Xavier McDaniel played college basketball for the Wichita State Shockers.
21 Facts About Xavier McDaniel
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In college, Xavier McDaniel began to shave both his head and his eyebrows to look more intimidating.
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Xavier McDaniel was a teammate his freshman year of future NBA players Antoine Carr and Cliff Levingston.
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When Levingston left for the NBA, Xavier McDaniel became a starter and averaged 18.8 points and 14.4 rebounds as a power forward opposite Carr.
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Xavier McDaniel then led the nation in scoring and rebounding his senior season becoming the first player to do so.
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Xavier McDaniel was inducted into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame in 1998.
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Xavier McDaniel was a consensus First Team All American during his senior year at Wichita State as well as the NCAA leader in points and rebounds during the same year.
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Xavier McDaniel was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft and became an instant starter.
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Xavier McDaniel averaged 17.1 points per game and finished second in the NBA Rookie of the Year balloting to Patrick Ewing.
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Xavier McDaniel made his only all-star appearance in 1988 with the SuperSonics as a reserve player.
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This, paired with tension among the team's starters, such as Xavier McDaniel getting into a lengthy fist-fight with Dale Ellis, ultimately led to the SuperSonics opting for youth, and they traded Xavier McDaniel for two 1st round draft picks as well as Eddie Johnson.
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Xavier McDaniel gained some notoriety for playing the Chicago Bulls' Scottie Pippen tough in a grueling seven-game playoff series that the Bulls won on their way to their second NBA title.
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In October 1996, Xavier McDaniel signed with the New Jersey Nets.
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Xavier McDaniel was known for his physical style of play on the court which he often used to intimidate other players.
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Xavier McDaniel obtained a real estate license after retirement and likes flipping houses.
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Xavier McDaniel owns a janitorial supply company in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Xavier McDaniel had a brief cameo in the 1992 film Singles.
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Xavier McDaniel played on the Orange "All-Star" Team with fellow NBA star Clyde Drexler on an episode of Pros vs Joes, who coincidentally appeared with McDaniel on the same Married.
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Xavier McDaniel appeared on the MTV2 game show Pros vs Joes, airing in 2006.
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Xavier McDaniel is married to the current head women's basketball coach at Harris-Stowe State University, Morra Gill Xavier McDaniel.
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Xavier McDaniel was the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where she played through 2016.