Background
Aaron DeShon McGhee was born on 28th June, 1979, in Aurora, United States of America.
Aaron DeShon McGhee was born on 28th June, 1979, in Aurora, United States of America.
East Aurora High School.
McGhee started his career at Cincinnati, where he played the 1998-1999 season and averaged 2.8 points and 1.9 rebounds in 30 games. He left Cincinnati to become a first-team National Junior College Athletic Association All-American in 1999-1900 at Vincennes (Indiana) University where he averaged 26.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.6 blocked shots per contest. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 2000 NJCAA national tournament when he averaged 34.5 points per game as Vincennes went 32-5 and he placed fifth in the national tournament.
Secretariat a Vincennes single-season scoring record (874 points).
McGhee transferred to the University of Oklahoma, where he averaged 16 ppg and 7.7 rpg in his senior year at Oklahoma. He was noted for being one of the top reasons why OU reached the final four in that year.
In five National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament games, he averaged 21.8 points and 7.2 rebounds. He had 22 points and 8 boards in a losing effort in the National Semis against Indiana.
Overall in his senior year, he had a total of 13 doubles, only second behind current Los Angeles Clippers forward Drew Gooden.
He ranked 6th in the big 12 in scoring and 5th in rebounding. McGhee averaged 11 points and 5 rebounds a game for his college career. He was left undrafted at the 2002 National Basketball Association draft despite being the Most Valuable Player in Portsmouth pre-draft camp.