Richard Travis Bader (born July 2, 1991) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Oakland University. Bader, a shooting guard, is second on the NCAA career leader for three-point field goals and field goal attempts. He led the

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(NCAA) Division I in

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s per game during his junior season, averaging 4.21 three-pointers made per game.

High school career

Bader attended

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. He was named the ''

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'' Player of the Year his senior year.

College career

Recruiting

Bader's only Division I scholarship offer came from Oakland. He received many

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scholarship offers and was invited to walk-on at

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and

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Freshman season

After sitting out his first year on campus, Bader came into his

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freshman season expecting to be a role player, but started the first game of his college career against

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after he replaced a starting player that violated team rules. Bader finished that game 3–8 on three-point field goals. He started 22 of the season's 35 games and averaged 10.5 points per game in 25.7 minutes per game and shot 44% from three-point range. The 44% was the fourth-highest single-season percentage in Oakland men's basketball history.

Sophomore season

Bader led the NCAA in three-point field goals attempted (314) and finished second in three-point field goals made, finishing 10 behind the NCAA leader. Bader averaged 15.9 points per game in 36.2 minutes per game for the season. On January 26, 2012, he scored a then-career high 37 points on 10–14 3-pt FGs in a win against

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Junior season

During Bader's junior season in

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, Bader was named to

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's preseason All-League First Team. He was named The Summit League's Player of the Week once, on January 28, 2013. Bader scored 30 or more points four times throughout the season.http://static.psbin.com/m/b/w69u1pcllvfgrv/weeklyrelease.pdf On January 24, Bader scored 47 points vs IUPUI. In that game, he made 15–24 field goals and 11–18 three-pointers, playing all 40 minutes of the game. Bader scored 33 points in the second half, shooting 7–9 on three-pointers. After this game and averaging 36.5 points per game the week of January 20, Bader was named National Player of the Week by ESPN's Dick Vitale, the Capital One Impact Performance of the Week and The Summit League's Player of the Week awards. In the 47-point game, Bader set an Oakland single-game record for three-point field goals made (11), scored the most points in a game in NCAA Division I that year to that point and tied the league record for most three-pointers in a game. The 47 points are the third-highest total in Oakland history. At the conclusion of the season, Bader was named All-League First Team along with being named to the Lou Hension All-American team. Bader was also named to the Academic All-League team. Bader led the NCAA Division I for three-point field goals per game, averaging 4.21 three-pointers made per game. He also led the NCAA in total number of three-point field goals made (139) as well as percentage of team minutes played (94.8%). Bader made at least one three-pointer in every game of the season. Bader graduated in 2012 with a degree in communications. Since he earned his undergraduate degree and had one more year of eligibility, he was eligible to transfer without sitting out a year but decided to stay at Oakland.

Senior season

Prior to the season, Bader participated in the Nike Skills Academy in Washington D.C. that featured the best college wing players in the nation. He was named to the Lou Henson Award preseason All-America team along with the

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preseason first team in Oakland's first season in the conference. Bader was also named 1 of 30 candidates for the 2014

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. The award recognizes NCAA Division I student athletes that excel in "community, classroom, character and competition". Between his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, Bader made a three-point field goal in 62 consecutive games, which was the active NCAA Division I record at that time. The streak ended December 10, 2013 against

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. The last time prior to this Bader did not record a three-pointer was December 30, 2011, when he was 0–3 in three-point FGs against

. Bader was named Horizon League co-Player of the Week for the week of December 16–22. Bader made 21 three-point field goals in three games. He recorded the first

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of his career against Illinois State and made 10 of 15 three-pointers in a loss to Eastern Michigan. He averaged 26 points per game for the week and made 58.3% of this three-pointers while Oakland went 2–1. He shared the award with Green Bay's Alec Brown. On December 27, Bader passed the 2,000 career point mark, scoring 34 points in a win over Defiance. On February 2, 2014, Bader passed

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for the career NCAA Division I record for three-point FGs made. Five games later, Bader broke the record for the most career three-point FGs attempted. He finished second in all of

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basketball for

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(94.3%) that season, behind only Johnny Dee of

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Statistics

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Professional career

ASVEL Basket (2014)

After going undrafted in the

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, Bader joined the

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for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On July 8, 2014, he signed with

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of the French

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for the 2014–15 season. In December 2014, he parted ways with ASVEL after averaging just 2.2 points in 13 league games.

Rio Grande Valley Vipers (2015)

On January 30, 2015, he was acquired by the

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of the

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Neptūnas Klaipėda (2015–2016)

On September 18, 2015, he signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda of the

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Ambalt Recanati (2016–2017)

On October 10, 2016, Bader joined Ambalt Recanati.

Faros Larissas (2018)

On January 6, 2018, Bader signed with Faros Larissas of the

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Austin Spurs (2019)

On February 4, 2019, the

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announced that they had acquired Bader.

Brooklyn Nets (2020–21)

On December 9, 2020, the

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announced they had hired Bader as an Assistant Coach for Player Development, thus ending his playing career.

Overseas Elite

In August 2015, Bader won the 2015 installment of

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as part of team Overseas Elite. In August 2016, Bader again won The Basketball Tournament as part of Overseas Elite. On August 3, 2017, Bader's team,

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won its third straight

championship with an 86–83 victory over Team Challenge ALS on ESPN.

Personal

Bader's father, Richard, was a swimmer at Clemson from 1976–1979, qualifying for the

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each of his four years. He is currently the assistant athletic director at

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. Bader has two sisters, Christine and Kimberly, the former women's tennis head coach at Ball State.

References

External links

Oakland bio

LNB.fr profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bader, Travis 1991 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania American men's basketball players ASVEL Basket players Austin Spurs players Basketball players from Michigan BC Neptūnas players Gymnastikos S. Larissas B.C. players Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball players Sportspeople from Okemos, Michigan Rio Grande Valley Vipers players Shooting guards