Championship ring
Bennett played three years in the NBA for the Charlotte Hornets and several more professionally in Australia and New Zealand, where he started coaching. The time he spent in Oceania led him to later recruit several players from that region of the world into college basketball, notably including Australian Aron Baynes, who won a 2014 NBA Championship ring with the San Antonio Spurs; and New Zealander Jack Salt, a frequent starter on the 2019 NCAA Championship team.