Mackey's Top 50: No. 13 Quinn Buckner
A starter at point guard from Day 1 for Indiana, Quinn Buckner led the Hoosiers to the Final Four as a freshman and a national title as a senior.
Mackey's Top 50: No. 13 Quinn Buckner A starter at point guard from Day 1 for Indiana, Quinn Buckner led the Hoosiers to the Final Four as a freshman and a national title as a senior. Check out this story on jconline.com: http://on.jconline.com/2mJwGCt
Ken Thompson, Journal & Courier Published 8:00 a.m. ET Nov. 20, 2017
Indiana's Quinn Buckner pauses before taking a shot against Michigan in the 1976 NCAA championship game.(Photo: File/AP)
Only seven men's basketball players can say they won an NCAA championship, an NBA championship and an Olympic gold medal.
One of them is Quinn Buckner, who also won a high school state championship in Illinois before choosing to play for Bob Knight at Indiana.
Starting from Day 1 at point guard for the Hoosiers, Buckner had 12 points and three assists as a freshman in a 72-69 loss at Purdue in 1973. Buckner and the Hoosiers recovered from that loss to reach the Final Four.
Two years later, Buckner had one of his finest games in an 83-82 victory at Purdue, putting up 16 points and 10 assists. Foul trouble plagued Buckner in the rematch a year later and he was limited to a basket and three assists in a 76-71 victory.
Buckner would go on to have a 10-year NBA career, winning the championship with the Boston Celtics in 1984.
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