# Jim Usevitch

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{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jim Usevitch
| image = 
| league = 
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 235
| position = [Power forward](/source/Power_forward_(basketball)) / [center](/source/Center_(basketball))
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|4|21}}
| birth_place = [Huntington Beach, California](/source/Huntington_Beach%2C_California), U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = 
| highschool = [Ocean View](/source/Ocean_View_High_School)<br>(Huntington Beach, California)
| college = [BYU](/source/BYU_Cougars_men's_basketball) (1982–1984, 1986–1988)
| draft_year = 1988
| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 1995
| years1 = 1988–1989
| team1  = [Hapoel Haifa](/source/Hapoel_Haifa_B.C.)
| years2 = 1989–1990
| team2  = [AEK Athens](/source/AEK_Athens_B.C.)
| years3 = 1991–1992
| team3  = [Tri-City Chinook](/source/Tri-City_Chinook)
| years4 = 1992
| team4  = [B. Sardegna Sassari](/source/Dinamo_Sassari)
| years5 = 1993–1994
| team5  = [Hapoel Givatayim](/source/Hapoel_Givatayim_B.C.)
| years6 = 1994–1995
| team6  = [Brussels](/source/RAS_Maccabi_Brussels)
| highlights =
}}
'''James Scott Usevitch'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/james_s_usevitch_born_1964_9014156|title=James S Usevitch was born on April 21, 1964 in Orange County, California|website=californiabirthindex.org|publisher=[California Birth Index](/source/California_Birth_Index)|access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=James Scott Usevitch () - Basketball Stats, Height, Age |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/105743-james-scott-usevitch |website=FIBA Basketball |access-date=4 August 2025}}</ref> (born April 21, 1964, in [Huntington Beach, California](/source/Huntington_Beach%2C_California)) is an American former professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player.

A 6'9" center, Usevitch averaged 21 points and 14 rebounds per game as a senior at [Ocean View High School](/source/Ocean_View_High_School) (California) in 1981&ndash;82. He then played at [Brigham Young University](/source/Brigham_Young_University) from 1982 to 1988,<ref name=jersey>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-11-sp-400-story.html |title=Ocean View Retires the Jerseys of Usevitch and Butler |last=Ludovise |first=Barbie |date=June 11, 1992 |work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |access-date=4 October 2019}}.</ref> and was an All-[WAC](/source/Western_Athletic_Conference) honorable mention in his final season after posting averages of 14.8 points and 7.2 rebounds. He also tallied a team-high 41 blocks that year.<ref name="Chatman">{{cite web |url=https://www.deseret.com/1988/6/26/18769892 |title=Despite fine year, Chatman's chances in draft are slim |last=Rock |first=Brad |date=June 26, 1988 |website= |publisher=[Deseret News](/source/Deseret_News) |access-date=December 28, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Usevitch's college career was interrupted for two seasons while he served as a Mormon missionary in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).<ref name="Useful">{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-13-sp-10926-story.html |title=Useful Usevitch; There Are Better Basketball Players, but None Work Harder Than Brigham Young Center |last=Lowery |first=Steve |date=February 13, 1988 |work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |access-date=}}</ref><ref name="Mormons">{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1988/02/08/106778764/stormin-mormons |title=STORMIN' MORMONS |last= |first= |date=February 8, 1988 |website= |publisher=[Sports Illustrated](/source/Sports_Illustrated) |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>

After college, Usevitch competed professionally in Europe, Israel,<ref name=jersey/> Greece<ref name="contra">[https://www.contra.gr/longreads/otan-oi-xenoi-itan-enas.7289993.html A1: Όταν οι ξένοι ήταν... ένας!] {{in lang|el}}</ref> and the [CBA](/source/Continental_Basketball_Association).<ref>"Moore tops National CBA Stars". ''USA Today''. January 15, 1992. Sports, 7C.</ref> In October 1991, Usevitch tried out for the [Los Angeles Clippers](/source/Los_Angeles_Clippers) of the [NBA](/source/NBA), but he was released by the team before the regular season began.<ref name="Surgery">{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-20-sp-415-story.html |title=Smith Has Surgery, Is Out Four to Six Weeks |last=Howard Cooper |first=Scott |date=October 20, 1991 |work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |access-date=}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{BYU athlete|jim-usevitch|m|bk}}
*[https://byucougars.com/athlete/m-basketball/11359/Jim-Usevitch BYU athlete Profile]
*[http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=USE-JIM Italian League profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208181913/http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=USE-JIM |date=2012-02-08 }}
*[https://basket.co.il/all-time-players.asp?PlayerId=10371&lang=en Israel Super League Profile]

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Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:AEK B.C. players
Category:Atomics Brussels players
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Israel
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Italy
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Greece
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:American Mormon missionaries in New Zealand
Category:BYU Cougars men's basketball players
Category:Centers (basketball)
Category:Dinamo Sassari players
Category:Greek Basket League players
Category:Hapoel Haifa B.C. players
Category:Israeli Basketball Premier League players
Category:Latter Day Saints from California
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Power forwards
Category:Basketball players from Huntington Beach, California
Category:Tri-City Chinook players
Category:Ocean View High School alumni
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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