Nikola Rakićević
| No. 42 – Buffalo Bulls | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Swingman | |||||||||||||||||||
| League | Mid-American Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
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January 14, 1997 Smederevska Palanka, FR Yugoslavia |
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| College | Buffalo (2015–present) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Nikola Rakićević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Ракићевић; born January 14, 1997) is a Serbian basketball player who currently plays for the Buffalo Bulls of the NCAA Division I Mid-American Conference.
Rakićević played basketball for the youth teams of Crvena zvezda from 2012 to 2015. He was a member of the Crvena zvezda U18 team that won the 2014 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament.
As a freshman, Rakićević appeared in 20 games at the State University of New York at Buffalo in their 2015–16 season. On November 13, 2015, he recorded a career-best seven rebounds in the season opener against Pitt-Bradford. On December 29, he scored a career-high 14 points and added five rebounds against Delaware.
Rakićević appeared in 21 in the Bulls' 2016–17 season before missing the final three games and the conference tournament due to a season-ending injury. He made three starts on the year and tied his career high with 14 points at Kent State as he went 6-of-11 from floor. He had eight points against Ohio and scored four points in seven of his 21 games. He averaged 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.
Rakićević was a member of the Serbian U-16 national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Ukraine. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. Also, he was a member of the Serbian U-17 national team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Dubai, UAE. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 12.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. At the tournament's end he got selected to All-Tournament Team.
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