Augsburg's Devean George named to All-Tournament Team at Portsmouth Invitational!

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Augsburg's Devean George named to All-Tourney team at Portsmouth Invitational pro exposure camp

MINNEAPOLIS (4/5/99) -- Augsburg College men's basketball player Devean George (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret HS), the last player of 64 selected to attend the Portsmouth Invitational pro basketball exposure camp, was named Saturday as one of the 10 members of the All-Tournament Team.

George was one of the big surprises of the camp, held over the weekend in Portsmouth, Va., for the top collegiate players in the nation to show their skills to be potentially drafted or signed by NBA teams. George was one of only two NCAA Division III players to be invited to attend the camp.

George had a double-double (points-rebounds) in each of his three games in the tournament. He scored 16 points (two 3-pointers) with 12 rebounds, three assists, one steal and one blocked shot on Thursday night; had 10 points with 10 rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot on Friday night; and had 10 points (two 3-pointers), 10 rebounds, two assists and one steal in the championship game on Saturday.

"The scouts were impressed with him," said Mike Morris, director of the Portsmouth camp. "Even though he is talented already, they (the pro scouts) were saying that he has a lot of potential, which can't be said for everyone."

George was the lone non-Division I player named to the All-Tournament Team at the Portsmouth camp. Joining him was: Tyrone Grant (St. John's), Eric Schraeder (St. Mary's-Calif.), J.R. Koch (Iowa), Lenny Brown (Xavier), Kareem Reid (Arkansas), Jeff Foster (Southwest Texas State), Eddie Lucas (Virginia Tech), Ryan Robertson (Kansas) and Melvin Levett (Cincinnati).

The Portsmouth camp is the first of three development camps for NBA prospects, leading up to the NBA Draft June 30 in Washington, D.C. The other camps will be held in Phoenix, Ariz., and Chicago. Each camp is considered a "stepping stone" for players to progress toward the league's draft.

Though George was not one of the five players automatically selected to attend the Phoenix camp, he may eventually be invited to attend the camp based on his performance in Portsmouth, Morris said. Typically, between 10 and 12 of the invited players to the Phoenix camp choose not to attend, based on their likely draft status.

George, a 6-8 guard/forward, is trying to become the first Division III player drafted by an NBA team since 1991, when Lamont Strothers of Christopher Newport (Va.) was drafted by Golden State. George would be the second Augsburg player ever drafted by an NBA team. Greg Boone, who played for the Auggies from 1979-81, was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers as a late-round pick in 1981, but never played in the NBA.

George was considered one of the top players in Division III basketball this season, averaging 27.5 points and 11.3 rebounds per game -- one of only two players in Division III to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game. George was named the Most Valuable Player of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for the second straight year this season. The Auggies finished 24-4 this season, winning the MIAC regular-season title and advancing to the Division III national playoffs, each for the second year in a row.

George, who played in 96 games in his career, finished with 2,258 career points, just 13 points away from the school career record, held by current coach Brian Ammann (2,271 points when he played for the Auggies from 1981-85). George finished with 868 career rebounds, also second in school history (Dan Anderson, 1961-65, holds the record with 1,211).

Auggie teams were 71-25 in games George played during his career, including a 46-8 mark (37-3 in conference games) during the past two seasons. His career scoring average of 23.5 points per game is the best in school history.