Senior Duo to Compete in Portsmouth Invitational
4/12/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
FORT WORTH, Texas – TCU seniors Vladimir Brodziansky and Kenrich Williams are among 64 professional men's basketball prospects that will play in the annual Portsmouth Invitational Tournament this week in Portsmouth, Va.
The players are divided into eight teams. Brodziansky will play for Portsmouth Sports Club and begin Thursday at 6 p.m. CT and Williams will be on the Norfolk Sports Club, which begins Thursday at 8 p.m. CT.
Brodziansky and Williams will leave TCU as two of the best to ever play for the Horned Frogs. Both players went over 1,000 points for their career, will earn their degrees and racked up numerous accolades in just three seasons including All-Big 12 Conference honors in each of the past two years.
Brodziansky averaged a team-best 15.0 points per game last season and finished 11th in career scoring at TCU with 1,364 points. He ended his career tied for first with 171 blocked shots and ranks fourth all-time in field goal percentage at 55.8 percent. Brodziansky was a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. He was named All-Big 12 Third Team, Academic All-Big 12 First Team, NABC All-District 8 Second Team, Academic All-District 7 and recently played in the Reese's College All-Star Game.
Williams averaged 13.2 points per game and ranked second in the Big 12 with 9.3 rebounds per game. He recorded 13 double-doubles, the second-most in the Big 12 and finished with 34 for his career. Williams' 1,125 career points ranks 21st all-time at TCU and his 877 career rebounds ranks fourth. Along with being named All-Big 12 Second Team, Williams was named USBWA All-District VII and NABC All-District 8 Second Team.
Each year for 65 years the P.I.T has invited 64 of the best college basketball players (seniors) from across the nation to participate in a four-day, twelve game tournament in front of representatives from every NBA team. The tournament drew the attention of NBA Scouts and General Managers in the 1970's when players like Rick Barry, Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, Dave Cowens, John Lucas and Bobby Cremins came to Portsmouth to play. Soon the word spread and approximately 200 scouts, general managers and representatives of all 30 NBA teams began to come to see players like John Stockton, Dennis Rodman, Tim Hardaway, Scottie Pippen and others. Today scouts from numerous international leagues have joined in on the annual April pilgrimage to Portsmouth. Over the years the P.I.T. has been a showcase for five of the 50 greatest players in NBA History (Rick Barry, Earl ‘The Pearl" Monroe, Dave Cowens, John Stockton, Scottie Pippen) and for many others who have gone on to NBA stardom including 2015 NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler.
