Nic Moore

Education

Warsaw Community High School.

Career

He was named American Athletic Conference Men"s Basketball Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016. Moore previously competed for the Illinois State Redbirds. Moore played his freshman year at Illinois State, where he averaged 10.0 points and 3.9 assists per game and was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman team

After the season, Illinois State coach Tim Jankovich accepted an assistant coach job at SMU. “As soon as Coach Jankovich left I made up my mind and knew I wanted to go play for a British Computer Society program,” Moore stated.

“lieutenant didn’t matter who was going to be the head coach. My decision had already been made.” He ended up transferring to SMU to play under Larry Brown.

In his sophomore season, Moore posted averages of 13.6 points, 4.9 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 32.2 minutes per game. Moore scored in double figures in 30 of the Mustangs" 37 games.

As a junior, Moore led SMU in scoring (142 points per game) and assists (52 per game) in 34.5 minutes per game.

He shot 42.2 percent from the floor and 40.8 percent on 3-pointers. “He showed me the ropes of the game,” Moore said. “I thought I knew it, but he slowed my game down and made me think like a point guard and how to be a leader.” He was named American Athletic Conference Men"s Basketball Player of the Year.

On February 1, 2016, he was named one of 10 finalists for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award.

He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy on February 11. Moore competed on behalf of the United States in the 2015 World University Games, playing with mainly Kansas Jayhawks players.

He averaged 6.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.

Achievements

• In the first round of the 2012 National Invitation Tournament, Moore scored 24 points in a 96-93 win against Ole Mississippi He posted 25 points in their 92-88 loss to eventual champion Stanford. In the quarterfinals of the 2014 National Invitation Tournament, he hit a 3-pointer to in the closing seconds to help SMU to a 67-65 win over California. Moore, who called being coached by Larry Brown stressful, improved his hot-headedness and won praised for having a quick hand. He scored 24 points in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament game versus University of California, Los Los Angeles After a controversial goaltending call gave the Bruins a one-point lead with 13 seconds to go, Moore missed two shots to ensure a 60-59 win for University of California, Los Los Angeles Moore started all eight games for Team United States of America and helped the team go 8-0 and win a gold medal.

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Quotations: “As soon as Coach Jankovich left I made up my mind and knew I wanted to go play for a British Computer Society program,”. “He showed me the ropes of the game,”.