A few more results from former Braves/Chris Roberts/Zach Andrews

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a followup on Bradley great Eddie Mathews & his son Hank

http://www.columbiatribune.com/sports/columbia_college/show-me-state-games-gives-mathews-family-chance-to-relive/article_24fe5a86-8a67-50bb-a61d-5865b1942f29.html

btw- Hank Mathews has transferred to DII Columbia College where the leading scorer is junior Nic Reynolds from Peoria Notre Dame.

http://www.columbiacougars.com/news/2016/6/21/mens-basketball-cougar-basketball-completes-2016-17-recruiting-class.aspx

http://www.columbiacougars.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=501&path=mbball

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ISU Redbird Devaughn Akoon-Purcell signs to play for Bakken in Denmark

interesting on their roster page, they list him as Devaughn A from Eastern Oklahoma juco and no mention of ISU

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Denmark/Bakken-Bears/1878?Page=1

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I tried to update a bit on this listing of past BU players/coaches



Kendahl Amerson - was at Central Oklahoma DII - dismissed
Mitchell JJ Anderson - retired Grizzlies asst.- now Head Coach Chicago Steam - - they are playing well, Mitchell, Jr. one of their top players - LINK
Zach Andrews - playing for D-League Iowa Energy- Grizzlies' affiliate, LINK- and won Championship with his Arizona pro-am team- poss. headed back to Japan
Tim Bankston - head coach Calumet City TF North HS
Auston Barnes - just signed with Nassjo in Sweden
Patrick Beilein - new head coach at Lemoyne - LINK - they are 8-15
Tony Bennett - Windsor Express of NBL one of their top players
Len Bertolini - now VICE PRESIDENT of Lewis University! - LINK
Al Biancalana - dismissed at UIC now coaching DeKalb HS, doing well 21-4
Duane Broussard - assistant at UCLA under Steve Alford-
Jermaine Brown - ex-Globetrotters now with streetball tour
Taylor Brown - Just signed with new team in top Polish league - LINK
Ronald Coleman - now assistant coach at UIC -
Davante Cooper - transferred to Tyler Junior College in Texas
Willie Cox - now top assistant for Missouri women's basketball after a lengthy stint at ISU - head of recruiting at Mizzou
Michael Cross - left AD position at BU and now is one of Asst. AD's at Penn State
Jeremy Crouch - asst. at Pekin HS - LINK
Josh Cunningham - transferred to Dayton, will be available 2016-17
Dodie Dunson - now assistant coach at SIUE
Jake Eastman working in Celtics front office- now vice president of their D-League affiliate
Jeremy Fears - retired from playing - coaching AAU basketball - LINK
Anthony Fields - transferred to Liberty, now eligibility expired
Angelo Flanders - Retired from playing but now trying to score big on Professional POKER TOUR!
Geno Ford - now assistant at Stony Brook -
Will Franklin - has returned to Romania - signed with CSM Oradea again - LINK- Will avg. 10ppg/4rpg/6apg - Will's team won Championship
Lennox Forrester - assistant at Evansville
Jimmy Gavin - played on scholarship for Winthrop - just signed to play in Lithuania
Dr. Joanne Glasser - no word on what she is doing - still had a reported 4-5 years left on contract when she left Bradley
Greg Graham - now in his 3rd year at Washington State-
Danny Granger - Miami Heat - traded to Pistons then released- now doing commentary for CBSSports
Omari Grier - transferred to Rutgers ..eligibility expired
Hersey Hawkins - front office with Blazers
Devon Hodges (Friend)- played last year at Chicago State - goes by Devon Friend - avg. 4 ppg, 3 rpg - now transferred to Lindenwood-Belleville for final season (NAIA)
Scottie James - transferred to Liberty - eligible 2017-18
Rob Judson - elevated to assistant coach at Indiana University
Chad Klein - doing some BU broadcasting
Aba Koita - St. Clement - France - retired but now head coach
Walt Lemon - with D-League Ft. Wayne Mad Ants- has become a bit of a dunking sensation, avg. 14.5 ppg, 3.3 apg, hitting 41% from the arc
Jim Les - head coach UC-Davis -contract extended with big raise...doing pretty well
Tom Les - head coach Niles Notre Dame - they are 17-6
JayDee Luster - was assistant in PLAYER DEVELOPMENT with the Dallas Mavericks system, now assistant at Pacific under Damon Stoudemire
Rick Malnati - left Loyola to take head coach spot at Fenwick - LINK- just hit career win #300, Fenwick is TOP-10 ranked - his son plays for New Trier
Carl Maniscalco - coaching AAU basketball with Illinois Wolves
Sam Maniscalco - entering the sports journalism field - LINK
Ed Mathews - head coach at Limestone HS
Ritchie McKay - now head coach at Liberty University
Jim Molinari - assistant coach at Nebraska - and doing quite well
Jermaine Morgan - transferred to DII Tarleton State, then to Kentucky Wesleyan, eligibility expired
Patrick O'Bryant - played with Globalport/Philippines- now with pro team in Taiwan - won the Championship
Joel Okafor - transferred to Indiana Wesleyan - eligible immediately
Tyshon Pickett - playing for New Jersey Express (ABA) - LINK
Cole Pittis - left Bradley now is a non-caching assistant to Akron's coach - LINK
Jim Platt - was assistant coach at Saint Louis- now DBO at Tulsa - LINK
Chris Roberts - signs with new pro team in Italy - Mens Sana, continues with highlight reel dunks, avg. 17ppg/5rpg
Jerome Robinson - assistant coach at St. Bonaventure- they are doing well - 17-6 & 9-3 in conference
Dan Ruffin - head coach at Peoria Central
Daniel Ruffin - now coaching in new pro league..
Matt Salley - Central Illinois Drive
Willie Scott - head coach William Penn University - doing extremely well and would love to coach at his alma mater!!!
Shayok Shayok - was at Missouri-Kansas City - eligibility expired
Dyricus Simms-Edwards - played in Venezuela, now working in the private sector
Marcellus Sommerville - Cellus returns to play in France this year - Orleans - LINK- having an ALL Star year 15ppg/6rpg
Donivine Stewart - SIUE - but transferred to Portland State-
Tramique Sutherland - left Bradley and was at Texas Permian Basin (NCAA Division II)- Tramique avg. 6.9 ppg, 2.2 apg, dismissed from team in Jan.
Jordan Swopshire - at Colgate- avg. 10.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg
Xzavier Taylor - transferred to IPFW, will sit out this coming season
Anthony Thompson - did well for Kosovo top pro league - now playing pro-am in Houston area
Jaden Uken - assistant coach at Fordham -
Dick Versace - still advising at the college & pro level
Kyle Vogt - assistant with Jim Les at UC-Davis - they are doing way better than anticipated
Brent Walker - played at BU 1991-92 now Associate AD at Columbia
Chet Walker - just inducted into Basketball HOF
Andrew Warren - just signed to play pro with new team in Germany - LINK
Nate Wells - transferred to Ball State for final year
Billy Wright - Head coach WIU - they are 9-14
Lawrence Wright - after one season back in Finland - OULUN- went back to play in France
Tony Wysinger - head basketball coach at ICC - also a HOF bowler - LINK
Stefan Zecevic - played for Hill College (juco) in Texas - now at Keiser University (West Palm Beach, FL) - ... has one more year left

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Ex-Brave Jason Faulknor now does fashion modeling....

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJYHOLuAYbq/?taken-by=kbs_foto

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJyTMaSAWXt74WxPJWuDtC6gaLoCmZWC05p4Uw0/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJHRKUQgZ8GhS5Qrhg9vQRXt32I4ZYr7lJ9nSo0/

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Zach Andrews is close to signing a deal to play again in Japan this season

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Zach Andrews is close to signing a deal to play again in Japan this season

Zach's new team is in Tokyo

http://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Japan/Earthfriends-Tokyo-Z/19926

Zach Andrews is a popular player in Japan and he already has a deal there for marketing his own shoes!

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Donivine Stewart - ...

Bradley guard (2011-12) Donivine Stewart is being honored at tonight's Limestone Homecoming football game vs. Morton...
and being inducted into the Limestone Hall of Fame


Jim Les is starting his 6th year at UC-Davis, and is already their ALL TIME Division-I leader in wins, and with a good year this year-he can even move into 4th place all time in UC-Davis coaching wins in all of history even before they were DI
He's already among the top six in all time wins at Bradley as well - with most of those ahead of him (Robby, Mo, Stowell, etc) spent a lot more years accumulating their totals....only one (Versace with 156 wins - 2 more than JL) did it in less years than Jim.

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Cole Pittis - left Bradley now is a non-coaching assistant to Akron's coach -...

Past Bradley assistant Cole Pittis has moved on from Akron,
he's now on the coaching staff of Eastern Florida State College, one of the Top 10 preseason jucos in the US.

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Anyone know Italian?
Chris Roberts was the topic of a big writeup in his local Bologna, Italy newspaper





Zach Andrews shows a picture of his own brand of shoes in Japan!

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The Italian headline is about how Chris' new team Fortitudo Bologna winning a preseason tournament, the SuperCoppa LNP.
Chris Roberts was the star player in the championship game, along with American teammate Justin Knox.
The headline reads:
The trophy that was won brings to Boniciolli (the team's coach) evidence of how good Knox and especially Roberts are
Justin: The championship gets us started on the right foot
Chris: I always have a physical impact on the match

Here is a different link to a brief story of their 72-70 win over Givova Scafati to win the championship.

http://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/news/464001/Fortitudo-Bologna-celebrate-SuperCoppa-LNP-title

Here is a brief highlight video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48D9O3zXMkg

Their team starts the regular season on Oct. 2.

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Zach gets a mention in his league's Top Performances this past week for a 19 pts/12 rebound game!
Unfortunately the entire rest of his team combined for just 47 pts & 19 rebounds ...so they got beat 83-66

http://www.eurobasket.com/boxScores/Japan/2016/1008_19926_16376.asp

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Coach Mo still playing defense:

One comment - LINK
"Coach (Jim) Molinari, of course, the defensive guru on our staff...."

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Zach Andrews had 17 rebs in his last game now averaging 12 ppg & 11.3 rebs/gm

Auston Barnes 17 pts last night
Andrew Warren 19 pts

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Zach Andrews just posted that the major earthquake that just hit Japan happened pretty close to where he's at!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1156135631172941&set=a.243297152456798.55754.100003295455524&type=3&theater

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a Dick Versace mention out of Chicago last night - at DePaul prep (formerly Gordon Tech)

https://twitter.com/camronsmith/status/801638608083914752