Richie Adams
| Personal information | |
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| Born | March 15, 1963 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Benjamin Franklin (Harlem, New York) |
| College | UNLV (1981–1985) |
| NBA draft | 1985 / Round: 4 / Pick: 81st overall |
| Selected by the Washington Bullets | |
| Position | Center |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Richie Adams (born March 15, 1963) is an American known for his college basketball career at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as well as for his manslaughter conviction of a 15-year-old girl later in his life.
Adams grew up in the Andrew Jackson Housing Projects in the Bronx, New York. At age 13 he discovered his love for basketball after flying to Hawaii to play in a tournament. He enrolled at Benjamin Franklin High School (BFHS) in East Harlem where he would play with future National Basketball Association (NBA) player Walter Berry as well as Gary Springer, Kenny Hutchinson and Lonnie Green, all of whom were jointly credited with making BFHS the country's top-ranked team in the fall of 1979. He played at the Entertainer's Basketball Classic at Rucker Park.
After earning his GED from a Massachusetts junior college, Adams enrolled at UNLV to play for the Jerry Tarkanian-coached Runnin' Rebels basketball team. A 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) center, he was known as an athletic player with great leaping ability who rose to prominence out of seemingly nowhere. Other than taking one season off during school to deal with family issues back in New York, Adams starred at UNLV. During his career he scored 1,168 points and grabbed 623 rebounds (his rebound total was a school-record at the time). In one game against Utah State, Adams scored 37 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, and it was speculated that during Adams' prime he could out-rebound Dennis Rodman. The 1983–84 and 1984–85 seasons, his junior and senior seasons, respectively, Adams was named the back-to-back Pacific Coast Athletic Association Player of the Year. He averaged 12.7 points and 6.7 rebounds his junior year and 16.1 and 7.9 as a senior.
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