Catching Up with Marquette Alums in the NBDL

[77ncaachamps]

All are linked to their NBDL bios.

Greg Clausen (Anaheim - Development team for LAC, POR, and ORL!!! )

Scott Merritt (Austin - Development team for BOS, SAS, and HOU!!! )

EDIT: They recently matched up with each other - BOX SCORE.

Clausen was 1-5, 2 pts, 3 rebs in 19:47 of play.
Merritt was 4-11, 13 pts, 9 rebs in 37:21 of play.

ANOTHER EDIT: They play again tonight. This time Anaheim at Austin.

And for those UWM fans: Clay Tucker (Arkansas)

[The Lens]

You got to hand it to Scott, he's playing in arguably the best city in that league.  Austin is not a bad gig.

[77ncaachamps]

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[LastWarrior]

I'm surprised Clausen is in the NBDL.   

Does anybody know what T. Miller & Hutch are up to??

[NYWarrior]

it looks like Tony Miller is still playing in Europe

http://www.court-side.com/p/P62EF10F3848618F7C125656800487B68

[spiral97]

Great links!  As you find them, please add them to the wiki page for that player (or create a page for that player if it does not exist already).

[bma725]

I'm surprised Clausen is in the NBDL.   

Does anybody know what T. Miller & Hutch are up to??

Hutch isn't playing anywhere.  I'm not even really sure he played pro ball after MU because of injuries and IIRC sickle cell anemia.  He was back in Milwaukee briefly, when Clay Tucker was at UWM.  They are cousins and he was at a couple of Tucker's games.

[LastWarrior]

Such a shame for such a talented player... I know that it raised my awareness about the disease.  I hope he's doing well and what a hell of a player.

[77ncaachamps]

Hutch was one of my favorite players at MU.

He was smaller than most (5'10") but could shoot the rock and at times control the pace of the game. He was soft-spoken and wasn't flashy, especially while around the MU campus walking to class. He was cool.

It was unfortunate about the accident though. It really affected him. He never gained the strength back to play at his former level. I also knew someone who was in that car - I think he was the driver. He never let that accident down and how it affected Hutch. I think McCall was in the car too.

[bma725]

I think McCall was in the car too.

Zach McCall had already been gone from MU for about a year maybe even longer by the time the accident happened.

[shaquilvaine]

Hutchins was a carrier for sickle cell disease, not a true sufferer of the disease and I can tell you it is extremely unlikely for a carrier to be significantly impacted by it.  I realize Hutch had some issues related to this while at MU in regards to stamina, but I highly doubt his not playing is due to this.  Here's to hoping he is healthy.   

[Eye]

FWIW, you could have made a pretty good case that Hutch was a better player his senior year than a similarly undersized point guard who's gone to have a decent NBA career, Earl Boykins. Things just don't work out the way you want them to sometimes.