Caleb Green (basketball)

Caleb Green
Position Power forward
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 238 lb (108 kg)
League Basketball League Belgium
Euroleague
Team Spirou Basket
Born October 7, 1985 (1985-10-07) (age 26)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Nationality American
High school Tulsa Memorial
College Oral Roberts
Pro career 2007–present
Career history TBB Trier (2007–08)
Dexia Mons-Hainaut (2008-09)
Basketball Club Oostende (2009-11)
Awards Mid Continent Conference Player of the Year (2005, 2006, 2007)

Caleb Green (born October 7, 1985) is a professional basketball player, currently playing for Spirou Basket in Belgium. Previously he played for TBB Trier in Germany and Oral Roberts University in Tulsa.[1]

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College career

A Tulsa native who played for Memorial High School, Green was not recruited by the major in-state programs like the University of Oklahoma or the University of Tulsa, where he had hoped to play.[2][3] Instead, Green attended Oral Roberts University, also in Tulsa, and played for four years. As a junior, he averaged 20.8 points per game and 8.8 rebounds per game, while as a senior, he averaged 20.5 points per game and 9.3 rebounds per game.[4] Even as a freshman, Green averaged more than thirty minutes a game, as he did for his entire college career.[5] Green also led Oral Roberts to the NCAA tournament in his junior and senior seasons.[6] For these accomplishments, he was named the Mid Continent Conference (now Summit League) player of the year in his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons.[7] As a senior, he was also a Wooden Award finalist.[8] In his senior season at Oral Roberts, Green led the nation in both free throws made and attempted.[9] He finished his senior season as the NCAA's active scoring leader.[10] Additionally, Green holds the Mid-Con Conference career scoring and rebounding records.[7][11]

Professional career

Green was not drafted by any NBA team and elected to play professionally overseas. He played one season for German club Trier averaging 17.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.[1] Subsequently, Green signed with Dexia in the Belgian League.[12] In his first season with Dexia, Green averaged 14.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game while shooting 64.2 percent from the field.[13] In 2009, he signed a one-year contract extension with the club, including a club-option for the 2010–2011 season.[14] Since the 2009-2010 season he played for Basketball Club Oostende. In July 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Spirou Basket.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Player Caleb Green, Doudiz Basket, Accessed September 8, 2009
  2. ^ Harper, Justin. "ORU’s Green doesn’t feel overlooked; Sooners didn’t seek Tulsa Memorial star." The Oklahoman, December 28, 2005.
  3. ^ Brown, Mike. ORU seniors hoping for a Tulsa sweep, Tulsa World, November 28, 2006.
  4. ^ Caleb Green stats, ESPN
  5. ^ Caleb Green, Yahoo!
  6. ^ Oral Roberts, USA Today
  7. ^ a b Associated Press, Oral Roberts wins Mid-Con tourney, earns NCAA berth, ESPN, March 6, 2007.
  8. ^ King, Jason. "Postseason form: KU is shocked by the high-flying Golden Eagles, evoking memories of March Sadness." Kansas City Star, November 16, 2006
  9. ^ Brown, Mike. "Dominating presence: ORU's Caleb Green has dominated the Mid-Con like no player before him, and opponents have noticed." Tulsa World, March 3, 2007.
  10. ^ Robb, David. Pondering Caleb Green's Mid-Con legacy, The Times of Northwest Indiana, February 3, 2007.
  11. ^ Brown, Mike. "ORU hosts Panhandle: Caleb Green will set a new Mid-Con record for rebounds if he gets two." Tulsa World, November 25, 2006.
  12. ^ Bergen trekt Amerikaan Caleb Green aan, Het Laatste Nieuws, July 5, 2008. (Dutch)
  13. ^ Caleb Green basketball profile, EuroBasket.
  14. ^ Basket - Caleb Green (Mons-Hainaut) signe pour un an à Ostende, Le Vif l'Express, June 21, 2009. In the 2009-2010 season he played for Basketball Club Oostende.(French)
  15. ^ Spirou tabs Green, keeps Broyles