Madarious Gibbs

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Madarious Gibbs

| image = Madarious Gibbs.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Gibbs playing for Texas Southern

| number = 3

| position = Point guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 190

| league =

| team =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|5|7}}

| birth_place = Newnan, Georgia, U.S.

| nationality =

| high_school = East Coweta (Sharpsburg, Georgia)

| college = Texas Southern (2011–2015)

| draft_year = 2015

| career_start = 2015

| years1 = 2016–2017

| team1 = Monopoli Italy

| years2 = 2017–2021

| team2 = Satya Wacana Salatiga

| years3 = 2023

| team3 = Nha Trang Dolphins

| highlights =

• IBL Foreign Player of the Year (2019)
• 2× IBL scoring champion (2018, 2019)
• IBL All-Star (2019)
• AP honorable mention All-American (2015)
• SWAC Player of the Year (2015)
• First-team All-SWAC (2015)
• SWAC Tournament MVP (2015)

}}

Madarious Jaquil Gibbs (born May 7, 1993) is an American basketball player who last played for the Nha Trang Dolphins of the Vietnam Basketball Association (VBA). He played college basketball for Texas Southern Tigers.

Gibbs, a point guard from Newnan, Georgia, played four seasons for TSU, leading the team to back-to-back Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) titles in 2014 and 2015. As a senior in the 2014–15 season, Gibbs was named SWAC Player of the Year{{cite web | last = | first = | title = TSU Senior Madarious Gibbs Headlines All SWAC Team | work = SWAC.com | date = March 29, 2015 | url = http://www.swac.org/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209933946 | accessdate = September 20, 2015}} and an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press. Gibbs led the Tigers to the 2015 SWAC Tournament title, earning MVP honors.{{cite web | last = Dean | first = Richard | title = TSU captures SWAC tournament title | work = Houston Chronicle | date = March 14, 2015 | url = http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college-basketball-men/article/TSU-captures-SWAC-tournament-title-6134870.php | accessdate = September 20, 2015}}

Gibbs went undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft. As a means to increase his chances of securing a free agent deal, Gibbs joined his former TSU teammates on a playing tour of China in the Summer of 2015.{{cite web | last = Gorman | first = Doug | title = Former Indian Madarious Gibbs showcasing skills in China | work = Times-Herald.com | date = July 3, 2015 | url = http://www.times-herald.com/sports/20150626-SPORTS-Gibbs | accessdate = September 20, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}