Jim Turner (basketball)
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(Floral Park, New York)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Levittown, New York, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Sewanhaka (Floral Park, New York) |
| College | Brown (1982–1986) |
| NBA draft | 1986: undrafted |
| Position | Center |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jim Turner is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for the Brown Bears and was selected as the Ivy League Player of the Year in 1986. Turner did not play basketball professionally and instead pursued a career in the financial sector.
Turner is a native of Levittown, New York.[1] He attended Sewanhaka High School in Long Island and was selected as the valedictorian of his graduating class.[2]
College career
Turner chose to attend Brown University because he wanted to play at an Ivy League school to achieve his educational goals and also play against top athletic competition.[3] He emerged as the leading player for the Bears during his senior season and averaged 24.0 points per game during Ivy League games.[4] He led the Bears to their first Ivy League championship in 1986 and earned the team a berth in the NCAA Division I tournament.[5] Turner was selected as the Ivy League Player of the Year and was a unanimous first-team all-league selection in 1986.[4]
Turner holds program records for career field goal percentage (.602%), season field goal percentage (.628% in 1985–86) and game field goal percentage (.933%).[5]
Turner graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Math / Economics.[4] He was selected as an Academic All-American.[4] Turner reflected on his professional basketball prospects in a 2011 interview: "It was clear that no one on our team was going to the NBA. Myself and several others went on to earn MBAs. A couple of guys became doctors. But no one was going to the NBA."[6]