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Cowboy Community Mourning Brooks Thompson's Passing
June 10, 2016 | Cowboy Basketball
STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State community is mourning the loss of former Cowboy basketball great Brooks Thompson, who passed away Thursday night.
Thompson, 45, is regarded as one of the best all-around guards in school history. He earned back-to-back All-Big Eight selections for the Cowboys in 1993 and 1994, as well as NABC and USBWA All-District honors as a senior.
Thompson's 5.4 career assists per game still rank fourth in school history, while his career scoring average of 15.8 points per game is 12th. He is one of just eight Cowboys to record a 500-point/100-assist season, and only Marcus Smart (2.9 steals per game) tallied more steals per game over his career than Thompson (2.7). He was a 43.1 percent shooter from 3-point over his career, which is second in OSU history only to Sean Sutton (44.4 percent).
A native of Littleton, Colorado, Thompson was taken with the 27th pick of the 1994 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic, and played a combined four seasons with Orlando, Utah, Denver, Phoenix and New York.
Following his NBA career, Thompson returned to Stillwater as an assistant coach on Eddie Sutton's staff from 1998-99 and once again in 2001-02. He later served two seasons on Rob Evans' staff at Arizona State, and spent the last 10 seasons as the head coach of UTSA, where he led the Roadrunners to the NCAA Tournament in 2011.
Thompson is survived by his wife, Michelle, and three daughters; Ryan Michelle, Brooke and Addison.
Thompson, 45, is regarded as one of the best all-around guards in school history. He earned back-to-back All-Big Eight selections for the Cowboys in 1993 and 1994, as well as NABC and USBWA All-District honors as a senior.
Thompson's 5.4 career assists per game still rank fourth in school history, while his career scoring average of 15.8 points per game is 12th. He is one of just eight Cowboys to record a 500-point/100-assist season, and only Marcus Smart (2.9 steals per game) tallied more steals per game over his career than Thompson (2.7). He was a 43.1 percent shooter from 3-point over his career, which is second in OSU history only to Sean Sutton (44.4 percent).
A native of Littleton, Colorado, Thompson was taken with the 27th pick of the 1994 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic, and played a combined four seasons with Orlando, Utah, Denver, Phoenix and New York.
Following his NBA career, Thompson returned to Stillwater as an assistant coach on Eddie Sutton's staff from 1998-99 and once again in 2001-02. He later served two seasons on Rob Evans' staff at Arizona State, and spent the last 10 seasons as the head coach of UTSA, where he led the Roadrunners to the NCAA Tournament in 2011.
Thompson is survived by his wife, Michelle, and three daughters; Ryan Michelle, Brooke and Addison.
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