Michael Hackett is a retired American professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. He attended Jacksonville University

Jacksonville University

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 where he was considered by University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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 coach Gene Bartow

Gene Bartow

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 as "The best 6-5 player in America."'Little' Mike Hackett is Big Man on Jacksonville's Improving Team, The Evening Independent, 11-Jan-1982

Hackett was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers

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 with the 21st pick of 3rd round National Basketball Association

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 but was released before the season started. He also played overseas and most notably in the Philippines

Philippines

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 for Ginebra San Miguel

Barangay Ginebra Kings

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 of the Philippine Basketball Association

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.

He was among the highest scoring imports in PBA history setting a then PBA record of 103 points against Great Taste

Great Taste Coffee Makers

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 in a game on November 21, 1985. This was later broken by Tony Harris

Tony Harris (NBA basketball)

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' 105 points. In that same conference he won the PBA's Best Import of the Conference Award

Philippine Basketball Association Best Import of the Conference Award

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. The following year, he teamed up with Billy Ray Bates

Billy Ray Bates

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, forming what is considered to be the greatest import tandem in PBA history, leading Ginebra to the 1986

1986 PBA season

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Open Conference title.