Marvin Barnes

Marvin Jerome "Bad News" Barnes (July 27, 1952 – September 8, 2014) was an American professional basketball player. A forward, he was an All-American at Providence College and played professionally in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA).

At Providence, Barnes played under coach Dave Gavitt, averaging 20.7 points, 17.9 rebounds, and 2.7 assists across 89 career games. In 1973, he became the first player to score on all ten of his field goal attempts in an NCAA tournament game, a record later surpassed by Kenny Walker, who went 11-for-11 in 1986. On December 15, 1973, Barnes scored 52 points against Austin Peay, breaking the school's single-game record. He led the nation in rebounding during the 1973–74 season.

Barnes was drafted by the Denver Rockets, now known as the Denver Nuggets, as the sixth pick of the first round of the 1973 ABA Draft's undergraduate draft period as a junior. He was also selected by the Philadelphia 76ers as the second pick in the first round of the 1974 NBA draft as a senior.