Tyler Bilodeau (born April 17, 2004) is an American

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player for the

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of the

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. He previously played for the

Oregon State Beavers The Oregon State Beavers are the sport, athletic teams that represent Oregon State University, located in Corvallis, Oregon. The Beavers compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I (NCAA Division I ...

. In his first season with UCLA, he earned third-team all-conference honors in the

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in 2025.

Early life

Bilodeau was born in

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, to 1991

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first-round draft pick Brent Bilodeau and

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player Cass Bauer-Bilodeau. Tyler Bilodeau played both

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and basketball growing up, before settling on basketball. As a

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, he averaged 22.7 points and 10.3 rebounds, while leading the team to a fourth-place finish in the Washington Class 4A state tournament. He was named Mid-Columbia Conference Player of the Year and honored as Washington Mr. Basketball. Coming out of high school, Bilodeau was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play collegiately for the

over other schools such as Boise State, Saint Louis, and Washington State.

College career

Oregon State

As a

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Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate degree programs and a variety of graduate and doctor ...

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, Bilodeau made 13 starts, where he averaged 7.0 points and 3.9

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per game. On December 28, 2023, he recorded 10 points and 14 rebounds against

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. In his

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year in 2023–24, Bilodeau changed his jersey number from 10 to 34 in honor of his mother, who wore the number in college and professionally. "My mom is who I look up to. She's the reason I play basketball", he said. He averaged 14.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game that season, while shooting 34.5% on his three-pointers. His 53.3%

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ranked fourth in the

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. After the season, he entered the

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, becoming one of the best shooting big men available.

UCLA

Bilodeau transferred to play at the

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. He played the entire 2024–25 season for the

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out of position at

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, where he was the starter in each game that he played. On November 8, 2024, Bilodeau tallied 23 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in a loss to

New Mexico Lobos The New Mexico Lobos are the sport, athletic teams that represent the University of New Mexico, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque. The university participates in the NCAA Division I in the Mountain West Conference (MW) since 1999 ...

. On December 21, 2024, he scored a career-high 26 points in a loss to

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. The Bruins earned a No. 7 seed in the 2025 NCAA tournament, Bilodeau's first appearance in the tournament in his career. He finished the season as UCLA's leading scorer at 13.5 points per game, shooting a team-high 40.0 percent on 3-pointers, and ranked second on the Bruins in rebounding with 4.6 per game. He was named third-team All-

by the conference coaches.

References

External links

Oregon State Beavers bioUCLA Bruins bio
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