RANKING THE REBELS: 54 – Bruce Chapman
June 23, 2010 - 11:00 pm
BRUCE CHAPMAN
Years: 1968 to 1970
Career highlights:
■ Scored 940 points in 54 games for a career average of 17.4, which ranks in UNLV’s top 15.
■ The 6-foot-8-inch forward averaged 19.8 points and 8.5 rebounds in the 1968-69 season, when the Rebels went 21-7 and reached the postseason.
■ Joined in the Top 100 by teammates Curtis Watson, Cliff Findlay, Don Lyons and Tom Watkins.
Quotable: "We didn’t have the 3-pointer when I played, and I was a longball shooter. There was no shot clock and no dunking, and we averaged 100 points a game. If we had the 3-pointer, how many points would we have averaged?" — Chapman
Currently: Semi-retired and lives in Las Vegas. Chapman and his wife, Dr. Pam Moore, have one daughter, Kelly, and two grandchildren.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels’ NCAA championship season in 1989-90.