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Horace Jenkins just finished a summer league stint with the Pistons. He played somewhat well.  
5 games, 92 minutes, 15-30 (FG-FGA), 4-8 (3FG-3FGA), 7-11 (FT-FTA), 3 rebounds, 14 assists, 4 steals, 12 turnovers, and averaging 8.2 points per game.

Rich Melzer struggled a little with the Wizards in Orlando, but he'll probably get another chance with them starting tomorrow in Las Vegas.
5 games, 51 minutes, 3-15, 1-4, 7-7,  8 rebs  1 assist  0 steals  4 turnovers  1 blocked shot  14 points   

From todays Detroit Free Press, re: Horace Jenkins
Jenkins

Knightstalker -

Great stuff in that article. Thanks for posting the link to it.

By the way, I think one of the NJAC teams may be visiting the confines of Mayser Center in Lancaster, PA to play Franklin And Marshall early in the season. Might be an interesting game. Hope you get a chance to see it.

But, since I moved, from Lancaster I may not get to see it on a week night this year. It will be real withdrawal for me going from 25 plus games each season to perhaps 15 games this year.

Regards.

Eric

I was at Mayser last year for the Sweet Sixteen when NJCU played Ahmerst.  Very nice place.

While we all know about former d3 players in the NBA, the question came up as to how many are playing professionally ANYWHERE.

Pat doesn't keep track, since there are SO MANY leagues, it would be a near impossibility.  But, collectively, posters could probably compile at least a fairly complete list.

If you know of a former player at your school, from your conference, or whatever, who is currently playing in Europe, South America, the CBA, or ANYWHERE, post it here!

per the WIAC page:

Brant Bailey UWSP grad. signed with the Rockford Lightning Wednesday, setting up a potential game against Melzer this month if RM signs with Sioux Falls.

OK, Pat, I have a greater understanding of why you never tried to research this yourself.  I just dealt with the CBA website(s) - Gary Steelheads was not TOO bad (though I had to check each bio separately - no colleges listed on the roster), some team I've already forgotten blasted me out of my chair with 'music' (but DID list players' colleges - no d3, but had James Head from Eastern Michigan), and Great Lakes Storm, whose website crashed my computer.

I surrender in terms of looking it up - it is posters do it, or it won't get done!

PS, thanks, you're the only one so far, but I'd already caught that match-up (though I didn't remember WHO was the potential opponent for RM, and was FAR too lazy to re-check the WIAC board!

Eric Joldersma graduated from Bethel University (formelry Bethel College) in 99. He's been playing over in France's Pro B League ever since.  Last season was 5th in the league scoring at 20.6 pt/gm.

He played in the MIAC the same years as D. George from Augsburg.  Both were built about the same and had monster verticals.  Man were those games fun to watch.  

Joldersma's one of my favorite stories from five years ago. As it was a poorly-kept secret that NBA scouts were following Devean George around from one MIAC gym to another, three or so MIAC room regulars (a couple of Bethel guys and a former Augsburg player, as I recall) began strongly suggesting that Joldersma, too, was going to go to The Show. Well, that was just plain nonsense, and I said as much in the MIAC room. While I could've been a little more diplomatic about it, you would've thought from their reaction that I had just spit in Joldersma's face. The vitriol in the MIAC room got very heated. They were very insistent that Joldersma was as sure a lock for an NBA uniform as was his rival Devean George.

While I wished Joldersma the best of luck when he signed with that French team, and I still wish him the best of luck, I hope that there aren't still any MIAC types who're holding their breath waiting for the NBA to come calling on him.

i recently found out that former brockport all-american mike medbury is traveling with the new york generals playing against the harlem globetrotters. his last known whereabouts was in germany. congrats mike.

Does anyone know if Finn Rebasso (sp?) is plaing professionally, perhaps in Europe?  He was a senior on the Occidental College team that made a run in the playoffs two or three years ago.

David,

If so, he must be playing in the Finnish league, ja??

check out the Kingsmen Website on their former player.....who not only plays professionally but played in the summer Olympics.

http://www.kingsmenbasketball.com

Well, I can add two interesting players that have continued playing...Joe Smith(Hamilton '04) is playing over in Europe, Denmark I believe.  And Mike Crotty(Williams '04) is also traveling with the Globetrotters playing for the Generals.

Sciacguru (or anyone else), do you know if Oxy grad Finn Rebassoo (sp?) is playing pro ball somewhere?  

This intrigued me enough to poke around a few developmental league sites.

I noticed that Gibbs (Otterbein) played in some league recently, though I can't remember the name.

Corey Thompson (Augustana) was listed as a one-time Sioux Falls Sky Force.

And, as Point referenced above, that's where Melzer currently is.

http://www.skyforceonline.com/roster/index.php?entryid=11

Gordon, the Augustana that Corey Thompson attended is the D2 school in Sioux Falls, SD, not the D3 school in Rock Island, IL.

Sager,
Do you know of any other D3 players that have played in the Olympics??
Other SCIAC players:
Several from CLU - Dunlap players, Mike Dulaney'99, Justin Muth '01, Avedian is trying....
Oxy - Finn in Denmark, Cun in China/Japan??
PP - Lund played for a while

Former McMurry Center Brian Tudman is playing in Australia.

I found this site. If you click on a d3 team, it tells you if any former players are playing anywhere currently.
http://www.usbasket.com/college/exncaa3.asp

My favorite site. They copy and paste news items off our front page and pass them off as their own.

Need a good lawyer, Pat?

How are you on international law?

Not only is that site horribly managed and guilty of stealing from d3hoops, but their list of D-III teams is so horribly inaccurate its laughable.

sorry, i just came across it and it seemed relevant to this thread. i was not aware that they were thieves.

I looked at that site and did find out that former NJCU captain and guard Reggie Wright is playing for a professional team in Slovakia.

Both Adam Harper (Amherst 04) and Mike Crotty (williams 04) are playing in Germany in the same league.  Adam has been ther since September and Mike since January.  In fact they are planning on watching the superbowl together tomorrow.

anyone know where andy panko is playing.  

Looks like Andy is playing in Italy.....I think?

http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=B4G

Sac:

The last I heard Panko was playing for Seville in Spain (last year he was with Girona, also in Spain). As well, Darren Pugh, who was LVC's leading rebounder, plays for the New York Nationals, the Globetrotters' foil-team. He'll go against them later this month in Hershey (in the off-season he works for HERCO, and doubtless his fellow-employees will be there to watch him put up with the Trotters' antics).

(Message edited by wt on February 9, 2005)

This was in SI.com, "The NBA's Oldest Rookie"
Jenkins

Peter Warren, #44 at VWC, will be joining the New York Nationals on November 1 for the 05/06 East Coast Tour

Recently graduated LVC player Steve Buzinski has just signed on with the Nationals.

It's great to see another LVC guy playing with the Nationals. I had the chance to see Pugh and the Nats play in Hershey back in February, and had a great time. Having never seen the Globetrotters in person before, I was surprised how much quality play really goes on.

In other LVC alum news, Andy Panko will play this coming season with Lagun Aro Bilbao of the Spanish La Liga, the top-flight basketball league there. He also spent last season in Spain playing with Caja San Fernando.

this happened a whiole back but, ormer Hornet Shawn Abell Signs Professional Baseball Contract with the Brockton Rox of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball. http://www.lynchburg.edu/athletics/releases/bb366.htm

The Can-Am league is an independent league. It doesn't have players who are affiliated with major league clubs. Not sure where the Abell/San Diego Padres info came from, but there must be a mistake somewhere.

Abell's contract may have been Padres property at some time, but he was not assigned by them to an independent league.

Jimmy Evans from Naz.,Rochester,nyPlaying in Denmark

I heard Tucker Kain from Williams is playing in England this year.

I just read that Jenkins will be playing in Israel during the upcoming season.

I think we'd have to nominate the New Zealand Breakers as the official pro team of D3Hoops.  They have TWO former D-III All-Americans playing on the Australian Legue team.

Brant Bailey of UW-Stevens Point is #2 in scoring and Rich Melzer of UW-River Falls is #4 in scoring.
Complete Stats: http://www.nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=breakers_statistics

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up since it has not been posted yet.  2004 -05 First team all conference NEAC player Wade Henninger, from Villa Julie, is playing pro ball in England for the Manchester Magic.  Seems to be doing very well, is one of the teams leading scorers so far this season.  Good luck Wade, and congrats to VJC for producing its first professional basketball player.

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up since it has not been posted yet.  2004 -05 First team all conference NEAC player Wade Henninger, from Villa Julie, is playing pro ball in England for the Manchester Magic.  Seems to be doing very well, is one of the teams leading scorers so far this season.  Good luck Wade, and congrats to VJC for producing its first professional basketball player.

Hey Pat, did you know there is a duplicate board to this one in the "Who's the Best" section?  I mean its duplicate in name, not in content, but it covers the same stuff.  We probably don't need both.

Also, its good to hear about Henninger, I thought he had some talent yet to develop, I guess the British did too.  Although, I'm not sure if its a good thing or a bad thing to agree with the British when it comes to basketball?

Here's a random, specific question... Does anyone know if there are any former D3 players playing basketball in Kosovo?

^{(yes, there is a pro basketball league in Kosovo)}

I actually have some friends living in Kosovo, but I don't think they get out to too many games.

If any of you have paid any attention to the MIAA, we had a great player in Travis Depree at Albion last year.  Now he has departed to play in Luxembourg. 

Amin Wright from Ramapo and Mufeed Thomas from William Paterson are both on the roster for the Newark Express of the ABA.  www.newarkexpress.com

Kareem Collins from NJCU is playing for the Harlem Strongdogs of the same league.

Devean George out for a week with an ankle problem.

Quote from: knightstalker on November 22, 2005, 04:34:23 PM
Kareem Collins from NJCU is playing for the Harlem Strongdogs of the same league.

I should note that Kareem Collins only played for NJCU for one season.  Basically he had a John Blutarski academic career.  No Grade Point Average, all classes incomplete.

Dave Jannuzzi (Wilkes) and Willie Chandler (Misercordia) both play for the Northeast Pennsylvania Breakers in the ABA.

Knightstalker: Did Collins' jersey have New Jersey City University written on it or just college ? :)

Just College, such a shame too because the kid is good.

Zareh Avedian (CLU) is playing on the SoCal Legends (ABA)
Victor Esquer (CLU) is playing in a pro league in Mexico

Former Maryville (TN) player Adam Hanley is playing semi-pro basketball in Finland.  The catch is that Hanley  was a four year soccer player at Maryville and never played basketball for the school:)

Former Carnegie Mellon guard Eliot Goren is playing for the Manchester Magic of the EBL (English Basketball League).

Former Calvin College player Dan Aultman led the Tromso Storm (Norway) with 23 pts the other night.

There's another comment from an overseas DIII player in Around the Nation this week.

Chris Jeffries, a 2003 graduate of
Washington University, (with the Bascharage Hedgehogs
in the second division of the Luxembourg
Basketball League) was in that great Around the World article on D3 hoops.

Does anyone know how many D3 players have played in the NBDL, I read David Apple from Averrett played in it for some time a few years ago

Quote from: mattgrubb on March 21, 2006, 10:24:31 AM
Does anyone know how many D3 players have played in the NBDL, I read David Apple from Averrett played in it for some time a few years ago

I don't know how many D3 players have played in the NBDL, but I do know that Neil Edwards (York, NY) played in the league about four years ago for the North Charleston Lowgators. I believe he is currently playing in China.

Kyle Myrick was drafted into the USBL today.  4th Round to the Northeast PA Breakers.  They also selected Gerry McNamara and Lee Melchioni....good company for Myrick

I expect he'll decline. Devean George was also drafted by a USBL team the year the Lakers drafted him.

Myrick will decline???  Or McNamara......I assumed G Mac would, Melchioni might, but Myrick would not.  Gives him at least 30 Pro games before heading to Europe.  Not a bad way to get the summer started.

It's not like he can't go back after the NBA draft, but I suspect he'll get a camp invite, if not a second round selection.  He's been on a lot of NBA radars for some time and has quite the connection with the Philly contingent in the NBA.

2003 Washington University in St. Louis graduate Chris Jeffries has signed a pro basketball contract with Provincial Osorno in Chile's Dimayor's League.

http://bearsports.wustl.edu/releases/mbk_7-31-06.html

The Mavericks reached a two year deal with Devean George.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14140391/

Former Maryland Terp Lonny Baxter is not a former D3 player, but this is the best board on which to post this story...

Jail Time for a Gun Crime (http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110008858)

Western CT's Brice Assie is playing in Finland this year....just went overseas a week ago.

Andrew St. Clair of Colby-Sawyer is in England, playing for Northhampton (http://www.colby-sawyer.edu/athletics/0506genrel/StClaire_Signs.html).  I suspect not for long because they are pretty far down the food chain in a pretty poor pro basketball country.

Greg Immink (Hope College) is playing for the Weiden Cocoon Baskets (love that name) in Germany.

Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on November 07, 2006, 02:15:08 PM
Greg Immink (Hope College) is playing for the Weiden Cocoon Baskets (love that name) in Germany.

If they have an affiliated baseball team, I'd love to see the Weiden Cocoon Baskets take on the Nippon Ham Fighters.

James Mooney of College of Mount Saint Vincent, Skyline Conference is playing in Ireland

Mike Evans who played shooting guard at Hamilton College is playing in Ireland.

Who's he playing for?

Hamilton had another guy playing over there earlier up in Belfast.

He's playing for the Lisburn Basketball Club, which I think is in or around Belfast because that's where he's been living. I went to High School with him awhile ago.

I as in Belfast a few months ago; Lisburn is a suburb, well they don't really have suburbs in Europe, but its a very close lying town.

Eliot Goren (Carnegie Mellon '05) is playing for TS Goeppingen of the German Regionalliga.  He transfered at the new year (2007) from Montenegro Mogren which is a 1st league team (in Montenegro). He has also played previously for the Manchester Magic of England (whose owner has been in the news recently, John Amaechi).

Sean Murphy from RIT (Rochester Tech) is playing for the Buffalo Silverbacks of the ABA.

Former Catholic University All America Matt Hilleary is over in Ireland, playing for the Mustang Sally St. Paul's in Killarney.

His coach described him this way:
Mathew Hilleary is another American we have brought in and he is my Bosman player. He is 6" 7' and is an Irish American. He was with a Catholic University, which is a division three team in the States and Matthew has very good credentials.


"He is very athletic, has a very good brain for the game and I am expecting him to be a key player for us this season.


Seems like he's doing well--I couldn't find stats but I did see that he had 30 in some game recently. 

from the Plattsburgh State Web-site

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Former Plattsburgh State forward Kris Gibbs-Smith (Rochester/John Marshall High School) has signed a professional contract to play in the Philippine Basketball Association this season, starting in February through June.  He will play in a Sta Lucia Realtors uniform under head coach Alfrancis Chua. Financial terms of the contract that is renewable each year were not disclosed, but the league does provide an apartment, car and meals for its players.

"It's a great feeling to make this deal a reality and to know that I have an opportunity to play basketball at an international level," Gibbs-Smith said.  "I'm going to be making a living doing something that I love to do, and getting to travel the world is a dream come true.  The time I spent in the gym working out is paying off in great dividends.

"The PBA is a great league because of the fan interest and high TV ratings.  Teams play in front of 10-to-18,000 people on a nightly basis," he added.  "I'll be living in Manila, a modern city with many amenities.  I look forward to continuing to work hard and win pro games, and hopefully take Sta Lucia to a championship like in Plattsburgh."

The 6-foot-6 Gibbs-Smith (#44) was a two-year standout for the Cardinals from 2004 to 2006, averaging 15.2 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 52 percent from the field in 53 career games.  He saved his best performance during his senior year when he helped lead the program to its first State University of New York Athletic Conference championship since 1979 in February and a trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the first time in 11 years, earning consensus all-region accolades from D3hoops.com, National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Eastern College Athletic Conference.  He ranked second in the SUNYAC in scoring (18.2 ppg) to capture first-team all-conference honors and was named the most valuable player of last year's conference tournament.

"I'm happy and pleased for Kris becoming a professional basketball player," said Plattsburgh coach Tom Curle, "but I'm more proud that he came back to school in the fall to complete 21 credits and earn his undergraduate degree.  He's a talented player who's worked hard to get this career opportunity for himself.  It won't be an easy road, but I have every confidence that he'll do well in the pro ranks.  More importantly, he'll learn about other cultures and obtain opportunities that the average college graduate doesn't get to do."

Gibbs-Smith played his first two collegiate seasons at Division II Mansfield (Pa.) University, where he averaged 6.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.

I started a new topic because I missed it this first time around.  But here are some updates from MIAC land.

Quote from: abominable_snowman on August 14, 2007, 05:37:17 PM
In the spirit of Werner (WIAC) Joining the packers...

Isaac Rosefelt is playing in Cordoba Spain
Bryan Schnettler is playing in the ABA for Rochester MN.

Congratulations to Wooster's All American Tom Port who will be playing pro basketball for the Thor Basketball Club in Iceland this season.  The Thor Club plays in Iceland's Express League so perhaps Tom Port can throw a few dunks down on the Icelanders. ;D :D :)     Of course, he is pretty good at draining three pointers and cleaning the glass as well!  Good luck to Port!

Here is a link to the full story: http://athletics.wooster.edu/mb/news/2006-07/port_iceland.php

I'm jealous.  I really want to move to Iceland, but the wife is, as yet, unconvinced.  I suspect Port will do quite well there.

Quote from: Hoops Fan on September 04, 2007, 10:22:37 AM

I'm jealous.  I really want to move to Iceland, but the wife is, as yet, unconvinced.  I suspect Port will do quite well there.

HF, if you move to Iceland, leave the wife behind. It's the hot babe capital of the world. A quick Google study by yours truly finds that the reputation of Icelandic women fuels all sorts of endeavors, from airline package tours to attend the Miss Iceland pageant to travel agencies booking bachelor-party blowouts in the Land of Ice and Fire.

Well, I guess we've finally got an insight into Sager's view of the sanctity of marriage now don't we.

Brandon Adair (Virginia Wesleyan '07) is playing in Germany for Villingen-Schwenningen.  Here's a link:

http://www.vwc.edu/athletics/news/index.php?sport=mbb&disp=1916

Adair was NABC DIII National Player of the Year in 2006, Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) POY in 2006, two-time all-American, and numerous other honors.

Wishing him the best.

Quote from: Hoops Fan on September 10, 2007, 08:32:10 AM

Well, I guess we've finally got an insight into Sager's view of the sanctity of marriage now don't we.

I guess that you missed my invisible smiley face. OK, fine ... I'll go back to the yellow ones. ;)

NYU C/F Jason Boone ('07) is currently playing professionally in Berlin, Germany for SSV LOK BERNAU.

Also from NYU, Mike DeCorso (07) is playing in Ireland for the Cork Neptunes.

Anybody know of any studies/comparisons of the European leagues?

I don't know of specific studies, but I am pretty sure they have a coefficient ranking system for individual clubs and leagues like they do for European Football.  This helps to determine rankings and handicap Club Championships across leagues.

As far as general ratings, Spain has the best domestic league by far.  Russia and Italy are also quite good.

Quote from: abominable_snowman on October 05, 2007, 02:03:56 PM
Anybody know of any studies/comparisons of the European leagues?

Here is a list I found on the web for the top 20, I dont know how accurate it is:

1) Spanish ACB
2) Italian Lega
3) Russian Suproleague
4) Greek AI
5) Turkish D1
6) Israeli Premier League
7) French Pro A
8) Adriatic League
9) Italian Lega Due
10) German Bundesliga
11) Belgian D1
12) Ukranian Superleague
13) Spanish LEB
14) Lithuanian LKL
15) Polish DBL
16) French Pro B
17) Dutch Eredivisie
18) Cyprus AI
19) Latvia LBL
20) Sweden Basketligan

I dont think there is any mathematical basis but just the opinion of the author of an article.

I would think the Irish and English leagues would be in there somewhere too, right?  I mean they have to be competitive at least with Cyprus and Latvia, don't they?

Quote from: Hoops Fan on October 09, 2007, 08:23:21 AM

I would think the Irish and English leagues would be in there somewhere too, right?  I mean they have to be competitive at least with Cyprus and Latvia, don't they?

Not necessarily.

The Irish and English leagues are just plain bad, according to every account I've ever read (as well as the firsthand observations of a couple of guys I know who've played in those leagues). Cyprus, on the other hand, is populated by Greeks and Turks, so it's likely that the island shares the basketball affinities of those two cultures.

And in Latvia, of course, all basketball players have the kevorka.

However, I think that many of these leagues would rank even higher if it weren't for the smoke filled arenas. Holy carcinogens, Batman!

Quote from: smedindy on October 10, 2007, 12:49:45 AM
However, I think that many of these leagues would rank even higher if it weren't for the smoke filled arenas. Holy carcinogens, Batman!

The worst part about it in at least one of those European leagues is that the players smoke, too. A friend of mine from NPU who played for Cork in the Irish league for a season told me that the first thing most of his teammates did when they entered the locker room before the game or during halftime was light up a cig. Maintaining a good lung capacity to help with all that running didn't exactly seem to be a high priority for the typical Irish basketball player.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on October 10, 2007, 12:34:03 AM
And in Latvia, of course, all basketball players have the kevorka.

I would expect that to be more of a distraction than anything.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on October 10, 2007, 05:31:59 AMThe worst part about it in at least one of those European leagues is that the players smoke, too. A friend of mine from NPU who played for Cork in the Irish league for a season told me that the first thing most of his teammates did when they entered the locker room before the game or during halftime was light up a cig. Maintaining a good lung capacity to help with all that running didn't exactly seem to be a high priority for the typical Irish basketball player.

Have you ever been to Ireland.  Now I'm a big fan of the cloudy day, but I'm pretty unusual.  Those people never see the sun.  I imagine the decreased lung capacity is worth the mellowing high the cigarettes provide.  Besides, all the cool kids smoke.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on October 10, 2007, 05:31:59 AM

Quote from: smedindy on October 10, 2007, 12:49:45 AM
However, I think that many of these leagues would rank even higher if it weren't for the smoke filled arenas. Holy carcinogens, Batman!

The worst part about it in at least one of those European leagues is that the players smoke, too. A friend of mine from NPU who played for Cork in the Irish league for a season told me that the first thing most of his teammates did when they entered the locker room before the game or during halftime was light up a cig. Maintaining a good lung capacity to help with all that running didn't exactly seem to be a high priority for the typical Irish basketball player.

I remember an interview with one NBA player that when the first wave of European players came over, Zarko Paspalj was a chain smoker and this NBA player was just floored by that.

Of course, the Indiana Pacers smoked as well when they won ABA titles, and spent their meal money at KFC, so go figure...

Quote from: hugenerd on October 08, 2007, 05:04:16 PM

Quote from: abominable_snowman on October 05, 2007, 02:03:56 PM
Anybody know of any studies/comparisons of the European leagues?

Here is a list I found on the web for the top 20, I dont know how accurate it is:

1) Spanish ACB
2) Italian Lega
3) Russian Suproleague
4) Greek AI
5) Turkish D1
6) Israeli Premier League
7) French Pro A
8) Adriatic League
9) Italian Lega Due
10) German Bundesliga
11) Belgian D1
12) Ukranian Superleague
13) Spanish LEB
14) Lithuanian LKL
15) Polish DBL
16) French Pro B
17) Dutch Eredivisie
18) Cyprus AI
19) Latvia LBL
20) Sweden Basketligan

I dont think there is any mathematical basis but just the opinion of the author of an article.

awesome, anything is better than nothing.  thanks

Bumping this to the top since someone asked about it.

Ben Strong signed a multi-year contract with professional team Haifa Heat, (also called Maccabi Haifa Heat)  located in northern Israel.  Here's a link to the  release.  (Ben played for D3 Guilford College the past four years.)
http://www.mhbasket.co.il/newsEng.asp?lang=en&id=362

The Haifa Heat plays in the Israel Premier league, reputedly one of the ten best leagues in the world.  The league participates in the European championship.  Haifa Heat just earned their way into the Premier league last year, so you could consider them up and coming.

Strong reportedly did a great job in a 50 player, two day tryout in Florida.  The players mainly had professional experience, some with ACC backgrounds.  Strong has some heavy traffic in front of him on the roster; he'll be working hard for playing time. It's a great development opportunity!
:D

Quote from: Gregory Sager on October 10, 2007, 12:34:03 AM
And in Latvia, of course, all basketball players have the kevorka.

Is that like a mercy rule in baseball?

Oh, wait, that would be Kevorkian.  Never mind.


(and yes, I realize this is like a year or so after the original post... )

The 5 seniors who graduated from Amherst this past year all have signed contracts to play professionally in Germany.  Don't know the details of each player but that would be Andrew Olson, Fletcher Walters, Brandon Jones, Kevin Hopkins and Matt Goldsmith.  Also saw Eurobasket.com that James Cooper from Wooster has signed with a team in Geramny.

Quote from: old_hooper on August 12, 2008, 08:59:38 PM
The 5 seniors who graduated from Amherst this past year all have signed contracts to play professionally in Germany.  Don't know the details of each player but that would be Andrew Olson, Fletcher Walters, Brandon Jones, Kevin Hopkins and Matt Goldsmith.  Also saw Eurobasket.com that James Cooper from Wooster has signed with a team in Geramny.

All info from the following: http://www.usbasket.com/ncaa3/ncaa3.asp

BBV Hagen (Germany, Regionalliga West) has signed Andrew Olson (5'10''-G, agency: Scorers 1st Sportmanagement, college: Amherst), one of the best players of NCAA Division 3-basketball in the past few years. The 22-year-old Playmaker from San Diego, California spent his university career at Amherst College and reached the NCAA D3 National Championship Final Four with the Lord Jeffs three times. In 2007 Olson led Amherst to the National Title, being named the Tournament MVP and NCAA D3 Player of the Year. In the past two years he was named a finalist for the prestigious Bob Cousy Award for the best point guard in all of college basketball in the United States. Olson left Amherst College as the all-time assist-leader. In 2007-08 he averaged 12.4 points, 7.2 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 31 games for the Lord Jeffs and guided his team to the second straight appearance in the national title-game and received NABC D3 Player of the Year honors. He is now going to start his professional career at the same place as another Amherst-alumni, Adam Harper (6'3''-G-82, college: Amherst), who enjoy a great season with BBV Hagen in 2004-05.


Also, Fletchar Walters will play at  Iserlohn (Germany).

Dan Russ from Wittenberg:
Former NCAA D3-All American Daniel Russ (6'10''-C/F-83, agency: Court Side, college: Wittenberg) will join the Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt of the 1. Bundesliga in Germany and sign a contract for one year (plus option for another season). Russ played college-basketball at Wittenberg University and advanced to the Division 3 Championship Game with the Tigers in 2006. He averaged 15.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.8 blocks as a senior (2005-06) and was named to the All-America 2nd Team by D3hoops.com. In his first year as a pro (06-07) Russ had 26 appearances for Woon!Aris Leeuwarden (Netherlands) and produced the following stats per contest: 7.9ppg, 5.4rpg, 1.0spg, FGP: 55.8%, FT: 63.3%. Russ didn't play basketball in this past season.

Dan Russ did not pass his physical and will not be playing for the team in Germany.

Former  TCNJ Player  (http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/team/players/index.html?player_id=10) on the Globetrotters.

Hey any one knows neil edwards where abouts? (York College NY)

Congrats to Jimmy Bartolotta for signing with Air Avellino of Italy's Serie A. The team has Demarcus Nelson (Duke), Dee Brown (Illinois), and Chevy Troutman (Pitt) on their roster, as well as Cenk Akyol of the Turkish national team (listed on eurobasket.com).

According to eurobasket.com, Kent Raymond is playing in the Spanish LEB Silver league (3rd highest league in Spain), for L'Hospitalet.

http://www.cbhospitalet.com/seniora.html

http://competiciones.feb.es/estadisticas/Jugador.aspx?i=508099&c=1753475&med=0

All-American Sean Burton (Ithaca College) was originally expected to play in England's second tier (of three) league but has opted for Iceland instead.  Not sure the details but will follow up.

Quote from: bomber3 on November 12, 2009, 04:46:24 PM
All-American Sean Burton (Ithaca College) was originally expected to play in England's second tier (of three) league but has opted for Iceland instead.  Not sure the details but will follow up.

Hope he brings along chickens or gold bullion or candy bars with which to barter, given the collapse of Iceland's monetary system.

Jimmy Bartolotta playing this season in the top league in Iceland:  MIT Hoops Blog (http://mitbasketball.blogspot.com/2011/01/bartolotta-leads-team-in-scoring-in.html).

Former SLU guard Josh Sharlowe is off to a pretty good start playing for the London Leopards Division 1 Professional team in England. Through 9 games Josh is averaging 14.1 points per game. Twice he has scored 20 points in a game, 19 in a game and 17 in another game, leading the team in scoring in all 4 of those games. He's had double figures in 7 of the 9 games he's played in.

Quote from: hugenerd on January 07, 2011, 01:28:33 PM
Jimmy Bartolotta playing this season in the top league in Iceland:  MIT Hoops Blog (http://mitbasketball.blogspot.com/2011/01/bartolotta-leads-team-in-scoring-in.html).

That seems like an interesting place to play.  Cool that he's getting to play in several different countries. 

Middlebury's Tim Edwards and Williams's Blake Schultz are both playing in Germany.

Blake, an All-American last year, has been blogging about the experience: http://blakeschultz.blogspot.com/

NCAA Division-III players who played in the NBA

http://athletics.augsburg.edu/sports/2009/7/9/mbb-devean.aspx?id=118

Jacob "Hops" Tucker (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7076001/youtube-dunk-sensation-jacob-tucker-signs-harlem-globetrotters) from Illinois College signs with Globetrotters.

Former ENC guard JP Marcellus signed with Mansfield in the UK.  The guy had lots of athletic ability and raw talent, I guess they saw something they liked.

A few division IIIers on the Staten Island Vipers, if ABA counts as pro.
http://www.usbasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=USA&Team=16030&Page=1

Thought some might be interested that former MIT star Jimmy Bartolotta has signed with the same agency as former Guilford star Ben Strong.  It also happens to be the same agency that represents Manu Ginobili, Raja Bell, Zydrounas Ilgauskas, among others...

http://www.interperformances.com/basket/all_players.php

Here is also a highlight clip they put together from his 1.5 years in the Iceland Super League:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0tgKXzMtT0&feature=player_embedded

Quote from: Hugenerd on March 11, 2012, 11:24:07 PM
Thought some might be interested that former MIT star Jimmy Bartolotta has signed with the same agency as former Guilford star Ben Strong.  It also happens to be the same agency that represents Manu Ginobili, Raja Bell, Zydrounas Ilgauskas, among others...

http://www.interperformances.com/basket/all_players.php

Here is also a highlight clip they put together from his 1.5 years in the Iceland Super League:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0tgKXzMtT0&feature=player_embedded

I guess I'm showing my age here, but there should be a warning on the soundtrack lyrics . . . very crude and raw and IMO very inappropriate.  I doubt he's going to show that to his mother any time soon.

Quote from: BoBo on March 12, 2012, 02:47:07 AM

Quote from: Hugenerd on March 11, 2012, 11:24:07 PM
Thought some might be interested that former MIT star Jimmy Bartolotta has signed with the same agency as former Guilford star Ben Strong.  It also happens to be the same agency that represents Manu Ginobili, Raja Bell, Zydrounas Ilgauskas, among others...

http://www.interperformances.com/basket/all_players.php

Here is also a highlight clip they put together from his 1.5 years in the Iceland Super League:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0tgKXzMtT0&feature=player_embedded

I guess I'm showing my age here, but there should be a warning on the soundtrack lyrics . . . very crude and raw and IMO very inappropriate.  I doubt he's going to show that to his mother any time soon.

Sorry, I had nothing to do with the production of the video, just passing it along if anyone was interested.  I watched it on mute, because I had something on TV, so I didnt realize about the lyrics until after you mentioned them.

https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/player/dizzy