Ivan Radenović
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Ivan Radenović (born June 10, 1984) is a Serbian basketball player formerly wearing the #55 jersey for the Arizona Wildcats basketball team. Radenović was recently associated with Greek team Athens for a one-year deal[1] but decided to join CB Girona [2] from Spain on 2 year contract.
Radenović was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in the former Yugoslavia, and began playing basketball in the junior teams for KK Partizan. His talent came to prominence during the 2002 Albert Schweitzer Games in Germany where he played for a Serbian youth team, averaging 7.4 points and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 59.3 percent (16-of-27) from the floor.
Mid-way through the season 2003-2004 Ivan joined the Arizona Wildcats and legendary coach Lute Olson, where he had one of the most successful debuts in Wildcats' history, scoring 17 points against Liberty on December 28, 2003[1]. That very same season Radenović earned Honorable Mention Pac 10 All Freshman honors. He was a great addition to the Wildcats' team that needed a help in the big man position. However, during that season his lack of weight and his adoption to the new American culture were the causes for his variable game performances. That season Radenović averaged 5.8 points per game, 2.9 rebounds per game, shooting 25.7% from the 3 point line, 39.7% in field goals, and 76.7% from the free throw line [2].
During the season 2004-2005 Radenović had his game improved a lot. He was a key man on a Arizona Wildcats' basketball team that unhappily lost to the Illinois Fighting Illini in the Elite Eight game. During the season Radenović averaged 8.6 points per game, 5.5 rebounds, posting four double doubles and six double figure rebounding games[3]. A notable performance was his Pac 10 game at UCLA where he scored 19 points and had 12 rebounds[4]. The same season Radenović was voted most improved player by his teammates [5] .
In the 2005-2006 season Radenović was a key player in a Arizona Wildcats' college team plagued by off-court problems. He was named the team's co-MVP by his teammates. The same season he averaged 12.5 points per game, 6.3 rebounds per game, and scored team-leading four double-doubles during the season.
His senior season 2006-2007 was his year as a leader on a team filled with talent. The absence of Kirk Walter's rebounding throughout the season damaged the Wildcats game plan. The Wildcats were forced to rely on the younger members on the roster like Chase Budinger and Marcus Williams (formerly of the San Antonio Spurs, currently on the Los Angeles Clippers) and eventually lost to Purdue in the first round of the 2007 March Madness Tournament. For the 2006-2007 season Radenović averaged 15.1 Pts, 7.6 Rbs, 2.1 Asts, while shooting 50.7% from the field.
Radenović went undrafted after entering his name in the 2007 NBA Draft, which was followed by a failed attempt to make it on the Los Angeles Clippers roster during their Las Vegas Summer league. Ivan only played in three out of the five games.
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- Ivan Radenovic biography – Arizona Wildcats Official Site
