Darin Archbold

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Darin Archbold
Shooting Guard
Personal information
Born (1969-07-11) July 11, 1969
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Norwell High School
College Butler University
Career highlights and awards
1990-91 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Player of the Year

Darin Archbold (born July 11, 1969) is an American former basketball player.[1] Archbold was named Midwestern Collegiate Conference Player of the Year in 1991.[2] Archbold joined the Butler Bulldogs beginning the 1988–89 season after graduating from and playing basketball and football at Norwell High School in Ossian, Indiana, where he still holds the records for career points, career rebounds, and season points.[3]

College

A four-year letterwinner and three-year starter for the Bulldogs, Archbold led Butler in scoring for three consecutive seasons and sits in fourth place on Butler's all-time scoring list with 1,744 career points. He set a Butler single season scoring record with 770 points in 1991-92, and he continues to hold Butler's all-time record for three-point field goal shooting (.465). Archbold was a two-time all-conference selection and a two-time Butler MVP. Notably, in 1991, Archbold became Butler's first men's basketball player named Horizon League (formerly Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Player of the Year. That season, he led the NCAA Division I in free throw shooting (.912) and finished second in the conference in scoring (21.8 ppg).[2] On March 16, 1992 he was also featured as the Player of the Week by Sports Illustrated.[4] He was named to Butler's All-Century Team in 1998 and to Butler's Team of the Sesquicentennial in 2006.[2] Archbold was added to Butler's Hall of Fame in 2008.[5]

Archbold is a notable figure in the Butler-Xavier basketball rivalry, as Xavier's Maurice Brantley punched Archbold while in the postgame handshake line.[6] The Chicago Tribune reported: "Brantley`s open right hand slapped the side of Archbold`s head, which snapped back. The Butler guard, who had been frustrated and punished throughout the game, pushed back, and with that Brantley unloaded a right that bloodied Archbold`s chin."[7] In spite of both players subsequently being placed on probation by the conference, Archbold was named the conference's player of the year. The following season, Archbold had his revenge when he scored 42 points, leading Butler to a 96–86 victory at Xavier's home arena at that time, the Cincinnati Gardens. The Bulldogs also beat Xavier six days later in the semifinals of the MCC Tournament at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Darin Archbold". Fanbase. Retrieved 28 July 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Darin Archbold". Butler Sports. Butler University. Retrieved 28 July 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Norwell Basketball Records". Norwell High School Athletic Department. Northern Wells School Corporation. Retrieved 28 July 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Darin Archbold: Financial Adviser". Larson Financial Group, LLC. Retrieved 28 July 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Butler Athletic Hall of Fame". Butler Sports. Butler University. Retrieved 28 July 2012. 
  6. ↑ Woods, David (7 December 2011). "Turn up the heat: Xavier is back to face Butler". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 28 July 2012. 
  7. ↑ Myslenski, Skip (24 February 1991). "Xavier Knocks Off Butler In Hockey-style Affair". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 July 2012. 
  8. ↑ Woods, David (2009). The Butler Way: The Best of Butler Basketball. Indianapolis: Blue River Press. p. 217. ISBN 9780981928937. 
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