Matt Brase, Vipers finish second in D League finals

UA and Catalina Foothills High School grad Matt Brase and his D-League team, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, finished second to Raptors 905 in the league finals last week. Most know that Brase is Lute Olson’s grandson. There’s much more to the story. Matt’s father, Tucson dentist Jon Brase, was a key part of Iowa’s 1974 Big Ten baseball co-championship; he hit a three-run homer against Minnesota to clinch that title. Matt’s paternal grandfather, Marven Brase, was a basketball coach at Iowa’s Edgewood High School in the 1950s and 1960s. Good genes all the way around. 

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