Scotty Thurman

Scotty Thurman (born November 10, 1974) is an American professional basketball player, perhaps best known as the Arkansas Razorbacks shooting guard who hit the win-clinching high-arcing three-pointer with approximately 53 seconds remaining in the 1994 NCAA Basketball Championship game. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE2D8113FF93BA15750C0A963958260 Tom Friend, "N.C.A.A. Tournament:With All His Rainbows, Thurman's A Rainmaker", The New York Times, March 28, 1995] ]

After again leading Arkansas to the National Championship game in 1995, Thurman, along with teammate and future NBA player Corliss Williamson, left college early to make himself available for the 1995 NBA Draft. His agent and coach had told him that he would be a first round pick, and many fans and analysts agreed with this; surprisingly, he was not drafted. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jones/070504 Bomani Jones, "Enter at your own risk", ESPN.com, May 4, 2007] ] He tried out unsuccessfully with the New Jersey Nets before settling with the CBA's Shreveport Storm (now defunct) in 1995-96.

While not making the NBA, Thurman played basketball in foreign countries including Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon and Macedonia, and played for the ABA's professional Arkansas RimRockers in their inaugural season. As of 2005, Thurman is with Fastlink of the Jordanian basketball league. Prior to that, he was signed with Sagesse of the Lebanese league.

Thurman still plays professional basketball but also has developed a business career. He is currently employed in construction at Cypress Properties, Inc., in Little Rock. [The Leader, 6/13/2008. http://www.arkansasleader.com/2008/06/top-story-fight-over-extending-sherwood.html] He also coaches an under-13 AAU team.

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