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Rod Sellers '88-92



 
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Received a one-game suspension during the '91-92 NCAA Tournament for bouncing Christian Laettner's head off the court during a game in the '90-91 NCAA Tournament.

Selected as the #1 overall pick in the 1992 CBA Draft by the Grand Rapid Hoops (then called the Mackers) but never played for them. Played for the New Haven Skyhawks in the U.S. Basketball League. Played for the Lakers' team in the Los Angeles summer league 1992, then attended the Washington Bullets' veterans camp but didn't make the team. Went to Greece and played for AEK Athens for the final six months of the 1992-93 season. Attended the Boston Celtics rookie and free agent camp in 1993, and then tired out for the Denver Nuggets but didn't make either team so he returned to Greece for another season. Tried once again to make an NBA team, this time the Charlotte Hornets, and seemed to be on the brink of making the team when Scott Burrell, his former UConn teammate, landed awkwardly against his knee, ending his chances. Played in Spain for '94-97 where Chris Smith was his teammate for a while. Played in Turkey for Efes Pilsen in '97-98. Returned in '98-99 to Spain to play for Pamesa Valencia but was injured in Feb. '99 and released. Subject of an article in the NY Times.

Signed with Panionios in Greece for the '99-00 season. Played for Pallacanestro Virtus Roma (Italy) for the 2000-01 season. Played 2001-03 for Elan Bearnais Pau-Orthez (France). Currently playing for Breil Milano (Italian League 1).

College Stats

Rod Sellers, Connecticut, 6-9, C/F
                 
                 G  MIN  FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA REB  PF AST  TO BLK STL  PTS
88-89 UConn     31  519  45   97   0   1  28  52 129  67   7  19   9   7  118
89-90 UConn     37  854 114  212   0   0  77 147 195 105  16  58  31  27  305
90-91 UConn     31  956 134  242   0   0  94 165 247 102  35  59  27  32  362
91-92 UConn     29  919 116  196   0   0 126 190 253 105  42  48  13  18  358
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TOTALS         128 3248 409  747   0   1 325 554 824 379 100 184  80  84 1143

                 MIN   FG%   3P%   FT%  RPG  APG  TPG  BPG  SPG   PPG
88-89 UConn     16.7  46.4   0.0  53.8  4.2  0.2  0.6  0.3  0.2   3.8
89-90 UConn     23.1  53.8   0.0  52.4  5.3  0.4  1.6  0.8  0.7   8.2
90-91 UConn     30.8  55.4   0.0  57.0  8.0  1.1  1.9  0.9  1.0  11.7
91-92 UConn     31.7  59.2   0.0  66.3  8.7  1.4  1.7  0.4  0.6  12.3
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TOTALS          25.4  54.8   0.0  58.7  6.4  0.8  1.4  0.6  0.7   8.9

Stats provided by JazzyJ (Check out his College Basketball Statistics web site)


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