Basil College, a Ukrainian Catholic minor seminary in Stamford, Connecticut, where he first learned to play basketball.

[2] Szczerbiak attended George Washington University, where he played college basketball.

[6] Szczerbiak played for the Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) during the 1972–73 season and was selected to the All-EBA First Team.

[7] Szczerbiak won three EuroLeague titles with the Spanish League club Real Madrid (1974, 1978, and 1980).

Szczerbiak was born in West Germany to Ukrainian parents who met in a refugee camp,[which?]