Bryant McIntosh

Bryant Scott McIntosh (born November 20, 1994) is an American former basketball player and current assistant director of basketball operations for the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference. He played college basketball for the Northwestern Wildcats. He holds the Northwestern single-game, single-season and career assist records. He was a 2017 All-Big Ten team second team selection and led the 2016–17 Northwestern Wildcats to the first NCAA Tournament in school history.

Bryant McIntosh
McIntosh in 2017 for the 2016–17 Northwestern Wildcats
Personal information
Born (1994-11-20) November 20, 1994
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school
CollegeNorthwestern (2014–2018)
NBA draft2018 / Undrafted
Playing career2018–2019
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2018–2019Leuven Bears
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-Big Ten (2017)
  • Big Ten All-Freshman team (2015)

Early life

McIntosh attended New Castle High School in Indiana as a freshman and Greensburg Community High School for his sophomore through senior seasons.[1] In January 2013, he committed to play for Indiana State.[2] McIntosh led Greensburg to the 2013 IHSAA 3A championship over Concordia Lutheran High School with 25 points, including a 3-point shot in the final 30 seconds of regulation of a 73–70 overtime win.[3] He later decommitted and received offers from Dayton, Purdue, Vanderbilt and Xavier before committing to Northwestern in September 2013.[4] McIntosh led Greensburg to the 2014 IHSAA 3A championship over Thea Bowman Leadership Academy with an IHSAA 3A finals record 11 assists.[5]

College career

As a freshman for the 2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats, he was named to the 2015 All-Big Ten Freshman team.[6][7] As a sophomore for the 2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats, he set the school single-season assist record (213),[1] surpassing Tim Doyle's total of 157 set 10 years earlier.[8] He was recognized as a 2016 All-Big Ten team honorable selection by the coaches and the media.[9][10]

As a junior, he served as a co-captain for the 2016–17 Northwestern Wildcats.[11] That season, Northwestern set a school record for wins,[12] and he set the school career assist record, surpassing Juice Thompson.[13] He was recognized as a 2017 All-Big Ten team 2nd team selection by the coaches and the media.[14][15] McIntosh was one of ten Big Ten players honored as All-District selections by the United States Basketball Writers Association.[16] The 2016–17 Wildcats set a school record for wins[12] and earned the school's first NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament bid in school history.[17] In the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament, McIntosh led Northwestern to a 68–66 victory over Vanderbilt with 25 points, including the game-winning free throws with 14.6 seconds remaining, for the schools first tournament win.[18]

As a senior, McIntosh was selected to the preseason All-Big Ten team.[19] He was also on the preseason watch lists for the John R. Wooden Award and the Bob Cousy Award.[20][21] On January 10, McIntosh established the Northwestern single-game assist record by posting 16 against Minnesota, surpassing Patrick Baldwin's 14 from 1992.[22]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, McIntosh signed with the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2018 NBA Summer League.[23] He signed with the Leuven Bears of the Belgian Pro Basketball League on September 8, 2018.[24] In April 2019 McIntosh left the Leuven Bears.

Post-playing career

After one season of professional basketball in Belgium, McIntosh returned to Northwestern as assistant director of basketball operations.[25]

Personal life

McIntosh's cousin is Trey Ball.[1]

Notes
  1. "30 Bryant McIntosh". NUSports.com. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  2. "2014 G Bryant McIntosh picks Sycamores". ESPN. January 7, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  3. Miller, Travis (March 23, 2013). "2013 Indiana High School State Finals Class 3A: Greensburg 73, FW Concordia 70 OT". SB Nation. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  4. Powers, Scott (September 10, 2013). "PG McIntosh commits to Northwestern". ESPN. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  5. "High school boys notes: Greensburg repeats as 3A champ". The Indianapolis Star. March 29, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  6. "Wisconsin's Kaminksy named Big Ten Player of the Year". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. March 9, 2015. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  7. "2014–15 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball Team" (PDF). CSTV.com. March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  8. Skrbina, Paul (February 4, 2016). "Bryant McIntosh sets Northwestern assist record as Wildcats stop skid". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  9. "Big Ten Unveils Men's Basketball Postseason Honors on BTN: Michigan State's Valentine named Big Ten Player of the Year". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. March 7, 2016. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  10. "2015–16 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball Team" (PDF). CSTV.com. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  11. Oppegaard, Martin (August 5, 2016). "Northwestern men's basketball names Sanjay Lumpkin and Bryant McIntosh team captains for 2016–17". SB Nation. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  12. "Northwestern stuns Michigan on full-court pass, last-second layup". ESPN. Associated Press. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  13. Pereles, Zach (March 5, 2017). "Bryant McIntosh breaks Northwestern career assist record: His 529th career assist passed Juice Thompson's mark". SB Nation. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  14. "Men's Basketball Postseason Honors: Purdue's Swanigan named Big Ten Player of the Year". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. March 6, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  15. "2016–17 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball Team" (PDF). CSTV.com. March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  16. "USBWA Names 2016–17 Men's All-District Teams". United States Basketball Writers Association. March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  17. Greenstein, Teddy (March 12, 2017). "Northwestern will 'go dance in Salt Lake City' after first NCAA tournament bid". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  18. "Gift free throws help Northwestern get past Vanderbilt for first-ever tourney win". ESPN. Associated Press. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  19. "Big Ten Men's Basketball Preseason Honors Announced". www.bigten.org. CBS Interactive. October 19, 2017. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  20. "College basketball: 20 players named to 2018 Bob Cousy Award watch list". NCAA.com. October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  21. "John R. Wooden Award Presented by Wendy's Announces 2017-18 Preseason Top 50". John R Wooden Award. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  22. "McIntosh sets assist mark, Northwestern beats Minnesota". ESPN. Associated Press. January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  23. Jung, Tristan (June 22, 2018). "Bryant McIntosh to play with the New Orleans Pelicans Summer League team". SB Nation. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  24. "Rookie Bryant McIntosh signs with the Leuven Bears". Sportando. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  25. Weinberg, Joe; Friedman, Caleb (July 17, 2019). "Bryant McIntosh returning to Northwestern as assistant director of basketball operations". SB Nation. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
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