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Edgar played college basketball at Pasadena City College, As a freshman in 1982-83 he began a two-year junior college career that continued through 1983-84 before he transferred to Arizona as a junior college post player from Pasadena, California.

At Pasadena City College, he scored 780 career points across the 1982-83 and 1983-84 seasons and averaged 12.6 points per game over his junior college career.

Going into his Arizona career, he had produced 17.4 points and 8.8 rebounds per game at Pasadena City College and arrived in Tucson as a junior transfer who gave Lute Olson added frontcourt depth behind returning center Pete Williams.

As a junior at Arizona in 1984-85, Edgar wore No. 50, played center, and came into a team that was coached by Lute Olson in the Pacific-10 Conference.

Arizona finished 21-10 overall and 12-6 in Pac-10 play in 1984-85, good for third in the conference, and reached the NCAA tournament before losing 50-41 to Alabama in the first round.

Individually in 1984-85, Edgar played 19 games and started 4, averaging 7.3 minutes, 1.6 points, 1.1 rebounds, 0.0 assists, 0.4 steals, 0.4 blocks, and 0.9 turnovers per game while shooting 41.7 percent from the field and 62.5 percent at the free-throw line.

His 1984-85 season totals were 138 minutes, 10 made field goals on 24 attempts, 10 made free throws on 16 attempts, 21 rebounds, 0 assists, 7 steals, 7 blocks, 18 turnovers, 26 fouls, and 30 points.

He was used in a limited role as a reserve junior in that first Arizona season, but his physical style showed up quickly, including an early road game at Northern Arizona when he opened with a dunk right after tip-off and then chased down a loose ball on the next possession.

As a senior in 1985-86, Edgar moved into a full-time starting role for Olson and became one of the key inside pieces on one of Arizona’s breakthrough teams.

Arizona finished 23-9 overall and 14-4 in Pac-10 play in 1985-86, won the Pac-10 regular-season title, and returned to the NCAA tournament, where its season ended with a first-round loss to Auburn.

Edgar started all 32 games in 1985-86 and averaged 32.5 minutes, 11.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 2.4 steals, 1.0 blocks, and 2.4 turnovers per game while shooting 50.9 percent from the field and 68.1 percent from the free-throw line.

His 1985-86 season totals were 1,039 minutes, 142 made field goals on 279 attempts, 77 made free throws on 113 attempts, 232 rebounds, 42 assists, 77 steals, 33 blocks, 77 turnovers, 102 fouls, and 355 points.

He led Arizona in rebounding in 1985-86, ranked among the Pac-10’s better rebounders, and also finished among the school’s better single-season steal totals with 77.

Edgar served as a senior captain on Arizona’s first Pac-10 championship team under Olson and gave the Wildcats an undersized but highly effective interior presence alongside players such as Steve Kerr, Craig McMillan, Sean Elliott, Anthony Cook, Joe Turner, and Ken Lofton.

One of his best conference performances came in an overtime win over Oregon State on January 23, 1986, when he scored 20 points.

He followed that with another major performance on February 15, 1986, when he scored a career-high 25 points in a 71-62 win over USC.

Less than a week later, on February 20, 1986, he added 18 points and 9 rebounds in a 65-59 win over Oregon that moved Arizona into a tie for the conference lead.

In his final college game, the NCAA tournament loss to Auburn on March 14, 1986, Edgar scored 15 points and went 7-for-11 from the field in a strong closing performance.

Across his Arizona career, he played 51 games and started 36, averaging 23.1 minutes, 7.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 1.6 steals, 0.8 blocks, and 1.9 turnovers per game while shooting 50.2 percent from the field and 67.4 percent from the foul line.

His Arizona career totals were 1,177 minutes, 152 made field goals on 303 attempts, 87 made free throws on 129 attempts, 253 rebounds, 42 assists, 84 steals, 40 blocks, 95 turnovers, 128 fouls, and 385 points.

Edgar’s college path ran from Pasadena City College to Arizona, where he developed from a junior reserve into the starting center on a Pac-10 championship team and finished his final season as Arizona’s leading rebounder.