Rich King Season 1990-91

Senior (1990-91)
Rich King ended his four-year career at Nebraska as the school's fourth all-time leading scorer with 1,475 career points (King is now ninth on the list). He scored 526 points in NU's record-setting 1990-91 season, where the team went 26-8 and earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. King scored in double figures in 32 of the 34 games, averaging 15.5 per game. He exploded for a career-high 40 points against Northern Illinois, which then tied a school record. King's 124 career games played broke Brian Carr's old record of 123 games played, but has since been eclipsed (King now sits at No. 6 on the list). The 7-2 center led the 1990-91 team in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, dunks and blocks, and was 11th in the Big Eight in scoring, sixth in rebounding and first in blocked shots. King's 183 career blocked shots rank third on the all-time NU list.

Junior (1989-90)
As a junior, King appeared in all 28 games, drew 21 starts, and led the Cornhuskers in scoring (16.1 ppg), rebounding (7.4 rpg), field-goal percentage (.557), blocked shots (45) and dunks (20). The first player to lead Nebraska in scoring and rebounding since Dave Hoppen in 1984-85, King ranked among the Big Eight leaders in scoring (10th), field-goal percentage (eighth), rebounding (seventh) and blocked shots (third). His 45 blocked shots were then second on NU's single-season chart to his 1988-89 record of 50. King blocked a school single-game record seven shots at Oklahoma State, a figure that also equaled the Big Eight mark for a conference game and had at least one block in 21 games, including 10 with two or more rejections. His .557 field-goal percentage ranks as the fourth-best single-season performance in school history, while his seven-of-seven effort vs. Colorado was the best shooting game by a Husker in 1989-90. A first-team Lee Jeans Academic All-Big Eight pick, King scored a then-career-high 31 points against Harvard in the first round of the Ameritas Classic and went on to capture the Classic's MVP award. He netted a Big Eight career-high 25 points at Missouri, and eight of his 25 double-figure scoring games were 20-point or better performances. The tallest player in the Big Eight and the tallest to ever wear a Husker uniform, King grabbed a then-career-high 12 rebounds against Missouri-Kansas City and Harvard, and had eight double-doubles to his credit.

Sophomore (1988-89)
One of just two Cornhuskers to appear in all 33 games, King started 22 games and began to emerge as one of the Big Eight's bright young centers. He was Nebraska's third-leading scorer at 11.0 points per game, but in league play his 11.9 average trailed only Beau Reid's team-leading 12.3 average. His trademark, however, was shot-blocking, and as a sophomore he broke school records for a career, season (50), and game (five vs. North Texas), although he bettered the single-game record again as a junior.  He had at least one blocked shot in 26 of 33 games, including 15 games with two or more rejections. King was the Huskers' second-leading rebounder for all games (5.9 rpg), but his 6.7 average in Big Eight play led the team. He produced 20 double-figure scoring games, and had a then-career-high 22-point effort at Missouri. King pulled down a then-career-high 11 rebounds vs. Kansas, and grabbed five or more rebounds in 24 of 33 games. He had a pair of double-doubles to his credit, and led the team in dunks with 29.

Freshman (1987-88)
King was named to the Big Eight's all-freshman team along with Clifford Scales. He appeared in 29 of 31 games, started five contests, and averaged 4.7 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. He led the team in dunks (14) and was second on the squad in blocked shots with 20, the fourth-best single-season effort in school history at the time. King scored a season-high 15 points against Texas A&M, and recorded a season-best seven rebounds at Oklahoma. He hit 51.9 percent from the field and 70.6 percent at the free-throw line.

King's Career Highs
Points: 40, Northern Illinois, 2/18/91
Rebounds: 13, Tennessee Tech, 12/14/90; Colorado, 2/9/91
Assists: 7, Oklahoma, 2/16/91

King's Career Stats

Season	G-GS	Min.	FG-FGA	Pct.	3FG-FGA	Pct.	FT-FTA	Pct.	Reb-Avg	A	Blk	Stl	Pts-Avg
1987-88	29-5	420	56-108	.519	0-0	.000	24-34	.706	84-2.9	22	20	6	136-4.7
1988-89	33-22	771	136-235	.579	0-0	.000	91-139	.655	195-5.9	53	50	24	363-11.0
1989-90	28-21	809	170-305	.557	0-0	.000	110-158	.696	208-7.4	58	45	13	450-16.1
1990-91	34-27	928	202-352	.574	2-5	.400	120-179	.670	278-8.1	90	68	23	526-15.5
Career	124-75	2928	564-1000	.564	2-5	.400	345-510	.676	761-6.1	223	183	66	1475-11.9