Stuart Douglass‘ story didn’t begin when he choose Michigan Basketball over other options. It started in his basement, tussling around with his siblings with the ultimate goal of scoring on their throwback fisher price hoop.
“Fights would ensue and they would periodically come upstairs from the basement crying,” Nancy Douglass, Stuart’s mom, remembered. “I told them unless there is blood, I don’t want to hear about it.”
That’s where Stu’s love of the game began: fighting for every inch, fighting for every basket.
Growing up in a small town just outside of Indianapolis, Douglass idolized Reggie Miller and the Pacers during his own journey to stardom; it’s why he still wears number 31 to this day.