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Benson was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1977 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, playing 11 seasons in the NBA for Milwaukee (1977–1980), the Detroit Pistons (1980–1986), Utah Jazz (1986–1987) and Cleveland Cavaliers (1988).
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Mar 10, 2020 · INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Kent Benson, one of the key players on Indiana's perfect 1976 national championship team, had major heart surgery on Monday in Indianapolis. He is doing well...
Oct 18, 2022 · INDIANAPOLIS -- Kent Benson's NBA debut lasted two minutes and nine seconds. Basketball took up the first 120 seconds. A two-man brawl that started with an elbow to the stomach and...
Oct 11, 2021 · The 1977-78 NBA season got off to a wild start, and so did Kent Benson’s professional basketball career. Benson, the first pick in the 1977 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, faced Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Los Angeles Lakers in the season opener and Benson’s NBA debut.
Kent Benson is a former basketball player from New Castle, Indiana that played for the Hoosiers between 1973 and 1977. He was the 1973 Indiana Mr. Basketball and won the 1976 NCAA Championship on the undefeated Indiana University Hoosiers basketball team coached by Bob Knight.
Benson scored 25 points in the final game victory over Michigan and was named the Final Four’s outstanding Player. A consensus All-American pick that year and the next, when he won the Big Ten’s Most Valuable Player Award.
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Kent Benson played for 4 NBA teams in his career - Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks, Utah Jazz.
Kent Benson played 11 seasons for 4 teams, including the Pistons and Bucks. He averaged 9.1 points and 5.7 rebounds in 680 regular-season games.
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