Willie White (born August 20, 1962) is an American former

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(NBA) player. After graduating from Carver High in Memphis, White attended the

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(UTC). In his freshman season, he averaged 11.8 points per game. UTC also won the

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championship and made their first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament appearance. In Willie's sophomore season at UTC, he averaged 15.8 points per game, leading UTC to a second consecutive Southern Conference championship. Willie averaged 18.4 points per game his junior season, also leading UTC to a third straight Southern Conference championship. This was good enough for Willie to be named the

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. He averaged 18 points a game his senior season, but lost in the Southern Conference Championship game in double overtime to

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. White was invited to the U.S. Olympic team trials in

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in 1984. Willie was drafted with eighteenth pick in the second round of the 1984 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets. In Willie's two seasons with the Nuggets, he averaged 3.7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist per game.

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