Dan Ruland
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 24, 1960 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | |
| College | James Madison (1979–1983) |
| NBA draft | 1983 / Round: 3 / Pick: 70th overall |
| Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Playing career | 1983–1991 |
| Position | Center |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Dan Ruland (born August 24, 1960) is an American former expatriate professional basketball player who had a college basketball career at James Madison University (JMU) between 1979–80 and 1982–83.
Ruland, a native of Annapolis, Maryland, played high school basketball at Annapolis High School for four years before spending one postgraduate year at Fork Union Military Academy. He chose to attend JMU to play for the Dukes and was a 6'8", 240-pound center. He is credited with being a key player during what some consider JMU's greatest era of men's basketball, one in which they earned three straight trips to the NCAA Tournament and won each of their opening round games against traditionally national powerhouse basketball programs.
During Ruland's collegiate career, he scored 1,255 points and grabbed 640 rebounds. He improved his season scoring averages each successive year: 5.9, 8.4, 12.7 and 15.1 points per game, respectively, for a career average of 10.1 points per game. James Madison won the ECAC South regular season title in 1982 and won the ECAC Tournament championships in 1981 and 1983. In each of his final three years, the Dukes qualified for the NCAA Tournament, where they won each of their first round games against Georgetown (1981), Ohio State (1982) and West Virginia (1983), giving them a reputation as a "giant killer" during the postseason.
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