03-02-2012, 11:47 AM
...into the Notre Dame basketball Ring of Honor. He is the second player (after Austin Carr) so honored. Here is a blog about Adrian Dantley ("AD"):
http://ndnation.com/archives/2841
The amazing thing about Dantley is that he was only 6'5", yet played power forward and made his living in the paint, often using a devastating head fake to make the defender leave his feet, which routinely allowed AD to make the basket and draw the foul.
Dantley was a consensus first team All-American in 1974-75 and 1975–76 and was named 1976 National Player of the Year. He ranked second on the Notre Dame career scoring list with 2,223 points and holds the school record for free throws made (615) and free throws attempted (769).
Dantley led Notre Dame in scoring in 1974-75 (30.4 points per game) and 1975–76 (28.6 points per game), while also leading the team in rebounding those two seasons with marks of 10.2 and 10.1 rebounds per game, respectively. He was also the leading scorer on the 1976 US Olympic team that captured the gold medal in Montreal.
Dantley finished his NBA career with an average of 24.3 points per game. For his career, he shot .540 from the floor — 16th in NBA history — and .818 from the free throw line.
On April 7, 2008, he was elected to the National Basketball Hall of Fame, 16 years after he retired.
He is probably my favorite basketball player of all time. I am glad ND decided to so honor him with the second slot in their Ring of Honor, a very deserving accolade for a great player.
http://ndnation.com/archives/2841
The amazing thing about Dantley is that he was only 6'5", yet played power forward and made his living in the paint, often using a devastating head fake to make the defender leave his feet, which routinely allowed AD to make the basket and draw the foul.
Dantley was a consensus first team All-American in 1974-75 and 1975–76 and was named 1976 National Player of the Year. He ranked second on the Notre Dame career scoring list with 2,223 points and holds the school record for free throws made (615) and free throws attempted (769).
Dantley led Notre Dame in scoring in 1974-75 (30.4 points per game) and 1975–76 (28.6 points per game), while also leading the team in rebounding those two seasons with marks of 10.2 and 10.1 rebounds per game, respectively. He was also the leading scorer on the 1976 US Olympic team that captured the gold medal in Montreal.
Dantley finished his NBA career with an average of 24.3 points per game. For his career, he shot .540 from the floor — 16th in NBA history — and .818 from the free throw line.
On April 7, 2008, he was elected to the National Basketball Hall of Fame, 16 years after he retired.
He is probably my favorite basketball player of all time. I am glad ND decided to so honor him with the second slot in their Ring of Honor, a very deserving accolade for a great player.