March 3
From Hoopedia
- 1947 - (Right) Willie Wise, who led the Utah Stars to the 1971 American Basketball Association championship, is born in San Francisco, California.
- 1951 - Bill Mlkvy -- "The Owl Without a Vowel" -- scores 73 points for the Temple Owls against Wilkes University, setting what was then a collegiate single-game scoring record.
- 2007 - The Kansas Jayhawks become only the third team in history to reach 1,900 wins, joining the Kentucky Wildcats and the North Carolina Tar Heels.
