Michigan Basketball: Top 10 all-time Wolverines point guards

ARLINGTON, TX - MARCH 29: Trey Burke #3 of the Michigan Wolverines shoots a game tying three pointer in the final seconds of the second half over Kevin Young #40 of the Kansas Jayhawks during the South Regional Semifinal round of the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on March 29, 2013 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

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. . . Gary Grant. 1. player. 485

There’s no other way to put it: Gary “The General” Grant is one of the best point guards in college basketball history. Not one of the best for Michigan basketball, but one of the best ever; anywhere.

His final two years at U-M, he posted unreal numbers both scoring and with assists. In 1986, he averaged a career-high 22.4 points, adding 5.4 assists and the following season, he averaged 21.1 points and a career-high 6.9 assists. And for three straight years, Grant averaged over two steals per game.

That’s not to mention he’s a career 79 percent free-throw shooter, he hit 46 percent of his threes, and 55 percent from inside the arc.

Grants was named a consensus All-American in 1988, a two-time All-Big Ten first-team selection in 1987 and 1988 and a two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year for those same years. In 2014, Gary was inducted to the University of Michigan Hall of Honor and still holds so many records in the U-M record book that his name is featured 194 times; arguably the most impressive is he still is first and second for three-point percentage in a season; No. 1 and No.2 for 500 points and 50 steals in a season; and still holds the No.1, No. 2, and No. 3 positions for steals-per-game in a season.

Grant graduated in 1988 and was drafted 15th overall and spent the majority of his time as a Los Angeles Clipper.

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