These are the guys that we all knew and loved (or hated) on the college level, but didn't fare as well in the NBA. 

 

Shawn Respert
6'1" SG                       Michigan State 

Respert was a standout at Michigan State. He and point guard Eric Snow combined to form one of the nation's most prolific backcourt tandems for head coach Jud Heathcote's Spartans. He was a unanimous first team All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year with a 25.6 points per game scoring average during his senior season.  Respert played professionally in Greece, Italy, and Poland over the next four years before retiring in 2003.  In 2005 Respert admitted to having cancer during his four year stint in the NBA. 
After being a volunteer assistant coach at Prairie View A&M last season, Respert was hired in August to be director of basketball operations at Rice University in Houston.

 

Lawrence Moten
6'5" SG/SF                 Syracuse

Lawrence Moten was the classic swingman player, able to play shooting guard and small forward.  Moten never forced the action in the game, instead playing entirely within the flow. Often a game would end and you would be surprised that he had 20 points. His smooth style of play earned him the moniker "Poetry in Moten.”  He was the Big East Rookie of the Year his freshman season, earning 3rd Team Big East Honors, and helping Syracuse win the Big East Championship. He was a three time first team all-Big East selection, putting him in very rare company. By time his career was completed, Moten was the all-time leading scorer in Big East history. 

After leaving the NBA, he played minor league ball in the United States in the CBA and ABA, and international basketball in Spain and Venezuela. He made the ABA All-Star team, and is currently vice president of player development for the ABA's Maryland Nighthawks.

 

Randolph Childress
6'1"  SG                      Wake Forest

At Wake Forest, Childress averaged 18.4 points per game for his four year career highlighted by one of the most outstanding ACC Tournament performances of all time in 1995. Named tournament MVP, Childress carried the Demon Deacons to the title, averaging 35.7 points and 7 assists per game in the process.  Against a UNC team featuring Jerry Stackhouse and Rasheed Wallace in the finals, Childress was the best player on the court, scoring 37 with 7 assists and hitting a game-winning jumper with 7 seconds left. He was honored as the ACC Male Athlete of the Year in 1995.

 

Childress's NBA career was cut short by a torn ACL and disagreements with Portland Trail Blazers coach P. J. Carlesimo.  Childress played ten games for the Sydney Kings in the 2000-01 Australian National Basketball League season and currently plays in Italy for Premiata Montegranaro.

 

King Rice
6'0"  PG                     North Carolina

As a point guard at North Carolina from 1988-91, Rice played under legendary coach Dean Smith helping the Tar Heels to a 29-6 overall mark and an appearance at the NCAA Final Four in 1991. He finished his career ranked third on the Tar Heels all-time assist list with 629.  His assist numbers rank 11th all-time in the Atlantic Coast Conference, averaging 6.2 assists in 140 career games.

Rice began a coaching career after leaving UNC.  He has been an assistant coach at Oregon, Illinois State and Providence.  Last year he took on assistant coaching duties at Vanderbilt, under head coach Kevin Stallings.

 

 

Felipe Lopez
6'6"  SG                      St. John’s

López was one of the most highly touted players coming out of high school. He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated before playing one college game. After a disappointing career at St. John's University he was selected out by the San Antonio Spurs with the 24th pick in the 1998 NBA Draft.

Lopez spent the 2005/06 season with Lleida in Spain's LEB. He is currently playing for the ABA team the Albany Patroons.

 

 

Anderson Hunt
6'2"  SG                      UNLV

Hunt is best known as the UNLV Runnin' Rebels shooting guard when the Rebels won the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship and appeared in the Final Four in 1991. He was also named the tournement's Most Outstanding Player.
Hunt went undrafted in the '91 draft after leaving school as a junior.  However, The La Crosse Catbirds selected him in the second round of that year's Continental Basketball Association draft with the 25th overall pick.

Hunt ran into some legal troubles after leaving college.  In October 1993, Hunt was arrested for marijuana possession in connection with a traffic stop and later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges. In 2002 he again ran into legal trouble, facing charges of attempted embezzlement after he failed to return a rental car for an extended period of time.

Hunt went on to play overseas in Turkey, Poland, and France before eventually retiring.

 

Harold Arceneaux
6'6"  SG                     Weber St.

Harold "The Show" Arceneaux is known for one game and one game only!  In a NCAA tourney game against powerhouse UNC, Arceneaux finished with 36 points (20 in the 2nd half).

Despite his success at Weber State, Arceneaux was not drafted by an NBA team. He played in the 2000 Rocky Mountain Revue with the Utah Jazz, but did not receive a contract offer from the team. After that, he had short stints with the Richmond Rhythm of the IBL and the Columbus Riverdragons of the NBDL.  He played for professional teams in Australia, France, Portugal, the Philippines, and Venezuela.

 

He returned to the United States for the 2004-05 season, signing with the Utah Snowbears of the American Basketball Association. He led the Snowbears to a 27-1 record before the franchise ceased operations.

Areceneaux went back to Venezuela to play for Marinos de Anzoategui leading his team to the 2005 Venezuelan LBP regular season championship and playoff championship. He was also named MVP of the league All-Star Game.  He returned to Utah for the 2006-07 season as a member of the Utah Eagles of the Continental Basketball Association.