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Stanford Athletes
Seton Prep. Even Seton Hall University, where Brevin Knight’s
father had played and coached, and where his mother worked, didn’t
recruit him. Knight didn’t even know where Stanford was and it
was one of only two programs to admit him. “It looked like a good offer
to me,” he said. “You can’t beat it academically, and I had an
opportunity to play.”
 Brevin Knight
“And nobody figured Brevin would turn out to be this good,”
Montgomery says. Knight turned out to be more than good. He was the key
in bringing winning ways to the men’s team, and making Stanford a
national presence. This scrawny kid from New Jersey brought to Stanford
a new world of explosive excitement, filled with steals and
rocket-engine pace-changes. Not to mention the sold-out men’s games in
Maples.
In his four years Knight scored 1714 points and had 718 assists, the
second player in Pac-10 history to have those two totals. He set several
other school records, and led the Pac-10 in average assists and steals
per game. He was chosen for John Wooden’s All-America squad, became AP
second-team All-American (sixth highest vote-getter and highest guard)
and made Pac-10 All-Conference for the third straight year.
He is a take-charge guy yet aware of the importance of teamwork. He
learned as a freshman that a quiet pat on the butt works much better
than a snarl at an erring teammate. All of that helped him earn Pac-10’s
Freshman of the Year award.
“He’s better than Jason Kidd because he can play at different tempos,”
says UCLA Coach Steve Lavin. “He makes everyone on his team believe.”
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