Greg Newton
Greg Newton (born September 8, 1974 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) was center for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team from 1994-1997. Newton was Team Captain in his senior season.[1] He was a member of the Canadian National Team, that finished seventh in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Newton averaged 7.6 points per game for his career.[2] When Tim Duncan was told that Newton had called him soft, he cited Newton's dubious credentials and facetiously asked how anyone could argue with that. "Greg Newton's everybody's All-American."
Newton was suspended from Duke in 1995 for cheating on a computer science exam.[3]
Newton played professionally with the USBL's Raleigh Cougars. The Cougars promoted him by citing his greatest accomplishment - at the time, he was one away from Duke's top 10 in blocks.
Newton played professionally in Brazil, Israel (Hapoel Eilat 1999), and Bosnia.
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- FrozenHoops.com History of basketball in Canada. Selection of Top 100 Canadian players of all time
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