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<blockquote data-quote="TownesVanZandt_rivals" data-source="post: 131180294" data-attributes="member: 1606648"><a href="https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/scotty-hamilton/">https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/scotty-hamilton/</a>Floyd “Scotty” Hamilton was an all-state player for Grafton High in West Virginia.&nbsp; Hamilton was the roly-poly play-making star of&nbsp; of West Virginia’s 1942 NIT national championship team. In the tournament, Hamilton led the last-seeded Mountaineers to a monumental 58-49 overtime win against Coach Clair Bee’s Long Island squad, which came into the game with a 42-game winning streak. After topping Toledo 51-39 in the semifinals, Hamilton helped WVU upend Western Kentucky 47-45 in the championship game. The Mountaineers finished 19-4. Hamilton averaged 8.7 points per game to become West Virginia’s first-ever basketball All-America selection. In 1943, Hamilton joined the Navy and served in World War II. While in the Navy, Hamilton played 7 games of major league professional basketball&nbsp; for the Wilmington Bombers of the American Basketball League.&nbsp; He was head basketball coach at Washington &amp; Lee for two seasons and was the long-time&nbsp; athletic director at Marietta (Ohio) High School.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TownesVanZandt_rivals, post: 131180294, member: 1606648"] [URL]https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/scotty-hamilton/[/URL] Floyd “Scotty” Hamilton was an all-state player for Grafton High in West Virginia. Hamilton was the roly-poly play-making star of of West Virginia’s 1942 NIT national championship team. In the tournament, Hamilton led the last-seeded Mountaineers to a monumental 58-49 overtime win against Coach Clair Bee’s Long Island squad, which came into the game with a 42-game winning streak. After topping Toledo 51-39 in the semifinals, Hamilton helped WVU upend Western Kentucky 47-45 in the championship game. The Mountaineers finished 19-4. Hamilton averaged 8.7 points per game to become West Virginia’s first-ever basketball All-America selection. In 1943, Hamilton joined the Navy and served in World War II. While in the Navy, Hamilton played 7 games of major league professional basketball for the Wilmington Bombers of the American Basketball League. He was head basketball coach at Washington & Lee for two seasons and was the long-time athletic director at Marietta (Ohio) High School. [/QUOTE]

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