Education
University of Michigan.
University of Michigan.
A 6"7" forward/center from the University of Michigan. In the sophomore year, they advanced in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, eventually losing to Duke in the Final Four. The junior year they lost the National Collegiate Athletic Association final game 91-80 to University of California, Los Los Angeles The senior year, they advanced to the regional final, losing to Kentucky and Adolph Rupp, a season in which Oliver was team captain.
He was drafted in 1966 with the 2nd pick in the 3rd round (22nd overall) by the National Basketball Association"s Detroit Pistons, but never played for them.
Darden played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 to 1970 as a member of the Indiana Pacers, New York Nets, and Kentucky Colonels.