Kent Benson

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Michael Kent Benson (born December 27, 1954 in New Castle, Indiana) is a retired American collegiate and professional basketball player. He played college basketball for coach Bobby Knight at Indiana University. With Quinn Buckner and Scott May, he led Indiana University to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship in the 1975-1976 season. That season, they were undefeated throughout the entire regular and post season. They were the last team to accomplish that in Division I Men's Basketball. After graduating from Indiana University in 1977, he was the number one draft pick of the 1977 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. He spent 11 solid, but not particularly remarkable, seasons in the NBA.

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Preceded by
Richard Washington		NCAA Basketball Tournament
Most Outstanding Player (men's)
1976		Succeeded by
Butch Lee
Preceded by
John Lucas		NBA first overall draft pick
1977 NBA Draft		Succeeded by
Mychal Thompson


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National Basketball Association number one overall Draft picks
McNeeley • Tonkovich • Shannon • Share • Melchiorre • Workman • Beck • Selvy • Ricketts • Green • Hundley • Baylor • Boozer • Robertson • Bellamy • McGill • Heyman • Barnes • Hetzel • Russell • Walker • Hayes • Alcindor • Lanier • Carr • L. Martin • Collins • Walton • D. Thompson • Lucas • Benson • M. Thompson • E. Johnson • Carroll • Aguirre • Worthy • Sampson • Olajuwon • Ewing • Daugherty • D. Robinson • Manning • Ellison • Coleman • L. Johnson • O'Neal • Webber • G. Robinson • Smith • Iverson • Duncan • Olowokandi • Brand • K. Martin • Brown • Yao • James • Howard • Bogut • Bargnani • Oden
December 27 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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1920s  1930s  1940s  - 1950s -  1960s  1970s  1980s
1951 1952 1953 - 1954 - 1955 1956 1957

Year 1954 (MCMLIV
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City of New Castle
Location in the state of Indiana
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Indiana
County Henry
Area
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College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA.

History

Further information: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship records

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Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. The IU system includes the following campuses:
  • Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana

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Olympic medal record
Men's Basketball
Gold 1976 Montreal United States

William Quinn Buckner, commonly known as Quinn Buckner (born August 20 1954 in Phoenix, Illinois) is a former American professional basketball player and coach.
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Olympic medal record
Men's Basketball
Gold 1976 Montreal United States

Scott Glenn May (born March 19, 1954 in Sandusky, Ohio) is a retired American professional basketball player.
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Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. The IU system includes the following campuses:
  • Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana

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Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. The IU system includes the following campuses:
  • Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana

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1977 NBA Draft was the first draft to include four former ABA teams (Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs). Just a few months later, the New York Nets would become the New Jersey Nets.
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Milwaukee Bucks

Conference Eastern Conference
Division Central Division
Founded 1968
History Milwaukee Bucks
1968–present
Arena Bradley Center
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Team Colors
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Sport Basketball
Founded 1946
No. of teams 30
Country(ies)  United States
 Canada

Most recent champion(s) San Antonio Spurs

TV partner(s) ABC, ESPN, TNT, NBA TV
Official website NBA.
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Richard Lee Washington (born July 15, 1955 in Portland, Oregon) is a retired American professional basketball player.

A 6'11" center, Washington starred at UCLA in the 1970s, where he was named NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player following UCLA's 1975
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"Final Four" tournaments), the Associated Press selects a Most Outstanding Player. The MOP need not be, but almost always is a member of the Championship team. The last man to win the award despite not being on the Championship team was Akeem Olajuwon in 1983.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1940s  1950s  1960s  - 1970s -  1980s  1990s  2000s
1973 1974 1975 - 1976 - 1977 1978 1979

Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI
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Alfred ("Butch") Lee (born December 5 1956 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a retired Puerto Rican professional basketball player. He is the first Puerto Rican national to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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John Lucas (born John Harding Lucas II on October 31, 1953 in Durham, North Carolina) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.

Lucas attended the University of Maryland where he was an all-American in basketball as well as tennis.
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1: McNeeley and Merlchiorre never played in the NBA.
  • 2: Shannon played the previous season for the BAA, the predecessor of the NBA.
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    • 1977 NBA Draft was the first draft to include four former ABA teams (Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs). Just a few months later, the New York Nets would become the New Jersey Nets.
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    Mychal George Thompson (born January 30, 1955 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a former National Basketball Association player who was the #1 pick in the 1978 NBA Draft. Today, Thompson is a notable sports radio personality, who serves as the radio analyst for the Los Angeles Lakers,
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    Sport Basketball
    Founded 1946
    No. of teams 30
    Country(ies)  United States
     Canada

    Most recent champion(s) San Antonio Spurs

    TV partner(s) ABC, ESPN, TNT, NBA TV
    Official website NBA.
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    The NBA Draft is an annual North American event in which the National Basketball Association's (NBA) thirty teams (29 in the United States and one in Toronto, Canada) can select players who wish to join the league.
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    Clifton McNeeley was the first overall pick of the 1947 BAA Draft, selected by the Pittsburgh Ironmen. For whatever reason, he did not play a single minute in the league. He, along with Gene Melchiorre, holds the dubious distinction of being a first overall BAA/NBA draft pick and
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    Andy Tonkovich was selected first in the 1948 NBA draft by the Providence Steamrollers. He attended Marshall University.

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    Howie Shannon was the first overall pick in the 1949 NBA draft, selected by the Providence Steamrollers. He attended Kansas State University.

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    Chuck Share (born March 14 1927 in Akron, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. He was the first draft pick in NBA history, being selected by the Boston Celtics as the number one pick in 1950.
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    Gene "Squeaky" Melchiorre (born August 10, 1927 in Highland Park, Illinois) is a former NBA basketball player and was the first overall pick in the 1951 NBA Draft.

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    Mark Cecil Workman (born March 10, 1930 in Charleston, West Virginia - December 21, 1983) was an American professional basketball player. Workman played two years for the NBA's Philadelphia Warriors and Baltimore Bullets.
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    Ernest Joseph Beck (born December 11, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a retired American professional basketball player. Beck played seven years in the National Basketball Association for the Philadelphia Warriors, St. Louis Hawks and Syracuse Nationals.
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