Bryant Scott McIntosh (born November 20, 1994) is an American former
basketball
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player and current Assistant Coach for the
Northwestern Wildcats
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of the
Big Ten Conference
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. He played
college basketball
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for the
Northwestern Wildcats
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. He holds the Northwestern single-game, single-season and career
assist
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records. He was a
2017 All-Big Ten team second team selection and led the
2016–17 Northwestern Wildcats to the first
NCAA tournament in school history.
Early life
McIntosh attended
New Castle High School in
Indiana
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as a freshman and
Greensburg Community High School
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See also
* List of high schools in Indiana
* Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference
* Greensburg, Indiana
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for his sophomore through senior seasons.
In January 2013, he committed to play for
Indiana State
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. McIntosh led Greensburg to the 2013 IHSAA 3A championship over
Concordia Lutheran High School with 25 points, including a 3-point shot in the final 30 seconds of regulation of a 73–70
overtime
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*by custom (what is considered healthy or reasonable by society) ...
win. He later decommitted and received offers from
Dayton
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,
Purdue,
Vanderbilt and
Xavier before committing to Northwestern in September 2013. McIntosh led Greensburg to the 2014 IHSAA 3A championship over
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy with an IHSAA 3A finals record 11 assists.
College career
As a freshman for the
2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats, he was named to the
2015 All-Big Ten Freshman team. As a sophomore for the
2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats, he set the school single-season assist record (213),
[ surpassing Tim Doyle's total of 157 set 10 years earlier. He was recognized as a 2016 All-Big Ten team honorable selection by the coaches and the media.
As a junior, he served as a co-captain for the 2016–17 Northwestern Wildcats. That season, Northwestern set a school record for wins,] and he set the school career assist record, surpassing Juice Thompson. He was recognized as a 2017 All-Big Ten team 2nd team selection by the coaches and the media. McIntosh was one of ten Big Ten players honored as All-District selections by the United States Basketball Writers Association. The 2016–17 Wildcats set a school record for wins and earned the school's first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament bid in school history. In the first round of the 2017 NCAA tournament, McIntosh led Northwestern to a 68–66 victory over Vanderbilt with 25 points, including the game-winning free throw
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s with 14.6 seconds remaining, for the schools first tournament win.
As a senior, McIntosh was selected to the preseason All-Big Ten team. He was also on the preseason watch lists for the John R. Wooden Award
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and the Bob Cousy Award
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. On January 10, McIntosh established the Northwestern single-game assist record by posting 16 against Minnesota
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, surpassing Patrick Baldwin's 14 from 1992.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, McIntosh signed with the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2018 NBA Summer League. He signed with the Leuven Bears
Leuven Bears, for sponsorship reasons also called Stella Artois Leuven Bears, is a Belgian professional basketball club from Leuven. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier in Belgian basketball.
History
The team has played in the ...
of the Belgian Pro Basketball League
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Through 2014, for sponsorship reasons, the league ...
on September 8, 2018. In April 2019 McIntosh left the Leuven Bears.
Post-playing career
After one season of professional basketball in Belgium, McIntosh returned to Northwestern as assistant director of basketball operations. Prior to the 2022-23 season, McIntosh was elevated to the role of Assistant Coach.
Personal life
McIntosh's cousin is Trey Ball.[
]
Notes
External links
Northwestern Wildcats bio
College stats at CBSSports.com
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1994 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Indiana
Leuven Bears players
Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball players
People from Greensburg, Indiana
Point guards
Northwestern Wildcats athletic directors