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Retired Numbers at Valley Schools

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WILLIE McCARTER (1966-69)
DRAKE

LEWIS LLOYD (1979-81)
DRAKE

Bradley’s first consensus All-America selection
in 1950, Unruh also was named to the all-NCAA
Tournament squad the same year after leading the
Braves to the national championship game. Unruh
also helped the Braves to the program’s first No. 1
national ranking (AP) during the 1949-50 season.

30

Lloyd holds the DU record for season scoring average (30.2), setting the record in 1979-80. He
finished his career as the Bulldogs’ fourth-leading
scorer and sixth-leading rebounder. His number
was retired following his senior season in 1981.

31

JOE ALLEN (1965-68)
BRADLEY

RED MURRELL (1955-58)
DRAKE

A two-time Helms All-America selection, Allen was
a three-time All-MVC choice as well. His .655 field
goal percentage in 1968 led all Division I players and his .602 career field goal percentage still
stands as a Bradley record.

33

Murrell scored 1,657 points in his Drake career, a
university record which still stands today. He also
holds seven other individual records at Drake.

31

CHET WALKER (1959-62)
BRADLEY

WILLIE WISE (1967-69)
DRAKE

Walker, a three-time All-American and two-time
consensus choice, finished his Bradley career as
the school’s all-time leader in points and rebounds.
He paced the Braves to the 1960 NIT title. He was
inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
in 2012.

42

Wise was a standout performer for the 1969 Final
Four team, and he would go on to achieve stardom
in the ABA. During the 1969 Final Four season,
he grabbed a then-school record 343 rebounds
(despite being only 6-2). He ranks among Drake’s
all-time rebounding leaders with 626, despite playing only two seasons.

33

BOB CARNEY (1951-54)
BRADLEY

DON BUSE (1969-72)
EVANSVILLE

A two-time Helms All-America selection, Carney
was named to the 1954 All-NCAA Tournament
team after leading the Braves to the national
championship game. His 23 made free throws
remain an NCAA Regional mark for one game.

10

After earning All-America honors and leading
Evansville to the 1971 NCAA College Division
national championship, Buse went on to play 13
seasons in the ABA and NBA. He was an All-Star
in both leagues, and in 1977 with the Indiana Pacers, he led the NBA in both assists and steals.

33

HERSEY HAWKINS (1984-88)
BRADLEY

GUS DOERNER (1939-42)
EVANSVILLE

Hawkins, two-time MVC player of the year and the
league’s all-time scoring leader, led the country in
scoring in 1988 and was named the national player
of the year. Hawkins scored a conference-record
63 points in one game.

19

Doerner was Evansville’s first All-American in
1941. He was a Chuck Taylor Converse first-team
All-American in 1942, when he led the state of
Indiana in scoring with 23.7 points per game. He
went on to play professionally, and then returned
to Evansville to open a sporting goods store that
bears his name.

45

ROGER PHEGLEY (1974-78)
BRADLEY

50

LARRY HUMES (1963-66)
EVANSVILLE

5

DOLPH PULLIAM (1966-69)
DRAKE

52

JERRY SLOAN (1962-65)
EVANSVILLE

11

MITCHELL ANDERSON (1978-82)
BRADLEY

15

PAUL UNRUH (1946-50)
BRADLEY

One of only four players in Valley history to earn
all-conference honors (first or second team) four
times, he left Bradley as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 2,341 points. A The Sporting News
All-American following the 1981-82 season, he
was named the MVP of the 1982 NIT after leading
BU to the title.

Honors
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Two-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection was the league’s player of the year in 1977.
One of four NBA first-round draft choices from the
Hilltop, he left Bradley with a then school-record
2,064 points.

Pulliam ranked as one of Drake’s all-around performers, renowned as a defensive star. Pulliam
left Drake ranked No. 11 on the career scoring list
and No. 9 on the career rebounding chart. He was
drafted by the Boston Celtics and turned down an
opportunity to play with the Dallas Cowboys.

The guard was the leading scorer (20.4 ppg) on
the Drake team which went 25-5 and finished third
in the 1969 NCAA Final Four. He was a two-time
all-MVC performer and scored 1,626 career points.

Not only did Larry Humes score a school-record 2,236
points, he did it in just three years and without benefit
of the three-point shot. He was the top scorer on
UE’s 1964 and 1965 NCAA College Division national
champs, and an All-American both years. He went on
to become a successful prep coach and an assistant
at the University of Indianapolis.

One of only two players in UE history to produce
1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, Sloan was a
two-time All-American and led UE to NCAA College
Division national titles in ‘64 and ‘65. He was an
NBA All-Star for the Chicago Bulls, and was the
1998 NBA Coach of the Year with Utah.