About Quinn Buckner
William Quinn Buckner (born August 20, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiate basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers, and won a national championship in 1976. He was a captain of the last undefeated NCAA Division I basketball champion and of the 1976 Olympics gold medal team. Buckner was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 7th pick of the 1976 NBA draft. He had a ten-year NBA career for three teams: the Bucks, the Boston Celtics, and the Indiana Pacers. In 1984, he won an NBA title with the Celtics. Buckner is one of only eight players to achieve a basketball Triple Crown: winning an NCAA championship, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal. He is one of only three players to win a high school state championship (in Illinois), NCAA championship, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal. After his playing career, Buckner was the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks for one year, from 1993 to 1994. He spent several years as the play-by-play announcer on 989 Sports for college basketball games. Currently, he is a color analyst for the Pacers television broadcast team on FanDuel Sports Network Indiana. Although he scored only 10.0 points per game during his college career, Buckner was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the 1976 NBA draft, the seventh pick overall. Boston, however, won a championship in 1984, with Buckner coming off the bench to spell Dennis Johnson and Gerald Henderson. His Falcons lost only one game during his junior and senior seasons and won back-to-back state titles.
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