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The 2014 FIBA World Cup still has a championship game left (GO USA!!!), but the Big Ten's participation in the event officially concluded in the Round of 16 when New Zealand and Senegal were eliminated from the competition. Despite this unfortunate result, the Big Ten still had a good performance and had a total of 4 players compete.
Though you may not expect it, Nebraska was the most represented Big Ten school in this year's FIBA World Cup with a total of 2 players competing. Along with this, Rutgers and Wisconsin both had a player participate as well. Perhaps the most significant of these 4 players was current Nebraska player Tai Webster. To be able to compete in an international competition like this as a college player is very impressive and great news for Cornhusker fans hoping for a boost in Webster's game next season. Being able to compete at this level is huge.
With that, let's look at how the Big Ten performed statistically in the 2014 FIBA World Cup.
Big Ten Results & Stats In The 2014 FIBA World Cup
New Zealand
- Kirk Penney - Wisconsin
- 28.0 mpg, 10.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.0 apg, 0.2 bpg, 0.3 spg
- Tai Webster - Nebraska
- 22.0 mpg, 5.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.5 apg, 0.5 bpg, 0.8 spg
Puerto Rico
- Jorge Diaz - Nebraska
- 9.0 mpg, 1.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 0.0 apg, 0.0 bpg, 0.2 spg
- 9.0 mpg, 1.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 0.0 apg, 0.0 bpg, 0.2 spg
Senegal
- Hamady N'Diaye - Rutgers
- 17 mpg, 5.7 ppg, 4 rpg, 0.3 apg, 1.8 bpg, 0.5 spg