Education
Warsaw Community High School.
Warsaw Community High School.
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.
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,”.