Rick Suder Jr. (born c. 1964) is an American retired athlete who played college basketball for Duquesne of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) from 1982 to 1986.
Rick Suder attended a basketball camp at Robert Morris University where he learned free throw shooting from Calvin Murphy who emphasized making the shot one motion.
[9] When Suder tallied 11 assists on February 11, 1984, as a sophomore against Saint Joseph's, it tied Andy Sisinni's single-game school record set two months earlier on December 10, 1983.
[10] Suder's first 30-point game occurred when he scored 30 points in the opening round of the 1985 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament against Penn State on March 6, 1985.
[13] During the offseason, Duquesne basketball went through two player expulsions and two additional suspensions following the rape trial,[14] which hampered the team with cascading effects.
[3] Following his senior season, he was a first team All-A-10 selection (with Blaney, Martin, Blake and Barry Mungar) when his 20.5 scoring average and 91.8% free throw percentage both led the conference.
Although Duquesne was eliminated in the semi-finals, Suder was a member of the All-tournament team for the 1986 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament.
[23] Suder was invited to the July 1986 Philadelphia 76ers three-day rookie and free-agent training camp hosted by St. Joseph's University.
[26] In 1988, Suder and business partner Gary Sullivan acquired a 50% stake in the Hader Hardware chain of the Cincinnati metropolitan and Northern Kentucky region.
[28] At that time he was managing a mortgage company and facilitating smooth immigration for Eastern European athletes into the United States.
In 2009, he was a named defendant in Predrag Danilović's federal complaint in Danilovic v. Worldwide Associates, LLC et al, which was filed February 9, and was also sued by Dejan Bodiroga and Zeljko Rebraca on April 9.