Ibrahim Jaaber

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Ibrahim Jaaber (prounounced Jabber) (February 3rd, 1984) was a former men's basketball player at the University of Pennsylvania. He won the Ivy League Player of the Year in his junior and senior years, in the process breaking the league's career record for steals (303) and finishing among the top pickpockets in college basketball (2nd nationally in steals his junior year and 3rd nationally in steals his senior year). With Mark Zoller, Ibby also led the Quakers to three straight Ivy League titles between his sophomore and senior years; he also played well in the team's three NCAA Tournament games getting 16 points against Texas A&M and 15 against Texas and scored 21 points when Penn visited a top North Carolina team. Ibrahim Jaaber was not drafted, but he played for the Detroit Pistons' Summer League squad from July 7-14, 2007 and subsequently signed a contract to play professionally for a First Division team in Greece called Egaleo ΒC. In the middle of the season, after leading the Greek league in many statistical categories (including points scored and steals), he was traded to the premiere Euroleague to play for Lottomattica Roma. He will go down as one of the best players ever to play for the Quakers.

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2003-2004 (Penn): Pts: 6.5 Rbs: 2.4 Stls: 1.3 Ast: .6

2004-2005 (Penn): Pts: 11.5 Rbs: 4.6 Stls: 2.9 Ast: 2.8

2005-2006 (Penn): Pts: 18.2 Rbs: 3.4 Stls: 3.3 Ast: 2.2 (Ivy League Player of the Year)

2006-2007 (Penn): Pts: 15.9 Rbs: 4.5 Stls: 2.9 Ast: 5.2 (Ivy League Player of the Year, Big 5 Player of the Year, AP All-American Notable)

Career: Pts: 13.3 Rbs: 3.8 Stls: 2.7 Ast: 2.8

One of the best leaders Penn has ever seen

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