Speedy Claxton is the Hofstra ‘Guardfather’ made for March Madness

Source: New York Post

TAMPA — Forty-seven years ago, he was born in Hempstead on Long Island, a few full-court fast breaks away from the Hofstra University campus. See Also Hofstra’s German Plotnikov inspired by ‘warrior’ mom after leaving Belarus to chase March Madness dream Thirty years ago, he enrolled at Hofstra as a point guard out of Christ the King High in Queens who, in his four years there, would become the greatest player in school history. Twenty-six years ago, he was the 20th player selected in the first round of the NBA draft out of Hofstra.