Dennis R. Bell (born June 2, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m He played collegiately for the Drake University. The Drake Bulldogs are the athletic teams of the Drake University. He was selected by the New York Knicks in the 5th round (83rd pick overall) of the 1973 NBA Draft. Several notables came out of the 1973 NBA Draft, including former NBA head coach and current TNT NBA analyst Doug Collins, current New York He played for the Knicks (1973-76) in the NBA for 63 games.