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Tribe Basketball in the Pros
01/18/00
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The following lists and links are intended to provide Tribe mens basketball fans with information on W&M alumni who are currently playing within the ranks of professional basketball. This page is a work in progress, please check back frequently for updates. Please direct omissions via email to kasear@wm.edu.
As of Feb. 26, 2008
PLAYERS
(note that all Web sites are a native language of the respective leagues)
Zeb Cope
Entente Orleans 45 (France)
At W&M 2001-04
Career Notes
Beginning his second season with Entente Orleans 45 of the French Pro A League.
Averaged 10 points and five rebounds per game in helping Orleans to an 18-16 record.
Helped Boncourt from the top division in Switzerland advance to the finals of the LNA Championship in 2005-06, after the team claimed the Swiss regular season crown with an 18-4 record.
Ranked fifth in the LNA with 9.8 rebounds per game.
Helped BC Boncourt advance to the semifinals of the LNA (top division) championship in 2004-05 after the team finished third in the regular season with a 17-4 record.
Named one of his teams two co-captains for the 2005-06 season.
Averaged 12.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as a senior at W&M, shooting .379 from the three-point line, the 11th-best single-season mark in school history.
Entente Orleans 45 Team Page Link
Cope Bio Link
Adam Hess
Roanne (France)
At W&M 2002-04
Career Notes
Signed with Roanne in July of 2007 after playing with the Phoenix Suns in the Las Vegas Summer League for the second straight year.
Played in the German Bundesliga with Artland in 2006-07 and earned Second-Team All-Bundesliga honors while ranking fourth in the league in scoring
Named an all-star each of the last three seasons in Germany and the Czech Republic
Played two seasons with BK ECM Nymburk in the NBL, the top division in the Czech Republic, helping the team to back-to-back league championships.
In 2005-06, was named to the Czech leagues All-Imports list as well as second-team all-league after ranking fourth in the NBL in the value index ratings.
Participated in the NBL All-Star game each of his two seasons with Nymburk and won the NBL three-point shooting competition in 2004.
First-Team Academic All-American at W&M, was twice voted to the CAA first team and became the first Tribe player to lead the league in scoring with 20.3 points per game in 2003-04. Ended his W&M career ranked sixth in school history with an average of 17.9 points per game.
Roanne Team Page Link
Hess Bio Link
Jim Moran
Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas (Spain)
At W&M 1998-01
Career Notes
Helped Gran Canaria reach the ACB (top division) playoffs and finish the year sixth in the regular season with a 21-13 record.
Gran Canaria lost its opening round play-off series in five-games (3-2) to DKV Joventut.
Helped Gran Canaria to a third-place (3-3) finish in Group B of the FIBA EuroCup in 2005-06.
Entering his eighth season with the team, played in all 34 regular season games last year, averaging 7.6 points while shooting 35 percent from three-point range to go along with 2.7 rebounds per game.
Ended his college career with 1,324 points, 13th in Tribe history, and ranks sixth at W&M with 141 career three-point field goals.
Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas Team Page Link
Moran Bio Link
Adam Payton
BC Boncourt (Switzerland)
At W&M 2005-07
Career Notes
Entering his first professional season with BC Boncourt in the LNA (top division) in Switerland after signing with the squad in August of 2007.
Garnered Third-Team All-CAA honors as a senior with W&M in 2007.
Led the Tribe in scoring and rebounds as a senior with 13.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.
Finished his W&M career averaging 10.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game over two season, while shooting 47.8 percent from the field.
His 1.6 career steals per game average ranks fifth all-time on the W&M career list.
BC Boncourt Team Page Link
Sherman Rivers
BK Sadska (Czech Republic)
At W&M 2000-03
Career Notes
Competing in his first season with Academica de Coimbra of the Portuguese Proliga
Signed in September 2005 with Sadska, in the NBL (top division) in the Czech Repulbic and sepnt the last two seasons with the team.
Averaged 13.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in his first season with BK Sadska in 2005-06 and averaged 12.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists for BK Sadska in 2006-07.
Ended his college career with 925 points, 400 rebounds and 272 assists, playing in all 113 of W&Ms games during his time on campus.
Academica de Coimbra Team Page Link
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