Randal Falker is an American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player who currently plays for Cholet Basket

Cholet Basket

Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French Pro A League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie.- Establishment :...

 in French Pro A.

Amateur career

Falker played 3 seasons (2004–2007) in the NCAA

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

 basketball championship playing for Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball

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Pro career

Being non-drafted at the NBA draft in 2008, he decided to start his career in Europe and signed in summer 2008 for Cholet Basket

Cholet Basket

Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French Pro A League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie.- Establishment :...

 (French Pro A) where he will become a major player of the team under coach Erman Kunter

Erman Kunter

Erman Kunter is a legendary Turkish former professional basketball player and now coach of Cholet Basket. He played for İTÜ, Beşiktaş Istanbul, Eczacıbaşı, Yenişehir, Fenerbahçe Istanbul, and Çukurova Sanayispor...

 and one of the best rebounders of the league. With Cholet, he also plays European competitions such as the 2008-2009 EuroChallenge (reaches the Final), the 2009-2010 EuroCup and the 2010-2011 Euroleague. In 2010, he won the French Pro A championship with Cholet.

External links

• Randal Falker profile on LNB.fr
• Randal Falker profile on Cholet Basket website
• Eurobasket profile