In just his second collegiate game as a freshman, he scored 13 points in only 19 minutes off the bench to lead his team to a three-point win over Pittsburgh.
[2] By his seventh game, his head coach (Bob Staak) began to use him as a starter, which was the first of a since-broken school record 115 consecutive starts.
[5] After his junior season in 1986–87, Larkin was named as the first alternate for both guard positions for Team USA's squad that competed in the 1987 Pan American Games, which were held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
[5] Despite a lauded career at Xavier University, Larkin was never drafted by any National Basketball Association (NBA) team.
[4] He worked out for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks and New Jersey Nets, but due to his size (6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)) and inability to adapt to the NBA three-point line, teams did not show enough interest and he was passed up.
[4] After a brief stint with the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets in the Continental Basketball Association,[1] Larkin spent the next five years playing professionally in Venezuela for Guaiqueríes de Nueva Esparta, where in two of them he led his league in scoring.