University of Arizona Basketball (73-77)
Many University of Arizona basketball advocates accredit the young Elliott for introducing modern Arizona basketball to the nation under the coaching styles of Fred "The Fox" Snowden (the first black head basketball coach in D1 collegiate basketball). At a time when UCLA was the west coast powerhouse athletic program, Tucson underwent the changes to move from small "Olde Pueblo" town with a great university, to the U of A metropolis that it is today. McKale Center generated not only money from the new center build to replace Bear Down Gym (a small gym located off of the Mall), but sold out games and revenue from the Snowden Era, bringing the basketball genre to the forefront. Elliott is noted to have had "one of the best drop steps you will ever see. He had an 18.6 career scoring average while in college between 1973-1977 (and the 3 pointer was introduced his senior year). He is still the University of Arizona's career scoring leader with 2,131 points, and holds U of A career marks for field goals (808), attempted field goals (1,512), free throws (515), and attempted free throws (767). He scored 39 points against Utah in 1977, which is noted as the fourth best all time single game performance at U of A.
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