31, is retired by the University of Southern California. She won Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year during three consecutive seasons, securing national championships in 19 as well. Miller, like DeRozan, played college basketball for the USC Trojans from 1982 until 1986. Spurs veteran DeMar DeRozan entered the arena wearing a Cheryl Miller jersey.
She ran point for the Colorado State Rams from 1995 until 1999, leading her mid-major squad to the Sweet Sixteen. Hammon, who has been an assistant for San Antonio since 2014, was once one of the best college basketball players in the nation.
Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray got things started with a hat tip to his assistant coach, Becky Hammon, who is a legend both on and off the floor. Before their game against the Charlotte Hornets on Monday evening, the San Antonio Spurs paid tribute to some of the best players who have ever stepped on the floor during the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.Įspecially after the pathetic weight room originally provided to the NCAA women’s teams and all of the other ways the NCAA has failed its women’s tournament, it was refreshing to see such support from such a respected NBA team.
