Melvin Scott (born February 3, 1982) is a former

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guard. He played on the 2004-2005 National Championship Team. He played all four eligible years and was not drafted by the NBA. He played high school basketball at Southern High in

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. He played with KR Basket in

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's Úrvalsdeild.

Career

Scott was signed by KR-b, KR reserve team, in January 2006 ahead of its upcoming game against

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in the Icelandic Cup. In the game, he scored 42 points in KR-B's 69-92 loss. Three weeks later, Scott was signed by KR's main team for the rest of the Úrvalsdeild karla season in place of Omari Westley, who was released after he was suspended for four games by the league. He helped KR to the semi-finals of the Úrvalsdeild playoffs where they bowed out to

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in four games, 3-1. In 2017, Scott was hired as the Director of Basketball Operations at Tennessee Tech.

References

External links

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1982 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Iceland American men's basketball players Austin Toros players Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players Basketball players from Baltimore Guards (basketball) KR men's basketball players North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players {{1980s-US-basketball-bio-stub