Luke Harangody
Luke Harangody during his presentation as a Valencia Basket player.
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| No. 81 – Darüşşafaka Doğuş Istanbul | |
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| Position | Power forward |
| League |
Turkish Basketball League Euroleague |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
January 2, 1988 Decatur, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Andrean (Merrillville, Indiana) |
| College | Notre Dame (2006–2010) |
| NBA draft | 2010 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52nd overall |
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2011 | Boston Celtics |
| 2011–2012 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2012 | →Canton Charge |
| 2012–2013 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| 2013–2014 | UNICS Kazan |
| 2014–2015 | Valencia |
| 2015–present | Darüşşafaka |
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Luke Harangody (born January 2, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketball League. He completed his college career at the University of Notre Dame in 2010. He is the only men's player in the history of the Big East Conference to average 20 points and 10 rebounds per game in conference play for his career. He was the 2008 Big East Player of the Year, and was named to the second team on the 2008 Associated Press All-America team. He is also the first Notre Dame men's player to be a three-time first-team All-Big East selection (and just 11th overall) (2008–2010), and the first men's player to lead the conference in both scoring and rebounding in consecutive seasons (2008 and 2009).
Harangody considered entering the 2009 NBA Draft, but withdrew his name to return to Notre Dame for his senior season. Harangody ended his Notre Dame career as the only player to have over 2000 points and 1000 rebounds.
Growing up in Schererville, Indiana, Harangody, the son of a former Indiana University football player, had an intense sibling rivalry with his brother Ty, who is 20 months older and was one grade ahead of him in school. The two began with basketball games on a mini-hoop in Harangody's room, which ended when they were kicked out for shaking the light fixtures. The games then moved to a court that their father set up in the basement, and from there to the backyard once they outgrew the basement. Their father soon banned them from the backyard because their one-on-one games almost invariably ended in fistfights, but that only moved their rivalry to local parks. Bigger and stronger, Ty won most of their games; Harangody would later say about those days, "I still look back on that as where most of my competitive nature comes from. To beat him, I'd go all out, all the time." Eventually, the brothers' athletic paths split. Ty followed in their father's footsteps as a football player, eventually earning a scholarship to IU as a tight end; his career was ended by a torn ACL in his sophomore year. Harangody grew 3 inches as a high school freshman and opted for basketball.
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