Dan Cross

Daniel Curtis Cross, Jr. (born August 16, 1973) is an American former basketball player. Cross played college basketball for the Florida Gators men's basketball team of the University of Florida, where he was key member of the Gators' run to the 1994 NCAA Final Four. After college, Cross played professionally in several countries, including a stint in Italy's Serie A. Cross was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Carbondale, Illinois. He is the oldest of the five children of Daniel Cross, Sr. and Lillian Cross. He attended Carbondale Community High School, where he played for the Carbondale Terriers high school basketball team, and led the Terriers to the state championship game. Cross accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Lon Kruger's Florida Gators men's basketball team from 1991 to 1995. Cross shared time with upperclassmen at the point guard position during his freshman and sophomore seasons, starting 20 games in 1991–92, and twelve of the last fourteen in 1992–93; he became a consistent starter at the outset of his 1993–94 junior year. Memorably, he led the team with 20 points in their 59–57 upset of the N