Tyus Edney

In his freshman season at UCLA in 1992, Edney was named the most valuable freshman player on his team. In his sophomore season, Edney was voted the team\'s most valuable player (MVP), and he was named to the first-team All-Pacific-10 (Pac-10) Conference team. He was again named to the first-team All-Pac-10 conference team in 1994. As a senior in 1994–95, Edney set personal bests in total points (456), steals (74), and assists (216). He was named the team\'s co-MVP along with Ed O\'Bannon, the team\'s most outstanding defensive player, first-team All-Pac-10 for the third consecutive year, and won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation\'s best player under 6 feet (1.8 m) tall.\n', ' Edney was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009, as well as the Pac-12 Conference Hall of Honor in 2014. He ranks second in the school\'s history in career assists (652) and third in steals (224).\n', ' Edney\'s late game heroics in the 1995 Men\'s Division I Basketball Tournament have earned him a spot in NCAA Tournament lore. Edney\'s UCLA squad had played well in the 1994–1995 season, earning a No. 1 seed in the West Region of the tournament. Favored in their second round match against eighth seed Missouri, UCLA fell behind 74-73 with just 4.8 seconds remaining. Bruins coach Jim Harrick, after calling timeout, turned to Edney, the point guard, rather than to their star player, Ed O\'Bannon.\n', '