- Scott May
Infobox NBA Player
name = Scott May
position = Forward
nickname =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 7
weight_lb = 215
jersey number =
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1954|3|19
birth_place =Sandusky, Ohio
college = Indiana
draft = 1st round, 2nd overall
draft_year = 1976
draft_team =Chicago Bulls
career_start = 1976
career_end = 1983
former_teams = Chicago Bulls (1976 – 1981)Detroit Pistons (1981 – 1983)
awards =
halloffame =Scott Glenn May (born
March 19 1954 inSandusky, Ohio ) is a retired American professionalbasketball player.May was a power forward on the 1976 Indiana basketball team that went undefeated and won the NCAA championship under coach
Bobby Knight . May was named NCAA men's basketball national player of the year in 1976. He won agold medal as a member of the United States basketball team in the1976 Summer Olympics . In 1975 Indiana finished the regular season undefeated, but May broke his arm in the final week of the season. In the NCAA tournament regional final against Kentucky, Knight started May in place of John Laskowski, who had played well in place of May. May was rusty and Kentucky upset Indiana, 92-90, to reach the Final Four.The
Chicago Bulls chose May with the second overall pick in the1976 NBA Draft . He played seven seasons, scoring 3,690 points and pulling down 1,450 rebounds.May and his wife, Debbie, have two sons who were members of basketball teams that played in NCAA national championship games. Scott May Jr. was a member of the 2002 Indiana team that lost to Maryland.
Sean May helped North Carolina win a national championship in 2005 and currently plays for the NBA'sCharlotte Bobcats .Trivia
* Scott May scored 26 points in the NCAA Championship Final Four and that feat was also done by his son Sean May in 2005 in the NCAA Championship game against Illinois.
References
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
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/maysc01.html Scott May statistics]
* [http://tarheelblue.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/may_sean00.html UNC biography of Sean May]Naismith Award Winners Men
year=1976
preceded=David Thompson
succeeded=Marques Johnson
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