McNeese State University has a proud basketball history that has successfully developed talented players who advanced to professional careers in the National Basketball Association. The most famous and legendary basketball alumnus to emerge from McNeese is Joe Dumars, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, multi-time NBA All-Star, and two-time NBA champion who spent his entire legendary 14-year professional career starring for the Detroit Pistons before becoming a prominent NBA executive.