Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Richard Warren "Buzzy" Wilkinson, whose grandmother nicknamed him after a comic-strip character is an American former basketball player who was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 3rd round (30th overall) of the 1955 NBA Draft but never joined the team electing to stay in Charlottesville to attend law school. A 6'2" guard-forward from the University of Virginia and a prolific scorer, he averaged 32.1 points per game in his senior season of 1954-55, and totaled 2,233 points during his college career. His number 14 was the first number retired in Virginia Cavaliers basketball history. Wilkinson's 1954-55 season scoring average is the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) all-time record, as is his career average of 28.1 points per game. He was the ACC's leading scorer during each of the conference's first two years in existence. Wilkinson holds almost all of the ACC records for field goal attempts: most FG attempts in a game (44 vs. Duke, 1954); most FG attempts in a season (767, 1954); most FG attempts per game, season (28.4, 1954); and most FG attempts per game, career (27.4).. }
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- Buzzy_Wilkinson abstract "Richard Warren "Buzzy" Wilkinson, whose grandmother nicknamed him after a comic-strip character is an American former basketball player who was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 3rd round (30th overall) of the 1955 NBA Draft but never joined the team electing to stay in Charlottesville to attend law school. A 6'2" guard-forward from the University of Virginia and a prolific scorer, he averaged 32.1 points per game in his senior season of 1954-55, and totaled 2,233 points during his college career. His number 14 was the first number retired in Virginia Cavaliers basketball history. Wilkinson's 1954-55 season scoring average is the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) all-time record, as is his career average of 28.1 points per game. He was the ACC's leading scorer during each of the conference's first two years in existence. Wilkinson holds almost all of the ACC records for field goal attempts: most FG attempts in a game (44 vs. Duke, 1954); most FG attempts in a season (767, 1954); most FG attempts per game, season (28.4, 1954); and most FG attempts per game, career (27.4).".