I should do some research and post his career stats but he was 2nd team All ACC his sophomore season and 1st team his Jr and Sr seasons. I believe he led the ACC in rebounding in all 3 seasons. Had by far the best stats of any big man we have ever had and scored the game winning bucket in our only ACC Tournament Championship. According to John Roche, he lives a very private life and does not return to any place else for salutations or awards and does not bear any grudge against us. Formerly, Dave Odom and Eric Hyman were trying to get Owens to return for a special ceremony to retire his jersey, wanting to leverage the occasion to sell some tickets since Odom wasn't able to sell tickets with a good basketball program. Those two "Gamecocks" preconditioned retiring Owens jersey upon his coming back to Columbia for the ceremony, but anyone with a heart and a brain - which excludes both Odom and Hyman - knows that an injustice was done by not retiring Owens jersey when Roche's was retired. Owens jersey should be retired and hanging from the rafters of the Colonial Life Center. It should happen at a halftime ceremony with other Gamecock greats in attendance whether Tom Owens is present or not. He is deserving of the honor and we should respect his privacy if he is not comfortable with the attention and publicity of making a public appearance. Now when is somebody at our University going to get this right?