Nationality American Role Basketball Player Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Height 1.91 m | Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg) Weight 86 kg Name Kevin Joyce Date drafted 1973 | |
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Born June 27, 1951 (age 73) Bayside, New York ( 1951-06-27 ) NBA draft 1973 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11th overall Similar People Doug Collins, Kermit Washington, Mike D'Antoni | ||
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Kevin Francis Joyce (born June 27, 1951) is a retired American basketball player.
A 6'3" guard born in Bayside, New York, Joyce played at the University of South Carolina. During the 1971 ACC Tournament championship game, he out-jumped North Carolina's 6'10" Lee Dedmon with seconds left to tap the ball to Tom Owens. who made a lay-up to complete a dramatic come-from-behind victory.
Joyce won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics as a member of the United States national basketball team, who lost a controversial final game to the Soviet Union. (The American team refused to accept the medals, which, as of 2017, sit in a vault in Switzerland.[2]) He later played professionally in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Indiana Pacers, San Diego Sails and Kentucky Colonels.