The Big Five schools from Philadelphia are in the news lately, what with three schools (Temple, Villanova, and St. Joseph's) earning spots in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Unfortunately Temple lost today and 'Nova and St. Joe's are underdogs, but it's still exciting to see three local squads represent the city. By the way, how many New York City teams made the trip? You can count them on less than one finger. But that's not my point here on Philly Sports Quest this evening.
I want to chat about another big name in Philly bball: LaSalle. Oh, but it's not that LaSalle. While LaSalle University is a Big Five institution, the LaSalle I'm thinking of might be even bigger. This LaSalle is listed as 6 feet 10 inches tall and 245 pounds. It's none other than LaSalle Thompson.
Thompson played ball for the Sixers in the 1995-6 season, totalling 44 games. He racked up 1.9 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, averaging about 17 minutes per game. During Thompson's career, he made 3136 field goals compared to 3143 personal fouls. He grabbed 6689 rebounds in 985 games. During his NBA career he put up 7.9 points and 6.8 boards per game. He was the 5th overall pick in the 1982 NBA Draft, coming out of the University of Texas, selected by the since-relocated Kansas City Kings. And I never even knew this but his nickname was "Tank."
Want to know what Thompson is up to now? Check out this undated article on LaSalle.
There's your LaSalle update. Now let's go Nova and St. Joe's!
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