Mike Brkovich

Mike Brkovich (/ˈbɜːrkəvɪtʃ/ BURR-kə-vitch;[1] born April 6, 1958) is a Canadian former basketball player from Windsor, Ontario.

[3] Brkovich played as a shooting guard on the Michigan State Spartans team that won the 1979 NCAA tournament, defeating Larry Bird's Indiana State Sycamores in the final game.

[6][5] He was a member of the Canadian national basketball team which finished fourth in the 1979 Pan American Games.

He and the rest of the team were unable to play in the 1980 Summer Olympics, due to the boycott that year.

[5] Brkovich founded a successful auto export dealership in Windsor, and later expanded into real estate ownership and development.