NCAA Basketball Review

College Hoops Best Kept Secret: Adnan Hodzic

August 5th, 2010 Posted in College Basketball News

 

Lipscomb University is hardly a force in NCAA Divison I basketball, but the Bison have one of the nation’s most exciting players. Center Adnan Hodzic averaged more points per game last season than any returning player this year. The 21-year-old grew up in the war-torn city of Sarajevo during bloody Bosnian War of the 1990’s. A eye injury Adnan suffered as a child punched his family’s ticket out of the country, as the Hodzic’s were allowed to leave the country to attend to their son’s medical needs. Adnan and his family settled in Columbus, Ohio where he eventually found his way to basketball. Hodzic didn’t start playing organized basketball until the 8th grade, and was slow to develop in high school. Landing at Lipscomb, Hodzic quickly learned how to attack the basket in the post and made the freshmen all-conference honors. Last season Hodzic led the Bison to a Atlantic Sun regular season title. College basketball fans should keep their eye on Hodzic this season, because Lipscomb might punch their first ticket to the Big Dance in 2011.