Demetrius Calip is an American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player formerly of the Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers

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 of the NBA. He helped the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 Wolverines

Michigan Wolverines

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 to the 1989

1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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 NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 Men's Division I Basketball Championship

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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. As a member of the 1988-1989 National Champions, his teammates included Glen Rice

Glen Rice

Glen Anthony Rice is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. The 6'8" tall Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star guard/forward, ranking 11th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made during his 15-year career. As a player, Rice won an NCAA Men's Division...

, Terry Mills

Terry Mills

Terry Richard Mills is a retired American professional basketball player at the power forward position.After a standout career at Romulus High School, Mills was named 1986 Mr. Basketball of Michigan...

 Loy Vaught

Loy Vaught

Loy Stephen Vaught is a retired American professional basketball player who spent ten seasons in the NBA, primarily with the Los Angeles Clippers....

, Rumeal Robinson

Rumeal Robinson

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, Sean Higgins

Sean Higgins

Sean Marielle Higgins is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Michigan, whom he helped win the 1989 national championship....

, and Rob Pelinka

Rob Pelinka

Robert Todd Pelinka, Jr. is an American lawyer, National Basketball Association sports agent and former college basketball player from Lake Bluff, Illinois . He is best known as Kobe Bryant's agent and President and CEO of The Landmark Sports Agency, LLC...

. As a member of the 1990-91 team he led the team in scoring

Point (basketball)

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, assists

Assist (basketball)

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 and minutes. Other University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 Wolverine

Michigan Wolverines

The Michigan Wolverines comprise 27 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except men's ice hockey which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and women's water polo, which...

 teammates included Eric Riley

Eric Riley

Eric Riley is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2nd round of the 1993 NBA Draft. Riley played for the Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics in five NBA seasons, averaging 3.1...

 and Gary Grant

Gary Grant

Gary Grant is a retired American professional basketball player at the point guard position in the NBA.Gary "The General" Grant played for Canton McKinley High School and collegiately at the University of Michigan....

.

Calip has appeared in basketball-themed films: Blue Chips

Blue Chips

Blue Chips is a 1994 drama film about basketball, directed by William Friedkin, written by Ron Shelton and starring Nick Nolte as a college coach and real-life basketball stars Shaquille O'Neal and Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway as talented finds....

(1993) and Eddie

Eddie (film)

Eddie is a 1996 comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Frank Langella. It was a moderate success, grossing $31,387,164 in the US.The film was directed by Steve Rash.- Plot summary :...

(1996).

External links

• Demetrius Calip Statistics at BasketballReference.com
• College stats at sportsstats.com
• University of Michigan Basketball Statistical Archive