As a sophomore in the 1983–84 season, he contributed along with point guard David Rivers, to a runner-up finish at the 1984 National Invitation Tournament (NIT).

[1] On August 24, before the start of the Hawks training camp, he was driving a van in which former college teammate David Rivers was also traveling, returning to an apartment they shared after working a summer job with a caterer business, when the vehicle overturned and went into a ditch, after trying to avoid an oncoming car.

[2][3] On September 13, it was announced in the media, that he would play in Italy with the Tracer Milano instead of the NBA, where he averaged 16.9 points and 8.4 rebounds in 30 games.

He returned to play in Europe, after head coach and general manager Don Nelson, encouraged him to keep improving his basketball skills.

He also has a cousin, Ashley Barlow, who tri-captained the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team, in 2009 and 2010.