Charlie Moore (basketball)

Moore in 2015 in the IHSA Class 3A consolation game

Moore is the son of Curis and Tanya Moore. Moore's father started training him to dribble at age 3 and continued training his ball handling skills as he was growing up.[1] Moore was part of back-to-back IHSA Class 3A state champions in 2013 and 2014 at Morgan Park High School. As a freshman for the 2012–2013, team he served as backup to senior Billy Garrett Jr..[2] As a sophomore, he was a starter and one of three double digit scorers with 12 points for Morgan Park in both the state semifinals against Orr Academy High School and the championship game against Lincoln High School.[3][4] As a junior, he teamed with Marcus LoVett Jr. to lead Morgan Park to a third place finish in the state tournament. They lost to Jordan Goodwin and Tarkus Ferguson of Althoff Catholic High School in the IHSA Class 3A semi-finals.[5] They defeated Rockford Lutheran High School in the consolation game.[6]

In November 2015, Moore who was at the time the number 57 recruit in the national class of 2016,[7][8][9] committed to play for head coach Josh Pastner (and assistant coach Damon Stoudamire) at Memphis, becoming the first Chicago area player to commit to Memphis since Derrick Rose.[10] As a senior, Moore won Illinois Mr. Basketball in 2016 over Mike Smith and Zach Norvell Jr. after averaging 28 points, seven assists, five steals and four rebounds.[1] Less than 2 weeks later, Pastner was hired by Georgia Tech.[11] Moore immediately decommitted from Memphis.[12] He considered offers from Callifornia, Georgia Tech, Illinois, LSU, Miami, SMU, UNLV and Western Kentucky. Six weeks later, he signed to play at Cal for Cuonzo Martin after center Ivan Rabb decided not to declare for the 2016 NBA draft.[13] At that point in his career, Moore was regarded as a scorer and playmaker who would have to learn how to excel on defense to succeed at a higher level. Nonetheless, he was the highlight of his recruiting class for the 2016–17 Cal Bears and would help replace production lost in the backcourt with the departures of Jaylen Brown and Tyrone Wallace.[14]

In his second game at Cal, with three starters sidelined due to injuries, Moore broke Shareef Abdur-Rahim's 1995 single-game freshman scoring record of 33 points by scoring 38 in an overtime win against UC Irvine.[15] As a freshman, Moore who was the only player to start all 34 games led Cal in assists and steals, while scoring 12.2 points per game.[16] Following the season, Martin was hired by Missouri.[17] Subsequently, (with Rabb entering the 2017 NBA draft and Jabari Bird graduating) Moore transferred to Kansas.[18]

According to NCAA transfer rules, Moore sat out a season before joining the 2018–19 Kansas Jayhawks, which had guards Devon Dotson, Marcus Garrett, Ochai Agbaji and Quentin Grimes. Moore's only start of the season was December 8 against New Mexico State.[16] On December 18, 2018, with Udoka Azubuike sidelined and Dedric Lawson somewhat limited by foul trouble, Moore scored a season-high 18 points (all on three point shots) against South Dakota.[19] Following the season, he announced he would be transferring to be closer to family.[20] By this time, his father had health issues, which may have been why he transferred to hometown Depaul University and applied for a waiver to transfer and play immediately.[21]

A month before the season was to begin, Moore received a waiver to play immediately for the 2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons.[22] During the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Moore fell 4 assists shy of joining Rod Strickland (1987-88) as the only Blue Demons with 400 points and 200 assists in a season. Nonetheless, he was only player in the Big East Conference to place in the top ten in scoring (8th), assists (1st) and steals (6th).[16] The following season for the 2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons, Moore was a pre-season All-2020–21 Big East Conference first team selection.[23] Moore picked up Big East player of the week honors on February 21, 2021.[24] Following the season, which was the fifth consecutive year in with DePaul finished last in the Big East, DePaul fired head coach Dave Leitao.[25] That summer when the Big East recognized its 2020–21 scholar athletes, Moore was recognized as an All-Academic team selection.[26]

With the COVID rule for additional eligibility, Moore elected to transfer to play for the 2021–22 Miami Hurricanes where Chris Lykes had just vacated the point guard role and he had relationships with head coach Jim Larranaga and assistant coach Bill Courtney.[27] Following the regular season Moore joined teammates Kameron McGusty and Isaiah Wong on the All-ACC basketball team. Moore earned All-Defensive team and honorable mention All-ACC recognition.[28] Moore, fellow 6th-year senior McGusty and Wong are all 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) or shorter.[29] In the first round of the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Moore contributed 16 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 3.0 seconds left, to give Miami a 68–66 victory over USC.[30] Moore contributed 15 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists in the second round upset of number 2 seed Auburn.[29] Once Miami got to the Sweet Sixteen round, they found themselves playing at Moore's hometown United Center, where they defeated Iowa State to reach the elite eight for the first time in school history.[31] Still at the United Center for the elite eight round, Miami was matched up against the 2021–22 version of the Kansas Jayhawks that Moore had previously played for. The Jayhawk were led by Moore's former teammate Agbaji.[32] Kansas won the game,[33] and they went on to win the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game.[34]

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• Kansas Jayhawks bio
• California Golden Bears bio