Career
He is best known for his college career, where he was a part of the Villanova Wildcats" 1985 national championship team He also played professionally for several years, including a short stint in Italy"s Lega Serie A.
Plansky was a reserve on the team and played sparingly in the championship game. He would go on to start the next three seasons for the Wildcats, finishing with 1,217 points in his four-year career.
Plansky was named third-team All-Big East as a senior.
After being passed over in the 1988 National Basketball Association draft, Plansky spent the first season of his professional career first in the United States Basketball League and in Belgium. In 1989, Plansky returned to the United States to try out for a spot with the Miami Heat, in part due to his father"s failing health.
After being cut, he played the next for five teams in the Continental Basketball Association over the 1989-1990 and 1990-1991, averaging 11.0 points and 4.0 rebounds over 73 games. He finished the season with Libertas Livorno in Italy"s top league before his playing career ended due to an Achilles tendon injury.
