Calbert Cheaney
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Calbert Nathaniel Cheaney (born July 17, 1971 in Evansville, Indiana) is a retired basketball player and currently director of basketball operations for Indiana University. During a thirteen year NBA career, Cheaney played for five different teams, averaging 9.5 points and 3.2 rebounds.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Cheaney played high school ball at William Henry Harrison High School in Evansville and was selected to the 1989 Indiana All-Star team. Cheaney was a high school stand-out, but few would have predicted he would capture the Naismith Award.
[edit] College
Cheaney played both shooting guard and small forward at Indiana University. Led by Cheaney, the 1991-1993 Hoosiers were ranked by the polls among the top five in America for most of those two seasons. Along the way, the Class of 1993 defended their home court relentlessly. When the Hoosiers lost to Iowa by a single point on February 21, 1991, this was the last time a visiting team would win at Assembly Hall until Michigan did so in 1995 - a streak of 56 games. Indiana reached the 1992 NCAA Final Four, but fell to Duke in a foul-plagued game in Minneapolis. In 1993, the 31-4 Hoosiers finished the season at the top of the AP Poll, but were defeated by Kansas in the Elite 8.
While at Indiana, Cheaney scored 30 or more points thirteen times and averaged 19.8 points per game in his collegiate career, with a high of 22.4 as senior. Cheaney won 105 games in his four years - the most of any Hoosier. Over his last three seasons in college, Cheaney led his teams to an 87-16 (.845) record and a 46-8 (.852) mark in the Big Ten Conference; they won nine games in the NCAA tournament and captured two Big Ten crowns ('91 and '93). Cheaney not only is Indiana's all-time leading scorer, but is also the leading scorer in Big Ten history with 2,613 points.
[edit] Professional career
Cheney was selected 6th overall by the Washington Bullets in the 1993 NBA Draft. His strongest showing as pro came in 1994-5 when he averaged a career-high 16.6 points for Washington. He would go on to play for the Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, and Utah Jazz, before closing his career out with the Golden State Warriors, retiring after the 2005-6 season.[2]
Off the court, Cheaney appeared along with many of his Bullet teammates in singer Crystal Waters' 1996 video "Say If You Feel Alright". He also appeared in the 1994 film Blue Chips as a player for Indiana University.
[edit] Post-NBA
Following his retirement as a player, Cheaney served as a special assistant coach for the Warriors for the 09-10 and 10-11 seasons.
On June 18, 2011, it was announced that Cheaney would return to Indiana University as Director of Basketball Operations.[3]
[edit] Basketball honors
- 1993: Won all 12 NCAA National Player of the year awards. Unanimous First-Team All America
- All-America 1991, 1992, 1993
- 1993 Big Ten Conference MVP
- All-Big Ten 1991, 1992, 1993
- Big Ten's All Time Scoring Leader (2,613)
- Indiana University's All-Time leading scorer
- Four time IU team MVP
- Selected to Indiana University's All-Century First Team
- 1993 USBWA College Player of the Year
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- 1971 births
- African American basketball players
- Basketball players from Indiana
- Boston Celtics players
- Denver Nuggets players
- Golden State Warriors players
- Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball players
- Living people
- People from Evansville, Indiana
- Utah Jazz players
- Washington Bullets draft picks
- Washington Bullets players
- Washington Wizards players
