Scott May

Scott May
	May in the 1975–76 season at Indiana.
Personal information
Born	March 19, 1954(age 70); Sandusky, Ohio,U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Sandusky(Sandusky, Ohio)
College	Indiana(1973–1976)
NBA draft	1976:1st round, 2nd overall pick
	Selected by theChicago Bulls
Playing career	1976–1988
Position	Small forward
Number	17, 42, 7, 24
Career history
1976–1981	Chicago Bulls
1981–1982	Milwaukee Bucks
1982	Detroit Pistons
1983	Cidneo Brescia
1983–1986	Berloni Torino
1986	Virtus Banco di Roma
1986–1988	Enichem Livorno
Career highlights and awards
	NBA All-Rookie First Team(1977); NCAA champion(1976); Naismith College Player of the Year(1976); Adolph Rupp Trophy(1976); Helms Foundation Player of the Year(1976); AP College Player of the Year(1976); NABC Player of the Year(1976); UPI College Player of the Year(1976); Sporting NewsCollege Player of the Year(1976); 2× Consensus first-teamAll-American(1975,1976);
Career NBA statistics
Points	3,690 (10.4 ppg)
Rebounds	1,450 (4.1 rpg)
Assists	610 (1.7 apg)
	Statsat NBA.com
	Statsat Basketball-Reference.com
	College Basketball Hall of Fame; Inducted in 2017
Men'sbasketball
RepresentingUnited States
Olympic Games

Scott Glenn May(born March 19, 1954) is an American former professionalbasketballplayer. As a college player atIndiana University,May led the Hoosiers to an undefeated record and national championship in the1975–76 season.He was a two-time first-teamAll-Americanand was named thenational player of the yearin his senior season. May also won a gold medal at the1976 Summer Olympics.

College career

Born inSandusky, Ohio,Scott May played as a 6'7 "forward forBob Knightand theIndiana University Hoosiersfrom 1973–1976. He began with a rocky start after being declared academically ineligible his freshman year. As a sophomore, he began to feel more confident in his studies, and the future championship nucleus of May,Kent Benson,Quinn BucknerandBob Wilkersonstarted to gel. "Our group knew what we wanted. We were going to do whatever it took to win it all."^[1]

In his last two seasons with the school,1974–75and1975–76,the Hoosiers were undefeated in the regular season and won 37-consecutive Big Ten games. The1974–75Hoosiers swept the entire Big Ten by an average of 22.8 points per game. However, in an 83-82 win againstPurdue,May broke his left arm. With May's injury keeping him to 7 minutes of play, the No. 1 Hoosiers lost toKentucky92-90 in theMideast Regional.The Hoosiers were so dominant that four starters – May,Steve Green,Kent BensonandQuinn Buckner– would make the five-man All-Big Ten team. The following season,1975–76,the Hoosiers went the entire season and1976 NCAA tournamentwithout a single loss, beatingMichigan86–68 in the title game. Indiana remains the last school to accomplish this feat.^[2]^[3]

May was the1975–76team's leading scorer, "its most dependable clutch scorer, and an outstanding defensive player and rebounder, too."^[4]He was named NCAA men's basketball National Player of the Year in 1976. He won agold medalas a member of theUnited States basketball teamin the1976 Summer Olympics.May graduated from Indiana in the standard four years with a degree in education.

Professional career

TheChicago Bullschose May with the second overall pick in the1976 NBA draft.He made the NBA All-Rookie team after averaging 14.2 points for the Bulls. Injuries kept him to seven seasons in the NBA, scoring 3,690 points and pulling down 1,450 rebounds. He went on to play seven more years in Europe with Brescia, Torino, Rome and Livorno in the Italian league.

Personal life

In the late 1970s, May's attorney Steve Ferguson, who had been recommended by Knight, suggested that May buy apartment units around theIndiana Universitycampus. May invested in a couple of projects each off-season and now owns more than two thousand apartments in Bloomington. He is now known as one of the biggest apartment owners in the Bloomington area employing several hundred employees.^[1]May had two sons – Scott May, Jr. andSean May– who continued his tradition of basketball play. Scott Jr. played for theIndiana basketball teamthat made the NCAA title game in 2002. His younger son,Sean,helpedNorth Carolinawin a national championship in 2005 and played for the NBASacramento KingsandCharlotte Bobcats.May and Sean are one of four father-son duos to each win an NCAA basketball championship.^{[note 1]}^[5]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goalpercentage	3P%	3-point field goalpercentage	FT%	Free throwpercentage
RPG	Reboundsper game	APG	Assistsper game	SPG	Stealsper game
BPG	Blocksper game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

NBA

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1976–77	Chicago	72	-	32.9	.451	-	.828	6.1	2.0	1.1	0.2	14.6
1977–78	Chicago	55	-	32.8	.454	-	.810	6.0	2.1	0.9	0.1	13.4
1978–79	Chicago	37	-	10.9	.434	-	.750	1.7	1.1	0.6	0.0	4.0
1979–80	Chicago	54	-	24.0	.450	.000	.837	4.0	1.9	0.8	0.1	12.4
1980–81	Chicago	63	-	12.9	.488	.000	.758	2.5	1.0	0.6	0.1	7.0
1981–82	Milwaukee	65	7	18.3	.508	.000	.824	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.1	9.0
1982–83	Detroit	9	1	17.2	.420	.000	.810	2.9	1.3	0.6	0.2	6.6
Career		355	8	22.6	.462	.000	.811	4.1	1.7	0.8	0.1	10.4

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1976–77	Chicago	3	-	32.3	.385	-	.800	4.7	1.0	2.7	0.7	10.7
1981–82	Milwaukee	4	-	12.5	.200	.000	.643	2.8	2.5	0.5	0.0	4.3
Career		7	-	21.0	.304	.000	.724	3.6	1.9	1.4	0.3	7.0

College


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1973–74	Indiana	28	-	-	.492	-	.768	5.4	1.5	-	-	12.5
1974–75	Indiana	30	-	-	.510	-	.766	6.6	1.9	-	-	16.3
1975–76	Indiana	32	-	-	.527	-	.782	7.7	2.1	-	-	23.5
Career		90	-	-	.513	-	.774	6.6	1.8	-	-	17.7

Notes

^The others areMarquesandKris Johnson,HenryandMike Bibby,andDerekandNolan Smith.

References

^^a ^bO'Keefe, John (April 5, 1976)."Scott May, Indiana All-America".Sports Illustrated.RetrievedApril 25,2012.
^Dorr, Dave (April 10, 1976)."A perfect season".sportingnews.com.Archived fromthe originalon February 29, 2000.RetrievedMarch 28,2008.
^"Hoosier Historia".heraldtimesonline.com.RetrievedMarch 28,2008.
^Hammel, Bob; Klingelhoffer, Kit (1999).The Glory of Old Iu: 100 Years of Indiana Athletics.Sports Publishing LLC. p. 156.ISBN 1-58261-068-1.RetrievedApril 24,2012.
^"Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler and a Crystal Ball Oliver Purnell Pursuing Greener Pastures Roy Halladay Deal Good for Baseball?".ESPN. April 6, 2010.Archivedfrom the original on January 23, 2014.

NCAA, NCAA March Madness: Cinderellas, Superstars, and Champions from the NCAA men's Final Four: Chicago: Triumph Books, 2004.ISBN 1-57243-665-4

External links and sources

Scott May statistics
Scott May Serie Astatistics.

[5] The others areMarquesandKris Johnson,HenryandMike Bibby,andDerekandNolan Smith.

[SI-1] O'Keefe, John (April 5, 1976)."Scott May, Indiana All-America".Sports Illustrated.RetrievedApril 25,2012.

[2] Dorr, Dave (April 10, 1976)."A perfect season".sportingnews.com.Archived fromthe originalon February 29, 2000.RetrievedMarch 28,2008.

[3] "Hoosier Historia".heraldtimesonline.com.RetrievedMarch 28,2008.

[Glory_of_Old_IU_220-4] Hammel, Bob; Klingelhoffer, Kit (1999).The Glory of Old Iu: 100 Years of Indiana Athletics.Sports Publishing LLC. p. 156.ISBN 1-58261-068-1.RetrievedApril 24,2012.

[6] "Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler and a Crystal Ball Oliver Purnell Pursuing Greener Pastures Roy Halladay Deal Good for Baseball?".ESPN. April 6, 2010.Archivedfrom the original on January 23, 2014.

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Authority control databases
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