Travarus Bennett (born 1979 in
Rosedale,
Mississippi
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) is a basketball player who has played professionally in Europe and the North American minor leagues. He played collegiately at the
University of Minnesota
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.
Bennett transferred to the
Golden Gophers
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after playing his first two years a junior college affiliated with
Southwest Missouri State
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. In his senior season, he led the
Big Ten
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in steals, finished second in
three point percentage and was named the Big Ten's Co-Defensive Player of the Year, and Honorable Mention All BigTen in 2002.
He has had success in his European career. He led the Irish league in steals in the 2003-04 season, and won the Swiss
Ligue Nationale de Basketball
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Defensive Player of the Year award in 2005 while playing for
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. He also played in Germany and France.... In his first season in Germany, he averaged 18 pts, 6 rebs, 2 stls, and 3 assists for USC Heidelberg. His second season in Germany was in Tübingen, with Walter Tigers....