Bo Ellis
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{Distinguish|Boo Ellis|Bo Elik}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Bo Ellis
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 197
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|8|8}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school = Parker (Chicago, Illinois)
| college = Marquette (1973–1977)
| draft_year = 1977
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 17
| draft_team = Washington Bullets
| career_start = 1977
| career_end = 1983
| career_position = Power forward
| career_number = 31
| years1 = {{nbay|1977|start}}–{{nbay|1979|end}}
| team1 = Denver Nuggets
| years2 = 1981–1982
| team2 = Maine Lumberjacks
| years3 = 1983
| team3 = Sarasota Stingers
| cyears1 = 1987–1988
| cteam1 = Collins Academy HS (assistant)
| cyears2 = 1988–1998
| cteam2 = Marquette (assistant)
| cyears3 = 1998–2003
| cteam3 = Chicago State
| highlights =
- NCAA champion (1977)
- Second-team All-American – NABC (1977)
- Third-team All-American – AP (1977)
- No. 31 retired by Marquette Golden Eagles
- First-team Parade All-American (1973)
}}
Maurice H. "Bo" Ellis (born August 8, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player.
After graduating from Chicago's Parker High School, Ellis, a 6-9 forward, played college basketball for the Marquette Golden Eagles and won an NCAA championship in 1977. An art major in college he received by going to class at Mount Mary College Fashion Design Program, Ellis created several different uniform designs worn by his team during the 1977 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/30for30/film?page=untucked|title = Untucked - ESPN Films: 30 for 30}}
After graduating, he played three seasons of professional basketball for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, averaging 3.6 points per game. He later held coaching positions at Marquette and Chicago State University, and worked with the Chicago Public Schools' athletics administration.Mike Nieto. [http://www.nwi.com/articles/2007/08/26/sports/top_sports/docdf668dba3aae84f68625733f0060d054.txt Former Marquette star Bo Ellis devotes life to helping youth]. The Times (Munster, Indiana). August 26, 2007. Retrieved on December 3, 2008.{{cite news|author=Rossi, Rosalind|title=Ex-Marquette star Ellis let go from CPS|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/2130201,CST-NWS-layoff30.article|date=March 30, 2010|access-date=April 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404080126/http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/2130201,CST-NWS-layoff30.article|archive-date=April 4, 2010|url-status=dead}}
Career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
=NBA=
==Regular season==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!3P%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!SPG
!BPG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1977}}
| style="text-align:left;"|Denver
| 78 || 15.6 || .416 || || .692 || 3.9 || .9 || .6 || .6 || 4.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1978}}
| style="text-align:left;"|Denver
| 42 || 6.4 || .457 || || .806 || 1.5 || .2 || .2 || .3 || 2.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1979}}
| style="text-align:left;"|Denver
| 48 || 10.5 || .449 || .000 || .755 || 2.4 || .6 || .2 || .5 || 3.4
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 168 || 11.8 || .431 || .000 || .731 || 2.9 || .7 || .4 || .5 || 3.6
{{s-end}}
==Playoffs==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!SPG
!BPG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1978
| style="text-align:left;"|Denver
| 12 || 14.2 || .425 || .800 || 3.6 || .7 || .5 || .7 || 3.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1979
| style="text-align:left;"|Denver
| 3 || 8.0 || .333 || 1.000 || 1.3 || .3 || .7 || .3 || 2.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 15 || 12.9 || .413 || .824 || 3.1 || .6 || .5 || .6 || 3.5
{{s-end}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start|type=coach|conference=|postseason=|poll=}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name = Chicago State Cougars
|conference= Mid-Continent Conference
|startyear = 1998
|endyear = 2003
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|season = 1998–99
|name = Chicago State
|overall = 3–24
|conference = 3–11
|confstanding = T–7th
|postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|season = 1999–00
|name = Chicago State
|overall = 10–18
|conference = 7–9
|confstanding = 7th
|postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|season = 2000–01
|name = Chicago State
|overall = 5–22
|conference = 2–14
|confstanding = 9th
|postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|season = 2001–02
|name = Chicago State
|overall = 2–26
|conference = 0–14
|confstanding = 8th
|postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|season = 2002–03
|name = Chicago State
|overall = 3–15*
|conference = 0–2*
|confstanding = 8th*
|postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal|name=Chicago State|overall=23–105|confrecord=12–50}}
(*) Indicates record/standing at time
of resignation from Chicago State.
{{CBB Yearly Record End|overall=23–105|poll=|polltype=}}
References
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External links
- {{basketballstats|bbr=e/ellisbo02}}
{{Chicago State Cougars men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{1977 Marquette Warriors men's basketball navbox}}
{{1977 NBA draft}}
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