Aug. 8, 2008

Bring together a pair of Belgians and a group of Americans at an English airport, and what will they talk about?

On this particular night, the topic of conversation was ... Bucknell graduate J.R. Holden?

Strange but true.

As the Bucknell men's basketball team made its way through a British airport a few years back, their "Bucknell" apparel caught the eye of a Belgian basketball fan and his son. They began talking, and the father informed the Bison that his son's favorite player was Holden -- who at the time was coming off a spectacular season in which he was named player of the year in the Belgian league.

For Todd Stanford's complete article from the Sunbury (Pa.) Daily Item click here.