College Basketball Player. He was an outstanding basketball player who died of a cocaine overdose two days after being drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA). Playing for the University of Maryland Terrapins, he garnered that Atlantic Coast Conference Athlete of the Year and the Player of the Year awards in 1986. On June 17, 1986, he was drafted by the Boston Celtics as the number two overall pick. Two days later, he suffered a cardiac arrhythmia after ingesting cocaine, and died hours later in a Riverdale Park, Maryland hospital. In 2021, Bias was posthumously inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
College Basketball Player. He was an outstanding basketball player who died of a cocaine overdose two days after being drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA). Playing for the University of Maryland Terrapins, he garnered that Atlantic Coast Conference Athlete of the Year and the Player of the Year awards in 1986. On June 17, 1986, he was drafted by the Boston Celtics as the number two overall pick. Two days later, he suffered a cardiac arrhythmia after ingesting cocaine, and died hours later in a Riverdale Park, Maryland hospital. In 2021, Bias was posthumously inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
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