Lari A. Ketner

At UMass

Played in 94 of the 95 total games in his three seasons.
Averaged double-figures in scoring each year.
Blocked 204 shots in career, which at the time was 3rd best in UMass history. (Current list on the Statistics History page.)
Shot exactly 50% from two-point territory.
Honored as part of the Atlantic 10 Legends, Class of 2015.¹⁾²⁾³⁾⁴⁾
Was ineligible his freshman year. Applied for a waiver to regain his fourth season, but the NCAA denied his request.⁵⁾
Returned later to UMass and completed his degree.⁶⁾⁷⁾
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Team Co-Captain, with Charlton Clarke.
Took over as the primary post player, after the graduation of Tyrone Weeks.
Led the team in rebounding with 242 (8.3 rpg) and blocks (64 / 2.2). His rebounding numbers ranked him fifth in the Atlantic 10.

Atlantic 10 First Team honoree.
NABC All-District First Team selection.
Led the team in scoring with 486 points (15.2 ppg), field goal percentage (.523), and blocks (67 / 2.1).
Rebounding average of 7.4 was second on the team and tenth in the league.
Scored a career high 34 points against Saint Joseph's (2/21).
Scored 33 versus Dayton (2/1).
Named to the All-Tournament Team for the Great Alaska Shootout,⁸⁾ where he averaged 17.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.0 blocks over the three games.

Attended UMass as a student but was not eligible to play or practice due to NCAA regulations at the time.

Season	G	GS	MP	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	PTS	PPG	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	STL	BLK	BPG	TOV	PF	FO
1996-97	33	29	792	24.0	141	253	.557	141	252	.560	1	.000	67	114	.588	349	10.6	?	?	175	5.3	23	8	73	2.2	61	103	?
1997-98	32	31	968	30.3	195	373	.523	195	373	.523	0	–	96	149	.644	486	15.2	?	?	238	7.4	16	14	67	2.1	59	98	?
1998-99	29	28	879	30.3	128	303	.422	128	303	.422	0	–	57	102	.559	313	10.8	?	?	242	8.3	35	11	64	2.2	50	90	?
Career	94	88	2639	28.1	464	929	.499	464	928	.500	1	.000	220	365	.603	1148	12.2	225	430	655	7.0	74	33	204	2.2	170	291	14

Selected in the Second Round, 49th overall, in the 1999 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls.⁹⁾¹⁰⁾ Pre-draft articles: 1, 2
Played briefly for Chicago, Cleveland, and Indiana in the NBA.
See more on our older page for Lari
Stats from Basketball-Reference, Real GM

Lari's Cleveland jersey from 2000.

Passed away in 2014, at age 37, after battling colon cancer for over a year.¹¹⁾¹²⁾¹³⁾
Survived by his wife Aquarius and three children.¹⁴⁾¹⁵⁾
Eldest son Tairi played in college with Albany as a walk-on in 2021-22,¹⁶⁾ and earned a scholarship for the 2022-23 season.¹⁷⁾ Albany stats from Sports Reference.
Tairi and Albany played at the Mullins Center in December 2022.¹⁸⁾
Tairi went on to play at D-II's Holy Family in 2023-24 and 2024-25.¹⁹⁾
Younger son Touari “Deuce” Ketner started college at D-II's Millersville Univ in Pennsylvania²⁰⁾²¹⁾