Jim Zoet

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Jim Zoet
Personal information
Born (1953-12-20) December 20, 1953 (age 70)
Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
Listed height7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school Port Perry
(Port Perry, Ontario)
College
NBA draft 1978: undrafted
Position Centre
Number34
Career history
1978-79Dordtrecht Rowic
1979-80Team Fiat Stars Coventry
1981Guadalajara Black Knights
1981Mariwasa Honda
1982 Detroit Pistons
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× CIAU All-Canadian (1977, 1978)
  • CIAU Tournament All-star (1977)
  • 2× First-team All-Great Plains (1977, 1978)
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Jim Zoet (born December 20, 1953) is a Canadian former basketball player, NBA player and member of the Canada's Olympic basketball team. [1] [2] [3] [4] He and Brian Heaney are the only Canadian University basketball players to play in an NBA game. [5]

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Professional career

Zoet played for the Detroit Pistons in 1982. [1] [2] [3] [4] [6] [7] Zoet played in seven games for the Pistons. [3] [6] [7]

Zoet also played professionally in the Netherlands, England, Argentina, Mexico, and the Philippines. [1] [2] [3] [4] [7]

International career

Zoet was a member of the Canadian national team from 1977 - 1980, including being a member of the 1980 Olympic team. [1] [2] [3] [4] Zoet unfortunately was unable to compete in these 1980 games (held in Moscow) given that Canada boycotted said Olympics as a result of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. [8]

This 1980 Canadian men's team was positioned to perform well in these Olympics given that Canada competed for the bronze medal in the Olympic games preceding and following these 1980 Olympics (1976, 1984) [9] [10] and this time in Canadian basketball has been described as "arguably the Canadian national team's greatest era" [11] and "Canada's golden age of basketball". [12]

Zoet competed for Canada in the 1978 FIBA World Championship and was Canada's third-leading scorer in this tournament. [13] Canada finished 6th overall in this World Championship. [14]

University

Zoet played on scholarship for three seasons (1973–76) for Kent State University in the NCAA. [1] [3] [7] Zoet then transferred to Lakehead University in the CIAU where he played for the next two seasons (1976-1978). [1] [2] [3] [4] He was named an CIAU All-Canadian both of these seasons, where he averaged 19 points per game. [1] [2] [3] [4] [7] He was also named as a Great Plains First Team All-Star these two seasons. [3]

In the 1977 season, he led Lakehead to the CIAU national championship game, the only time Lakehead has reached the national championship game. [1] [2] [3] [4] [15] This year he was named as a CIAU Tournament All-Star. [3]

Post career

Zoet was inducted into the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame (2015) [1] and the Lakehead University Sports Wall of Fame (2009). [15]  In 2015, the 1976-77 Lakehead men's basketball team was inducted into the Lakehead Sports Wall of Fame, of which Zoet was a crucial member. [15]

Personal life

Zoet was born on December 20, 1953, in Uxbridge, Ontario. [1] [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Canadian Basketball Hall of Fam Welcomes 2015 Induction Class". Canada Basketball. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Jim Zoet". U Sports Hoops. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Former Basketball Star inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame". Lakehead University. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ Hein, David (November 20, 2014). "Why Basketball Canada is rooting for Philip Scrubb". FIBA. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Jim Zoet". NBA. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Former Uxbridge resident honoured at Lakehead". Durham Region. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Canada boycotts 1980 Moscow Olympics". CBC Archives. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  9. ↑ "1976 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men Event Standings". FIBA Archive. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  10. ↑ "1984 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA Archive. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Eli Pasquale". BC Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  12. ↑ Chidley-Hill, John. "Eli Pasquale, Olympian and Canadian Basketball Hall of Famer, dies at 59". CBC Sports. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Jim Zoet". FIBA Archive. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  14. ↑ "1978 World Championship for Men Event Standings". FIBA Archive. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  15. 1 2 3 "2015 Inductees Announced – Learn more about them!". Lakehead University. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
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