Wayne Turner

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For the British kickboxer of the same name, see Wayne Turner (kickboxer).

Wayne Keon Turner (born March 22, 1976 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American professional basketball player. As a star point guard for the University of Kentucky's Wildcats during a four-year period in which they won two national titles (1996 and 1998) and lost in the championship game once (1997), Turner became the all-time leader in games played in NCAA Division I men's basketball.[1] During his college career he appeared twice on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine. Following his college years he played for the NBA's Boston Celtics and the International Basketball League's Cincinnati Stuff. In 2000 he signed with the Harlem Globetrotters[2]. Prior to his time at Kentucky Turner attended the Beaver Country Day School in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Wayne Turner has also played as an Import (non-local) in the Australian NBL for the Townsville Crocodiles (2002-03), and has just signed a one year deal (2007-08) with the NBL's New Zealand Breakers.

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  1. ^ Division I Individual Records: Games (PDF). Official 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Records Book p. 11. NCAA. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
  2. ^ Globetrotters sign former Kentucky standout Wayne Turner.

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Kentucky Wildcats Basketball 1995-1996 NCAA Champions
00 Tony Delk | 3 Allen Edwards | 5 Wayne Turner | 13 Nazr Mohammed | 15 Jeff Sheppard | 23 Derek Anderson | 24 Antoine Walker | 25 Anthony Epps | 32 Jared Prickett | 33 Ron Mercer | 40 Walter McCarty | 41 Mark Pope
Coach Rick Pitino
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Kentucky Wildcats Basketball 1997-1998 NCAA Champions
3 Allen Edwards | 5 Wayne Turner | 11 Saul Smith | 13 Nazr Mohammed | 14 Heshimu Evans | 15 Jeff Sheppard | 21 Cameron Mills | 34 Scott Padgett | 42 Jamaal Magloire
Coach Tubby Smith


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