Antoine Joubert

Antoine Glen Joubert[1][2] (born February 20, 1965) is an American basketball coach and former professional player.

He was selected in the 6th round of the 1987 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons but he did not make the team, and went on to have a 15-year career playing professional basketball abroad, winning MVP honors in Venezuela and having notable stints in Mexico and Poland.

[9] He became one of the main players on the team in his sophomore year,[10] playing as a center, since the guard spot was taken by highly ranked senior Leslie Rockymore.

[6] He also posted averages of 16 rebounds and 7 assists per game, shooting 64% from the field,[12] and won his second Public School League championship.

[28] In the final game against Notre Dame, Joubert scored 12 points, the second-best on his team behind Roy Tarpley's 18, and Michigan won the tournament.

[29] In his sophomore year at Michigan, Joubert was named a starter by coach Bill Frieder, and he started 28 out of the 29 games he played that season.

Joubert participated in the NCAA tournament for the first time in his career, and he played both Michigan games: against Fairleigh Dickinson he had 3 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in 27 minutes, while in the following game against Villanova he scored 12 points in 30 minutes of playing time, shooting 6/13 from the field.

[34] Joubert was named in the All-Big Ten Second Team by UPI,[35] which also selected him as an Honorable Mention All-American.

Joubert played in the backcourt with fellow guard Gary Grant, and joined the frontcourt composed by Butch Wade, Richard Rellford and Roy Tarpley.

[37] For the second year in a row, Michigan won the Big Ten regular season, and qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

[40] Joubert ended up averaging his career best in points as a senior at 15.6, which ranked him third on the team behind Grant (22.4) and sophomore Glen Rice (16.9).

[48] Joubert then spent a part of the 1987–88 season with the Tulsa Fast Breakers in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), but he never played for the team.

[5] He later moved to Belgium, where he spent his first professional season abroad with Sunair Oostende, with which he also participated in the 1988–89 FIBA European Champions Cup.

[53] That season he also established the league record for most points scored in a single game (no overtime) with 67 against Trotamundos de Carabobo on May 16, 1992.

[59] After playing for Gaiteros del Zulia in Venezuela, Joubert went back to Bobry Bytom for the following season, and in 1997–98 he averaged 15.9 points per game in 48 appearances.

[59] He joined Hoop Blachy Pruszyński Pruszków in 2000, and in the 2000–01 season, his last in Poland, he averaged 16.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game.