Brendan Winters (born May 9, 1983) is an American former

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player. He is best known for his

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college career at

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. He is also the son of former

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(NBA) player and coach

Brian Winters Brian Joseph Winters (born March 1, 1952) is an American former basketball player and coach. Career Winters attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York, graduating in 1970. He then played collegi ...

. Winters led

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, to a 5A state championship in 2001. After receiving no Division I college scholarship offers, he opted to attend a year of prep school at

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. He was recruited by coach

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after his prep school year. At Davidson, Winters became a four-year starter and one of the top players in the

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(SoCon). He averaged 12.4 points per game as a freshman in 2002–03, then raised his average to 17.8 as a sophomore. In that sophomore season, Winters was named to the All-Southern Conference team. Winters' junior season was a special one for both him and the

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. The team went a perfect 16–0 in the SoCon and Winters was named conference player of the year by both the conference media and coaches. As a senior, Winters and Davidson were not able to replicate their perfect season of the year before, but they earned a bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament by winning the SoCon Tournament, with Winters winning MVP honors. Following the end of his college career, Winters went undrafted in the

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. He went to France to play for

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of the

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, averaging 15.4 points per game for the season. He then spent the next three seasons in Germany with

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, and was named a

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All-Star in 2010. Winters split the 2010–11 season between

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in Hungary and

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in Greece. Following his professional basketball career, Winters returned to the United States to help found a youth basketball organization.

References

External links

French League profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Winters, Brendan 1983 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Hungary American men's basketball players Aris B.C. players Atomerőmű SE players Basketball players from Denver Bayer Giants Leverkusen players Davidson Wildcats men's basketball players Shooting guards