Greg Guy
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Born | Oak Park, Illinois | October 17, 1971
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Oak Park and River Forest (Oak Park, Illinois) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1994:undrafted |
Position | Point guard/shooting guard |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Gregory Guy Jr.[1](born October 17, 1971) is a retired American professional basketball player most known for being theNCAA Division I scoring championduring the 1992–93 season.[2]
He was born inOak Park, Illinois,and his father Gregory Guy Sr. was a basketball player forIllinois State.[1]Guy went toOak Park and River Forest High School.[3]He attended two different junior colleges and spent a semester atFresno State Universitybefore transferring to theUniversity of Texas–Pan Americanin December of hisjuniorseason in 1992–93.[3]Guy, a 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 190 lb.point guard/shooting guard,led the Broncs in scoring in each of his seasons with the team. He also made an immediate impact as a transfer player by leading all of Division I in scoring with a 29.3 points per game average.[2]Despite his explosive scoring ability, the Broncs finished the season with a 2–20 overall record.[4]He, therefore, was on the worst team in college basketball history to have the nation's leading scorer on its roster. Texas–Pan American improved to 16–12 for Guy'sseniorseason, and although he led the team in scoring, he did not repeat as the country's leading scorer.[2][4]
After college, Guy played professional basketball abroad, including a stint on Lobos UAG inMexico.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abBerkowitz, Steve (February 17, 1993)."Notebook".The Washington Post.
- ^abc"2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Records"(PDF).2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Media Guide.National Collegiate Athletic Association.2009.RetrievedJanuary 16,2011.
- ^abBerkowitz, Steve (February 17, 1993)."Nation's Scoring Leader Is Short Guy".The Washington Post.Archived fromthe originalon November 5, 2012.RetrievedJanuary 16,2011.
- ^abESPN Editors (2009).ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game.New York, NY: ESPN, Inc. p. 451.ISBN978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^"Scoring Sensations".sportsillustrated.cnn.com.Sports Illustrated.June 25, 2003. Archived fromthe originalon November 3, 2012.RetrievedJanuary 16,2011.
- 1971 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Mexico
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Illinois
- Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball players
- Lincoln Lynx basketball players
- Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen basketball players
- Point guards
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Oak Park, Illinois
- Texas–Pan American Broncs men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- TNT Tropang Giga players