Baylor Basketball Quartet Playing Hoops at the Next Level

Four of Baylor’s superstar seniors that helped guide the 2008-09 Bears men’s basketball team to the NIT title game are playing hoops at a higher level.

And all four have a huge chance of one day hooping it up on the NBA hardwood.
Curtis Jerrells, Henry Dugat, Kevin Rogers, and Mamadou Diene all graduated from BU last year with high accolades in basketball, education, and experience.

It looks like all four will get even more of the latter, with the quartet of stars all garnering a chance to play basketball at a higher level in the coming years of their lives.

Jerrells recently inked a contract to play for the San Antonio Spurs’ NBA Development League team, the Austin Toros, and he began training camp on Nov. 13.

Dugat, meanwhile, was invited to (and is currently attending) the Rio Grande Valley Vipers training camp with hopes of landing a spot on the team’s roster.

Rogers, on the other hand, is taking his game abroad as he is currently playing in Greece for the Panionios ON Telecoms Athens basketball team.

In addition, Diene is also continuing to improve his game by playing basketball abroad.

All four (with Diene being the very first) signed to play basketball at Baylor under the helm of head coach Scott Drew, who continues to remold the Bears hoops program.

With four players and counting with future hopes of playing in the NBA, look for Drew’s name to soon pop up on Coach of the Year ballots.

Stay tuned for updates on all four of these Baylor Bears playing basketball at the next level…

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