Ricky Moore
College: Connecticut
Height: 6-2
Weight: 195 pounds
Position: Guard
Age: 23 (April 10, 1976)
Birthplace: Augusta, Ga.

Career highlights

  • Named the 1998-99 College Basketball Defensive Player of the Year by Basketball News Magazine
  • Named to the 1999 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team as well as the 1999 NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team
  • Was Connecticut's co-captain for three consecutive seasons
  • Played in a school record 134 games and was a starter in 100 of those games in final three seasons
  • UConn won a school record 114 games in those four seasons
  • Finished career ranked fifth on the UConn assist list with 510 (3.8 apg) and sixth in steals with 170 (1.27 spg)
  • Averaged 28.9 minutes per game in four seasons

    College highlights
    Senior

  • Started all 36 games en route to UConn's 1999 NCAA Championship
  • Was second on the team with 131 assists and averaged 6.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game
  • Named to the NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team
  • Named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team after scoring 13 points in first half against Duke in the national championship
  • Made 29 consecutive free throws during a 12-game stretch
  • Scored 12 points in a season-high 38 minutes against Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament
  • Had a season-high nine assists in loss to Miami

    Junior

  • As a junior, averaged 7.5 points per game and 34.9 minutes per game
  • Ranked second on the team in assists (128) and had a 2.5-to-1.0 assist-to-turnover ratio (58 turnovers), tops in the Big East Conference
  • Registered 14 points, four assists and five steals in NCAA First Round victory over FDU
  • Had a career-high nine rebounds and scored 18 points against St. John's

    Sophomore

  • Led the team with 152 assists (5.2 apg)
  • Started all 28 games
  • Led the team with 48 steals and played a team-high 34.9 minutes per game
  • Ranked fifth in the Big East in assists and was second n the Big East in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1-to-1.0)
  • Averaged 9.0 points per game and 11.0 ppg in Big East Conference games
  • Scored a career-high 22 points vs. St. John's
  • Had career-high of 12 assists and added seven rebounds against West Virginia

    Freshman

  • Ranked third on the team in assists with 3.0 apg
  • Scored a then-career-high 14 points, including 10 consecutive points in the second half of the Huskies' Big East championship game comeback win over Georgetown
  • Had eight assists in games against Central Connecticut and Seton Hall
  • Scored 13 points in only 17 minutes against Syracuse

    College statistics
    SEASON G FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT REB AST PTS AVG
    SEASONGFGMFGAPCTFTMFTAPCTREBASTPTSAVG
    1995-963359118.5002650.52066991544.7
    1996-972884228.3685586.640891522519.0
    1997-983790204.44178107.7291161282777.5
    1998-993671168.42383102.8141311312436.8
    TOTALS134304718.423242345.7014025109256.9
    Three-point field goals: 1995-96, 10-for-34 (.294); 1996-97, 28-for-78 (.359); 1997-98, 19-for-57 (.333); 1998-99, 18-for-51 (.353). Totals, 75-for-220 (.341).











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