About Steve Stipanovich
Stephen Samuel Stipanovich is an American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) center who played college basketball for the Missouri Tigers between 1979 and 1983, he and Jon Sundvold helped coach Norm Stewart to four consecutive Big Eight Conference championships and NCAA tournament appearances. Stipanovich was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the second pick of the 1983 NBA draft, which remains the highest a Missouri player has been picked in the NBA draft in school history. Knee problems limited his career to five seasons, and he retired in 1988 with career totals of 5,323 points and 3,131 rebounds. Stipanovich was both an academic All American and a first team All American selection his senior year. Missouri won over 100 games and Stipanovich averaged 14.3 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 128 career games at Missouri. We were the underdogs, and yet we won the game. Missouri finished 26–8 and won their fourth straight Big 8 conference title.
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