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Earl Monroe, Marvin Webster, Big House
Gaines highlight NCAA Division II Men's Basketball
50th Anniversary All-Elite Eight Team
March 7, 2006
The NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Committee has
announced the Division II Men’s Basketball 50th Anniversary
All-Elite Eight Team, which includes the names of 10 former
student-athletes and two coaches who elevated the style of
play in the sport and set the tone for coaching excellence.
Named to the NCAA Division II 50th Anniversary All-Elite Eight
Team are:
(Name, School, Years in Elite Eight, Accomplishments)
John Ebeling, Florida Southern College (1980, 1981, 1982)
• Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1980, 1981, 1982); Elite
Eight Most Outstanding Player (1981); only three-time Elite
Eight All-Tournament Team honoree; holds the NCAA Division II
Championships game record for most free throws made (13); Finished
third in the NCAA Division II National Championships (1980);
NCAA Division II National Champions (1981); NCAA Division II
National Runner-up (1982)
Walt Frazier, Southern Illinois University (1965)
• Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1965); NCAA Division
II National Runner-up (1965)
Antonio Garcia, Kentucky Wesleyan College (1998, 1999)
• Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1998, 1999); Elite Eight
Most Outstanding Player (1998, 1999); one of three players
in Elite Eight history to be named Most Outstanding Player twice;
NCAA Division II National Runner-up (1998); NCAA Division II
National Champions (1999)
Phil Jackson, University of North Dakota (1965, 1966)
• Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1966); holds the NCAA
Division II tournament game record for most field goals made
(22); finished third in the NCAA Division II Championships
(1965); Finished fourth in the NCAA Division II Championships
(1966)
Earl Monroe, Winston-Salem State University (1967)
• Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1967); Elite Eight Most
Outstanding Player (1967); holds the NCAA Division II Championship
game-only records for most points (40) and field goals made
(16); NCAA Division II National Champions (1967)
Jerry Sloan, University of Evansville (1963, 1964, 1965)
• Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1964, 1965); Elite Eight
Most Outstanding Player (1964, 1965); one of three players
in Elite Eight history to be named Most Outstanding Player twice;
holds the NCAA Championship game record for rebounds (25);
NCAA Division II National Quarterfinals (1963); NCAA Division
II National Champions (1964, 1965)
Ed Smallwood, University of Evansville (1958, 1959, 1960)
• Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1958, 1960); Elite Eight
Most Outstanding Player; one of three players in Elite Eight
history to be named Most Outstanding Player twice; Finished third
in the NCAA Division II Championship (1958); NCAA Division II
National Champions (1959, 1960)
Kebu Stewart, California State University-Bakersfield (1996,
1997)
• Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1996, 1997);Elite Eight
Most Outstanding Player (1997); NCAA Division II national quarterfinals
(1996); NCAA Division II National Champions (1997)
George Tinsley, Kentucky Wesleyan College (1966, 1967, 1968,
1969)
• Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1968, 1969); Elite Eight
Most Outstanding Player (1969); played in four straight Elite
Eight tournaments including three NCAA Championship games; NCAA
National Champions (1966, 1968, 1969); Finished third in the
NCAA National Championships (1967)
Marvin Webster, Morgan State University (1974)
• Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1974); Elite Eight Most
Outstanding Player (1974); NCAA Division II National Champions
(1974)
Arad McCutchan, University of Evansville, head coach, (1958,
1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1971)
• Five-time NCAA Division II Championships (1959, 1960,
1964, 1965, 1971); finished third in the NCAA Division II Championships
(1958); NCAA Division II quarterfinalists (1963, 1968); holds
the Division II records for most NCAA Championships won (5) and
Elite Eight games won (17); Led Evansville to a perfect season
in 1965 (29-0)
Clarence “Big House” Gaines, Winston-Salem
State University, head coach (1967)
• NCAA Champions (1967); all-time winningest coach in NCAA
DII history with 828 wins
Student-athletes who advanced to the NCAA Division II Elite
Eight berth in men’s basketball were eligible for nomination
to the 50th Anniversary Team. They also were named to the respective
NCAA Division II All-Elite Eight teams during their collegiate
careers. The first NCAA Division II Elite Eight berth was in
1957 when Wheaton College (Ill.) defeated Kentucky Wesleyan
College, 89-65.
A committee comprised of NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball
Committee members, NCAA staff and basketball administrators
selected the 50th Anniversary Team. Several members of the
50th Anniversary Team have been invited to attend the NCAA
Division II Elite Eight Men’s Basketball Championship,
which will be held March 22, 23 and 25 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
“The 50th anniversary team is a great credit to the current
status of DII men’s basketball; however, these individuals
also have played a significant role in the game of basketball
on a global level,” said Mike Hall, athletics director
at the University of South Carolina Upstate and chair of the
NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Committee.
“We were very excited with the response on the voting for
this special anniversary team. It has always been our goal as
a basketball committee to make our DII basketball championship
a memorable experience for our student-athletes. The announcement
of this anniversary team, and playing our Elite Eight championships
in Springfield Massachusetts, home of the Naismith Hall of Fame,
will undoubtedly create an everlasting experience for all DII
student-athletes, coaches and fans.
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