Scott Glenn May (born March 19, 1954) is an American former professional

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player. As a college player at

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, May led the Hoosiers to an undefeated record and national championship in the 1975–76 season. He was a two-time first-team

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and was named the national player of the year in his senior season. May also won a gold medal at the

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College career

Born in

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, Scott May played as a 6'7" forward for

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and the Indiana University Hoosiers from 1973 to 1976. "Our group knew what we wanted. We were going to do whatever it took to win it all." In his last two seasons with the school, 1974–75 and 1975–76, the Hoosiers were undefeated in the regular season and won 37-consecutive Big Ten games. The 1974–75 Hoosiers swept the entire Big Ten by an average of 22.8 points per game. However, in an 83–82 win against

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, May broke his left arm. With May's injury keeping him to 7 minutes of play, the No. 1 Hoosiers lost to

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92–90 in the Mideast Regional. The Hoosiers were so dominant that four starters – May, Steve Green, Kent Benson and Quinn Buckner – would make the five-man All-Big Ten team. The following season, 1975–76, the Hoosiers went the entire season and 1976 NCAA tournament without a single loss, beating

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86–68 in the title game. Indiana remains the last school to accomplish this feat. May was the 1975–76 team's leading scorer, "its most dependable clutch scorer, and an outstanding defensive player and rebounder, too." He was named NCAA men's basketball National Player of the Year in 1976. He won a

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as a member of the United States basketball team in the

. May graduated from Indiana in the standard four years with a degree in education.

Professional career

The

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chose May with the second overall pick in the 1976 NBA draft. He made the NBA All-Rookie team after averaging 14.2 points for the Bulls. Injuries kept him to seven seasons in the NBA, scoring 3,690 points and pulling down 1,450 rebounds. He went on to play seven more years in Europe with Brescia, Torino, Rome and Livorno in the Italian league.

Personal life

He is now known as one of the biggest apartment owners in the Bloomington area employing several hundred employees. May had two sons – Scott May Jr. and

Sean May Sean Gregory May (born April 4, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina. May was born in Chicago, Illinois ...

– who continued his tradition of basketball play. Scott Jr. played for the Indiana basketball team that made the NCAA title game in 2002. His younger son,

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, helped

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win a national championship in 2005 and played for the NBA

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and Charlotte Bobcats. May and Sean are one of four father-son duos to each win an NCAA basketball championship.The others are Marques and Kris Johnson,

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and

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, and Derek and

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Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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, 55 , , - , , 32.8 , , .454 , , - , , .810 , , 6.0 , , 2.1 , , 0.9 , , 0.1 , , 13.4 , - , align="left" , 1978–79 , align="left" ,

, 37 , , - , , 10.9 , , .434 , , - , , .750 , , 1.7 , , 1.1 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 4.0 , - , align="left" , 1979–80 , align="left" ,

, 54 , , - , , 24.0 , , .450 , , .000 , , .837 , , 4.0 , , 1.9 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 12.4 , - , align="left" , 1980–81 , align="left" ,

, 63 , , - , , 12.9 , , .488 , , .000 , , .758 , , 2.5 , , 1.0 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 7.0 , - , align="left" , 1981–82 , align="left" ,

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, 65 , , 7 , , 18.3 , , .508 , , .000 , , .824 , , 3.4 , , 2.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 9.0 , - , align="left" , 1982–83 , align="left" ,

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Playoffs

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, 3 , , - , , 32.3 , , .385 , , - , , .800 , , 4.7 , , 1.0 , , 2.7 , , 0.7 , , 10.7 , - , align="left" , 1981–82 , align="left" ,

, 4 , , - , , 12.5 , , .200 , , .000 , , .643 , , 2.8 , , 2.5 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 4.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 7 , , - , , 21.0 , , .304 , , .000 , , .724 , , 3.6 , , 1.9 , , 1.4 , , 0.3 , , 7.0

College

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, 30 , , - , , - , , .510 , , - , , .766 , , 6.6 , , 1.9 , , - , , - , , 16.3 , - , align="left" , 1975–76 , align="left" ,

, 32 , , - , , - , , .527 , , - , , .782 , , 7.7 , , 2.1 , , - , , - , , 23.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 90 , , - , , - , , .513 , , - , , .774 , , 6.6 , , 1.8 , , - , , - , , 17.7

Notes

References

NCAA, NCAA March Madness: Cinderellas, Superstars, and Champions from the NCAA men's Final Four : Chicago: Triumph Books, 2004.

External links and sources

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