Dusty Rychart
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| No. 45 – Brisbane Capitals | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | Queensland Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
11 August 1978 Grand Rapids, Minnesota |
| Nationality | Australian / American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids, Minnesota) |
| College | Minnesota (1998–2002) |
| NBA draft | 2002 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2002–present |
| Career history | |
| 2002 | Victoria Giants |
| 2003–2006 | Adelaide 36ers |
| 2005 | Hawke's Bay Hawks |
| 2006–2008 | Brisbane Bullets |
| 2007 | North Adelaide Rockets |
| 2008 | Brisbane Capitals |
| 2008–2009 | Wollongong Hawks |
| 2009–2013 | Cairns Taipans |
| 2012 | Cairns Marlins |
| 2013–present | Brisbane Capitals |
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Dusty Mike Rychart (born August 11, 1978) is an Australian-American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Brisbane Capitals of the Queensland Basketball League (QBL). He also currently works as a Business Development Executive for Coca-Cola Amatil.
Rychart attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis where he walked on to the basketball team for the 1997–98 season. After redshirting his freshman year, Rychart became the backbone of the Minnesota Gophers for four seasons. While not considered flashy or high profile, Rychart was a workhorse, withstanding an academic scandal, a coaching change, sanctions, numerous players coming and going, but still managed to come out on top. As a senior in 2001–02, he earned third-team All-Big Ten honors. In 111 career games over four years, Rychart averaged 11.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.
After going undrafted in the 2002 NBA draft, Rychart joined the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA Summer League team. He later moved to Australia and joined the Victoria Giants for the 2002–03 NBL season. However, in December 2002, he parted ways the Giants and moved to the Adelaide 36ers the following month, signing for the rest of the season. He made his debut for the 36ers on January 29, 2003, and continued on with Adelaide for a further three seasons, recording his best season in 2004–05 with averages of 21.4 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. During the Australian NBL off-season in 2005, Rychart played for the Hawke's Bay Hawks of the New Zealand NBL.
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