#9 Teddy Dupay
Most spartan fans will always remember this guy as the son of a bitch who tried to take Mateen Cleaves out of the biggest game of his life with a cowardly cheap shot, but he is so much more than that. Some guys are dirty players, some players are bad people, some bad people are degenerate gamblers…Teddy Dupay is all of these things. Not only was he a member of Billy Donovan’s first final four team that was the national runner up in 2000 Dupay was also Mr. Basketball in the state of Florida and Billy Donovan’s first recruit. He had a bright future as a gritty (actually dirty), energetic, fan favorite little white guard at a new college basketball powerhouse. He was in the end brought down by his own scumbaggery, and his fall from BMOC to accused felon has been enjoyable to watch and very much deserved.
The lowlights:
· In the midst of being outclassed in the 2000 National Championship Game and well behind Dupay viciously kicked out the leg of Mateen Cleaves under the basket in an obvious cheap shot injuring the star guards ankle.
· In the fall of 2001 he left the Florida program after a campus wide athletics probe revealed he had been actively gambling on college sporting events including NCAA basketball. He had allegedly tried to recruit other members of the gator basketball program into a point shaving ring (according to their testimony), and at one point during a game told one of his teammates to pick it up because “I’ve got money on us.”
· In 2003 while bouncing around the backwater minor leagues of professional basketball Teddy was charged with a DUI and evading arrest after he smashed into an off duty sheriff’s deputy while driving around toasted, and then attempted to flee the scene before piling his wrecked car into a utility pole.
· In 2008 he was charged with rape, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault. All of them major felonies. During his interview with the police Teddy commented that it isn’t possible to “rape someone you love.” I guess that will be for the jury to decide
· In 2009 and beyond Teddy Dupay will be raped in jail by someone he does not love.
