M Club Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1998
A four-year letterwinner, Dwight Boyd wore the Blue and Gray from 1984-88 and was a member of Tiger squads that posted a combined record of 105-30 and earned three NCAA Tournaments berths.
As a freshman in 1984-85, the Memphis, Tenn., native was a part of the Tigers' magical run to the 1985 NCAA Final Four, which also included a sweep of the Metro Conference regular season and tournament crowns.
Boyd's 1986-87 team won the Metro Conference Tournament title.
As a senior in 1987-88, Boyd was the squad's leading scorer with a 15.2 ppg average, and he earned Metro Conference All-Tournament Team honors that same season. Boyd led the Tigers in free throw percentage his junior (80.6 percent) and senior (89.5 percent) seasons, and his 89.5 mark is a school single-season mark. He finished his career shooting 82.7 percent from the charity stripe, which is the third-best free throw percentage in school history. Boyd's name appears on the Memphis career scoring list in the No. 18 spot with 1,249 points.
Boyd was drafted by the NBA Denver Nuggets in the third round round in 1988. Following a playing career in the CBA, he went to work for Pepsi before joining the staff at the University of Memphis.
A graduate of Kirby High School in Memphis, Dwight Boyd joined the Tigers in 1984 and became part of a team that would run off 105 wins in 135 total contests. Boyd and his teammates appeared in the NCAA Tournament three times during the 1980s and the 1985 team won their way to the Final Four in Lexington, Kentucky. Memphis won the Metro Conference Tournament in 1985 and 1987 and Boyd received All-Metro Tournament honors in 1988. The guard played in 131 career games which still stands as the all-time U of M record. A member of the Basketball Weekly All-South Team in 1988, Boyd led the Tigers in scoring in 1987-88, totaling 441 points on the season. His career total of 1,249 points ranks him 16th on the all-time scoring list and his 82.7 career free throw percentage is third overall. Boyd was drafted by the Denver Nuggets of the NBA.
