Michael Kent Benson (born December 27, 1954) is an American former collegiate and professional basketball player. Benson was a two time All-American at Indiana University, winning the 1976 Helms Foundation Player of the Year and helping lead the Hoosiers to the 1976 NCAA championship with a perfect 32–0 record, with Benson being named the 1976 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player. Benson was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1977 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, playing 11 seasons in the NBA for Milwaukee (1977–1980), the Detroit Pistons (1980–1986), Utah Jazz (1986–1987) and Cleveland Cavaliers (1988). High school career Kent Benson attended New Castle Chrysler High School, located in New Castle, Indiana. He was named "Indiana Mr. Basketball" in 1973. He scored 1,496 points and had 1,585 rebounds in three varsity seasons playing for Coach Cecil Tague. College career Benson chose to attend Indiana University, located in Bloomington, Indiana, playing college basketball for Coach Bobby Knight. As a freshman, Benson averaged 9.3 points per game, while shooting 50.4 percent. He helped lead Indiana to the CCAT Championship, and to a 23–5 record and a Big Ten title. In his sophomore season (1974–1975), Benson helped lead the Hoosiers to an undefeated conference record (18–0) and on to an Elite Eight appearance, where they lost their only game of the season to Kentucky 92–90, despite 33 points and 23 rebounds from Benson. Helping lead the team to a 31–1 record on the season, Benson averaged 15 points and 8.9 rebounds a game. With seniors Quinn Buckner and Scott May, he helped lead Indiana to the 1976 national championship in a 1975–1976 season where the Hoosiers won every game they played, finishing 32–0. Benson was voted the 1976 NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player. The 1976 Indiana team is the most recent team to complete an undefeated campaign in Division I. Benson averaged 17.3 points and 8.8 rebounds a game on the season with his college season high of 57.8 percent from the field. He scored his career high of 38 points against Michigan State. In the 1976 NCAA tournament, Benson scored 20 points with 13 rebounds against St. John's in the 90–70 regional quarterfinal win; He scored 15 points and had five rebounds in the 74–69 sweet sixteen win over Alabama; In the Regional Final, he scored 18 points with 9 rebounds in the 65–56 win over Marquette; In the Final