# Glen Rice
**Glen Rice** (Glen Anthony Rice) is an American retired professional basketball player, a 6-foot-7 forward who led the University of Michigan to the 1989 NCAA championship, was selected fourth overall in the 1989 NBA Draft, and won an NBA title with the [Los Angeles Lakers](https://www.edgepedia.org/los-angeles-lakers) in 2000.[1](https://www.nba.com/heat/news/glen-rice-inducted-into-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame) • [2](https://mgoblue.com/documents/download/2023/8/8/bkm-honors-and-awards-2023-24.pdf) • [3](https://www.nba.com/lakers/history/alumni/glen-rice) Over 15 NBA seasons he scored 18,336 points, placing him in the top 100 on the league's all-time scoring list at his 2004 retirement.[4](https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/glen-anthony-rice-13522/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Michigan, 1985–89; 2,442 career points, 18.2 PPG and 6.4 RPG[1](https://www.nba.com/heat/news/glen-rice-inducted-into-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame) |
| 1989 NCAA title | Tournament-record 184 points in six games; 31 points in the overtime final win over Seton Hall; Most Outstanding Player[1](https://www.nba.com/heat/news/glen-rice-inducted-into-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame) • [5](https://mgoblue.com/documents/download/2024/7/8/bkm-record-book.pdf) |
| NBA draft | No. 4 overall, 1989, Miami Heat[2](https://mgoblue.com/documents/download/2023/8/8/bkm-honors-and-awards-2023-24.pdf) |
| NBA honors | Three-time All-Star (1996–98); 1997 All-Star Game MVP; 1995 Three-Point Shootout champion; All-NBA Second Team (1997) and Third Team (1998); All-Rookie Second Team (1990)[3](https://www.nba.com/lakers/history/alumni/glen-rice) |
| NBA career totals | 15 seasons, 18,336 points, top 100 on the all-time scoring list at his 2004 retirement[4](https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/glen-anthony-rice-13522/) |
| Championship | NBA champion with the 1999–2000 Los Angeles Lakers[3](https://www.nba.com/lakers/history/alumni/glen-rice) |
| Michigan honors | No. 41 jersey retired February 20, 2005; Michigan Sports Hall of Fame (2007); National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026[6](https://d4njeax0ev936.cloudfront.net/honors/university-of-michigan-hall-of-honor/glen-rice/194) • [7](https://michigansportshof.org/inductee/glenn-rice/) • [8](https://mgoblue.com/news/2026/7/13/mens-basketball-rice-selected-to-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2026) |
## College career at Michigan
Rice starred at the University of Michigan from 1985 to 1989 and became the program's most prolific scorer.[1](https://www.nba.com/heat/news/glen-rice-inducted-into-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame) • [9](https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/baskmen/baskmaa/riceaa.htm) As a senior captain in 1988–89 he averaged 25.6 points per game, was named Big Ten Player of the Year, a consensus second-team All-American, and won Big Ten scoring titles and all-conference honors in both 1988 and 1989.[1](https://www.nba.com/heat/news/glen-rice-inducted-into-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame) • [7](https://michigansportshof.org/inductee/glenn-rice/) • [9](https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/baskmen/baskmaa/riceaa.htm)
**The 1989 championship run.** The Wolverines finished the season 30–7 and entered the NCAA Tournament as a No. 3 seed.[10](https://mgoblue.com/news/2014/2/28/The_25th_Anniversary_U_M_s_1988_89_Team) • [11](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/michigan/news/last-time-michigan-won-championship-basketball-1989-glen-rice/d44e8cbd2d8bfaeef3ac61be) In the title game against Seton Hall, Rice scored a team-high 31 points with 11 rebounds in an 80–79 overtime victory, and was named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.[5](https://mgoblue.com/documents/download/2024/7/8/bkm-record-book.pdf) • [12](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1989-pt5/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1989-pt5-3.pdf) His 184 points across the tournament's six games set an NCAA Tournament record that still stood decades later.[1](https://www.nba.com/heat/news/glen-rice-inducted-into-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame) • [13](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/glen-rice-gets-honest-hall-fame-candidacy-ncaa-record-more/0ac05fadd84b15bd5edee0c9)
Rice's Michigan records include season scoring (949 points in 1988–89), season field goals made (363) and attempted (629), and 39 points against Florida in 1988, the most by a [Wolverine](https://www.edgepedia.org/wolverine) in an NCAA Tournament game.[9](https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/baskmen/baskmaa/riceaa.htm) He finished with 2,442 career points; a 2026 Michigan release describes that total as the second-most in program history, while his 949 career field goals remain a program record.[8](https://mgoblue.com/news/2026/7/13/mens-basketball-rice-selected-to-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2026) The NBA's announcement of his Collegiate Hall of Fame induction calls him Michigan's all-time leading scorer with the same 2,442 points.[1](https://www.nba.com/heat/news/glen-rice-inducted-into-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame)
## NBA career
The [Miami Heat](https://www.edgepedia.org/miami-heat) selected Rice fourth overall in the 1989 NBA Draft, and he made the All-Rookie Second Team in 1990.[2](https://mgoblue.com/documents/download/2023/8/8/bkm-honors-and-awards-2023-24.pdf) • [3](https://www.nba.com/lakers/history/alumni/glen-rice) His peak came with the [Charlotte Hornets](https://www.edgepedia.org/charlotte-hornets), where he was a three-time All-Star from 1996 to 1998, won the 1995 Three-Point Shootout, and was named Most Valuable Player of the 1997 All-Star Game as a Hornet.[3](https://www.nba.com/lakers/history/alumni/glen-rice) • [14](https://www.nba.com/news/history-all-star-game-mvp) He earned All-NBA Second Team honors in 1997 and Third Team in 1998, and his 2,115 points in 1996–97 rank among the Hornets' franchise single-season marks.[3](https://www.nba.com/lakers/history/alumni/glen-rice) • [15](https://cdn.nba.com/teams/uploads/sites/1610612766/2025/10/2025-26_CHA_MediaGuide.pdf) • [17](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/ricegl01.html)
**Los Angeles and the 2000 title.** The Lakers acquired Rice via trade from the Hornets toward the end of the 1998–99 season, making him the third scoring option behind [Shaquille O'Neal](https://www.edgepedia.org/shaquille-oneal) and [Kobe Bryant](https://www.edgepedia.org/kobe-bryant).[3](https://www.nba.com/lakers/history/alumni/glen-rice) In the lockout-shortened 1998–99 season he appeared in 27 games and averaged 17.5 points; the Spurs swept Los Angeles in the second round of the playoffs, though Rice averaged 18 points per game in that postseason.[3](https://www.nba.com/lakers/history/alumni/glen-rice) The following season he played 80 games and averaged 15.9 points, and the Lakers won the championship over the [Indiana Pacers](https://www.edgepedia.org/indiana-pacers), with Rice playing a key role in the run.[3](https://www.nba.com/lakers/history/alumni/glen-rice)
Rice retired in 2004 with 18,336 regular-season points over 15 seasons, then in the top 100 in NBA history.[4](https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/glen-anthony-rice-13522/)
## Origins and recognition
Rice played high school basketball at Flint Northwestern in [Flint, Michigan](https://www.edgepedia.org/flint-michigan), leading his team to two state Class A championships and being named Michigan's "Mr. Basketball" in 1985.[9](https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/baskmen/baskmaa/riceaa.htm) The Encyclopedia of Arkansas identifies him as a player from Jacksonville (Pulaski County), Arkansas.[4](https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/glen-anthony-rice-13522/)
The University of Michigan retired his No. 41 jersey on February 20, 2005, hoisting it into the rafters of Crisler Arena, and later inducted him into the U-M Athletic Hall of Honor.[6](https://d4njeax0ev936.cloudfront.net/honors/university-of-michigan-hall-of-honor/glen-rice/194) • [16](https://mgoblue.com/news/2005/2/21/in_the_lane_with_glen_rice_) He was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.[7](https://michigansportshof.org/inductee/glenn-rice/) In July 2026 he was named one of six inductees to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2026, becoming the third Wolverine so honored.[8](https://mgoblue.com/news/2026/7/13/mens-basketball-rice-selected-to-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2026)
## References
1. [Glen Rice Inducted Into College Basketball Hall of Fame, NBA.com/Heat](https://www.nba.com/heat/news/glen-rice-inducted-into-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame)
2. [University of Michigan Basketball Honors and Awards (2023–24), MGoBlue](https://mgoblue.com/documents/download/2023/8/8/bkm-honors-and-awards-2023-24.pdf)
3. [Los Angeles Lakers Alumni: Glen Rice, NBA.com](https://www.nba.com/lakers/history/alumni/glen-rice)
4. [Rice, Glen Anthony, Encyclopedia of Arkansas](https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/glen-anthony-rice-13522/)
5. [University of Michigan Basketball Record Book, MGoBlue](https://mgoblue.com/documents/download/2024/7/8/bkm-record-book.pdf)
6. [Glen Rice (2010), University of Michigan Hall of Honor](https://d4njeax0ev936.cloudfront.net/honors/university-of-michigan-hall-of-honor/glen-rice/194)
7. [Glenn Rice Sr., Michigan Sports Hall of Fame](https://michigansportshof.org/inductee/glenn-rice/)
8. [Rice Selected to National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026, MGoBlue](https://mgoblue.com/news/2026/7/13/mens-basketball-rice-selected-to-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2026)
9. [Glen Rice, Basketball All-American, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan](https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/baskmen/baskmaa/riceaa.htm)
10. [The 25th Anniversary: U-M's 1988–89 Team, MGoBlue](https://mgoblue.com/news/2014/2/28/The_25th_Anniversary_U_M_s_1988_89_Team)
11. [Last time Michigan won championship in basketball: Revisiting 1989 NCAA title roster led by Glen Rice, Sporting News](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/michigan/news/last-time-michigan-won-championship-basketball-1989-glen-rice/d44e8cbd2d8bfaeef3ac61be)
12. [Congressional Record, Senate, April 10, 1989, govinfo](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1989-pt5/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1989-pt5-3.pdf)
13. [3-time All-Star Glen Rice gets honest about modern NBA, Hall of Fame candidacy, Sporting News](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/glen-rice-gets-honest-hall-fame-candidacy-ncaa-record-more/0ac05fadd84b15bd5edee0c9)
14. [NBA All-Star Game MVPs, NBA.com](https://www.nba.com/news/history-all-star-game-mvp)
15. [2025–26 Charlotte Hornets Media Guide, NBA.com](https://cdn.nba.com/teams/uploads/sites/1610612766/2025/10/2025-26_CHA_MediaGuide.pdf)
16. [In the Lane with Glen Rice, MGoBlue](https://mgoblue.com/news/2005/2/21/in_the_lane_with_glen_rice_)
17. [basketball-reference.com](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/ricegl01.html)
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