Ron Oliver

Class:
Senior
Position:
G
Height:
6-1
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Little Rock, Ark.
High School:
Little Rock Catholic

Senior (1998-99) ... Appeared in 25 games ... Team motivator with strong work ethic and athletic ability ... allied a career-high 24 minutes against Towson ... Had a career-high 16 assists... Played strong roll in the 62-55 win over Detroit with 10 minutes and two assists ... Played 17 strong minutes with four points, two rebounds and two assists against Indiana (Feb. 21) ...The followed that with a four point, career-high three rebound, two assist performance against Penn State (Feb. 24) ... Played 19 minutes against Wisconsin ... Played 12 minutes against Florida in the Orange Bowl Classic ... Added to his career-high in assists three times with two dishes against Ball State, Detroit, Towson and Iowa.

Junior (1997-98) ... Played in 22 games overall and 10 Big Ten Conference contests ... scored a career-high seven points in six minutes of action at Puerto Rico Holiday Classic in win over American University at Puerto Rico, sinking both field goal attempts and two of three free throws ... recorded four points at Ohio State ... dished out career-high two assists against Chattanooga and Murray State ... also had a career-high two steals against Murray State.

Sophomore (1996-97) ... Played in 23 games overall and 13 Big Ten Conference games ... made his only two free throw attempts of the season vs. Purdue (Jan. 16) ... first field goal of the year came near the end of Pittsburgh game at Rainbow Classic, playing a season-high 11 minutes ... made only three-point attempt of season near end of home game with Penn State (Feb. 8) to give him a better three-point percentage than his roommate, Louis Bullock ... got to play out a childhood dream by playing against his homestate Arkansas Razorbacks in NIT semifinal win at Madison Square Garden.

Freshman (1995-96) ... Played in 22 games overall and saw action during key stretches of 13 Big Ten games ... registered first career points against St. Francis ... played a season-high 8 minutes and scored 2 points with 2 steals in win over Cleveland State ... scored his first two Big Ten points in home win over Michigan State ... saw action during first half of NCAA Tournament game against Texas.

Prep ... Averaged 18 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists as a point guard ... was a three-year varsity letterwinner .. served as team captain during senior season ... helped team to a fourth-place finish in Class 4A state championship as a junior ... prep coach was Tim Ezzi ... attended same high school as Zach Adami, a former starting offensive lineman on Michigan’s football team.