Life of a d3 basketball player

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Before Brad Stevens led the Boston Celtics' front office, he was a Division III basketball player at DePauw.

This is Part 1 of the Quintessential D3 Moment series.

While researching their book Pipeline to the Pros: How D3, Small-College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA, authors Ben Kaplan and Danny Parkins asked some of the most accomplished former D3 hoopers for their best “love of the game” moment from their college days.

The book is available for pre-sale.

By Ben Kaplan

This series beginning with Brad Stevens is fitting since he is indirectly responsible for the first seeds of an idea for Pipeline to the Pros.

In 2010, Stevens coached Butler University to a surprise appearance in the National Championship game.

When the media wrote their Stevens profiles, they glommed on to the fact that his coaching career began when he left a promising marketing job at Eli Lilly for a volunteer positio