Brian Daniel Oliver (born September 5, 1990) is an American professional

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player who last played for the

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of the

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, the highest Austrian professional basketball league. He played

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for

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and

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High school career

Oliver attended William Penn High School in

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for two and a half years before he transferred to Oak Hill Academy in

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in January 2008. After half a year at Oak Hill, he returned to William Penn for his senior year. As a freshman at William Penn in 2005–06, Oliver averaged 10 points and seven rebounds per game and went on to average 16.5 points and seven rebounds per game as a sophomore in 2006–07. He was a third-team all-state choice and conference MVP in 2006–07 as he led his team to a 19–6 record. In January 2008, Oliver transferred to Oak Hill Academy after averaging 16.5 points, nine rebounds and 4.5 assists in six games for Williams Penn. He played for Oak Hill between January and May 2008, finishing off his junior year there before transferring back to Williams Penn for his senior year. On November 19, 2008, Oliver signed a

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to play

for

. He went on to average 14.9 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.1 blocks and 3.7 assists per game in 2008–09 as he led his team to a state title and earned all-state honors. He finished his career with 1,101 points, which ranks in the top 10 all-time at William Penn.

College career

In his freshman season at

, Oliver appeared in all 36 games and made five starts as he led the team in three-pointers attempted and made (63-for-166), shooting 38.0% from three-point range. He averaged 7.1 points and 1.9 rebounds per game on the season. In his sophomore season, Oliver was injury-riddled as he managed just 22 games and 12 starts. In November 2010, he earned All-Tournament honors after his great performance during the Legends Classic in Atlantic City. On February 5, 2011, he sustained a broken left thumb which required surgery and he subsequently missed the last eight regular season games. He averaged 10.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game on the season. On July 7, 2011, Oliver transferred to

and subsequently sat out the 2011–12 season due to NCAA transfer regulations. In his redshirted junior season at

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, Oliver played 26 games with 12 starting assignments as he averaged 7.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game. He also recorded 42 three-pointers. In his senior season, Oliver played 32 games with 20 starting assignments as he averaged 10.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game. He also recorded a career high 85 three-pointers on the season.

College statistics

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Professional career

Oliver went undrafted in the

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. On August 19, 2014, he signed with

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of Macedonia for the 2014–15 season. He later left before appearing in a game for them. On November 1, 2014, he was selected by the

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in the fourth round of the 2014 NBA D-League draft. However, he was later waived by the Bighorns on November 13, 2014. On November 21, 2014, he signed with Brampton A's of Canada. Early in 2015, Brian signed and played out the rest of the season for

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of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). In September 2016, he signed with ABBR - Avenir Basket Berck Rang du Fliers of Berck-Sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France. The team went on to win the 2017 Coupe De France Championship. In August 2017, he signed with the

of the Austrian Basketball League. The team won the 2018 Austrian Cup (Cupseiger) and the 2018 Austrian Basketball Championship (Meister).

The Basketball Tournament

Brian Oliver played for the Tim Thomas Playaz in the 2018 edition of

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. He had 2 rebounds and a block but did not score in the team's first-round loss to Team Arkansas.

References

External links

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bio
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