- Tyus Edney
Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Tyus Edney
nickname =
position =Point guard
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 152
league = Serie A
team =Orlandina Basket
number =
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1973|2|14
birth_place =Gardena, California
college = UCLA
draft = 2nd round, 47th overall
draft_team =Sacramento Kings
draft_year = 1995
career_start = 1995
career_end =
former_teams = Sacramento Kings (1995–1997)Boston Celtics (1997–1998)
Žalgiris (1998–1999)
Benetton Treviso (1999–2000; 2001–2004)Indiana Pacers (2000–2001)
Lottomatica Roma (2004–2005)
Olympiacos (2005–2006)
Climamio Bologna (2006–2007)
awards = Italian SupercupMVP 2001, 2002
Italian Cup MVP 2003Tyus Dwayne Edney (born
February 14 1973 inGardena, California ) is an American professionalbasketball player, known for one of the greatest plays incollege basketball history. Edney playedpoint guard forUCLA from 1991-1995, and led the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA National Championship. He also led Žalgiris Kaunas to the 1999Euroleague title. He is listed at 5'10", 152 lb.Basketball career
In his senior season, Edney set several personal bests such as total points (456), points per game (14.3), steals (74), and assists (216). At the end of his collegiate career, he was selected by the
Sacramento Kings in the second round with the 47th overall pick of the1995 NBA Draft . He played with the Kings for two seasons (1995-1997). He spent two more seasons in theNBA , with theBoston Celtics in 1997-1998 and with theIndiana Pacers in 2000-2001. Between those seasons he played forEuroleague winner Žalgiris earning the Final Four MVP title and, during the 1999-2000 season, in Italy for Benetton Treviso (losing in the Italian League finals and winning the Italian Cup). In the NBA, he never could top his rookie year with the Kings, when he averaged 10.8 ppg and had 491 total assists.Following his departure from the NBA in 2001, he bounced around several European teams, including another stint with Benetton Treviso (2001-2004, won the Italian league in 2002 and 2003, Italian Cup in 2003 and 2004 and Italian Supercup in 2002 and 2003, played in the
Euroleague final in 2003) and Lottomatica Roma (2004-2005). After the 2004-2005 season, George Garbolas brought Edney to Olympiacos in order to help the team challenge in Greece and in Europe. Tyus Edney was one of the players upon who the new Olympiacos was supposed to be built, but he played there only one season in 2005-2006. In the 2006-2007 season he returned to Italy to play for Climamio Bologna.The shot
While Edney's pro career has been vagabond, his late game heroics in the
1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament have earned him a spot in NCAA Tournament lore, likeDanny Ainge in 1981, Christian Laettner in 1990 and 1992, andBryce Drew in 1998. Edney's UCLA had played well in the 1994-1995 season, earning a No. 1 seed in the West Region of the tournament. Favored in their second round match against eighth seed Missouri, UCLA fell behind 74-73 with just 4.8 seconds remaining. Bruins coachJim Harrick , after calling timeout, turned to Edney, the point guard, rather than to their star player,Ed O'Bannon .Cameron Dollar inbounded the ball to Edney who took off up the left sideline. A Missouri defender picked him up at about the top of the key, although not with extreme on-ball pressure due to a fear of fouling. At midcourt, another defender attempted to trap Edney, who avoided the pressure with a behind-the-back dribble. After Edney reached the Missouri key, 6'8" Missouri forward
Derek Grimm slid over in an attempt to stop him. Edney adjusted his shot around Grimm, and banked the shot in at the buzzer. UCLA won the game 75-74. [Friend, Tom - [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDF1530F933A15750C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT: WEST; U.C.L.A. Dash Knocks Wind Out of Missouri] . New York Times, March 20, 1995. Quote: U.C.L.A.'s Tyus Edney ran a 94-foot dash in 4.7 seconds today. That he also managed to toss in a swooping layup left Missouri with its hands over its face. The No. 1-seeded Bruins trailed the No. 8-seeded Tigers by 1 point with 4.8 seconds remaining when Edney, a turbo point guard, started his cross-country journey. He took the inbounds pass under his own basket, was neck-and-neck with defender Jason Sutherland at midcourt, freed himself with a behind-the-back dribble, made a hairpin turn to the lane and banked in a shot over 6-foot-9-inch Derek Grimm at the buzzer. ]Two games later against
Ray Allen 'sConnecticut Huskies , Edney had another chance at a full court run before the half, and drained a 25-foot 3-pointer en route to a 102-96 victory. UCLA went on to win its 11th NCAA basketball championship, defeating the defending champion Arkansas Razorbacks 89-78, thereby making Edney's shot against Missouri that much more memorable.References
External links
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/tyus_edney/index.html NBA.com profile]
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=ARH&seasoncode=E2006 Euroleague.net Profile]
* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EDNEYTY01 Career NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com
* [http://www.bruinbasketballreport.com/ Bruin Basketball Report]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=pHceOvR464s YouTube Video of game winning shot against Missouri in 1995 NCAA Tournament]
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