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Arizona basketball: 30 Greatest Wildcats of all time

By Shereen Rayan

TUCSON, AZ - SEPTEMBER 22: Former Arizona Wildcats basketball coach Lute Olson waves to fans as he walks with wife Kelly Pugnea during the first half of the college football game against the Utah Utes at Arizona Stadium on September 22, 2017 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
TUCSON, AZ - SEPTEMBER 22: Former Arizona Wildcats basketball coach Lute Olson waves to fans as he walks with wife Kelly Pugnea during the first half of the college football game against the Utah Utes at Arizona Stadium on September 22, 2017 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr /Allsport
Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr /Allsport /

Arizona Basketball Greatest Player No. 30 – Brian Williams (aka Bison Dele)

Position: Center

Years at Arizona: 1989-1991

College Stats: 12.4 pts, 6.8 Reb, .5 Ast, .7 Stl, 1.2 Blk

College Awards:  1991 1st-team All-Pac-10

NBA Draft: 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall Selected by the Orlando Magic
Years in the NBA: Eight

NBA Awards: 1997 NBA Champion

FIBA Silver Medalist: 1987

Brian Williams, a 6-foot-9 235-pound center started off at Fresno State, transferred to Maryland and then spent two years in Arizona playing for the Wildcats. His high school,  Saint Monica Catholic High School in Santa Monica, California, retired his jersey.

Williams, with fellow Wildcat Jud Buechler, earned an NBA Championship over the Utah Jazz with the Chicago Bulls in 1997 who went 69-13 that year.

In what was a sad turn of events at the height of his NBA career, Dele sailed with his girlfriend off the coast of Tahiti and was never seen or heard from again. He was presumed dead.

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