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[QUOTE="bevosu, post: 1891538, member: 46"]
Rick Mount...ancient history 1968 (wiki)

[I]In his junior season at Purdue, along with seniors [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Keller']Billy Keller[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herm_Gilliam']Herm Gilliam[/URL], he led the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_men%27s_basketball']Boilermakers[/URL] to a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference']Big Ten Conference[/URL] title and the school's first [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship']NCAA Tournament[/URL] appearance, leading to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament']NCAA Finals[/URL] game where they eventually lost to a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar']Lew Alcindor[/URL]-led [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968-69_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team']UCLA[/URL].

In a win against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquette_Golden_Eagles_men%27s_basketball']Marquette[/URL] to bring the Boilers to the Final Four, Mount is remembered for his "leaping lofter" game-winning shot with two seconds left in overtime. He led all scorers in the tournament with a 40.6 point average in Purdue's three games. Purdue led the nation with 94.8 points a game during the 1968-69 season fronted by Mount's 33.3 a game, in effect beating [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_men%27s_basketball']Indiana[/URL] 120-76 in the closing game of the regular season, becoming a school record for most points in a game[/I]
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