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One of the things that stood out while scouring rosters to compile the short list of college players born in New Hampshire was the number of players born outside the United States. Closer examination revealed the actual totals: 419 players from 69 countries on six continents (get in the game, Antarctica).

This information comes from the individual team rosters at ESPN.com and has not, for the most part, been crosschecked. There were a number of players who had a hometown listed, but no country; in many cases, the cities and towns in question were located in one of the countries that makes up the former Yugoslavia. (For whatever reason, ESPN recognizes Croatia, but not Serbia, Montenegro, or Bosnia and Herzegovina.) In these cases, I looked up the location of the city or at the player's school profile page to figure out exactly where he came from.

The five best-represented countries are Canada (70, about 60% from Ontario), Australia (40), England (34), France (19), and Serbia (19). Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro, four of the countries that used to be Yugoslavia, account for 39 players (plus two more for Kosovo, which may or may not be a part of Serbia, depending on who you ask).

On the flip side, 24 countries are represented by just one current player: Austria, Belarus, Benin, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Gabon, The Gambia, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Panama, South Korea, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zambia.

The full list of players from each country is below. Leave any errors or omissions in the comments.

[Editor's note: Brian is from New Hampshire. Also, we like quirky. That is all.]

After my shocking discovery the other day that a New Hampshire native plays for one of the remaining Reverse Survivor teams, I decided to look through the rosters on ESPN.com and see how many other collegiate players listed the Granite State as their home sweet home.

FRESHMEN
Luke Apfeld, forward
University of Vermont (Wolfeboro)
No 2009-10 stats

Apfeld is an athletic forward - Vermont coach Mike Lonergan called him the second-most athletic player on the team's roster - who has been unable to overcome injury issues: he tore his right ACL in high school at Brewster Academy, came back, tore the left one three days later, came back, and tore the right one again in November 2009.

Nicholas Checovich, guard
Fordham (North Hampton)
2009-10 Stats: 0.1 assists, 0.3 rebounds

Checovich has posted numbers this season that would make Mark Titus weep with pride: eight games, 18 minutes, 0-6 field goals (all threes), two offensive rebounds, and an assist. He hails from North Hampton but played his high school ball at St. John's prep in Danvers, Massachusetts.

SOPHOMORES
Ryan Herrion, guard
University of New Hampshire (Dover)
No 2009-10 stats

Herrion walked on with his father Bill's UNH program in 2008-09 despite only having played two years of varsity basketball at Dover High School. He averaged 2.5 minutes a game last season, but has not seen any action in 2009-10.

Kirk Crecco, guard
Dartmouth College (Gilford)
2009-10 Stats: 1.1 points, 0.4 rebounds

Crecco came out of Gilford High School, where he won the Class M Player of the Year award as a junior. He was also a standout in baseball and soccer. Like Nicholas Checovich, his stats would most certainly please Mark Titus: Crecco has posted a two trillion, two four-trillions, and an eight trillion this season (and came up one rebound short of a ten trillion against George Mason).

Patrick Saunders, forward
Princeton University (Gilford)
2009-10 Stats: 7.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, 53.6% 3-point

Saunders started out at Gilford High School before spending his last three years at New Hampton. He's had some ups and downs as a starter for the Tigers in his sophomore season, but is coming off his best performance of the season: 21 points on 8-8 shooting (including 5-5 on threes) in 22 minutes against Marist.

Simon McCormack, guard
American University (New Castle)
2009-10 Stats: 5.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists

McCormack played a grand total of six minutes as a freshman, a total he surpassed in the first half of this season's opener. The town he hails from, New Castle, is the smallest town in New Hampshire, and located right next to Rye, the town where I grew up. McCormack and I attended the same high school, Portsmouth, although he left after two years for Northfield Mount Hermon, a prep school in Massachusetts.

JUNIORS
Kyle Bailey, guard
University of Connecticut (Lancaster)
2009-10 Stats: 2 minutes, 1 assist

Bailey was the valedictorian of his class and a three sport star (basketball, baseball, soccer) at White Mountains Regional High School, but that success hasn't carried over to his college career. In parts of three seasons, he has appeared in five games, playing ten minutes and attempting one shot.

Matt Tomaszewski, forward
Syracuse University (Seabrook)
No 2009-10 stats

After finishing his career at Holderness School, Tomaszewski began his college playing days at Division II Tampa before transferring to Syracuse and walking on with the basketball team. He is redshirting the 2009-10 season.

Michael Chroney, guard
Bryant University (Nashua)
2009-10 Stats: 5.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists

Ah, the reason I took the time to look these guys up in the first place. Chroney played 16 minutes as a walk-on sophomore last season. The Nashua South High School grad has blossomed this year, however, playing 28 or more minutes in each of Bryant's last ten games.

SENIORS
Tyler Roche, forward
Boston College (Hooksett)
2009-10 Stats: 7.0 points, 2.1 rebounds, 40.9% 3-point

Roche, a former New Hampshire Mr. Basketball who garnered numerous other awards in his time at Manchester Central High School, was named a team captain for the young Eagles prior to the 2009-10 season. He started 23 of 29 games as a sophomore for a team that started 12-4 before losing 13 of its last 15 games.

Chris Brickley, guard
University of Louisville (Manchester)
2009-10 Stats: 1.8 points, 0.4 rebounds, 0.4 assists

Brickley is on his third college since his days as a star at Trinity High School. He started at Northeastern, transferred to Southern New Hampshire University, and eventually ended up at Louisville. He joined the Cardinals in January 2008 because he wanted the opportunity to play for Rick Pitino.

Chris Lutz, guard
Marshall University (Bedford)
2009-10 Stats: 7.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, 39.2% 3-point

Lutz was a three-time All-State selection and the all-time leading scorer at Trinity High School. He completed a year at Brewster Academy before heading off to Purdue, where he played for two years before transferring to Marshall. He scored a season-high 21 points in a game against Central Florida last week.

Chad Millard, forward
Creighton University (Goffstown)
2009-10 Stats: 0.7 points, 0.5 rebounds, 0.5 assists

Another player who has bounced around a lot, Millard started off at Trinity High School, did a year at Brewster Academy, a year at Louisville, and finally transferred to Creighton. After sitting out a season following the transfer, he averaged 4.1 points and 3.2 rebounds in 18.2 minutes a game, but has seen those numbers halved in each of the last two seasons.

Corey Hassan, guard
Sacred Heart (Merrimack)
2009-10 Stats: 20.6 points, 7.9 rebounds

Hassan helped Merrimack High School to two Class L state titles before moving on to become the best New Hampshire product in Division I. After averaging just under thirty minutes a game for Boston University as a freshman, he transferred to Sacred Heart and has worked his way up the ladder, averaging a shade under 35 minutes, 21 points, and 8 rebounds a game. He has three double-doubles on the season, including a 33 point, 11 rebound, 5 steal performance against Fordham in November.

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Some friends marvel that I can enjoy college hoops so much and not give one small damn about the NBA. I've done some soul-searching on this, and come to the realization that 1) I grew up in the Kansas City area, where the hoops scene was actually improved by the departure of the Kings to Sacramento, 2) I actually grew up in Lawrence, KS, so the Jayhawks were guys I'd see walking down the street. I didn't need the NBA, really. But 3) I actually did keep up with the NBA more as a kid, because most of the great names of the day had spent some time in college, so I already knew something about them by the time they became pros.

While I was scouring rosters looking for funny names a while back, I started to notice a trend: lots of familiar names were on college rosters again. I call them Spawn of the NBA. I'd like to thank the other STF writers for helping me to track down a solid list of hoops scions.

One thing that stands out here is that the apples are falling pretty far from the tree in a lot of cases. The more transcendent the father, the more average the son, it seems. Below, we'll compare the college averages of the paterfamilias to the accrued stats of the offspring.

Ralph Sampson (Virginia): 16.9 ppg, 1.2 apg, 11.4 rpg, 3.5 bpg

Ralph Sampson III (Minnesota): 6.5 ppg, 1 apg, 4.6 rpg, 1.6 bpg

Glen Rice (Michigan): 18.2 ppg, 48% 3P, 6.4 rpg, 2.0 apg, 0.3 bpg, 0.8 spg

Glen Rice, Jr. (Georgia Tech): 2.3 ppg, 25% 3P, 2.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, 0.75 bpg, 0.5 spg

Michael Jordan (North Carolina): 17.7 ppg, 44.7% 3P, 5.0 rpg, 1.8 apg, 0.7 bpg, 1.7 spg

Jeff Jordan (Illinois): 1.1 ppg, 33.3% 3P, 0.4 rpg, 0.7 apg, 0.0 bpg, 0.3 spg

Marcus Jordan (Central Florida): 2.6 ppg, 11% 3P, 2.0 rpg, 1.8 apg, 0.6 bpg, 1.8 spg

Mychal Thompson (Minnesota): 20.8 ppg,

Mychel Thompson (Pepperdine): 8.8 ppg, 33.2% 3P, 3.0 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.6 spg

Klay Thompson (Washington State): 13.7 ppg, 42% 3P, 3.8 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.7 spg

John Lucas II (Maryland): 18.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.1 apg,

Jai Lucas (Texas): 8.5 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 2.3 apg (Freshman year at Florida)

Larry Drew (Missouri): 11.8 ppg, 3.7 apg, 1.0 spg

Larry Drew II (North Carolina): 2.1 ppg, 2.5 apg, 0.7 spg

Nate McMillan (Chowan/N.C. State): 8.5 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 6.0 apg, 2.6 spg

Jamelle McMillan (Arizona State): 3.8 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 2.1 apg, 0.9 spg

Detlef Schrempf (Washington): 11.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.3 apg, 0.6 spg

Alexander Schrempf (UCLA): Freshman walk-on, no stats yet.

Jack Sikma (Illinois Wesleyan): 21.2 ppg, 13.1 rpg (All IWU seemed to take note of)

Luke Sikma (Portland): 6.2 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.9 apg, 0.9 bpg, 0.9 spg

Thanks to sharp-eyed reader Avi for reminding me of this tandem:

Anthony Mason (Tennessee State): 18.7 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 2.4 apg, 0.4 bpg, 1.3 spg

Anthony Mason, Jr. (St. John's): 11.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.0 apg, 0.8 spg (Playing fifth season on medical hardship after missing most of last season)

Also receiving votes: Elston Turner (Ole Miss), Elston Turner, Jr. (Washington); Denzel Washington (Jake Shuttlesworth, Rikers Island Correctional Facility All-Stars), Malcolm Washington (Penn).

Class of 2010

Shawn Kemp, Jr. - Auburn (A trickle becomes a flood on this one, I'm betting)

Juwan Howard, Jr. - Western Michigan

Tim Hardaway, Jr. - Michigan

There's a clear flaw in this quickie examination of father/son tandems. Most of the sons are nowhere near the ends of their college careers yet. And yet, those of us who follow college hoops religously know that if either of Michael Jordan's sons had their father's potential, they would have been hotly pursued by Dad's alma mater. Jai Lucas and Larry Drew II are the most likely to follow in their fathers' footsteps at this point.

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Eric: We need a STF tournament (everyone's starting them!) in which the rules are strictly enforced. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:28 9:29

Ian: Strict enforcement? I didn't know this place was so Red Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:29

Eric: Storming the Floor tournament won by Alcorn State; floor storming disallowed. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:29

Travis: We could offer an autobid to the Great West Conference regular-season champions. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:29 9:29

Travis: We're the NIT to the CIT. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:29

Eric: Oh, god, I'd love that. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:29

Grubby stadiumdrives.com: Look for the Cheat to be involved Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:30

Eric: Invitations could go out to the last 8 teams on Brian's Reverse Survivor list. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:30

Ian: Please tell me STF has appropriate funding to start a competing college tournament? I'm pretty sure local parks would count as venues. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:30

Eric: Because a winless team getting its first win is an automatic floor storming event. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:30

Travis: Totally. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:30

UKChris: brilliant idea Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:31

Eric: I think we could play on local playgrounds by the light of our automobile headlights. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:31

Travis: C'mon, we can scrape up the budget to rent the local YMCA gym. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:31

Travis: "Attendance: 25." Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:31

Eric: "local" is kind of a strange concept with this group. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:31

UKChris: regional Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:31

Eric: "including the players" Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:31

Travis: well of course, that's our regionals! Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:31

Grubby stadiumdrives.com: I think I could acquire the River Court in Tree Hill, NC Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:32

Travis: as UKChris astutely noted Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:32

Travis: leading to the national title game hosted by Oklahoma Panhandle State University.

Eric: People must be so disappointed when they come to our chats. Mich St. is playing a tight game with Gonzaga, and we're making up a basketball tournament for losers. Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:33

Grubby stadiumdrives.com: Hell that's why I'm here. Prop flights to Binghamton and fake tourneys Tuesday November 17, 2009 9:33