Tyus Dwayne Edney Sr. (born February 14, 1973) is an American

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coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the San Diego Toreros men's team of the

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(WCC). Listed at , he played point guard. He played

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for the

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from 1991 to 1995, leading them to the 1995 NCAA national championship. His game-winning shot for UCLA, in the second round of the 1995 NCAA Tournament, is considered to be one of the most famous plays in NCAA Tournament history. A two-time All-EuroLeague First Team selection, he led Žalgiris Kaunas to the 1999 EuroLeague title and was named the

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. He became an assistant coach for UCLA.

College career

In his freshman season at UCLA in 1992, Edney was named the most valuable freshman player on his team. In his sophomore season, Edney was voted the team's most valuable player (MVP), Finney 2010, p.110 and he was named to the first-team All-Pacific-10 (Pac-10) Conference team. Finney 2010, p.105 He was again named to the first-team All-Pac-10 conference team in 1994. As a senior in 1994–95, Edney set personal bests in total points (456), steals (74), and assists (216). He was named the team's co-MVP along with

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, the team's most outstanding defensive player, first-team All-Pac-10 for the third consecutive year, and won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation's best player under tall. Edney was inducted into the

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in 2009, as well as the Pac-12 Conference Hall of Honor in 2014. He ranks second in the school's history in career assists (652) and third in steals (224).

1995 NCAA Tournament

Edney's late game heroics in the 1995 Men's Division I Basketball Tournament have earned him a spot in NCAA Tournament lore. Edney's UCLA squad had played well in the 1994–1995 season, earning a No. 1 seed in the West Region of the tournament. Favored in their second round match against eighth seed

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, UCLA fell behind 74–73 with just 4.8 seconds remaining. Bruins coach

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, after calling timeout, turned to Edney, the point guard, rather than to their star player,

. Cameron Dollar inbounded the ball to Edney who caught it in stride and took off up the left sideline. A Missouri defender picked him up at about the top of the key, although not with extreme on-ball pressure due to a fear of fouling. At midcourt, another defender attempted to trap, but Edney used a behind-the-back dribble that evaded the pressure. After Edney reached the Missouri key, 6'9" Missouri forward Derek Grimm slid over in an attempt to stop him. Edney adjusted his shot around Grimm, and banked the shot in at the buzzer. The ball dramatically drained through the net as the game ending red light blazed. UCLA won the game 75–74. Two games later against the

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, Edney had another chance at a full court run before the half, and drained a 30-foot 3-pointer en route to a 102–96 victory. UCLA went on to win its 11th NCAA basketball championship, defeating the defending champion

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89–78, (although Edney, with a wrist injured in the semi-final win vs. Oklahoma State, mostly watched from the bench). But UCLA's record 11th National Championship would have been impossible had Edney's full court runner vs. Missouri not fallen. Edney was named to the Tournament Western Regional All-Tournament team.

Professional playing career

NBA

Edney was selected by the

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in the second round of the

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with the 47th overall pick . He was named to the

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and played with the Kings for two seasons (1995–1997). He spent the 1997–1998 season with the

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. After playing in Europe for 2 years (Lithuania 1998–1999, and Italy 1999–2000), he returned to the NBA, and played with the

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, in the 2000–2001 season. In total, he played in 4 NBA seasons. In the NBA, he could never top his rookie year with the Kings, when he averaged 10.8 points per game, and had a total of 491 total.

Europe

In the 1998–1999 season, Edney won the EuroLeague championship with the Lithuanian club Žalgiris Kaunas, earning the

award in the process. He and teammate George Zidek, who also won a title with Edney at UCLA, became the first players to win both an NCAA and EuroLeague championship. Edney then played in Italy, during the 1999–2000 season, with Benetton Treviso (losing in the Italian League finals, and winning the Italian Cup title). After that season, he spent the next season (2000–2001) playing in the NBA. Following his departure from the NBA, in 2001, Edney bounced around several European teams, including another stint with Benetton Treviso (2001–2004, where he won the Italian league in 2002 and 2003, the Italian Cup in 2003 and 2004, and the Italian Supercup in 2001 and 2002; and played in the EuroLeague Final in

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) and Lottomatica Roma (2004–2005). After the 2004–2005 season, George Garbolas brought Edney to Olympiacos, in order to help the team challenge in Greece and in Europe. Edney was one of the players upon whom the new Olympiacos team was supposed to be built, but he only played there for one season, in 2005–2006. In the 2006–2007 season, he returned to Italy, to play with Climamio Bologna. He started the 2008–2009 season in the Spanish club

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, and then (January 2009) moved to the Polish club

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. In a 2005 profile in the L.A. Times, former UCLA Bruin teammate

, said that Edney was hugely popular in Europe, saying, "his style, his size, the fact that his teams always win; he's somewhat of a novelty, a celebrity. When my teammates overseas found out that I played with him, it would be like someone in the States finding out that you played with

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Later years

On August 2, 2010, it was announced by

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Ben Howland, that Edney had joined the Bruins as director of men's basketball operations. In his seven-year stint that role, UCLA made it to the NCAA Tournament five times. On April 21, 2017, UCLA announced that Edney had been promoted to a full assistant, on head coach

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's staff, replacing Ed Schilling, who left to join Archie Miller's staff at

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. Alford was fired midseason in 2018–19. After the season, Edney was not retained by new incoming head coach

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. In August 2019, Edney was named the director of engagement for the UCLA athletic department. Edney joined the San Diego Toreros men's team in 2022 to serve as an assistant under head coach Steve Lavin, who was an assistant coach at UCLA during Edney's college playing career.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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EuroLeague

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Personal life

Edney married his first wife, Buffy, shortly after graduating from UCLA. They have two daughters, Kennedi and Kolbi-Rae. Edney met his Italian-Brazilian second wife, Aiñoa Da Silva, in

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, and they have a son Tyus Jr. Edney's daughter Kennedi is a college gymnast for the

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, a winner of the vault title at the

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References

External links

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Euroleague.net ProfileSpanish League Archive Profile

Italian League Profile

Lithuanian League ProfileUCLA bioYouTube Video of game winning shot against Missouri in the 1995 NCAA Tournament
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College career

1995 NCAA Tournament

Professional playing career

NBA

Europe

Later years

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

Playoffs

EuroLeague

Personal life

See also

References

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