Matthew Don Bauscher (born April 25, 1985) is an American former professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player. Bauscher played three years for the

Boise State Broncos The Boise State Broncos are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Boise State University, located in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Moun ...

, from 2005 till 2008, during his college career. He was the team captain at Boise State while winning the regular season and tournament championship. He earned All Conference Defense and All Conference Tournament Team. Afterwards he played six seasons as a professional player in Europe, spending most of his time in the Netherlands, in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). Bauscher won the DBL championship in 2010. He also played in top divisions of Germany and Cyprus.

Professional career

After playing three years for Boise State, Bauscher started his professional playing career in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

with

Aris Leeuwarden Aris Leeuwarden is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Leeuwarden. The club competes in the BNXT League, and has competed at the highest national level since 2004. Aris plays its home games at the Kalverdijkje. Its most notable successes ...

in the Dutch Basketball League. He was the DBL Scoring champion during the 2008–09 season, as he averaged 22 points per game. After his single season for Aris, Bauscher signed with

GasTerra Flames GasTerra is a Dutch partially state-owned company that is active in the worldwide trade and supply of natural gas. It is owned by Royal Dutch Shell (25%), ExxonMobil (25%) and the Dutch government (50%). Its history dates back to 2005, when the com ...

of the DBL. In his first season with the Flames, he won the Dutch championship, and in his second season he won the NBB Cup. In 2012, Bauscher signed with BG Göttingen in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. After one year in Germany, Bauscher returned to the Netherlands to play for

EiffelTowers Den Bosch Heroes Den Bosch is a Dutch professional basketball club based in 's-Hertogenbosch. The club plays in the BNXT League since 2021 and in the top basketball division in the Netherlands since 1972. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club had several sponso ...

. With Den Bosch, he won the NBB Cup for the second time in his career. In 2013, Bauscher signed with

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

. In August 2014, Bauscher retired from professional basketball. Matt Bauscher currently runs a real estate business in Boise, Idaho. He has sold over 100 homes every year since 2016 – becoming one of the top realtors in the United States. In 2020 alone, he sold 227 homes for $130,000,000 in sales.

Honours

Club

* Dutch Basketball League (1): 2009–10 * NBB Cup (1): 2010–11

* NBB Cup (1):

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

Individual

* DBL scoring leader (1): 2008–09 * DBL assists leader (1): 2008–09 * DBL Statistical Player of the Year (1): 2008–09 * DBL All-Star Game MVP (1): 2009 * DBL All-Star (3): 2009, 2010, 2011

References