| Ben Larson | |
| Career Position: | Point guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | Elkhart Central (Elkhart, Indiana) |
| College: | Cal Poly (1995–1999) |
| Draft Year: | 1999 |
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Ben Larson (born) is an American former college basketball player. A native of Elkhart, Indiana,[1] [2] [3] Larson played NCAA Division I basketball at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) from 1995 to 1999, where as a true freshman he was named the American West Conference Player of the Year.[4] The 1995–96 season saw him average career highs of 12.8 points, 5.2 assists, 3.4 steals, and 2.7 rebounds per game.[5] He led the American West in assists and steals per game in guiding the Mustangs to win the regular season championship.[5] [6] Despite being named as the league's player and freshman of the year, Larson was not named to an all-conference squad.[6]
After Larson's freshman season, the American West Conference disbanded.[4] Cal Poly joined the Big West Conference.[4] [5] In each of his final three seasons, Larson declined his scoring averages down to 11.0, 7.2, and 5.0 points, respectively.[5] He did not attain the same overall impact he did in his freshman year and then went unselected in the 1999 NBA draft.[5] Larson never played professional basketball.
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1995–96| style="text-align:left;"| Cal Poly| 29 || 29 || 36.3 || .379 || .382 || .709 || 2.7 || 5.2 || 3.4 || 0.1 || 12.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1996–97| style="text-align:left;"| Cal Poly| 30 || || 30.2 || .395 || .333 || .870 || 2.7 || 3.5 || 2.3 || 0.3 || 11.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1997–98| style="text-align:left;"| Cal Poly| 26 || || 31.5 || .360 || .333 || .726 || 2.7 || 4.9 || 2.1 || 0.3 || 7.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1998–99| style="text-align:left;"| Cal Poly| 22 || || || .353 || .321 || .650 || 2.0 || 4.5 || 2.3 || 0.0 || 5.0|-|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 107 || || || .377 || .351 || .761 || 2.6 || 4.5 || 2.6 || 0.2 || 9.4