Benny Anders
| Benny Anders | |
|---|---|
| College | Houston |
| Conference | Southwest |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Born |
October 3, 1963 Bernice, Louisiana |
Benny Michael Anders (born October 3, 1963) was a star player at the Guy Lewis-coached University of Houston basketball teams during the early 1980s. The team featured a set of players called the Phi Slama Jama basketball fraternity that included Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Michael Young, Alvin Franklin, Reid Gettys, Larry Micheaux and Anders. According to the 30 for 30 documentary, Benny Anders now resides in Detroit, Michigan.
Anders was an all-state high school player in Bernice in Union Parish in north Louisiana. While in high school, Anders also played on the same Amateur Athletic Union teams as Joe Dumars, Karl Malone, and John "Hot Rod" Williams. During these years, Anders earned the nickname "The Outlaw."
After graduating from high school, Anders was recruited by Louisiana State University. During his visit, he was asked by the LSU coach, Dale Brown, why he was wearing a T-shirt that said "OUTLAW." Anders replied that it was his nickname which was given to him because he was always creating disturbances, a response that effectively ended the recruiting visit. Subsequently, Anders accepted an offer to play for the University of Houston Cougars.
Anders achieved his fame while playing for the Cougars. Despite the fact that he was mostly a role player who came off the bench, Anders had a significant impact on some of the Cougar’s biggest victories, mainly due to his style of play that featured some of the NCAA’s most memorable dunks. During the 1983 Final Four between Houston and Louisville, Anders executed two violent dunks, one of which occurred with Houston holding an eight-point lead with less than thirty seconds to play. The reverse dunk was characterized by his team mate Reid Gettys as one of the most “selfish plays” he had ever seen. In the championship game against North Carolina State University’s “Wolfpack”, Anders nearly stole the ball with seconds left in the game, but North Carolina State’s Derek Whittenburg gained possession and his air ball miss was caught by teammate Lorenzo Charles who scored as time ran out, securing the victory for the Wolfpack.
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