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--- men_s_basketball:larry_mcneill [2008/02/29 04:56] – 77ncaachamps
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-===== Larry McNeill =====
+===== Larry McNeill #31 =====
-**Nickname:** The Hawk
+**Nickname:** "The Hawk"\\
 **Position:** Forward/Center\\
 **Height:** 6'9"    \\
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 **Born:** January 31, 1951 in Hoke, NC\\
 **Died:** 2005\\
-**High School:** Westinghouse in New York, NY\\
+**High School:** George Westinghouse in (Brooklyn) New York, NY\\
 ===== High School Career =====
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 ===== Marquette Career =====
-Larry averaged 13.4 points per game and led Marquette in rebounding during the [[1971|1971-72]] season (9.2 rpg).  He led the team in scoring during the [[1972|1972-73]] season (17.6 ppg).
+McNeill averaged 13.4 points per game and led Marquette in rebounding during the [[1971|1971-72]] season (9.2 rpg). After the departure of [[Jim Chones]], he averaged 17.5 points per game. The following year, he led the team in scoring during the [[1972|1972-73]] season with 17.6 points per game.
+He was known as a tremendous leaper and a very aggressive player.
+Coach [[Al McGuire]] once said that McNeill had the potential to be the greatest player ever at Marquette.
 === All-Time Marquette Rankings ===
-  *33rd (tie), Rebounds (554)
+  *37th (tie), Rebounds (554)
 === All-Time Career Leader Rankings ===
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 == All-Time Junior Season Rankings ==
-  *8th, Points (511)
+  *10th, Points (511)
   *10th, Scoring Average (17.6)
   *7th, Field Goals Made (209)
   *6th, Field Goals Attempted (441)
-  *8th, Rebounds (288)
+  *9th, Rebounds (288)
   *10th, Rebounding Average (9.9)
 == All-Time Sophomore Season Rankings ==
-  *8th, Free Throw Percentage (min. 100 att.) (74.4%)
+  *9th, Free Throw Percentage (min. 100 att.) (74.4%)
   *7th, Rebounds (266)
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 After playing his last season (1978-79, 11 games) with Detroit in the NBA, McNeill signed with the Rochester Zeniths for their inaugural season with the newly renamed Continental Basketball Association (CBA) - formerly, the Eastern League. The Zeniths - coached by Mauro Panaggio, a famous NCAA D-III coach - would win the CBA championship in dominating fashion, and McNeill would be named 1978-79 CBA Playoffs Co-MVP.
-He would leave the U.S. to play overseas in the Philippines for Gilbey's Gin, which just joined the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). During the 1979 season, Gilbey's Gin would make the post-season tournament and eventually place fourth. Because McNeill (6'9") and fellow U.S. import, Dean Tolson (6'8") proved to be difficult to handle as they were much taller than their league counterparts, the PBA instituted a handicap rule against Gilbey's Gin: only one of them could be on the floor at a time. They would have a 7-11 record that year in their conference. However, in 1982 and what would be his last season in the PBA, McNeill would lead his team to the conference finals with a 102-101 victory over rival San Miguel.
+He would leave the U.S. to play overseas in the Philippines for Gilbey's Gin, which just joined the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). During the 1979 season, Gilbey's Gin would make the post-season tournament and eventually place fourth. On September 4, 1979, the PBA All-Stars featuring McNeill played the NBA's Washington Bullets in an exhibition game. The All-Stars would lose to the Bullets, 133-123.
+Because McNeill (6'9") and fellow U.S. import, Dean Tolson (6'8") proved to be difficult to handle as they were much taller than their league counterparts, the PBA instituted a handicap rule against Gilbey's Gin: only one of them could be on the floor at a time. They would have a 7-11 record that year in their conference.
+McNeill once held the all-time highest individual score in a game with 88-point explosion in a 167-163 OT win by his team Winston against Great Taste in 1983. However, in what would be his last season in the PBA, McNeill led his team to the conference finals with a 102-101 victory over rival San Miguel.
+McNeil was one of the most offensive-minded PBA imports of all-time, constantly filling up the box scores with 50 points or more.