to average more than 20 points and 20 rebounds in his career. NCAA record-holder for most rebounds paced the nation in caroms as a junior, finished third as a sophomore and was runner-up as senior. He is the only major-college player ever to twice grab more than 35 rebounds in a single game.
• Willie Sims, 64, averaged 7.6 ppg and 2.1 rpg for Louisiana State from 1977-78 through 1980-81 under coach Dale Brown. As a senior, Sims was sixth man on the Tigers' Final Four team.
• Al Smith, 75, was a two-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection who averaged 17.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg and 3.2 apg for Bradley in 1966-67, 1967-68 and 1970-71. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot after shooting his live-in girlfriend. His college career was interrupted two seasons serving in U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
• Sam Smith, 78, averaged 9.3 ppg and team-high 11 rpg as part of Louisville's first trio of African-American players in 1963-64 under coach Peck Hickman before transferring to Kentucky Wesleyan. Smith was 28th pick overall in 1967 NBA draft.
• Howie Snead, 91, averaged 5.1 ppg for Georgia Tech from 1952-53 through 1954-55.
• Jim Snyder, 86, averaged 11 ppg for Syracuse from 1954-55 through 1956-57. As a senior, he was the third-leading scorer (10.1 ppg) and rebounder (7.9 rpg) with the Orange's first NCAA tourney team.
• Lanny Sommese averaged 1.3 ppg for Florida in 1962-63 and 1963-64 under coach Norm Sloan. Design legend became the head of Penn State's graphic design program for more than 45 years.
• Jim Spencer, 87, averaged 1.1 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Brigham Young in 1958-59 under coach Stan Watts.
• John Stephens, 87, scored 203 points for Missouri from 1955-56 through 1957-58.
• Dennis Stewart, 75, averaged 17.2 ppg and 8.4 rpg for Michigan from 1966-67 through 1968-69. He was runner-up to All-American Rudy Tomjanovich in scoring and rebounding with the Wolverines as a junior and senior.
• Dr. Bill Storz, 91, averaged 1.4 ppg for Georgetown from 1950-51 through 1952-53.
• Jon Stripling, 85, played for Louisville from 1960-61 through 1962-63 under coach Peck Hickman after serving in U.S. Air Force.
• Don Stroot, 93, was an All-Big Seven Conference second-team selection for Missouri in 1949-50 when averaging 9 ppg.
• Tommy Suitts, 74, was a juco recruit who averaged 8.3 ppg and 1.7 rpg for Alabama in 1967-68 and 1968-69. He compiled an 89-157 coaching record in nine DI seasons with Rice (63-99 in six years from 1981-82 through 1986-87) and Chicago State (26-58 in three years from 1987-88 through 1989-90).
• Jim Sutton, 79, played for Indiana from 1961-62 through 1963-64 under coach Branch McCracken.
• Caleb Swanigan, 25, averaged 14.4 ppg, 10.4 rpg and 2.4 apg for Purdue in 2015-16 and 2016-17 under coach Matt Painter. NCAA consensus first-team All-American and Big Ten Conference Player of Year before becoming 26th pick overall in NBA draft as an undergraduate.
• John "Jack" Swantz, 99, averaged 2.1 ppg for Purdue in 1941-42 and 1942-43 under coach Piggy Lambert.
• Dylan Talley, 32, averaged 11.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 2.1 apg for Binghamton in 2009-10 before transferring to Nebraska, where he averaged 11.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg and 2.2 apg in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
• Billy Tapp, 78, averaged 7.5 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Texas Tech from 1964-65 through 1966-67. He was the Red Raiders' runner-up in scoring average as a senior.
• Ryle Tatum, 94, was a juco recruit who averaged 1 ppg for Georgia in 1948-49 and 1949-50.
• Willie Taylor, 42, averaged 3.3 ppg for Georgetown in 1998-99 in final season for coach John Thompson Jr. before transferring to Virginia Commonwealth, where two-time All-Colonial Athletic Association selection averaged 15.7 ppg and 4.3 rpg from 2000-01 through 2002-03.
• Bill Telasky, 85, averaged 13.7 ppg and 4.4 rpg for George Washington from 1955-56 through 1958-59. He was an All-Southern Conference second-team selection as a senior.
• George Thompson, 74, averaged 20.4 ppg and 7.9 rpg for Marquette from 1966-67 through 1968-69. Thompson was an All-American as a senior for the second of coach Al McGuire's NCAA tourney teams.
• Herb Thompson, 91, averaged 9.3 ppg for Iowa from 1950-51 through 1952-53. He was team MVP as a senior.
• Robert "Bobby" Thompson, 71, was a juco recruit who averaged 7.6 ppg and 3.2 rpg for Baylor in 1970-71 and 1971-72.
• Roger Thompson, 94, averaged 6.6 ppg for Furman from 1949-50 through 1951-52 after serving in U.S. Navy. As a junior, he was runner-up in scoring with 11.3 ppg.
• H. "Wayne" Tipton, 76, averaged 8.3 ppg and 4.2 rpg for Louisiana State from 1964-65 through 1966-67.
• Bernard Toone, 65, averaged 9.3 ppg and 4.1 rpg for Marquette from 1975-76 through 1978-79. All-American as a senior after being in regular rotation as sophomore with NCAA titlist coached by Al McGuire.
• Jesse "Snuff" JR Traylor, 72, averaged 2.6 ppg and 1.9 rpg for Oral Roberts from 1970-71 through 1972-73 when the Titans transitioned to NCAA DI level.
• Nick Trifunovich, 76, averaged 7.3 ppg for North Carolina State in 1966-67 and 1967-68 under coach Norm Sloan.
• Peter Trow, 69, averaged 8.9 ppg and 2.6 rpg for Massachusetts from 1971-72 through 1973-74 under coach Jack Leaman. Trow was a varsity teammate of eventual power-conference coaches Al Skinner and Rick Pitino.
• Rick Trudeau, 69, averaged 5.8 ppg and 2 rpg for Temple from 1971-72 through 1973-74. He was senior co-captain.
• Dr. Bill Tucker, 89, averaged 1.4 ppg for Wake Forest in 1955-56 and 1956-57 under coach Murray Greason after serving in U.S. Army during Korean Conflict.
• Bobby Turner, 65, averaged 10.5 ppg and 4.2 rpg for Louisville's three NCAA tourney teams from 1976-77 through 1978-79 under coach Denny Crum.
• Clyde Turner, 70, was a juco recruit from Illinois who averaged 18.4 ppg and 6.2 rpg with Minnesota in 1971-72 and 1972-73 under coach Bill Musselman. Turner was an All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection in 1972 as the leading scorer for the Gophers' first-ever NCAA playoff team.
• Bill Uhl Sr., 89, was an Ohio State transfer who averaged 18.5 ppg and 14.6 rpg for three Dayton NIT teams (including back-to-back runner-ups) from 1953-54 through 1955-56 under coach Tom Blackburn. Senior All-American led the Flyers in scoring and rebounding all three seasons.
• Steve Vandenberg, 75, averaged 8.4 ppg and 6.1 rpg for Duke from 1966-67 through 1968-69 under coach Vic Bubas. As a junior, Vandenberg was runner-up in rebounding for the Blue Devils' NIT team.
• Dick Versace, 81, compiled a 156-88 coaching record with Bradley in eight seasons from 1978-79 through 1985-86, winning 1980 NIT championship. National coach of the year by USBWA in his final season with the Braves. Versace got his start in college coaching by tagging along with his high school standout Leathra Scott and becoming an assistant under Bob Polk at St. Louis, where Scott was runner-up in scoring and leader in assists as a freshman in 1973-74.
• Gene Visscher, 81, compiled a 74-74 coaching record in six major-college seasons with Weber State (58-38 in four years from 1971-72 to 1974-75) and Northern Arizona (16-36 in two years in 1981-82 and 1982-83). Visscher averaged 19.7 ppg and 12.8 rpg for Weber State in 1964-65 and 1965-66 as an All-Big Sky Conference first-team selection under coach Dick Motta.
• Ron Wagner, 87, averaged 2 ppg for Stanford from 1953-54 through 1955-56.
• Bob Ward, 76, averaged 10.2 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Georgetown in 1964-65 and 1965-66 before serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, reaching the rank of major.
• Reggie Warford, 67, averaged 4.1 ppg and 1.5 apg for Kentucky from 1972-73 through 1975-76 under coach Joe B. Hall.
• Geronimo Warner, 21, played for Jackson State in 2019-20.
• Conny Warren Jr., 71, averaged 10.7 ppg and 9.7 rpg for Xavier from 1970-71 through 1972-73, leading the Musketeers in rebounding average all three seasons and in scoring as a senior with 15 ppg.
• Stan Washington, 78, averaged 18 ppg and 10.5 rpg for Michigan State from 1963-64 through 1965-66. Three-time All-Big Ten Conference selection was the Spartans' top rebounder all three seasons and leading scorer each of last two campaigns.
• Jerome "Jerry" Wasson, 83, played for Gonzaga in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
• Ronny Watts, 79, averaged 13.4 ppg and 10.4 rpg for Wake Forest from 1962-63 through 1964-65. All-ACC second-team selection as a senior led the Demon Deacons in rebounding each of his last two seasons.
• Jerry Waugh, 95, scored 574 points for Kansas from 1947-48 through 1950-51 under coach Phog Allen. Senior captain Waugh was among the Jayhawks' top four in scoring average all four seasons.
• Bill Weaver, 67, averaged 9.6 ppg for Eastern Michigan from 1975-76 through 1977-78. He led EMU in scoring and assists and Mid-American Conference in free-throw accuracy (82.6%) as a junior in 1976-77.
• Taelin Webb, 26, averaged 2.6 ppg and 1.7 apg for Cal State Northridge as a freshman in 2014-15 under coach Reggie Theus before transferring to Southern Utah to concentrate on football as a CB. Webb died from a fentanyl overdose.
• Elnardo Webster, 74, was a juco recruit who averaged 24.5 ppg and 14.1 rpg for St. Peter's in 1967-68 and 1968-69. Ranking among the nation's top 27 scorers both seasons, he remains the Peacocks' career scoring and rebounding average leader.
• Bob Welmer, 94, played for Tulane in 1947-48 under coach Clifford Wells before transferring to Cincinnati, where Welmer averaged 3.4 ppg in 1949-50 and 1950-51.
• Roger Wendel Sr., 84, averaged 14.4 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Tulsa from 1955-56 through 1958-59 under coach Clarence Iba. Wendel was an All-Missouri Valley Conference selection each of his last two seasons when he led the Golden Hurricane in scoring.
• Adam West was a juco recruit who averaged 10.1 ppg and team-high 8.2 rpg for Baylor in 1971-72.
• Ishan White, 21, was a juco recruit who attended New Mexico State in fall of 2021 but never played a game for the Aggies upon being "medically disqualified."
• George Wigton, 93, played for Ohio State in 1954-55. He coached Connecticut in the 1963 NCAA playoffs after replacing Hugh Greer in mid-season when Greer died from a massive heart attack.
• Jerry Wilhite, 79, played for Memphis State in 1963-64.
• James "Larry" Willey, 84, averaged 4.6 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Cincinnati from 1957-58 through 1959-60 under coach George Smith.
• Bob Williams, 87, averaged 6.8 ppg and 9 rpg for Florida State in the Seminoles' first campaign at the major-college level in 1956-57.
• Freeman Williams, 65, was a two-time All-American who averaged 30.7 ppg and 4.3 rpg for Portland State from 1974-75 through 1977-78. Second major-college players in NCAA history to crack the 3,000-point plateau led nation in scoring as junior and senior after finishing runner-up as sophomore. He was eighth pick overall in NBA draft.
• Gerry Williams, 81, averaged 15.1 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Butler in 1961-62 and 1962-63 under coach Tony Hinkle. He led the Bulldogs in scoring in games against Kentucky and Western Kentucky with their first-ever NCAA Tournament team in 1962 Mideast Regional.
• Joe Williams, 88, compiled a 363-253 coaching record in 22 seasons with Jacksonville (92-61 in six years from 1964-65 through 1969-70), Furman (142-87 in eight years from 1970-71 through 1977-78) and Florida State (129-105 in eight years from 1978-79 through 1985-86). He guided Artis Gilmore-led JU to 1970 NCAA Tournament runner-up finish.
• Richard "Theryl" Willis, 85, averaged 9 ppg and 6.1 rpg for Richmond from 1955-56 through 1958-59 (redshirt in 1957-58). All-Southern Conference second-team selection as a senior when leading the Spiders in scoring and rebounding.
• Brandon Wilson, 37, averaged 1.9 ppg and 1.2 rpg for Maryland-Eastern Shore as a freshman in 2003-04. He was the son of Chicago prep phenom Ben Wilson, the nation's premier prospect in 1984 when dying from a shooting on the street during lunch time.
• Larry Wofford, 81, averaged 8 ppg and 5.8 rpg for Arkansas from 1960-61 through 1962-63.
• Charley Wolf, 96, played for Notre Dame in 1946-47. He was a 1B-OF in farm systems of the Cincinnati Reds and Washington Senators for seven years from 1947 through 1953.
• Larry Womack, 76, averaged 1.5 ppg for South Carolina in 1965-66 and 1966-67 under coach Frank McGuire. Womack compiled a 3-4 pitching record and 3.21 ERA as New York Yankees' farmhand in 1968.
• John "Jack" Wood, 86, averaged 1.9 ppg for Georgetown in 1956-57.
• Larry Worsley, 79, averaged 8.4 ppg and 4.4 rpg for North Carolina State from 1963-64 through 1965-66. He was named 1965 ACC Tournament MVP after scoring 30 points in championship contest.
• Les Wothke, 83, compiled a 134-176 coaching record in total of 11 seasons with Western Michigan (42-41 in three years from 1979-80 through 1981-82) and Army (92-135 in 11 years from 1982-83 through 1989-90).
• Jimmy Wright, 63, averaged 12.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg and 1.1 bpg for Rhode Island from 1977-78 through 1980-81 including three national postseason tournament teams. He led URI in scoring and rebounding as a junior (All-ECAC North selection) and as senior (All-EAA first-team choice) after finishing team runner-up in both categories to All-American Sly Williams as sophomore.
• Jack Wulf, 94, averaged 6 ppg in 1948-49 as Michigan State's senior co-captain.
• Larry Yarbray, 51, averaged 7.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 5.6 apg and 1.7 spg for Coppin State from 1988-89 through 1991-92 under coach Fang Mitchell. Yarbray led MEAC in assists as a freshman and sophomore (all-league second-team selection for school's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance).
• Wayne Yates, 84, compiled a 141-141 coaching record in 10 seasons with Memphis State (93-49 in five years from 1974-75 through 1978-79) and Northwestern Louisiana (48-92 in five years from 1980-81 through 1984-85). All-Border Conference second-team selection averaged 13.4 ppg with New Mexico State in 1957-58 before transferring to Memphis, where he averaged 11.8 ppg and 9.9 rpg in 1959-60 and 1960-61 (team highs of 17.5 ppg and 14.4 rpg prior to becoming fifth pick overall in NBA draft).
• Tom Young, 89, compiled a 524-328 coaching record in 31 seasons with Catholic DC (134-88 in nine years from 1958-59 through 1966-67), American University (61-37 in four years from 1969-70 through 1972-73), Rutgers (239-116 in 12 years from 1973-74 through 1984-85) and Old Dominion (90-87 in six years from 1985-86 through 1990-91). Rutgers' all-time winningest coach was UPI national COY in 1975-76 when directing the Scarlet Knights to a fourth-place finish in NCAA playoffs after entering the Final Four undefeated. He averaged 8 ppg for Maryland from 1952-53 through 1957-58 (college career interrupted for three seasons from 1954-55 through 1956-57 while serving in U.S. Army).
• Fritz Ziegler Jr., 74, averaged 7.2 ppg and 4.4 rpg for Saint Louis from 1967-68 through 1969-70. As a junior, he was the Billikens' runner-up in rebounding (6.7 rpg) and third in scoring (10.8 ppg).

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