Dusty Rychart

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**Dusty Rychart**
Full name	Dusty Mike Rychart
Date of birth	August 11th, 1978
Place of birth	Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA
Current position	Power Forward
Current Team	Brisbane Bullets
Years with Team	1
Previous Teams	Adelaide 36ers, Victoria Giants
Years as Player	2002-present
Championships as Player	1
Height	6'7" (201 cm)
Weight	230 lbs (101 kg)
Infobox last updated on: Feb 6th, 2007.

Dusty Rychart (b. August 11, 1978 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota) is an American basketball player. Rychart is the son of Mike and Becky Rychart and has a twin brother named Jessy. He currently plays power forward for the Brisbane Bullets.

Rychart attended the University of Minnesota on a basketball scholarship and made the All Big Ten team his junior and senior years. In 1998, his team won the National Invitational Tournament Championship. The following year, he was selected as NCAA Tournament Player of the Game.

After graduation, Rychart moved to Australia to participate in that country's National Basketball League. Rychart began his career with the Victoria Giants, joining the team in 2002. After the Giants disbanded, he became a member of the Adelaide 36ers team and remained there until 2006, when he joined the Brisbane Bullets. He has also played for the Hawkes Bay Hawks in New Zealand, the Krka Slovenia Euro League, and the Malaysia National Team Protronas.