Scott May
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Points | 3,690 (10.4 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 1,450 (4.1 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 610 (1.7 apg) | ||||||||||||||
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Scott Glenn May (born March 19, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player. As a college player at Indiana University, May led the Hoosiers to an undefeated record and national championship in the 1975–76 season. He was a two-time first-team All-American and was named the national player of the year in his senior season. May also won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
College career
Born in Sandusky, Ohio, Scott May played as a 6'7" forward for Bob Knight and the Indiana University Hoosiers from 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 Buckner and Bob Wilkerson started 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,
May was the 1975–76 team'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 a gold medal as a member of the United States basketball team in the 1976 Summer Olympics. May graduated from Indiana in the standard four years with a degree in education.
Professional career
The Chicago Bulls chose May with the second overall pick in the 1976 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 the
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 1976–77 | Chicago
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72 | - | 32.9 | .451 | - | .828 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.6 |
| 1977–78 | Chicago
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55 | - | 32.8 | .454 | - | .810 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 13.4 |
| 1978–79 | Chicago
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37 | - | 10.9 | .434 | - | .750 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| 1979–80 | Chicago
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54 | - | 24.0 | .450 | .000 | .837 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.4 |
| 1980–81 | Chicago
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63 | - | 12.9 | .488 | .000 | .758 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 7.0 |
| 1981–82 | Milwaukee
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65 | 7 | 18.3 | .508 | .000 | .824 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 9.0 |
| 1982–83 | Detroit
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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 |
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| 1976–77 | Chicago
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3 | - | 32.3 | .385 | - | .800 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| 1981–82 | Milwaukee
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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 |
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| 1973–74 | Indiana
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28 | - | - | .492 | - | .768 | 5.4 | 1.5 | - | - | 12.5 |
| 1974–75 | Indiana
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30 | - | - | .510 | - | .766 | 6.6 | 1.9 | - | - | 16.3 |
| 1975–76 | Indiana
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32 | - | - | .527 | - | .782 | 7.7 | 2.1 | - | - | 23.5 |
| Career | 90 | - | - | .513 | - | .774 | 6.6 | 1.8 | - | - | 17.7 | |
Notes
- ^ The others are Marques and Kris Johnson, Henry and Mike Bibby, and Derek and Nolan Smith.
References
- ^ a b O'Keefe, John (5 April 1976). "Scott May, Indiana All-America". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ^ Dorr, Dave (1976-04-10). "A perfect season". sportingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2000-02-29. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
- ^ "Hoosier Historia". heraldtimesonline.com. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
- ISBN 1-58261-068-1. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
- ^ "Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler and a Crystal Ball Oliver Purnell Pursuing Greener Pastures Roy Halladay Deal Good for Baseball?". ESPN. April 6, 2010. Archived from 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.
External links and sources
- Scott May statistics
- Scott May Serie A statistics.
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