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- | ====== Ulice Payne, Jr. ====== | + | ====== Ulice Payne, Jr. # |
- | {{ men_s_basketball:ulice_brewers.jpg|}} | + | * **Position:** Forward\\ |
+ | * **Height:** 6’6” \\ | ||
+ | * **Weight: | ||
+ | * **Birthdate: | ||
+ | * **Hometown: | ||
+ | * **High School:** Ringgold High School\\ | ||
- | Position: F\\ | + | ===== High School Career ===== |
- | Height: 6’6” \\ | + | |
- | Weight: | + | |
- | Birthdate: 1955 in Donora, PA\\ | + | |
- | Payne and his wife, Carmella, live in Greenfield, Wis., with their daughter, Amber, and their son, Ulice III. | + | Payne was named All-State twice at Ringgold High. |
+ | In 1973, he captained the Pennsylvania All-Stars in the 1973 Pittsburgh Roundball Classic. | ||
- | ====== Marquette Career ====== | + | As a junior, Payne led his team to three straight conference titles and a third-place finish in the state tournament. |
- | Ulice Payne, Jr. was a member of the 1977 NCAA Championship Team. | ||
- | ====== Professional Career | + | ===== Marquette Career ===== |
+ | Ulice averaged 6.8 points per game as a senior, during the 1977-78 season. | ||
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+ | As a senior, Payne recorded his career high 19 points in a 97-81 win over UNLV earning him NBC-TV Player-of-the-Game honors. | ||
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+ | He also served as a Graduate Assistant Coach for the 1979-80 season while he was enrolled in Marquette' | ||
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+ | ===== Professional Career ===== | ||
After being drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 9th round of the 1978 NBA Draft, Payne was cut from the team. He later told //On Milwaukee//: | After being drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 9th round of the 1978 NBA Draft, Payne was cut from the team. He later told //On Milwaukee//: | ||
- | [[www.onmilwaukee.com/ | + | [[http://www.onmilwaukee.com/ |
- | ====== | + | ===== Personal Notes ===== |
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+ | Payne and his wife, Carmella, live in Greenfield, Wis., with their daughter, Amber, and their son, Ulice III. | ||
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+ | ===== Education | ||
* Marquette University, BA, business administration, | * Marquette University, BA, business administration, | ||
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- | ====== Accomplishments | + | ===== Accomplishments ===== |
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Payne is more notably known for his off-the-court accomplishments: | Payne is more notably known for his off-the-court accomplishments: | ||
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- | ====== Quotables | + | ===== Quotables ===== |
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* **On furthering his education after being cut by the Pistons:** "I wanted to defy the assumption of the black ballplayer who's stupid. I've always tried to distinguish myself by doing the little extra to get ahead." | * **On furthering his education after being cut by the Pistons:** "I wanted to defy the assumption of the black ballplayer who's stupid. I've always tried to distinguish myself by doing the little extra to get ahead." |