Four basketball alumni sign free-agent contracts

Four seniors from the 2004 national runner up team are hoping summer leagues help them move onto NBA rosters for the upcoming season.

Guard Will Bynum signed a free agent contract with the Boston Celtics, center Luke Schenscher signed with the Denver Nuggets and Isma'il Muhammad signed with the Dallas Mavericks.

All three were supposed to be playing in the NBA's Reebok Vegas Summer League (RVSL), which started this week in Las Vegas. Exposure in the league will hopefully propel them onto an NBA roster for the regular season.

The RVSL features sixteen teams and includes forty-three games in its ten day schedule. The teams are composed of top draft picks, current NBA players and free agent roster players.

The Nuggets have split their four games so far this season. Schenscher has played an average of 15 minutes per game. He is averaging three rebounds and 4.5 points per game.

The Celtics have won three of their four games. Bynum has logged 19 minutes per game. He is averaging 2.3 assists and 3.5 points per game.

Muhammad has yet to play with the Mavericks in their first four games.

B.J. Elder was invited to compete in the Rocky Mountain Revue in Salt Lake City. Elder will be playing on the summer league team for the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs.

Jarrett Jack is already working toward a professional career with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Jack was drafted in the first round by the Denver Nuggets who then traded him to the Blazers.