Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame
Austin "Bus" Lepine played in a highly successful era of Rutgers basketball. A 1937 graduate, Lepine was a catalyst and floor leader on the great 1936-37 team, which, to that point in history, was the most successful and decorated Rutgers team ever. An All-State selection at New Brunswick High School, Lepine averaged a team-best 11.8 points per game for the 13-2 Rutgers team of 1936-37. Lepine was also the leading scorer on the team as a junior, and second-leading as a sophomore. Lepine played for coach Frank Hill, a member of the inaugural Rutgers Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1993. Rutgers raced out to an 8-0 start in 1936-37 before dropping a pair of late season games, one of which was a 39-38 decision to national power NYU.
