Led Michigan to the 1989 national championship — set the tournament scoring record in a single run.
Glen Anthony Rice was born in Flint, Michigan in 1967. He attended the University of Michigan under coach Bill Frieder and then Steve Fisher, who replaced Frieder just days before the 1989 NCAA Tournament. Rice led Michigan to the national championship — defeating Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime in the title game. He was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player after scoring 184 tournament points — the most in a single tournament in history at that time, a record that stood for years. He averaged 26.3 points per game across six tournament games. His 1988-89 season produced 25.6 points per game — the highest single-season average in Michigan history. He was a consensus All-American. Los Angeles Clippers selected him fourth overall in the 1989 NBA Draft. His Michigan career culminated in that 1989 tournament run — the most individually dominant single-tournament scoring performance college basketball had seen. The championship win under interim coach Steve Fisher (Frieder had been fired just days before the tournament began) is one of college basketball's most improbable stories, and Rice was its defining performer.
National Championship (1989)
Career Honours
- National Championship (1989)
- Tournament MOP (1989)
- NCAA Tournament scoring record
- All-American