Scott Glenn May (born March 19, 1954) is an American former professionalbasketball player. As a college player atIndiana University, May led the Hoosiers to an undefeated record and national championship in the1975–76 season. He was a two-time first-teamAll-American and was named thenational player of the year in his senior season. May also won a gold medal at the1976 Summer Olympics.
Born inSandusky, Ohio, Scott May played as a 6'7" forward forBob Knight and theIndiana University Hoosiers from 1973 to 1976. "Our group knew what we wanted. We were going to do whatever it took to win it all."[1]
In his last two seasons with the school,1974–75 and1975–76, the Hoosiers were undefeated in the regular season and won 37-consecutive Big Ten games. The1974–75 Hoosiers swept the entire Big Ten by an average of 22.8 points per game. However, in an 83–82 win againstPurdue, May broke his left arm. With May's injury keeping him to 7 minutes of play, the No. 1 Hoosiers lost toKentucky 92–90 in theMideast Regional. The Hoosiers were so dominant that four starters – May,Steve Green,Kent Benson andQuinn Buckner – would make the five-man All-Big Ten team. The following season,1975–76, the Hoosiers went the entire season and1976 NCAA tournament without a single loss, beatingMichigan 86–68 in the title game. Indiana remains the last school to accomplish this feat.[2][3]
May was the1975–76 team's leading scorer, "its most dependable clutch scorer, and an outstanding defensive player and rebounder, too."[4] He was named NCAA men's basketball National Player of the Year in 1976. He won agold medal as a member of theUnited States basketball team in the1976 Summer Olympics. May graduated from Indiana in the standard four years with a degree in education.
TheChicago Bulls chose May with the second overall pick in the1976 NBA draft. He made the NBA All-Rookie team after averaging 14.2 points for the Bulls. Injuries kept him to seven seasons in the NBA, scoring 3,690 points and pulling down 1,450 rebounds. He went on to play seven more years in Europe with Brescia, Torino, Rome and Livorno in the Italian league.
He is now known as one of the biggest apartment owners in the Bloomington area employing several hundred employees.[citation needed] May had two sons – Scott May Jr. andSean May – who continued his tradition of basketball play. Scott Jr. played for theIndiana basketball team that made the NCAA title game in 2002. His younger son,Sean, helpedNorth Carolina win a national championship in 2005 and played for the NBASacramento Kings andCharlotte Bobcats. May and Sean are one of four father-son duos to each win an NCAA basketball championship.[note 1][5]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–77 | Chicago | 72 | - | 32.9 | .451 | - | .828 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.6 |
| 1977–78 | Chicago | 55 | - | 32.8 | .454 | - | .810 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 13.4 |
| 1978–79 | Chicago | 37 | - | 10.9 | .434 | - | .750 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| 1979–80 | Chicago | 54 | - | 24.0 | .450 | .000 | .837 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.4 |
| 1980–81 | Chicago | 63 | - | 12.9 | .488 | .000 | .758 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 7.0 |
| 1981–82 | Milwaukee | 65 | 7 | 18.3 | .508 | .000 | .824 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 9.0 |
| 1982–83 | Detroit | 9 | 1 | 17.2 | .420 | .000 | .810 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 6.6 |
| Career | 355 | 8 | 22.6 | .462 | .000 | .811 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 10.4 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–77 | Chicago | 3 | - | 32.3 | .385 | - | .800 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| 1981–82 | Milwaukee | 4 | - | 12.5 | .200 | .000 | .643 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4.3 |
| Career | 7 | - | 21.0 | .304 | .000 | .724 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 7.0 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–74 | Indiana | 28 | - | - | .492 | - | .768 | 5.4 | 1.5 | - | - | 12.5 |
| 1974–75 | Indiana | 30 | - | - | .510 | - | .766 | 6.6 | 1.9 | - | - | 16.3 |
| 1975–76 | Indiana | 32 | - | - | .527 | - | .782 | 7.7 | 2.1 | - | - | 23.5 |
| Career | 90 | - | - | .513 | - | .774 | 6.6 | 1.8 | - | - | 17.7 | |
NCAA, NCAA March Madness: Cinderellas, Superstars, and Champions from the NCAA men's Final Four : Chicago: Triumph Books, 2004.ISBN 1-57243-665-4
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