Brian Henry Zoubek (born April 6, 1988) is an American retired 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) basketball center.
[1] Zoubek's father, Paul, played baseball and football for Princeton University, and his mother, Liza Cartmell, rowed crew at Wellesley.
[1] Zoubek started his Duke career with two double figure scoring games, against UNC Greensboro and Columbia.
[2][4] The break required surgery and the use of crutches until the fall, when he was fitted with a carbon and steel cast.
[2] Doctors realized his foot had not healed, and in the off-season he again had surgery, followed by crutches, the boot, and rehab.
A fan favorite at Duke, he was often showered with chants of "Zooooouuu" from the Cameron Crazies after grabbing a rebound or scoring.
[12] Zoubek led the NCAA in pace-adjusted offensive rebounding at 7.8 per 40 minutes for the season and is second in this category for the past decade - only DeJuan Blair of Pittsburgh has put up better numbers.
[13] He ended his career 4th on Duke's all-time list in offensive rebounds (276), and in his senior year set the school's single-season record of 145.
However, Zoubek shut down Dream Puffz on February 16, 2013 to pursue real estate opportunities.