Volcanoes sign one of nation's top shooters
December 13, 2005 - International Basketball League (IBL)
Vancouver Volcanoes News Release
The Vancouver Volcanoes-a second year professional basketball team that plays in the International Basketball League-signed their fourth player for the 2006 season-
6' 2" 185 pound guard Brad Lechtenberg from the University of San Diego. Brad helped lead the University of San Diego to a March Madness birth in 2003.
Brad led all of Division 1 in 3pt field goal percentage made in 2004 with 52% on 78 makes. Brad finished in the Top 8 in Division 1 in 2004 for 3pt field goals made. Brad is also a career 90% free throw shooter
Brad was drafted by the Dakota Wizards in the 2004 CBA Draft. Brad lives in Vancouver Washington.
Vancouver opens their season against the Portland Chinooks on Sunday March 12th at 1:30pm at the Rose Garden. This is a home game for the Vancouver Volcanoes.
Media members: find out more about the Vancouver Volcanoes roster, and/or feel free to use any photos or images from the web site www.VancouverVolcanoes.com
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Two unique features distinguish the IBL from other professional basketball leagues:
1) Extremely low travel costs. The IBL promises a maximum of one trip requiring air travel. This means that teams will survive and thrive (financially) and IBL teams will be responsible members of their communities; in fact, all 17 teams that played in the inaugural 2005 season finished the season and 16 of those 17 teams are on schedule for the 2006 season (and the IBL has expanded by 9 teams as well).
2) An entertaining game. By allowing only one timeout per quarter and reducing the time between plays with an immediate inbounds, IBL games were fast and entertaining. In 2005 the IBL team scoring average was 127 points per game (and this game occurred in 2 hours).
International Basketball League Stories from December 13, 2005
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