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- | ===== Larry "The Hawk" | + | ===== Larry McNeill |
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**Position: | **Position: | ||
**Height:** 6' | **Height:** 6' | ||
**Weight:** 195 lbs.\\ | **Weight:** 195 lbs.\\ | ||
**Born:** January 31, 1951 in Hoke, NC\\ | **Born:** January 31, 1951 in Hoke, NC\\ | ||
- | **High School:** Westinghouse in New York, NY\\ | + | **Died:** 2005\\ |
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- | Drafted | + | ===== High School Career ===== |
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+ | ===== Marquette Career ===== | ||
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+ | McNeill averaged 13.4 points per game and led Marquette in rebounding during the [[1971|1971-72]] season (9.2 rpg). After the departure of [[Jim Chones]], he averaged 17.5 points per game. The following year, he led the team in scoring during the [[1972|1972-73]] season with 17.6 points per game. | ||
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+ | He was known as a tremendous leaper and a very aggressive player. | ||
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+ | Coach [[Al McGuire]] once said that McNeill had the potential to be the greatest player ever at Marquette. | ||
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+ | === All-Time Marquette Rankings === | ||
+ | *37th (tie), Rebounds (554) | ||
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+ | === All-Time Career Leader Rankings === | ||
+ | *10th, Rebounding Average (9.6) | ||
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+ | == All-Time Junior Season Rankings == | ||
+ | *10th, Points (511) | ||
+ | *10th, Scoring Average (17.6) | ||
+ | *7th, Field Goals Made (209) | ||
+ | *6th, Field Goals Attempted (441) | ||
+ | *9th, Rebounds (288) | ||
+ | *10th, Rebounding Average (9.9) | ||
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+ | == All-Time Sophomore Season Rankings == | ||
+ | *9th, Free Throw Percentage (min. 100 att.) (74.4%) | ||
+ | *7th, Rebounds (266) | ||
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+ | ===== Professional Career ===== | ||
+ | Leaving at the end of his sophomore year, McNeill was drafted | ||
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+ | He enjoyed six seasons in the NBA with the Kansas City-Omaha Kings, Kansas City Kings, New York Nets, Golden State Warriors, Buffalo Braves and Detroit Pistons. While playing in the 1975 playoff series for the Kings against the Chicago Bulls, he set a NBA playoff record for the most field goals made without a miss, shooting a perfect 12/12 from the field during that legendary night. (He would later hit 18 straight baskets.) His record still stands today. | ||
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+ | After playing his last season (1978-79, 11 games) with Detroit in the NBA, McNeill signed with the Rochester Zeniths for their inaugural season with the newly renamed Continental Basketball Association (CBA) - formerly, the Eastern League. The Zeniths - coached by Mauro Panaggio, a famous NCAA D-III coach - would win the CBA championship in dominating fashion, and McNeill would be named 1978-79 CBA Playoffs Co-MVP. | ||
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+ | He would leave the U.S. to play overseas in the Philippines for Gilbey' | ||
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+ | Because McNeill (6' | ||
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+ | However, in 1982 and what would be his last season in the PBA, McNeill would lead his team to the conference finals with a 102-101 victory over rival San Miguel. |