{"id":16137,"date":"2020-12-20T11:11:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T11:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamstox.com\/?p=16137"},"modified":"2020-12-20T11:11:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T11:11:23","slug":"dutch-basketball-players-at-the-highest-level-of-college-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamstox.com\/en\/insights-fun-more-english\/dutch-basketball-players-at-the-highest-level-of-college-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch basketball players at the highest level of College Basketball!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2018College Basketball\u2019<\/span>, one of the biggest and most watched college-sports in the US! Reason enough to write about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players from all over the world come to the US to bring out the most of their basketball career besides getting a good diploma. All of this with one ultimate dream: a chance of making it to the NBA, one of the biggest and wealthiest sports competitions in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick Smits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rick Smits is an example of a Dutch basketball player who made it to the NBA after playing in college as a student-athlete. He played at \u2018Marist College\u2019<\/a> in the 1st<\/sup> division of the NCAA. After that he got drafted in the NBA Draft of 1988 as 2nd<\/sup> pick overall by the Indiana Pacers. He played with the Pacers until 2000. Fun fact: did you know that our student-athlete Lars Schouten<\/span><\/a> also competes as a student-athlete at Marist College?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March Madness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Almost everyone in the US is following the College Basketball season. Every year, at the end of the season, the well renowned \u2018March Madness\u2019<\/a> is being played. This is a yearly tournament at the end of the NCAA Division 1 season. So many people are watching this tournament that, according to Wallethub, American companies loose 1.9$ billion dollars in revenue per HOUR (!) because of less productive employees during the March Madness season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eventually it is the goal of every basketball player to get in to the 1st<\/sup> division of the NCAA. This is the most exclusive division with the biggest universities, the best teams and the best players. Many players from this division will barch onto the NBA. There are 353 teams active in the Division 1, yet it isn\u2019t so easy to get into this division as basketball player. There are a couple of Dutch basketball players who made it to this division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would you like to know who they are and where they play? Check the list below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men<\/h2>\n\n\n\n