Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the fifth pick overall in 1979...winner of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1983 and 1984...five time NBA All-Star, twice as a starter.

The Bucks went from tied for third in the Midwest Division to first in Moncrief's rookie year, improving from 38 wins to 49. It was their first of seven straight division championships and 10 straight playoff appearances during Moncrief's career in Milwaukee.

By 1981-82, Moncrief's third season, he was in full bloom, He made his first of five straight appearances on both the All-Star and All-Defensive Teams. He was also named to the All-NBA Second Team.

In 1982-83, he earned the NBA's first-ever Defensive Player of the Year Award and was also named to the All-NBA First Team, joining Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Moses Malone, and Magic Johnson. People started taking notice. Moncrief won his second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1983-84...in an outstanding pro career, Moncrief was known as one of the NBA's most complete players.

He was also known as "Sir Sidney," "Sid the Squid" and "4 on the floor."

His number 4 was retired by the Bucks on January 6, 1990. Rededicated his retired jersey on January 19, 2008.

Sidney was the head coach at UALR for the 1999-2000 season, going 4-24. He then moved to the NBA as an assistant coach.

Went to China as a consultant for the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association in January 2009.

Career highs: 3,575 rebounds...2,793 assists...924 steals...226 blocked shots...11,931 points...15.6 points...4.7 rebounds.

Season highs: 22.5 points in 1982-83...5.2 assists in 84-85...6.7 rebounds in 1981-82, 1983-84...averaged 16.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 93 playoff games.

Starred at the University of Arkansas from 1976-79...was
twice named an All-American ('78 & '79) and led the Razorbacks to the Final Four in 1978...team was 32-4 in 1977-78 and finished third in the NCAA Tournament...At Arkansas, Moncrief and teammates Ron Brewer and Marvin Delph were affectionately known as "The Triplets."...Moncrief is still Arkansas' career record holder in rebounds (1,015) and is the second all-time leading scorer with 2,066 points...he averaged 16.9 points and 8.3 rebounds in his college career under coach Eddie Sutton...lettered in 1976, '77, '78, & '79...he shot .606 from the floor during his four collegiate seasons...was named AP Freshman of the Year while at Arkansas...led the Razorbacks to three Southwest Conference championships...he was also twice named to the All-American team, including his senior season, and once was the Southwest Conference MVP...elected to the U of A Letterman's Association Hall of Honor in 1988...named one of the 50 greatest athletes from Arkansas by SI (7).

Razorback totals: 122 games...60.1 FG%...78.2 FT%...1,015 rebounds (most all time for Arkansas)...2,066 career points... 8.3 rebounds...2,066 points...16.9 points...averaged 22 points, 9.6 rebounds in 78-79.

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I was a student at Ramay Jr. High in Fayetteville Arkansas in 1978. It was the usual course of action to get a student teacher from the university each year. In 1978 I walked into my gym class to find that Sidney Moncrief was going to be our student teacher from the University!! From day one I was totally enthralled. He even played us kids games of horse. We were absolutely mesmerized. He was already known as "Super Sid" and we couldn't believe he was teaching us.
Well to make a short story long...hehehe....one of my friends even wrote a song about him. I still remember the words:

He came from Little Rock Arkansas,
Stood about 6 feet 4 inches tall,
A heck of a player, but that's not all,
Folks said he was born with a basketball.

Now basketball turned upside down,
when Sidney Moncrief came to town,
They filled Barnhill Field to capacity,
to watch the young mans wizardry.

chorus:
Texas has its Krevaks,
ISU the bird,
but down in the state of Arkansas,
Moncrief is the word,
Duke has its Gemenski,
ISU the bird,
but down in the state of Arkansas,
Moncrief is the word

Now down the court with blazing speed,
and taking passes off of US Reed,
and up in the air with a double pump,
the Sid developed his patented dunk.

So they played the Longhorns to win it all,
those gutsy kids from Arkansas,
and when they left that Houston town,
they took the Southwest Conference Crown.

chorus

And on to the NCAA,
with the Razorbacks to play,
and as they'd done in the games before,
they started Mr. 6 foot 4.

And in the game with ISU,
Arkansas red was turned to blue,
but if you felt the way I did,
you poured your heart out to all those kids,
and Super Sid.

Now Super Sid has come and gone,
but still his memory lingers on,
and if you feel the way I do,
we're all gonna miss number 32.

chorus

I remember as a kid listening to the bucks games for sir Sid was my favorite player. I remember one game there was like 4 seconds left against the lakers in L.A. and the ball was inbounded to Sid he drove right down the middle and dunked it over Kareem with no time left. He was the heart, soul & inspiration of those bucks teams. If we didn't have Sid we wouldn't have won an average of 54 games a season and no central division championships would of been ours so I would just like to thank Sid. I am 33 now and watched the bucks decline in every way. Hoping year by year they would of drafted another like Sid but let's face it that's impossible when your one of a kind. Thank-you Sid for all the memories.

G. N.