Kyle James Barone (born September 12, 1989) is an American basketball player who played for the

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of the B.League. He was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior in

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after leading the WAC in scoring (18.2) and rebounding (10.9) in conference games. Barone became the first player from the

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to be named the men's basketball player of the year in the WAC. In Barone's four-year career between 2009–10 and 2012–13 he appeared in a school record 125 games. He graduated with 1,414 points—the fourth highest total in school history—as well as 864 rebounds, which ranks second. Heading into his senior season he was suspended indefinitely by head coach

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for violating team rules but was re-instated before the first regular season game. For his career, Barone averaged 11.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.0 blocks and 0.4 steals. He plays the

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position.

Professional career

On October 24, 2013, Barone signed with PGE Turów Zgorzelec in Poland. After 5 games, Barone left PGE Turów, after averaging 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. In November 2015, Barone signed with Kingman Kaoliang Liquor in Taiwan's

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. While with Link Tochigi Brex, Barone averaged 10.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. In April 2019, Barone signed with the

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of the

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as the team's import for the

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External links

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s Idaho profile 1989 births Living people Alba Fehérvár players American expatriate basketball people in China American expatriate basketball people in Hungary American expatriate basketball people in Japan American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines American expatriate basketball people in Poland American expatriate basketball people in Taiwan American expatriate basketball people in Vietnam American men's basketball players Aomori Wat's players Basketball players from California Centers (basketball) Earth Friends Tokyo Z players Terrafirma Dyip players Idaho Vandals men's basketball players Kumamoto Volters players Osaka Evessa players People from Garden Grove, California Philippine Basketball Association imports Saigon Heat players San-en NeoPhoenix players Sportspeople from Orange County, California Turów Zgorzelec players Utsunomiya Brex players Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor basketball players Super Basketball League imports {{1980s-US-basketball-bio-stub