FORMER KU BASKETBALL PLAYER (Odds)

Maddox, a reserve his first three years as a Jayhawk, started 34 games for KU in its run to the national title game in the 1990-91 season.

The 6-foot-7 forward from Oklahoma City averaged 7.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game in his final season. He was 10th in the conference in field-goal percentage, shooting 52.6 percent from the field. Maddox, an academic all-Big Eight team member, also played on the Big Eight Select team in Spain in the summer of 1990.

As a junior, Maddox was named captain of the UPI Big Eight All-Bench team after playing in 34 of KU's 35 games as the Jayhawks' sixth man (he missed the Tennessee-Martin game because of a bruised thigh). Maddox averaged 8.7 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, was second on the team with 19 blocked shots and shot 57.1 percent from the field.

Won a national title with KU in 1988 as a freshman. ... Made the national championship game as a senior in 1991.

Maddox played on the 1989 Big Eight Select team, coached by then-KU coach Roy Williams, between his sophomore and junior seasons. As a sophomore, Maddox was used as a reserve before starting the Jayhawks' final nine games. He averaged 10.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game and was seventh in the Big Eight with a field-goal percentage of 57.5 in conference games. Maddox also excelled in the classroom as one of six Jayhawks who earned a 3.0 grade-point average or better in the 1989 spring semester.

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After winning a national title his freshman season, Maddox played in the U.S. Olympic Festival during the summer of 1988. He had won a gold medal as a member of the North squad at the 1987 U.S. Olympic Sports Festival.

As a freshman, Maddox played in 24 games as a reserve and led the team in fewest turnovers per minute. He had a career-high 12 points and five rebounds in the Big Eight Conference tournament semifinals against Kansas State.

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Maddox averaged 25.6 points and 10.1 rebounds per game as a senior at Putnam North High School in Oklahoma City. His 23 points-per-game average in three seasons was a Oklahoma high school record when Maddox graduated in 1987. He earned numerous honors as a senior, including the Oklahoma prep player of the year award, being named the AAU, Converse and McDonalds All-American teams.

Maddox, who was a color commentator for men's basketball games on Sunflower Channel 6, is now the community bank president of Intrust Bank in Lawrence.