Ernest Todd Mitchell (born July 26, 1966) is an American retired professional

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player. He was a 6'7" (200 cm) 205 lb (93 kg)

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, and played

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, from 1984 to 1988.Todd Mitchell: A worldly view of basketball
published Sunday, January 1, 2006

College career

Born in

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, Mitchell attended

, located in

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, where he played basketball under head coach Gene Keady. Along with teammate

Troy Lewis Troy Lewis (born March 15, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. He is the fourth all-time leading scorer in Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball history with 2,038 points. He played guard for Purdue from 1985 to 1988. Lewis ...

, he led the Boilermakers to two

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titles during his Junior and Senior seasons, along with a Sweet Sixteen appearance in the 1988 NCAA Tournament. He was named ''First Team All-Big Ten'' in both his junior and senior year.

Professional career

Mitchell was the 43rd overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft by the

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in the 2nd round. He played one season in the NBA. In his lone season split with the

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and the Miami Heat, he averaged 5.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. He spent parts of 3 seasons in the

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; averaging 18.4 ppg over his 92-game career.https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-mitchtod001 His European League career spanned 9 seasons, he spent one season in the Israeli League.

References

External links

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