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Brooklyn Nets guard Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (24) dunks against the New York Knicks during the third quarter of a preseason NBA basketball game, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

One Texas Southern standout (Madarious Gibbs) is playing professionally in Italy, where another (Deverell Biggs) is on the Omaha Chargers of the … National Basketball League of America. (That’s a real thing, apparently.)

As for Arizona, three players from that game are in the NBA (T.J. McConnell, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Stanley Johnson) and two are in the NBA’s Developmental League (Gabe York, Kaleb Tarczewski).

Then there’s Elliott Pitts, who transferred to Diablo Valley College and is redshirting, and the best one: Matt Korcheck, the Sabino Product currently playing professional football in Australia. Aussie Rules football, that is.


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