Otis Hill

#4 Otis Hill

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6'8"

234 lbs

Center

HS: Pleasantville

White Plains , NY

Born: 3/31/1974

White Plains, NY

**Season Stats**
Season	Cl	Pos	G	GS	Min	FG	FGA	%	FT	FTA	%	3PA	%	Asst	Reb	DReb	OReb	Fls	DQ	TO	ST	BS	Pts	PPG	APG	RPG
1992-93	Fr	DNP	0	0	0	0	0	---	0	0	---	0	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1993-94	Fr	C	30	30	729	100	185	54.1%	38	65	58.5%	0	---	36	168	103	65	115	10	48	29	42	238	7.9	1.2	5.6
1994-95	So	C	30	7	609	76	146	52.1%	43	65	66.2%	0	---	22	132	80	52	101	4	39	30	14	195	6.5	0.7	4.4
1995-96	Jr	C	38	37	923	193	338	57.1%	96	141	68.1%	1	0.0%	21	207	123	84	134	9	64	35	32	482	12.7	0.6	5.5
1996-97	Sr	C/F	32	32	937	203	370	54.9%	95	148	64.2%	1	0.0%	27	194	123	71	110	5	63	53	34	501	15.7	0.8	6.1
Career			130	106	3198	572	1039	55.1%	272	419	64.9%	2	0.0%	106	701	429	272	460	28	214	147	122	1416	10.9	0.8	5.4

Otis Hill was a center for Syracuse basketball for four seasons. He was a burly player with strong inside moves and limited shooting range. Hill was a solid defender, but not a significant shot blocker nor a strong rebounder.

Otis Hill Syracuse Orangemen Basketball Hill would redshirt his first season at Syracuse, rather than sit on the bench behind seniors Conrad McRae and Dave Siock. He was then the starter his freshman season, replacing the two graduated seniors. He was very foul prone, limiting his playing time to 24 minutes a game, and fouling out of ten games. He was however a significant contributor in the minutes he did have on the court, though his offensive efforts consisted primarily of dunks. Hill was named to the Big East All-Rookie team.

Hill would lose his starting position his sophomore season to junior J.B. Reafsnyder. He would return as the starter his junior season, though he and Reafsnyder would effectively continue to share the center position. The duo averaged 18.9 points per game and 8.9 rebounds per game. Hill's inside presence would be an integral part of the team, as they made a run at the National Championship that season. In the second round game against Kansas, Hill made two free throws with 22 seconds to go, to give Syracuse a five point margin, a margin that was needed as Kansas quickly made a three point basket afterwards.

Hill developed a nice turnaround jump shot by his senior season, and would lead the Orangemen in scoring and rebounding. He still had foul trouble, which plagued his entire college career. With the arrival of freshman Etan Thomas, the development of Elvir Ovcina, and an injury to forward Todd Burgan, Hill would split his time between the center and forward positions. In a nationally televised game against Alabama, Hill would have a career best effort with 34 points, though the Orangemen would still come up short losing 70-66. Hill would be named to the All Big East Second Team that season.

Hill would be drafted in the fifth round of the 1997 CBA draft by the Idaho Stampede. In the U.S., he would play for the Portland Wave, Connecticut Pride, Atlantic City Seagulls and Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs from 1997 to 2001. He would also play international basketball for several seasons overlapping from 1997 to 2009. He would play professional basketball in Poland, Israel, Spain and the Ukraine.