Q&A w/ Billy Shepard: Butler's All-Time Leading Scorer

Friday, February 26 2010

Billy Shepherd is Butler University's all-time leading scorer, a former Indiana Mr. Basketball, and former professional who got to play with Dr J & George Gervin. CHN's Jon Teitel was lucky enough to spend some time with this Indiana basketball legend:

Jon Teitel: You played at Carmel High School for your father: what was it like to play for your dad, and what did you learn from him?

Billy Shepherd: If you play for your dad in high school and, it usually works out well. At the time it was a small high school that had not experienced much winning, so it was a neat time to play there and have the community rally around us.

Teitel: In 1968 you scored 70 points in a game vs. Brownsburg, and you were selected as Indiana's Mr. Basketball: what are your memories of the 70-point game, and what did it mean to you to win such an outstanding individual honor?

Shepherd: The 70-PT game really put me on the map. Back then...
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