Who hit the hoops milestones?
Posted: Monday, March 02, 2009 8:48 PM
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This one’s for you, BW -- the milestone edition of Beyond the Arc.
Monday’s win against Notre Dame was No. 1,499 for Villanova. If the Wildcats beat Providence on Thursday, they’ll be the 27th team to hit the 1,500 plateau.
Farther up the all-time wins list, North Carolina grabbed No. 1,975 by throttling Georgia Tech on Saturday (the Heels are 10 behind Kentucky for the top spot).
But the more important milestone came courtesy of Tyler Hansbrough, who passed Dickie Hemric for the most made free throws made (907) in a career. It also placed him at 2,678 career points, surpassing David Robinson and Waymon Tisdale for 21st all time.
Not far behind, Davidson’s Stephen Curry passed the 2,500 mark with 26 points during Monday’s regular-season finale victory against Elon. He moved ahead of guys like Bill Bradley and Elgin Baylor in the process. Another season and Curry would finish No. 2 all-time behind Pete Maravich.
UConn’s Hasheem Thabeet needs just 3 blocks to reach 400 for his career. Another 15 would tie him with Shaquille O’Neal.
(ADDED): Huskies coach Jim Calhoun also reached massive milestone of his own when the Huskies beat Marquette on Feb. 25. He's just the seventh men's D-I coach to hit that mark. (Jim Boeheim's next.)
Not to be outdone, the Huskies women’s team completed another perfect regular season by beating Rutgers Monday night. It’s the fifth unbeaten regular season for UConn (30-0), and its first since 2002-03.
He’s not perfect, but Philadelphia University coach Herb Magee passed Adolph Rupp with career victory 877 on Saturday. Magee, 877-344 since his career began in 1968, is eyeing Dean Smith next. If the Rams win their conference tourney, it’s done.
I’ll close with a personal milestone. This was my 400th post since starting this blog in Oct. 2006. Sure seems like more…
