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THE STORYLINE Brad Wanamaker enters his sophomore season at Pitt with an opportunity to compete for the starting off-guard role. Wanamaker is an underrated and athletic competitor with strong ball handling skills who has the ability to take it to the basket. He is a relentless worker and winner who will do whatever it takes for his team to be successful. He is a tough, strong and physical guard who has a reputation as a great defender and superb team player. His style of play has drawn comparisons to Mitch Richmond, Dwyane Wade and former Pitt guard/forward and fellow Philadelphia native Mike Cook. Last year, Wanamaker's minutes increased after injuries to both Cook and Levance Fields. With a year of experience, he now has an opportunity to earn his own minutes. 2007-08 Played in 30 games, 331 minutes and scored 66 points (2.2 ppg.) with 43 assists off the bench at off guard...Played 10-plus minutes in 19 games on year...Saw action in 17 Big East Conference regular season games and averaged 10.6 minutes per game...Earned team co-Most Improved Player Award at team banquet...Played five minutes of NCAA Tournament First Round game vs. Oral Roberts, 3/20...Played 13 minutes in Big East Quarterfinal vs. Louisville, 3/13...Scored a career-high tying seven points (1-2 FG) and hit a career-high 5-6 free throws in 15 minutes at West Virginia, 3/3...Scored six points (3-4 FG) with four assists and two rebounds in 18 minutes vs. Providence, 2/12...Scored a career-high tying seven points (3-4 FG) with two assists in 23 minutes vs. West Virginia, 2/7...Played 10 minutes with three assists at South Florida, 1/9...Played 12 minutes at Villanova, 1/6...Played in a career-high 23 minutes, scored five points (2-3 FG) with two assists and two rebounds vs. Lafayette, 1/2...Finished with six points (3-5 FG) in eight minutes vs. Toledo, 12/1...Scored seven points (3-5 FG) with four assists in 17 minutes vs. Mississippi Valley State, 11/15...Finished with four points and three assists in 12 minutes vs. North Carolina A&T, 11/10...Dished out eight assists, scored four points and grabbed four rebounds in 19 minutes of career debut vs. Houston Baptist, 11/9. His eight assists ranked as the second highest total in a freshman debut game since Sean Miller finished with 10 assists on Nov. 28, 1987. HIGH SCHOOL A 2007 graduate of Philadelphia's Roman Catholic High School where he played basketball for Head Coach Dennis Seddon...Selected to compete for a roster spot on the 2007 USA Basketball Under-19 World Championship team from June 28-30, 2007...Selected to the PIAA All-State First Team...Named Philadelphia Daily News Player of the Year as a senior...Selected the Philadelphia Inquirer Southeastern Pennsylvania Player of the Year...Concluded career with 1,306 career points and a 76-18 three-year varsity record...Scored 552 points, averaged 17.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.1 steals in guiding Roman Catholic to a 29-3 overall record, league title and consensus top-20 national ranking...Guided the Cahillites to the Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament title and earned MVP honors after he rallied his team from 10 points down to register a 59-56 win over Neumann-Goretti...Finished with 17 points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals in the title game...Earned Philadelphia Daily News All-City First Team and All-Catholic Team honors...Team ended season on a 16-game win streak...Played on USA Junior All-Star squad that toured Europe with teammate DeJuan Blair...Roomed with Blair during the five-game swing which included a championship game win over Russia...Averaged 16 points per game, six rebounds per game and dished out four assists in guiding Roman Catholic to a 26-6 record as a junior...Second Team All-Catholic League South Division selection as a junior...Helped lead the Eagles to the Philadelphia Catholic League finals where they lost to St. John Neumann on a basket in the closing seconds...Ranked the No. 88 player nationally by Rivals.com...Rated the No. 90 player nationally by HoopScoop...Ranked the No. 91 player nationally by Scout.com...Ranked the No. 112 player nationally by USA Today...Competed at the Las Vegas Big Time Tournament...Rated 11th out of 160 prospects at the ABCD Camp at Fairleigh Dickinson after he shot 61 percent during the event...Rated the No. 56 player in the country at the ABCD Camp...Played AAU basketball for Positive Image and coaches Larry Waiters and his mentor Rasal Hajj. PERSONAL Born Bradley D. Wanamaker on July 25, 1989...Son of Bradley Wanamaker, Sr....Has a twin brother Brian, who played on his high school team and played at Central Connecticut State as a freshman...2007-08 Pitt senior Mike Cook and Philadelphia native also played in his AAU program Positive Image...Style of play has been compared to Cook...Made his verbal commitment to Pitt on August 24, 2006...Had 13 scholarship offers including Villanova, Xavier, Virginia, Penn State, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Dayton, George Washington and Temple...Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences. |
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