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McNamara played just two seasons for the Bears after transferring from Santa Clara, but his name remains firmly entrenched in the Cal record book. He set a school mark by scoring at least 30 points six times, while he shot a school-record 70.2 percent from the floor as a senior (231-329), and his career rate of 66.2 percent continues to top the record chart. McNamara finished with 1,041 points, becoming the first Cal player to reach the 1,000-point mark in only two years. His career scoring rate of 19.6 ppg is second only to Ed Gray at Cal, while his 11.6 rpg are No. 3 in school history. McNamara led the Pac-10 in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage as a senior – a feat match by only three others in conference history (UCLA’s Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton; Arizona State’s Ike Diogu). He averaged 22.0 ppg and 12.6 ppg as a senior, when he was named a third-team All-American by UPI, and 17.2 ppg and 10.5 rpg as a junior. McNamara scored a high of 37 points vs. Seattle Pacific and 36 against UCLA, which ties for most by a Bear against the Bruins. A two-time team MVP, he was voted first-team All-Pac-10 as a senior. McNamara was selected 22nd overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1982 NBA Draft.