Curtis Blair (2008) - Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame

Curtis Blair

Induction:
2008
Class:
1992

Curtis Blair capped a brilliant four-year career as team captain his senior season when he was named Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year, averaging 20.3 points per game. His single greatest performance may have come during his junior year, when he led the Spiders to the NCAA Tournament and a landmark first round victory over Syracuse, 73-69. Blair scored a team high 18 points, added six assists and three steals in the first-ever victory for a number 15 seed over a number two in NCAA Tournament history.

As a senior, Blair was named CAA First Team, All-Defensive Team and All-Tournament Team, as well as First Team All-State. As a junior, he was the team's leading scorer (16.1 ppg), while being named First Team All-CAA, All-Defensive Team and All-Tournament Team, as well as Second Team All-State. Blair appeared in two NCAA Tournaments and two NIT's during his four year career. He finished as Richmond's fifth all-time leading scorer (1,630 points). Playing for Hall of Fame head coach Dick Tarrant, the Spiders won at least 21 games in each of Blair's seasons and compiled an 87-38 (.696) record.

Blair was selected in the second round of the NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets in 1992. He later began a lengthy career as a basketball official, working his way from college games to the NBA. He officiated in the 2022 NBA Western Conference Finals between Golden State and Dallas and the Eastern Conference Finals between Boston and Miami.