Editing Marcus Camby (section)

==College career==
Camby played three seasons for the [[UMass Minutemen basketball|UMass Minutemen]]. He had an NCAA freshman record 105 total blocks during his first year at UMass, and was named the [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]'s Freshman of the Year.<ref name="nbabio">{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/marcus_camby/bio.html |title=Marcus Camby Bio Page |work=NBA.com |date=March 22, 1974 |access-date=December 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202213318/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/marcus_camby/bio.html |archive-date=December 2, 2010  }}</ref>  Camby was named to the A-10's First Team during his sophomore season in 1994–95, as the Minutemen reached the Elite Eight of the [[1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA Tournament]].<ref name="A10" />

Camby won the [[John R. Wooden Award]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Wooden Award Goes to Camby |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/05/sports/basketball-wooden-award-goes-to-camby.html |access-date=June 6, 2024 |work=New York Times |date=April 5, 1996}}</ref> and the [[Naismith College Player of the Year|Naismith College Player of the Year Award]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Winners |url=https://naismithtrophy.com/winners/ |website=Naismith Awards |access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref> during the 1995–96 season.  He led UMass to numerous #1 rankings and the [[1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1996 NCAA]] [[Final Four]].<ref>Vautour, Matt, "[http://ns.gazettenet.com/2005/11/24/remembering-magical-final-four-season-players-and-coaches-reflect-10-years-later Remembering the magical Final Four season: Players and coaches reflect 10 years later] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711080326/http://ns.gazettenet.com/2005/11/24/remembering-magical-final-four-season-players-and-coaches-reflect-10-years-later |date=July 11, 2011 }}" The Daily Hampshire Gazette, November 24, 2005.</ref>  In the NCAA tournament, Camby set a tourney record of 43 total blocked shots in 11 games.<ref name="nbabio" />  On April 29, 1996, Camby announced that he would forgo his senior year at UMass and enter the [[NBA draft]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Burris |first1=Joe |title=Marcus Camby Declares for the NBA Draft |url=http://umasshoops.com/wiki/doku.php?id=news19960429_camby_declares_nba_draft |access-date=June 6, 2024 |date=April 30, 1996}}</ref>

In 1997, UMass' visit to the Final Four was vacated by the NCAA because Camby had been found to have accepted $28,000 from two sports agents.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/09/sports/umass-and-uconn-lose-96-honors.html |title=UMass and UConn Lose '96 Honors |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 9, 1997 |access-date=December 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>Decourcy, Mike; "[https://web.archive.org/web/20071029144236/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n23_v221/ai_19503011 An asterisk can't ruin UMass' Final Four dream]", "The Sporting News", June 9, 1997</ref>  As part of the penalty, the school was forced to return their $151,617 in revenue from the 1996 NCAA Tournament.<ref name="vacate">{{cite news |title=Marcus Camby lookback: The NCAA rewrites UMass history; vacates NCAA championship |url=https://www.masslive.com/sports/2010/02/marcus_camby_lookback_the_ncaa.html |access-date=June 6, 2024 |publisher=MassLive |date=February 16, 2010}}</ref>  Camby later reimbursed the school for the amount lost.<ref name="vacate" />  According to a 1997 ''Sports Illustrated'' article, the agents, John Lounsbury and Wesley Spears of Connecticut, had hoped that Camby would hire them to represent him when he became a professional. The article reported that Camby had also received "jewelry, rental cars and prostitutes" from the agents.<ref name="SICAMBY1997">Taylor, Phil, [https://www.si.com/vault/1997/09/15/231760/tangled-web-marcus-camby-was-both-victim-and-villain-in-his-illicit-dealings-with-agents-while-at-umass Tangled Web] – MARCUS CAMBY WAS BOTH VICTIM AND VILLAIN IN HIS ILLICIT DEALINGS WITH AGENTS WHILE AT UMASS.   Sports Illustrated, September 17, 1997</ref>

Camby was inducted into the UMass Athletic Hall of Fame on September 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/091010aad.html |title=Marcus Camby Inducted Into UMass Hall Of Fame |publisher=University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site |date=September 10, 2010 |access-date=December 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723214711/http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/091010aad.html |archive-date=July 23, 2011  }}</ref>  Though some criticized the school for inducting a student-athlete who caused their Final Four achievement to be vacated, others saw it as a positive recognition of one of the school's best ever athletes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.masslive.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/08/including_marcus_camby_turns_h.html |title=Including Marcus Camby turns honor into a UMass Hall of Shame |newspaper=The Republican |first=Ron |last=Chimelis |date=August 8, 2010 |access-date=December 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gazettenet.com/2010/09/09/calipari-camby-lessons-learned |title=For Calipari, Camby, lessons learned |publisher=GazetteNET |date=September 9, 2010 |access-date=December 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912141721/http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/09/09/calipari-camby-lessons-learned |archive-date=September 12, 2010  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/mens_basketball/articles/2010/09/10/moving_tribute/ |title=Moving tribute |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=September 10, 2010 |access-date=December 29, 2010}}</ref>

Camby returned to school, taking online courses from UMass, and earned his degree on May 12, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/19370060/john-calipari-attends-marcus-camby-graduation-university-massachusetts| title = Marcus Camby celebrates UMass degree as John Calipari looks on | author = ESPN.com news services | date = May 12, 2017}}</ref>