Bryce Alford
Bryce Alford was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States on January 18th, 1995 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 29, Bryce Alford biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Bryce Michael Alford (born January 18, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Medi Bayreuth of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).
He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins.
He set school records for the most three-point field goals made in a game, season, and career.
He earned first-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a senior in 2016–17. As a senior in high school in New Mexico, Alford set a state single-season scoring record, and was named the state's top high school player.
He was named one of the top freshmen in the Pac-12 in his first season with UCLA.
As a sophomore in 2014–15, he became the team's starting point guard and set the Bruins' record for most three-pointers made in a season.
Alford moved to shooting guard as a senior, when he surpassed his own single-season record and became the Bruins' career leader in three-pointers made.
After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, he played for the Oklahoma City Blue in the NBA G League in 2017–18.
He is the son of former basketball player Steve Alford, who was also his head coach at UCLA.
Early life
Alford was born in Manchester, Indiana, to Tanya and Steve Alford, a college basketball coach and former professional player. His father was coaching at Manchester College at the time. By the time Alford was five, he would sit in on his father's locker room talks, and stood beside him during news conferences.
Alford attended La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He averaged 25.3 points and 4.6 assists in his junior year, when he also led the Bears to the Class 5A title game. In March 2012, he verbally committed to attend the University of New Mexico, where he would play college basketball under his father, who was coaching the Lobos. He signed a National Letter of Intent to accept New Mexico's athletic scholarship offer in December.
As a senior, Alford broke a 50-year-old New Mexico high school single-season scoring record with 1,050 points. He averaged 37.7 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.4 assists, and 2.6 steals while leading his team to a 22–6 record and the Class 5A quarterfinals. For the season, he was named New Mexico's Gatorade Player of the Year. While he earned first-team Parade All-American honors, recruiting services did not rank him among the top 100 overall players nationally. He was ranked No. 44 at shooting guard, but he considered himself a point guard. Steve believed his son's commitment to play for him negatively impacted his ranking. Alford participated in USA Basketball's training camp for the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, where he was eager to gain national attention.
Personal life
Alford married Ali Warner in 2019. He is a Christian.
College career
Steve became the coach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in March 2013, and Alford followed him. The Bruins never looked for players who were not four- or five-star recruits. Skeptics were suspicious of nepotism after Alford was rated a unanimous three-star candidate. In Alford's first season, his father, Zach LaVine, was groomed to replace starter Kyle Anderson over the team's backup point guard. However, Alford's season got off to a slow start with 37.9% shooting in the first six games. Fans began questioning Alford's place in comparison to the crowd-favorite LaVine's, and he felt under pressure to justify his scholarship. Two games that lifted his spirits: an 18-point game early in the season in the Las Vegas Invitational, and a 20-point showing in the Pac-12 season opener against Alabama that followed his scoreless game against Alabama. Alford lost 31 points in an 87-83 double-overtime loss at home to Oregon on February 27, 2014, with stars Anderson and Jordan Adams suspended. In 1988, he was the first UCLA freshman to reach more than 30 points in a game. Alford averaged eight points and 2.8 assists in 23 minutes per game on the season, and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. He and Lavine were voted the best newmen of the Bruins.
Alford became the Bruins' starting point guard in 2014–15 after Anderson and LaVine left UCLA for the National Basketball Association (NBA). Although Alford was more of a shooter than a true point guard, he was the team's only legitimate option for the position. He appeared in both directions and assists in his first double-doubles of his career in the first three games. In a 107–74 victory over Nicholls State on November 20, 2014, he scored 28 points along with a career-high 13 assists. Alford had a streak of 19 straight missed shots over a stretch in which he made only 5 of 39 attempts during a five-game losing streak later this season. He was chastised for his son's education at its high point, but the team relied on him and senior Norman Powell for leadership. Alford received an honorable mention for the All-Pac-12 team at the end of the season. UCLA received an invitation to the 2015 NCAA tournament, with a No. 10. At 11 seeds, the ants were seeded. Alford scored four three-point field goals in the final four minutes and was credited with the game-winning three-pointer after a goaltending call with 13 seconds remaining in a 60-59 victory over sixth-seeded SMU. He had a game-high 27 points and connected on 9 of 11 three-point attempts, the most ever made by a UCLA player in the NCAA Tournament, and tied for the most in any game ever. Alford also set a new Bruins single-season record for made three-pointers, which was held for eight years by Arron Afflalo.
Alford began the season as a junior in 2015-16 and shared point guard duties with freshman starter Aaron Holiday. Alford made two three-pointers with 23 seconds left in regulation to force overtime and prompted another overtime with another tying three-pointer in the conference opener against Washington. UCLA lost the game and started the season 0-2 in the Pac-12, while Alford shot just 7 for 31. In an 87–84 victory over No. 1, the Bruins snapped their losing streak the next week. Alford scored 25 points and made the game-winning three-pointer with 1.8 seconds remaining. 7 Arizona is located in the United States. He made a three-pointer with 24 seconds remaining in the game against Arizona State, securing an 81-74 victory. After scoring 21.5 points in the two games on 5 percent shooting, he was named Pac-12 Player of the Week. During the season, Alford was often clutch, but he made just 38.5% of his shots despite leading the team in attempts. He finished the season seventh in scoring, second in assists with 5.2 per game, and second in assist with 5.2 per game, as well as second in assist with 5.2 per game, and second in assist ratio (2.7). He was named second-team All-District 20, and he was given an honorable mention for the All-Pac-12 team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
Since Lonzo Ball, a highly praised freshman point guard, arrived at UCLA, Alford moved to shooting guard in 2016-17. Alford reached career highs on three-pointers, 43 percent on three-pointers, and was named first-team All-Pac-12 along with teammates Ball and T. J. Leaf. He was also the first UCLA player to have career goals of 1,700 points and 500 assists. Alford won by 104–89 over Colorado on January 12, 2017, scoring a career-high 37 points. He also tied his career high with nine three-pointers, helping UCLA set a school record of 19 three-pointers made. He led the No. 15 team by scoring a team-high 15 points on February 25, leading the No. 2. 5 Bruins defeated No. 77–72. Arizona is the home of the Arizona Wildcats, which also snapped their conference opponents' 21-game home winning streak. He also set a new single-season school record for three-point field goals set (93). Alford won by 77-68, tying Kapono's school record for three-pointers made (317). In UCLA's opener in the Pac-12 tournament, Alford made two three-pointers to become the Bruins' career leader in a 74-69 victory over USC. He ended his UCLA career as the fifth-best scorer in school history and graduated with a degree in political science.
Professional career
Alford has signed with the Golden State Warriors to compete in their summer league team after going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft. He later signed a training camp with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Alford was waived by the Thunder on October 11, 2017, about a week before the regular season; he had not appeared in their four preseason games. He was a member of the Oklahoma City Blues, the Thunder's NBA G League team's Oklahoma City Blues, as an affiliate player. He started 27 of 50 games and averaged 15.5 points, while a league-leading 186 three-point clip at a 40.4 percent clip in 2017-18. Alford was the third-leading scorer (13.5 points per game) among the group of 51 players after the season. He joined the Indiana Pacers' summer league team, where he was reunited with former UCLA teammates Holiday, Leaf, and Ike Anigbogu.
Alford was accepted on a 19-year Exhibit 10 deal but was suspended after playing sparingly in three preseason games. On October 23, 2018, he was added to the Oklahoma City Blue training camp roster.
Medi Bayreuth of the Basketball Bundesliga announced on June 28, 2019 that they had signed Alford.
Alford joined S.L. on January 1, 2021. Benfica of the LPB in Portugal, Benfica.
Alford signed with the Chicago Bulls on October 14, 2021, but the Chicago Bulls were suspended the same day. He joined the Windy City Bulls as an affiliate player.
National team career
In the second round of qualifiers for the 2019 World Cup, Alford was selected to represent the United States national team. With two remaining windows to play, he helped the United States beat 2–0 in September 2018 games to tie their record of 7–1.