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THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CLUB OF ANN ARBOR 1988 MICHIGAN BASKETBALL BUST FROM MONDAY 21, 1988 AT CRISLER ARENA.
Hand signed by future hall of famer Glen Rice, Gary Grant, Bob Tait and Steve Stoyko. Program is multiple pages and includes pic of coaches and advertising. Measures approximately 8.5x11 inchs and is in overall fair shape
Glen Rice was one of the greatest scorers in the history of college basketball, leading Michigan to the 1989 NCAA title with one of the most incredible Tournament performances ever. Two months later, the HEAT made Rice their No. 1 pick (fourth overall) in the 1989 NBA draft. Expectations, as you might imagine, were astronomical.
Rice was an All-Rookie Second Team player in his rookie year and took off from there. While he would achieve his greatest stardom at mid-career with the Charlotte Hornets, Rice compiled an impressive resume in Miami. He was nothing if not durable (478 games, missing only 14 games in six seasons), shot .386 from the arc, and averaged 19.3 ppg and 4.9 rpg in his HEAT career.Rice retired in 2004, after 15 seasons in the NBA. His 18,336 career points are No. 50 all-time and his .400 three-point shooting percentage ranks 21st.
I’d been a scorer at every level I played basketball, from as young as I can remember.
I played four years at Michigan and graduated at the Big 10’s all-time leading scorer. I scored 25.6 ppg in my senior year. And in the 1989 NCAA Tournament, I won Most Outstanding Player honors and broke Bill Bradley’s record for points in the Tournament as our Wolverines won the national championship. Against Seton Hall in the title game, I had 31 points and 11 rebounds.
But starring on the national stage as a collegian isn’t the same as making it in the NBA. I was confident that I could be an impact player in the pros, but until you’re there, performing, scoring, winning games, you don’t know for sure.
To me, the best way to dominate a game is by scoring. The team with the most points wins, right?
The game where I was at my most dangerous, then, was on April 15, 1995, when I tallied a career-high 56 points in a win vs. the Orlando Magic. Though I had higher-scoring seasons after leaving Miami, I never again scored that many points in a game.
The 1994-95 season wasn’t my favorite, to be honest with you. We had a talented team—myself, Kevin Willis, Bimbo Coles, Billy Owens—but we played under our potential. After making the playoffs and finishing better than .500 in 1993-94, we took a big step back in 1994-95 and finished way out of the running at 30-52.
When you’re out of contention, NBA games can provide an even bigger challenge than when you’re in the thick of the playoff hunt. Some players might check out and no longer care; some others might be playing selfishly to pad their own stats. But I looked at it as an opportunity to set a tone for the next season, maybe help the HEAT be a spoiler against some teams still in the race, and continue to work on my game as I always tried to do, in good times and in bad.
Glen Rice
Well, something was really working right against Orlando that day. The 56 points were more than anyone else scored in a single game that season—even Michael Jordan—and still stands as a franchise record.
Orlando had the best record in the conference, and there was a natural rivalry between the two teams. We both had only been around for a handful of years, and we both played our games in Florida. To a man, the HEAT were hoping to rain on their parade a little bit.
Right away as the Magic took the floor, I could see something in their body language, in their eyes. They’d already put this one in the win column. You’d think with superstars like Shaquille O’Neal and Penny Hardaway, a team might be able to get away with that, but the minute you let your guard down in the NBA, your opponent will pounce. And eventually, that’s just what we did in this game.
You couldn’t blame Shaq or Penny for Orlando’s loss, though. In fact, the Magic played us hard and led the game pretty much all the way through, until the end. Shaq had 38 points and 16 rebounds, while Penny scored 28 and had 18 assists. They might not have wanted to work so hard that day, but both ended up logging more than 40 minutes. Horace Grant and Nick Anderson also scored more than 20 and played big minutes, so it’s not like Orlando’s big engines weren’t running hot.
This was a nationally-televised game, which gave us some extra incentive as well. I’m sure the schedule-makers figured this was going to be a choice matchup when they paired this game together back months earlier, and we certainly didn’t hold up our end of the bargain in that respect. Orlando had also whipped us badly in the season series so far, winning all three games by an average of 23 points.
There are certain times when a shooter feels like even the longest jumpers are layups. As you lift and release, it’s like the rim has expanded to three feet wide. I was feeling that for this entire game, even though Orlando led us 93-87 through three quarters. But at the end, I raised my game and carried my HEAT teammates to the victory, scoring 13 points in about half a quarter.
That’s the part of the game I most like to replay. Khalid Reeves, who would score 20 points and add 14 assists for us, nailed a three with 5:29 left. That tied the score at 101. After that, I took over, making our next nine points no matter who the Magic stuck on me.
The first two points of that stretch, the bucket that put us up 103-101, was also our first lead of the second half. The next one, putting us up 105-103, broke my previous team record of 46 points, set three years earlier against—surprise, surprise—Orlando. The end of the run was my seventh three-pointer, making our lead 110-107 with two and a half minutes to go. That gave me 52 points, and four more free throws in the waning moments pushed my scoring total to 56.
I finished the game having missed only seven shots (20-of-27) and only one of eight three-point tries. I made nine of 10 free throws, too, so for the entire game, I shot .784. You could say I was feeling it.
The one thing everyone agreed on is that they’d never seen anything like it. Our coach, Alvin Gentry, said so, and didn’t deny drawing up every play to go to me as the game wore on. Even an opponent like Grant was talking about my shooting like it was something out of the old “Unsolved Mysteries” TV show.
It’s not as if the Magic played poorly—in fact, they outshot us, .554 to .544. We just pounced at the right time, and did the only thing we could by playing out the string in front of our home crowd—send a message for next season.
I never had the chance to see the effect that our stand against the Magic had in terms of carryover into 1995-96, because I was traded to Charlotte before the start of that season. I had a great time in Miami—it’s where my long career was born—and looking back, I’m happy that I could have created such a memorable moment for every HEAT fan in one of my very last games in Miami.Gary GrantPersonal informationBorn April 21, 1965 (age 53)Canton, OhioNationality AmericanListed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)Career informationHigh school Canton McKinley(Canton, Ohio)College Michigan (1984–1988)NBA draft 1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overallSelected by the Seattle SuperSonicsPlaying career 1988–2002Position Point guardNumber 23, 1, 14Career history1988–1995 Los Angeles Clippers1995–1996 New York Knicks1996–1997 Miami Heat1997 Yakima Sun Kings1998 Portland Trail Blazers1998–1999 Aris1999–2000 Portland Trail Blazers2001–2002 PeristeriCareer highlights and awardsConsensus first-team All-American (1988)Second-team All-American – USBWA (1987)Big Ten Player of the Year (1988)Career NBA statisticsPoints 4,368 (7.9 ppg)Assists 3,013 (5.5 apg)Rebounds 1,283 (2.3 rpg)Stats at Basketball-Reference.comGary Grant (born April 21, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player at the point guard position in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Gary \"The General\" Grant played for Canton McKinley High School and collegiately at the University of Michigan. Gary received his BA in Kinesiology.
He was selected in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, but his rights were traded to the Los Angeles Clippers on draft night. There he remained for seven years before moving on to the New York Knicks, the Miami Heat, and the Portland Trail Blazers. While playing for the Clippers, he was featured in the 1992 film Miracle Beach.[1]
During the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men\'s basketball season while playing for the 2010–11 Michigan Wolverines team, Darius Morris surpassed Grant\'s school record single-season assist total set for the 1987–88 team.[2] The following season Trey Burke broke Grant\'s freshman season assist total record.[3] In the regular season finale for the 2016–17 team, Derrick Walton broke his single-game assists record.[4] Grant continues to hold several Michigan records including career starts (128), career assists (731), career steals (total and per game), career minutes, career turnovers, single-season assists per game, single-season steals (total and per game, 1st, 2nd and 3rd places for both), single-season turnovers, and s
Catching Up With... is an occasional series at WolverineNation where we chat with a former Michigan athlete about what he or she has been up to since leaving Michigan. Suggestions for future Catching Up With...
Last week, Gary Grant saw another one of his records broken as Michigan freshman guard Trey Burke passed him for most assists by a freshman. Now in California, Grant has watched with pride as Michigan has rebuilt itself -- in part because he has a lot to do with its initial climb to the top.
Grant is still Michigan\'s all-time assists leader (731) and steals leader (300) in his four-year career spanning from 1984-88. After an NBA career, Grant stayed in California, where WolverineNation caught up with him recently.
WolverineNation: What have you been up to recently?
Gary Grant: “I have a program out here in LA in Calabasas, Calif., that I deal with over 250-300 kids that I train and also work out and people can go to GoBlueHoop.com and click on that and see everything I have going on as far as working these kids out and putting them in league games on Sundays so their parents can see them play. I’m in the process right now of finding this building I’m trying to convert into basketball courts so I can get that out. If it rains out there or is windy we can’t practice outside so I’m trying to get something inside I can have all the time for myself and the kids. That’s what I’m working on now. Maybe someone from Michigan reading this can give me a call and get in contact with me and help me with the program because it’s all Go Blue. Everybody on my teams wears University of Michigan colors. I’m going to convert the courts into Go Blue colors. Everything I’m doing out here is Go Blue. Everywhere I go I wear my Go Blue stuff so everyone sees it. I just need a little bit of help from some of the alumni that can help out.”
WN: How’d you get involved with that after the NBA?
GG: “After I quit the NBA I went with Steve Fisher at San Diego State and after I did that for one year, I just said let me go and coach the little kids myself and help that way. So it was right off the bat, things I was doing on the side and it got bigger and bigger and bigger and it started with one team and now I have enough where I can have 20 different teams but I don’t put them all in the same tournaments, I mix them up so I can play at different times so their parents can enjoy what they do while they are practicing their skill work so I just keep rotating them around. I love it now. I can feel from the time they start with me, the way they dribble or shoot they get 80 to 90 percent better and that’s what I get out of that. And I’m trying to convert everybody to Michigan.”
WN: Is this self contained? An AAU program, too?
GG: “No AAU because then Michigan can’t help me out. This is just me, individually, with parents who know me and want me to work their kids out and try to get them better so they can go to high school. These are smaller kids, ages 6 to 12. It’s not like AAU where they are traveling all over the world and people can get in trouble by helping out. This is just little kids individually that I have going on myself. I just love it.”
WN: Beyond that, what else are you up to?
GG: “That’s about it. I’ve been raising my three daughters and just relaxing. This is a lot on my plate. I work every day, Monday through Saturday, and then on Sunday I put them in games so their parents can see it and then I start up the next day. In the summertime is even more crazy because we start at 8 a.m. because there is no school. Now, there’s school so in the morning I am kind of free so I do my paperwork and things like that and then they get out of school at 2:30 and I’m from 2:30-8:30, 9 p.m. I’m working with kids.”
WN: What do you take from what Michigan has been able to do the past couple of years?
GG: “We were in a big rut from me and Antoine (Joubert) and Glen Rice and Roy Tarpley and those guys when we won the Big Ten two years in a row and then the Fab Five came and brought it back on the map and after that it was real dry. Over the last couple years, they brought it back. (John) Beilein came into a situation where he almost had to restructure everything and he did a great job. I love his style and he has got them going. They are always, even when they lost to Duke in the playoffs, they had that game. I think if (Darius) Morris would have got that last shot and kicked it out to the corner, they could have hit a three to win that.
\"It’s just a matter of everybody believing in what he’s trying to do and I think they are doing a great job of believing they can win and compete. That’s the main thing. He instilled that in them, that they could compete with anyone in the NCAA. They pass the ball around, they swing, they might be down 10 points and next thing you know they are down one or up two because they never give up. That’s why I like his team. They never give up and fight the whole way through. Sometimes it might seem they are out and done and next thing you know, they are right back in it. That’s just the belief of the players and the coaching staff. The last couple of years they are bringing back the Michigan basketball brand like when I was there and it is wonderful to see.”
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The 1988–89 Michigan Wolverines men\'s basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1988–89 season. The head coach was Bill Frieder, who was dismissed before the 1989 NCAA Men\'s Division I Basketball Tournament and replaced by assistant Steve Fisher.[1] They played their home games at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 30–7, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in third place.[2] The Wolverines received an at-large offer to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Southeast region. They defeated Xavier and South Alabama to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they defeated No. 5-ranked North Carolina and Virginia to advance to the Final Four. In the Final Four, they defeated fellow Big Ten member and No. 3-ranked Illinois to advance to the National Championship game. There they defeated No. 11 Seton Hall in overtime to win the school\'s first and, to date, only National Championship.[3]Contents1 Previous season2 Season summary3 Roster4 Schedule and results5 Rankings6 Statistics7 Awards and honors8 Team players drafted into the NBA9 ReferencesPrevious seasonThe Wolverines finished the 1987–88 season 26–8, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They received an at-large offer to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 3 seed. There they defeated Boise State and Florida to advance to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to North Carolina.
Season summaryThe team was ranked all eighteen weeks of the season in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll where it began the season at number three, ended at number ten and peaked at number two.[4] and it also ended the season ranked tenth in the final UPI Coaches\' Poll.[5]
The team repeated as the national statistical champion in team field goal percentage (56.6%, 1325 of 2341).[6] During the season the team set numerous national and conference records. Glen Rice set the current Big Ten single-game three-point field goals percentage record against Wisconsin on February 25, 1989 (100% most made, 7 of 7).[7] He also broke Mike McGee\'s Big Ten career points record with 2442, but that was eclipsed in 1993,[7] although it remains the school record.[8] The team set the following current Big Ten records: single-season points (3393), single-season field goals made (1325), single-season field goals attempted (2341), single-season field goal percentage (.566), single-season field goals percentage (conference games only, .561, 606 of 1,080), and single-season assists (745).[9][10][11] Rice and Mark Hughes served as team co-captains and Rice earned team MVP.[12] Rice was also recognized as a consensus All-American.[13] Dave Balza was student manager.[14]
Rice\'s 949 points established the current school single-season record, surpassing Cazzie Russell\'s 1966 record of 800.[8] He also set the current school single-season field goals record of 363, surpassing Mike McGee.[15] He set the current single-season three-point field goal percentage record of 51.56%, surpassing Gary Grant\'s previous season mark of 48.53%. Additionally, he set the school record for career and single-season three-point shots made with 135 and 99, respectively, that would last for ten years and eight years, respectively.[16] He also set the current single-game field goal percentage record of 100% (7-for-7) against Wisconsin on February 25, 1989, surpassing Garde Thompson\'s 8-for-9 1986 performance.[16] Loy Vaught also broke the Michigan single field goal percentage record of 62.18% that he set the prior year by reaching a 66.12%, which would stand as the record until 1995.[15] For the third year in a row, the team established a new Michigan single-season scoring record with 3393 points.[8] For the last of five consecutive seasons, the team set the school record for single-season field goal percentage on with a 56.6% (1325-for-2341) performance. This continues to be the school record.[15] The team also set the current school single-season three-point field goal percentage record of 46.8% (196-for-419), surpassing the 1987 record, while setting a school record for three-point field goals made of 196 that would last until 1997.[16] The team set the current school single-season free throws made record of 547, which surpassed the 1977 mark of 510.[17]> For the third of three consecutive seasons, the team set the school single-season total assist record with a total of 745, surpassing the prior total of 694 and establishing the current record.[18] Glen Rice ended his career with 134 games played, which surpassed Gary Grant\'s 1988 school record of 129 games. Loy Vaught would surpass this record the following year.[19]
The team earned numerous conference statistical championships. Rice won the scoring average championship for conference games only with a 24.8 average as well as the three-point shot championship with 55 in his conference games.[20][21] Loy Vaught won the field goal percentage title with a 67.7% mark.[20] Terry Mills won the blocked shots championship with a 1.22 average in conference games.[22] In addition, the team won scoring offense (87.8),[23] scoring margin (10.3),[23] field goal percentage (56.1%)[24] and three-point field goals made (103).[24]
During the six-game championship tournament run, Rice set the current NCAA Men\'s Division I Basketball Tournament single-tournament records for points (184), field goals made (75), and three-point field goals made (27) as well as the career record for three-point field goal percentage (minimum 30 made, 56.5%, 35–62).[25] In addition, Rumeal Robinson set the current championship game assists record (11 on April 3, 1989, vs. Seton Hall in overtime)[26] as well as the current final four two-game assist record of 23.[27] The team also set the final four two-game assist record of 42, which would be broken the following year.[27]
In the 64-team NCAA Men\'s Division I Basketball Tournament, number three seeded Michigan won the tournament by defeating the fourteen-seeded Xavier Musketeers 92–87, the six-seeded South Alabama 91–82, the two-seeded North Carolina, who had ousted them the prior two years, 92–87, the five-seeded Virginia 102–65,[28] the one-seeded Illinois 83–81[29] and three-seeded Seton Hall 80–79 in overtime.[3] Against North Carolina, the team set the school record of 13 three-point field goals made, which would last until February 22, 1998.[16]
They became the first team in school history to win 30 games. They held the wins record until the 2018 team won 32 games making it to the Final Four. The team continues to rank second in NCAA history in single-season team field goal percentage: 56.6% (1325 of 2341).[30]
Roster1988–89 Michigan Wolverines men\'s basketball teamPlayers CoachesPos. # Name Height Weight Year HometownHead coachSteve FisherAssistant coach(es)Legend(C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-onInjured InjuredRedshirt Current redshirtSchedule and resultsDatetime, TV Rank# Opponent# Result Record Sitecity, stateNon-confernece regular seasonNovember 25*No. 3 vs. VanderbiltMaui Classic quarterfinals W 91–66 1–0Lahaina Civic CenterLahaina, HINovember 26*No. 3 vs. MemphisMaui Classic semifinals W 79–75 2–0Lahaina Civic CenterLahaina, HINovember 27*No. 3 vs. No. 4 OklahomaMaui Classic championship W 91–80 3–0Lahaina Civic CenterLahaina, HIDecember 2*No. 2 Grambling State W 102–62 4–0Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIDecember 3*No. 2 South Dakota State W 104–66 5–0Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIDecember 5*No. 2 Tampa W 98–65 6–0Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIDecember 7*No. 2 Central Michigan W 108–62 7–0Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIDecember 10*No. 2 at Western Michigan W 107–60 8–0University ArenaKalamazoo, MIDecember 12*No. 2 Eastern Michigan W 80–57 9–0Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIDecember 20*No. 2 Northern Michigan W 125–75 10–0Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIDecember 21*No. 2 Youngstown State W 121–72 11–0Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIDecember 28*No. 2 vs. Alaska-AnchorageUtah Basketball Classic L 66–70 11–1Jon M. Huntsman CenterSalt Lake City, UTDecember 29*No. 2 vs. Holy CrossUtah Basketball Classic W 100–63 12–1Jon M. Huntsman CenterSalt Lake City, UTBig Ten regular seasonJanuary 7No. 7 Northwestern W 94–66 13–1(1–0) Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIJanuary 12No. 6 Minnesota W 98–83 14–1(2–0) Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIJanuary 14No. 6 at No. 2 Illinois L 84–96 14–2(2–1) Assembly HallChampaign, ILJanuary 16No. 6 No. 18 Ohio State W 99–73 15–2(3–1) Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIJanuary 21No. 6 at Wisconsin L 68–71 15–3(3–2) UW FieldhouseMadison, WIJanuary 23No. 6 No. 19 Indiana L 70–71 15–4(3–3) Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIJanuary 29No. 10 at Purdue W 99–88 16–4(4–3) Mackey ArenaWest Lafayette, INFebruary 4No. 11 Michigan StateRivalry W 82–66 17–4(5–3) Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIFebruary 9No. 10 at No. 8 Iowa W 108–107 2OT 18–4(6–3) Carver-Hawkeye ArenaIowa City, IAFebruary 11No. 10 at Minnesota L 80–88 18–5(6–4) Williams ArenaMinneapolis, MNFebruary 16No. 13 Purdue W 84–70 19–5(7–4) Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIFebruary 19No. 13 at No. 9 Indiana L 75–76 19–6(7–5) Assembly HallBloomington, INFebruary 23No. 13 at Ohio State W 89–72 20–6(8–5) St. John\'s ArenaColumbus, OHFebruary 25No. 13 Wisconsin W 92–70 21–6(9–5) Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIFebruary 27No. 13 at Michigan StateRivalry W 79–52 22–6(10–5) Jenison FieldhouseEast Lansing, MIMarch 4No. 10 No. 11 Iowa W 119–96 23–6(11–5) Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MIMarch 9No. 8 at Northwestern W 88–79 24–6(12–5) Welsh-Ryan ArenaEvanston, ILMarch 11No. 8 No. 4 Illinois L 73–89 24–7(12–6) Crisler ArenaAnn Arbor, MINCAA TournamentMarch 17*No. 10 vs. XavierFirst Round W 92–87 25–7The OmniAtlanta, GAMarch 19*No. 10 vs. South AlabamaSecond Round W 91–82 26–7The OmniAtlanta, GAMarch 23*No. 10 vs. No. 5 North CarolinaSweet Sixteen W 92–87 27–7Rupp ArenaLexington, KYMarch 25*No. 10 vs. VirginiaElite Eight W 102–65 28–7Rupp ArenaLexington, KYApril 1*No. 10 vs. No. 3 IllinoisFinal Four W 83–81 29–7KingdomeSeattle, WAApril 3*No. 10 vs. No. 11 Seton HallNCAA Championship W 80–79 OT 30–7KingdomeSeattle, WA*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast.[31]
RankingsMain article: 1988–89 NCAA Division I men\'s basketball rankingsRanking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.WeekPoll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 FinalAP Poll[4] 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 7 6 6 10 11 10 13 13 10 8 10StatisticsThe team posted the following statistics:[32]
Name GP GS Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% OR DR RB Avg Ast Avg PF DQ TO Stl Blk Pts AvgGlen Rice 37 37 363 629 0.577 99 192 0.516 124 149 0.832 77 155 232 6.3 85 2.3 75 1 81 39 11 949 25.6Rumeal Robinson 37 36 199 357 0.557 30 64 0.469 122 186 0.656 31 94 125 3.4 233 6.3 105 5 131 70 4 550 14.9Loy Vaught 37 21 201 304 0.661 2 5 0.400 63 81 0.778 94 202 296 8.0 36 1.0 94 3 50 19 11 467 12.6Terry Mills 37 37 180 319 0.564 0 2 0.000 70 91 0.769 75 144 219 5.9 104 2.8 95 3 77 20 49 430 11.6Sean Higgins 34 16 158 312 0.506 51 110 0.464 54 70 0.771 31 76 107 3.1 51 1.5 76 2 60 10 11 421 12.4Mark Hughes 35 4 104 171 0.608 1 2 0.500 29 48 0.604 41 101 142 4.1 40 1.1 60 0 26 11 7 238 6.8Michael Griffin 37 31 33 63 0.524 0 2 0.000 33 43 0.767 24 65 89 2.4 103 2.8 104 3 56 23 9 99 2.7Kirk Taylor 21 2 33 69 0.478 7 18 0.389 21 36 0.583 12 34 46 2.2 46 2.2 30 1 23 20 6 94 4.5Demetrius Calip 30 0 229 7.6 22 50 0.440 2 9 0.222 14 17 0.824 5 14 19 0.6 25 0.8 20 0 23 7 0 60 2.0J.P. Oosterbaan 23 0 22 39 0.564 0 1 0.000 9 13 0.692 9 18 27 1.2 11 0.5 15 0 9 0 3 53 2.3Rob Pelinka 24 1 108 4.5 9 25 0.360 4 14 0.286 7 10 0.700 5 10 15 0.6 10 0.4 7 0 12 3 2 29 1.2Marc Koenig 6 0 9 1.5 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 1 0.2 1 0 3 2 0 2 0.3TEAM 37 20 63 83 2.2 6 Season Total 37 1325 2339 0.566 196 419 0.468 546 744 0.734 424 977 1401 37.9 745 20.1 682 18 557 224 113 3392 91.7Opponents 37 1055 2322 0.454 164 466 0.352 493 710 0.694 411 699 1110 30.0 514 13.9 705 17 568 227 36 2767 74.8Awards and honorsGlen Rice, NCAA Men\'s MOP Award[33]Team players drafted into the NBAFive players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.[34][35]
Year Round Pick Overall Player NBA Club1989 1 4 4 Glen Rice Miami Heat1990 1 10 10 Rumeal Robinson Atlanta Hawks1990 1 13 13 Loy Vaught Los Angeles Clippers1990 1 16 16 Terry Mills Milwaukee Bucks1990 2 27 54 Sean Higgins San Antonio SpursGlen Anthony Rice, Sr. (born May 28, 1967) is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 6\'8\" guard/forward, Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star, and made 1,559 three-point field goals during his 15-year career. Rice won both an NCAA championship and NBA championship during his collegiate and professional career. In recent years, Rice has taken up MMA fight promotion as owner of G-Force Fights based out of Miami, Florida.Contents1 College career2 NBA career2.1 Miami Heat2.2 Charlotte Hornets2.3 Los Angeles Lakers2.4 New York Knicks2.5 Houston Rockets2.6 Los Angeles Clippers and retirement3 NBA career statistics3.1 Regular season3.2 Playoffs4 Arrest5 Personal life6 Awards7 See also8 References9 External linksCollege careerRice played college basketball for the University of Michigan Wolverines for four seasons (1985–1989), a starter for three of those seasons. He became the school\'s all-time leading scorer with 2,442 points. He led Michigan to the 1989 NCAA Men\'s Division I basketball championship, scoring an NCAA-record 184 points in tournament play, a record that still stands.[1][2] Rice was also voted the tournament\'s Most Outstanding Player and was part of the Associated Press All-America second-team, after averaging 25.6 points for the season, while shooting 58% from the floor and 52% from three-point range. After Rice\'s junior year, he was invited to try out for the 1988 United States Olympic basketball team, but he was cut before reaching the group of 48.[3] On February 20, 2005, Rice\'s No. 41 jersey was retired during a ceremony at Michigan\'s Crisler Arena.[4] Rice made the cover of Sports Illustrated on April 10, 1989.[5]
Rice continues to rank among Michigan\'s all-time leaders in several statistical categories, including:
1st in men’s career points (2,442)1st in single season points (949 in the 1988–89 season)1st in single season field goals made (363 in the 1988–89 season)1st in single season field goal attempts (629 in the 1988–89 season)1st in single season three point field goal percent (51.6% in the 1988–89 season)2nd in career field goals made (1,003)2nd in single season three-point field goals made (99 in the 1988–89 season)[6]NBA careerRice started his senior season as a projected mid-first-round selection, but his stock rose due to his record-breaking performance in the NCAA Tournament, and he was selected #4 overall in the 1989 NBA draft by the Miami Heat.
Miami HeatThe Heat were an expansion team in the NBA and were now in their second-year in need of some offensive help after finishing last in the NBA in points per game in 1988–89. Joining other young players such as Sherman Douglas and Rony Seikaly, Rice would be called upon to deliver some of the scoring load despite being a rookie. Starting in 60 games, Rice averaged 13.6 points per game his rookie season just behind Douglas and Seikaly, but the lottery bound Heat only won 18 games. The following year only saw modest improvement for the team from 18 wins to 24 wins, but Rice started in every game he played and increased his scoring load to 17.4 points a game while leading the team in three point field goals with 71.
The 1991–92 season would prove to be a breakthrough season for Rice and the Heat, as the team improved to 38 wins and featured other young players such as Steve Smith and Brian Shaw. By now Rice had become the team\'s leading scorer and averaged 22.3 points a game with 155 three-point field goals (second in the league), leading the Heat to its first playoff series in which the young team were swept by the defending champion Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan. Despite this, the Heat actually won less games the following year, while Rice\'s scoring average slipped to 19 as the scoring load of Seikaly and Smith increased.
Rice averaged 21.1 points a game in the 1993–94 season and led the Heat back into the playoffs and to their first ever playoff game win against the Atlanta Hawks, but the Heat were unable to win the hard fought first round series in which the Hawks prevailed 3 games to 2.
In the 1994–95 season, Rice averaged 22.3 points a game (10th in the league) and made 185 three point shots (6th in the league). Despite not being selected to play in the annual NBA All-Star Game, Rice participated in the NBA All-Star Long Distance Shootout at the 1995 All-Star game in Phoenix, and won the contest, edging out another sharp-shooter, Reggie Miller. Later during the season in nationally-televised game against Shaquille O\'Neal and the Orlando Magic he scored a career-high 56 points on 20 of 27 shots from the floor including 7 three-pointers. The 56 points were an NBA season-high for the 1994–95 season. Despite his individual success, the Heat were unable to make the playoffs.
Charlotte HornetsDays before the start of the 1995–96 season, newly hired Coach/GM Pat Riley organized a trade in which Rice was sent to the Charlotte Hornets along with Matt Geiger in exchange for disgruntled Hornets center Alonzo Mourning who had refused any contract negotiations.
The Hornets paired Rice with high scoring forward Larry Johnson, and the two led the team to 41 wins. Rice led the team in scoring with 21.6 points a game and led his team in three point field goals (171) and three point shooting percentage (42%). He was also named to play in the 1996 NBA All-Star Game, but the Hornets failed to make the playoffs.
It would be the 1996–97 season in which Rice would earn the distinction of an elite player in the league. The Hornets had acquired veteran players Vlade Divac and Anthony Mason and no longer featured Johnson, and also hiring new head coach and NBA legend Dave Cowens. Rice averaged 26.8 points a game during the season, placing him third in the league in scoring, while leading the league in three-point shooting (47%) and minutes played. His play earned him his second straight All-Star game election, and at the 1997 NBA All-Star Game set an individual All-Star game records of 20 points in the third quarter and 24 points in the second half to finish with 26 points for the game. His 8–11 shooting performance including 4–5 three pointer shooting and his 20 points in the third quarter broke Philadelphia guard Hal Greer\'s record (19), set in 1968. By scoring 24 in a half, Rice surpassed the previous mark of 23, owned by Wilt Chamberlain and Tom Chambers.[7] Rice\'s performance is listed on the NBA\'s 57 Memorable All-Star Moments.[8] His performance helped the Eastern Conference win the game, and earned him the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award. The Hornets won 54 games, and made it into the 1997 Playoffs where they were swept 3–0 by the New York Knicks in the first round.
Rice would average 22.3 points a game (8th in the league) during the 1997–98 season, finishing second in the league in minutes played and scoring 16 points in the 1998 NBA All-Star Game. The Hornets won 51 games, and in the first round of the 1998 Playoffs they managed to win a playoff series, defeating the Atlanta Hawks before losing to the defending champion Chicago Bulls in the second round. The 1998–99 season would start late and last only 50 games due to a league lockout, and on March 10, 1999 the Hornets traded Rice to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Los Angeles LakersIn 1999, Rice was again traded in exchange for fan favorite, Eddie Jones and Elden Campbell. The trade didn\'t immediately sit well with Laker fans but Rice was considered the last piece of the puzzle for the Lakers to return to the NBA Finals.[9][10] Rice was leaving a Hornets team in turmoil with many players demanding trades coming out of a 4-month lockout.[11] Coach Cowens had resigned, Anthony Mason was out for the year, Rice was coming back from an elbow injury that he needed to have surgery on, and the owner was in legal trouble.[12] The trade to the Lakers made Rice the third scorer behind Shaquille O\'Neal and Kobe Bryant, a trio that general manager and Laker legend Jerry West envisioned would bring Los Angeles another NBA championship. The Lakers were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1999 Playoffs, but Rice averaged 18 points per game.
Prior to the 1999–2000 season the Lakers hired head coach Phil Jackson, who had won 6 NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls teams that featured Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. The Lakers also acquired veterans such as Ron Harper, A.C. Green, as well as Rice`s former Miami teammates John Salley and Brian Shaw. Led by the play of O\'Neal, who won the MVP award for the season, and the all-star play of Bryant, the Lakers won 67 games for first place in the Western Conference. Rice started in 80 games and averaged 15.9 points as the team\'s third option with 84 three-point shots for first on the Lakers.
In the 2000 Playoffs, Rice averaged 12.4 points per game while shooting 41 percent from beyond the three point arc, a career best for the playoffs. The Lakers defeated the Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns, and Portland Trail Blazers in the first three rounds of the playoffs en route to advancing to the 2000 Finals to play the Indiana Pacers. In the second game of the Finals, Bryant suffered an ankle injury, and Rice scored 21 points to help the Lakers take a 2–0 lead in the series. Rice would average 11.5 points a game for the series, including 16 points with 3 shots from three-point range in Game 6 as the Lakers defeated the Pacers 4 games to 2 to give Rice his first and only NBA championship.
Although the Lakers had won the championship, a lot of drama had unfolded behind the scenes between Rice, head coach Phil Jackson and GM Jerry West since the time between getting swept by the Spurs and the eventual championship.[13][14] There was a report that Rice was upset when the Lakers exercised a $7-million option for 1999–2000 instead of letting him become a free agent.[15] Shaquille O\'Neal, Rice\'s close friend, believed that Rice was the pure shooter he needed to keep teams from double- and triple-teaming him in the playoffs, and felt partly responsible for bringing Rice to the Lakers (and trading Eddie Jones to do it).[15] In the end, Rice wasn\'t able to win the hearts of Los Angeles fans after being traded for fan-favorite Eddie Jones, with many citing suspect defense and Rice\'s inability to perform in the triangle offense. As a result, the disgruntled Rice was eventually traded to the New York Knicks.
New York KnicksIn New York Rice would take on a sixth-man role on the team and provide the Knicks with well needed support off the bench. In the 2000–01 season he played in 72 games, averaging 12 points-per-game. Rice made 25 starts, averaging 14.2 points and 5.2 rebounds in those games and led the Knicks in scoring 9 times.[16] While Rice\'s defense is often singled out as the reason for his departure, he actually ranks 145th among all-time NBA players in career steals (958).[17] His tenure with the Knicks lasted only one year, as he was hobbled by a foot injury (plantar fasciitis) and was unable to find a niche in New York behind Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell.[18] After the season in which the Knicks lost in five games to the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the 2001 Playoffs, he would eventually be traded to the Houston Rockets for Shandon Anderson.
Houston RocketsIn Houston Rice joined a young team featuring Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley and was initially excited about returning to a starting role after be relegated to more of a third-option with both the Lakers and Knicks. Things started slow in Houston as Rice was still on the mend, rehabbing from his foot injury which limited him to just 20 games in the 2001–02 season. The following year, he would manage to play in 62 games including 26 starts to average 9 points a game for a Rockets team that now featured center Yao Ming. Following the 2003 season he would be traded to the Utah Jazz for John Amaechi, but would then sign with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Los Angeles Clippers and retirementA knee injury (partially torn tendon) ultimately derailed and eventually brought Rice\'s career to an end. In his final season with the Clippers he became the 48th player in NBA history to score 18,000 career points. Fittingly, it was on February 18, 2004 against the Lakers, and he would retire after playing just 18 games.
NBA career statisticsLegend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per gameFG% Field goal percentage 3P% 3-point field goal percentage FT% Free throw percentageRPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per gameBPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high† Denotes season in which Rice won an NBA championship* Led the leagueRegular seasonYear Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG1989–90 Miami 77 60 30.0 .439 .246 .734 4.6 1.8 0.9 0.4 13.61990–91 Miami 77 77 34.4 .461 .386 .818 4.9 2.5 1.3 0.3 17.41991–92 Miami 79 79 38.1 .469 .391 .836 5.0 2.3 1.1 0.4 22.31992–93 Miami 82 82 37.6 .440 .383 .820 5.2 2.2 1.1 0.3 19.01993–94 Miami 81 81 37.0 .467 .382 .880 5.4 2.3 1.4 0.4 21.11994–95 Miami 82 82 36.8 .475 .410 .855 4.6 2.3 1.4 0.2 22.31995–96 Charlotte 79 79 39.8 .471 .424 .837 4.8 2.9 1.2 0.2 21.61996–97 Charlotte 79 78 42.6 .477 .470* .867 4.0 2.0 0.9 0.3 26.81997–98 Charlotte 82 82 40.2 .457 .433 .849 4.3 2.2 0.9 0.3 22.31998–99 L.A. Lakers 27 25 36.5 .432 .393 .856 3.7 2.6 0.6 0.2 17.51999–00† L.A. Lakers 80 80 31.6 .430 .367 .874 4.1 2.2 0.6 0.2 15.92000–01 New York 75 25 29.5 .440 .389 .852 4.1 1.2 0.5 0.2 12.02001–02 Houston 20 20 30.3 .389 .281 .800 2.4 1.6 0.6 0.2 8.62002–03 Houston 62 26 24.7 .429 .398 .759 2.5 1.0 0.4 0.1 9.02003–04 L.A. Clippers 18 0 14.6 .289 .179 1.000 2.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 3.7Career 1,000 876 35.0 .456 .400 .846 4.4 2.1 1.0 0.3 18.3All Star 3 0 18.7 .395 .600 1.000 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.0 16.3PlayoffsYear Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG1992 Miami 3 3 39.7 .375 .250 .857 3.3 1.7 0.7 0.0 19.01994 Miami 5 5 39.0 .382 .304 .750 7.2 2.0 2.2 0.4 13.01997 Charlotte 3 3 45.7 .491 .375 .913 3.7 3.7 1.3 0.3 27.71998 Charlotte 9 9 41.0 .474 .306 .833 5.7 1.4 0.6 0.3 22.81999 L.A. Lakers 7 7 43.9 .446 .357 .966 3.9 1.6 0.7 0.1 18.32000† L.A. Lakers 23 23 33.3 .408 .418 .798 4.0 2.1 0.7 0.2 12.42001 New York 5 0 28.8 .462 .429 .875 4.4 0.6 0.6 0.2 12.2Career 55 50 37.0 .433 .362 .845 4.5 1.8 0.8 0.2 16.1ArrestOn January 11, 2008, Rice was arrested in Miami on suspicion of felony battery. Police say he assaulted a man that he found hiding in his estranged wife\'s closet. Rice surrendered to police and was released after posting $5,000 bond. Charges were later dropped by the victim J.C.[19]
Personal lifeRice\'s son, Glen Rice, Jr. (born January 1, 1991), was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 35th overall pick of the 2013 NBA draft.
Rice also has five other children; G\'mitri Rice (born April 22, 1992) Brianna Rice (born February 26, 1999) Giancarlo Rice (born August 28, 2001) Giovanni Rice (born February 5, 2004) and Bella Rice (born July 28, 2010).
On April 28, 2016 Rice married his longtime girlfriend and youngest daughter\'s mother, Tia Santoro, at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami.
AwardsNBA champion (2000)NBA All-Star Game MVP (1997)NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1989)NCAA champion (1989)3-time All-Star2-time All-NBA — 1997 second team, 1998 third teamNBA Three-Point Shootout champion (1995)NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1990)Retired Jerseys: #41 University of Michigan

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