Morris Peterson

Morris Russell Peterson, Jr. (born August 26, 1977) is an American retired professional basketball player. He is also a cousin of former basketball player Jonathan Bender. Peterson currently serves as an analyst for a Canadian broadcaster, The Sports Network, on its coverage of his former team, the Toronto Raptors and other capacities including coverage of the NCAA March Madness tournament, where Peterson was part of the Michigan State Spartans Men's Basketball team, won the National Championship in 2000.

College career

Born in Flint, Michigan, Peterson played collegiate basketball at Michigan State University, and helped lead them to the 2000 NCAA title.

In his senior year at MSU, Peterson led the team in scoring, field goal percentage, and free throw percentage. He had a team-high 30 double-digit scoring efforts. He was voted Big Ten Player of the Year and First Team All-Big Ten, and he placed as first or second team All-American on five different polls.

He was selected 21st overall by the Raptors in the 2000 NBA Draft, and was a starter in the majority of their games during his first three seasons. On January 17, 2009, MSU retired his number 42 with MSU's other all-time greats before their game against the Illinois Fighting Illini.