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The story in the news on pirates and the Maersk Alabama and it's captain, Richard Phillips,
does have a basketball connection........
Hey-- here's something I bet most of you have NOT heard....
Captain Richard Phillips...is an ex-college basketball player!!!
You probably still never heard of him, as a hoopster, right??
well, probably because he played for a non-D-I..
He played a single season of varsity basketball for Massachusetts Maritime, a Division III member institution
and member of the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference.
"Phillips transferred to the academy after briefly
attending the University of Massachusetts, and
played varsity basketball as a sophomore on a team
nicknamed ??“ now, somewhat ironically ??“ the
Buccaneers.
Phillips served in a reserve role for the Buccaneers
during the 1976-77 season. According to the
academy??™s final statistics report submitted at the end
of that season to the NCAA Statistics Service, he
played in 13 games, averaging 4.3 points per game
by hitting 26 of 73 field-goal attempts and five of 12
free throws.
Listed as a 5-10 guard, Phillips also snared six
rebounds."
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=48689
does have a basketball connection........
Hey-- here's something I bet most of you have NOT heard....
Captain Richard Phillips...is an ex-college basketball player!!!
You probably still never heard of him, as a hoopster, right??
well, probably because he played for a non-D-I..
He played a single season of varsity basketball for Massachusetts Maritime, a Division III member institution
and member of the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference.
"Phillips transferred to the academy after briefly
attending the University of Massachusetts, and
played varsity basketball as a sophomore on a team
nicknamed ??“ now, somewhat ironically ??“ the
Buccaneers.
Phillips served in a reserve role for the Buccaneers
during the 1976-77 season. According to the
academy??™s final statistics report submitted at the end
of that season to the NCAA Statistics Service, he
played in 13 games, averaging 4.3 points per game
by hitting 26 of 73 field-goal attempts and five of 12
free throws.
Listed as a 5-10 guard, Phillips also snared six
rebounds."
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=48689