Lou Tsioropoulos, who played on Kentucky’s 1951 N.C.A.A. basketball championship team and two Boston Celtics squads that went on to win N.B.A. titles, died on Saturday in Louisville, Ky. He was 84.
His death was confirmed by his nephew Michael Johnson.
The 6-foot-5, 190-pound Tsioropoulos played three seasons at Kentucky, then the pre-eminent college program in the country. In 1951, he teamed with Frank Ramsey and Cliff Hagan, future Basketball Hall of Famers, to beat Kansas State by 68-58 in the national final, securing the third of Kentucky’s four college championships under Adolph Rupp. In the 1951-52 season, the team led the nation’s top college division in points per game, going 29-3, but it lost to St.