Jack Givens

Jack "Goose" Givens (born September 21, 1956) is a retired American collegiate and professional basketball player. Givens led the University of Kentucky to the 1978 NCAA Men\'s Division I Basketball Championship and was named that year\'s Final Four Most Outstanding Player due in most part to his 41-point performance in Kentucky\'s 94-88 victory over Duke University in the championship game. He was a 6\'5" (1.96 m), 205 lb (93 kg) forward.\n', '

Givens earned Kentucky Mr. Basketball and Parade All-America honors after his senior year at Lexington\'s Bryan Station High School in 1974. UK finished Givens\' freshman season as national runners-up, falling 92-85 to UCLA in the 1975 Final Four championship game. In 1978, Givens and Kentucky returned to the Final Four at the Checkerdome in Saint Louis, Missouri. After leading Kentucky to a semifinal victory over the University of Arkansas, he…