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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly 2
Regular Session, 2025 HMR 1011 3
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By: Representative Rye 5
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HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 8
TO REMEMBER UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE 9
AND NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION STAR OLIVER "BIG 10
O" MILLER FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND FOR HIS 11
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. 12
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TO REMEMBER UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT 16
FAYETTEVILLE AND NATIONAL BASKETBALL 17
ASSOCIATION STAR OLIVER "BIG O" MILLER 18
FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND FOR HIS 19
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. 20
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WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller, formerly of Phoenix, Arizona, passed 22
away on March 12, 2025; and 23
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WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was a legendary center and four -year 25
letterman in basketball for the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 26
Razorbacks basketball team from 1988 -1992; and 27
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WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was nicknamed "Big O" because of his 29
size and incredible skills throughout his basketball career, which began at 30
Southwest High School in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was a star athlete; and 31
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WHEREAS, while Oliver "Big O" Miller played for the Razorbacks, the 33
team recorded twenty -five wins, seven losses (25 -7) during the 1988-1989 34
season, thirty wins, five losses (30 -5) during the 1989-1990 season, thirty-35
four wins, four losses (34 -4) during the 1990-1991 season, and twenty -six 36 HMR1011
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wins, eight losses (26 -8) during the 1991-1992 season; and 1
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WHEREAS, the trio of Oliver "Big O" Miller, Lee Mayberry, and Todd Day 3
led to some of the highest scoring averages in University of Arkansas at 4
Fayetteville basketball history; and 5
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WHEREAS, in Oliver "Big O" Miller's first three (3) seasons with the 7
Razorbacks, the team won the Southwest Conference regular season and 8
tournament championships, and his senior -year 1991-1992 squad won the 9
Southeastern Conference regular season championship in Arkansas’s first year 10
in that conference; and 11
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WHEREAS, while Oliver "Big O" Miller played for the Razorbacks, the 13
team achieved victories every season in the annual National Collegiate 14
Athletic Association tournament, reaching the second round during his 1988 -15
1989 season, reaching the Final Four during his 1989 -1990 season, reaching 16
the Elite Eight during his 1990 -1991 season, and reaching the second round 17
during his 1991-1992 season; and 18
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WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was number one (1) in career field goal 20
percentage at sixty-three and six-tenths percent (63.6%), number one (1) in 21
blocked shots at three hundred forty -five (345), number three (3) in rebounds 22
at eight hundred eighty -six (886), number nine (9) in points at one thousand 23
six hundred seventy-four (1,674) points, and number fourteen in freethrows at 24
three hundred nine (309) on the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville's 25
basketball all-time leader list; and 26
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WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller led the National Collegiate Athletic 28
Association in field goal percentage and set the Southwest Conference single -29
season record for blocked shots during the 1990 -1991 season, was the first 30
player in University of Arkansas at Fayetteville history to record over one 31
hundred (100) blocks and one hundred (100) assists in the same season, and 32
still holds the program record for field goal percentage and blocked shots; 33
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WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 36 HMR1011
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first round of the 1992 National Basketball Association draft; and 1
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WHEREAS, during his professional basketball career, Oliver "Big O" 3
Miller played for the Phoenix Suns, the Detroit Pistons, the Toronto Raptors, 4
the Dallas Mavericks, the Sacramento Kings, and the Minnesota Timberwolves; 5
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WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller retired from professional basketball in 8
2010; and 9
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WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was named to the Southeastern 11
Conference's Legends class in 2017; and 12
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WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was inducted into the University of 14
Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor in 2016 and the Southwest Conference Hall of 15
Fame in 2024, and he will be inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame 16
in 2025; and 17
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WHEREAS, upon Oliver "Big O" Miller's passing, his Phoenix Suns 19
teammate Charles Barkley said, "We would not have gotten to the finals 20
without Oliver Miller . . . he was a terrific passer . . . he played bigger 21
than his size . . . he was a great kid"; and 22
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WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller will be remembered by Arkansans for his 24
immense talent, humor, and generosity both on and off the court, 25
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NOW THEREFORE, 27
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL 28
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 29
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THAT the House of Representatives remember University of Arkansas at 31
Fayetteville basketball star Oliver "Big O" Miller for his achievements and 32
his contributions to the State of Arkansas. 33
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 35
presented to the family of Oliver "Big O" Miller by the Chief Clerk of the 36 HMR1011
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