The Bucks center had a very average career. He was a two-time All American, a National Player of the Year, NCAA Champion and a Final Four Most Outstanding Player. Benson played college basketball for coach Bobby Knight at Indiana University. 1976 NCAA Tournament | Bracket Champion: Indiana Most Outstanding Player: Kent Benson, Indiana Final Four: Indiana, Michigan, UCLA, Rutgers Shining Moments.

Born: 4/16/47 College: UCLA Drafted by: Milwaukee Bucks, 1969 Height: 7-2 Weight: 230 lbs. That season, they were undefeated throughout the entire regular and post season. Detroit Pistons. 1979-80 Regular Season Game Log March. In the 1977-78 season opener, Abdul-Jabbar uncharacteristically lost his temper and punched Bucks rookie center Kent Benson. Kent Benson had such a great collegiate career that he was rewarded with the first overall selection in 1977. The 1977 Hoosiers were led by senior center Benson (19.8 ppg, 10.5 rpg) and freshman guard Mike Woodson (18.5 ppg, 6.7 rpg), while just up the … Benson was a two time All-American at Indiana University, winning the 1976 Helms Foundation Player of the Year and helping lead the Hoosiers to the 1976 NCAA championship with a perfect 32-0 record, with Benson being named the 1976 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player. Michael Kent Benson (born December 27, 1954) is an American former collegiate and professional basketball player. Kent Benson. With Quinn Buckner and Scott May, he led Indiana University to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship in the 1975-1976 season.
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C ... December 27, 1954 in New Castle, IN Drafted: 1977 Rnd 1, Pick 1 by MIL: College: Indiana: Experience: 11 years: Career Stats Career Stats Game Log Game Log Splits Splits. Kent Benson was one of the all-time greats at Indiana. Career Statistics When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left the game in 1989 at age 42, no NBA player had ever scored more points, blocked more sho 6'10", 235 lbs. Morgan Benson College of Business Administration | Morgan graduated from Ohio University with a B.S. She came to Kent as an academic advisor for the Undergraduate Programs Office in the College of
The history of Indiana's college basketball championships in 1940, 1953, 1976, 1981 and 1987, including rosters, stats, schedules and highlights. in Counseling and Human Development with a specialization in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Walsh University in 2019. Posted on Dec 2nd, 2019, 8:24 AM, V I P, User Since 47 months ago, User Post Count: 995