Serge Zwikker

infobox NBA Player
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image_size = 150
height_ft = 7
height_in = 3
weight_lbs = 273
nationality = flagicon|Netherlands Netherlands
birth_date = birth date and age|1973|4|28
birth_place = Maassluis, Netherlands
college = North Carolina
draft = 30th overall
draft_year = 1997
draft_team = Houston Rockets
career_start = 1997
career_end = 1998

Serge Zwikker (born April 28, 1973 in Maassluis, Netherlands) is a Dutch-American basketball player.Serge came to the United States and played high school basketball for legendary coach Stu Vetter, at Flint Hill Prep and then Harker Prep.Zwikker played four years of college basketball for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under coach Dean Smith. Though he saw limited playing time his first two years, relieving starter Rasheed Wallace from the bench, the game of Zwikker's college career came March 17, 1995 against Murray State University. Plagued by an ankle injury, Wallace scored only six points before Smith benched Wallace for good, three minutes into the second half. Zwikker finished with 19 points (including 7 of 8 free throws) as he and Jerry Stackhouse led the Tar Heels to a 80-70 win. [cite news | first = Tom | last = Robinson | title = UNC Escapes Murray: Wallace hobbled and Heels wobbled, but Zwikker to rescue with 19 | url = http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950318/03180345.htm | work = The Virginian-Pilot | publisher = Landmark Communications, Inc. | page = C1 | date = March 18, 1995 | accessdate = 2007-03-19 ] Zwikker became the Tar Heels' starting center following Wallace's departure in the 1995 NBA Draft. [cite web | title = How dare you doubt Dean - University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith | last = Landreth | first = Eddy | date = January 15, 1996 | work = The Sporting News | publisher = Sporting News Publishing Co. | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n3_v220/ai_17814089 | accessdate = 2007-03-19]

Zwikker was selected by the Houston Rockets with the first pick of the second round (30th overall) in the 1997 NBA Draft, and spent one season on the Rockets' bench. To date, he has not recorded minutes in a single NBA game. [cite web | title = Setting the record straight - The Fans Speak Out - Letter to the Editor | last = Grasso | first = John | date = March 2002 | work = Basketball Digest | publisher = Century Publishing, Inc. | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCJ/is_5_29/ai_83446813 | accessdate = 2007-03-19 ]

Zwikker played EuroLeague basketball in 1998-99, averaging 3.3 points for TAU Cerámica (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain), but was released after seven games. [cite web | url = http://www.basket-stats.info/euroleague/1998-1999/teams/tau-ceramica.htm | title = EuroLeague 1998-1999: Tau Ceramica | accessdate = 2007-03-19 | date = 2000-2006 | publisher = basket-stats.info]

Serge currently participates in triathlons in North Carolina in the Clydesdale division and in the Apex, NC Parks and Recreation Adult Men's Basketball League.

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External links

* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/players/3197/ Serge Zwikker Player Page] — SI.com