After being stuck with an under-performing team the last six years, he now was paired with the young Lew Alcindor, who would years later become the all-time NBA scoring leader as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. With Twyman continuing to put up big numbers, Cincinnati battled past the Syracuse Nationals in the division semifinals. Ahead of the 1971 season, Robertson was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 30 April 2023, at 04:29. Biography facts, career and personal life of famous basketball players. It would only take until Robertsons second year for him to achieve true stardom. In 1956, the team finished with a 310 record and won a second straight IHSAA Men's Basketball Championship, becoming the first team in Indiana to secure a perfect season and compiling a state-record 45 straight victories. In three seasons of collegiate basketball, he averaged 33.8 points per game and helped the Cincinnati Bearcats twice reach the Final Four of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament. Early Oscar Robertson highlights | NBA.com Oscar Robertson: College basketball stats, best moments, quotes [4] Robertson attends many of the games there, viewing the Bearcats from a chair at courtside. At the University of Cincinnati Robertson recorded amazing performance. When Robertson left college, he was the all-time leading NCAA scorer until fellow Hall-of-Fame player Pete Maravich topped him in 1970. [12], After college, Robertson and Jerry West co-captained the 1960 U.S. basketball team at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [2] In the 197071 NBA season, he was a key player on the team that brought the Bucks their first NBA title. I played on an all-black high school team and we didn't want people saying that we were clowns. Oscar Robertson Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts He was a 12-time All-Star when he played for a point guard. His teams made the playoffs in 10 of his 14 years in the league. ESPN Classic - Oscar defined the triple-double Former Cavaliers general manager Wayne Embry is 76 -- one year older than Oscar Robertson, his former roommate, who turns 75 today, "Pound for pound, inch for inch, I think Oscar was the greatest . He broke the assists record by Bob Cousy, who had recorded 715 assists two seasons earlier, by logging 899, and joined Johnny Green and Elgin Baylor as the only players in NBA history with the height of 6'5 or smaller to have grabbed 900+ rebounds in a season.