Scotty Thurman is an American professional basketball

Basketball

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 player, perhaps best known as the Arkansas Razorbacks

Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball

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' shooting guard

Shooting guard

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 who hit the win-clinching high-arcing three-pointer

Three-point field goal

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 with 53 seconds remaining in the 1994 NCAA Basketball Championship

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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 game.

After again leading Arkansas to the National Championship game in 1994, Thurman, along with teammate and future NBA player Corliss Williamson, left college early to make himself available for the 1995 NBA Draft

1995 NBA Draft

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. His agent and coach had told him that he would be a first round pick, and many fans and analysts agreed with this; surprisingly, he was not drafted. He tried out unsuccessfully with the New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets

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 before settling with the CBA

Continental Basketball Association

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's Shreveport Storm (now defunct) in 1995-96.

While not making the NBA, Thurman played basketball in foreign countries including Cyprus

Cyprus

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, Greece

Greece

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, Lebanon

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 and Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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, and played for the ABA's professional Arkansas RimRockers

Arkansas RimRockers

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 in their inaugural season. As of 2005, Thurman is with Fastlink of the Jordan

Jordan

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ian basketball league. Prior to that, he was signed with Sagesse of the Lebanese league.

Thurman still plays professional basketball but also has developed a business career with Russ Phillips. He is was the director of real estate for Cypress Properties, Inc., in Little Rock before being named the Director of Student/Athlete Development at the UA Fayetteville.