NBA rookie Brooks Barnhizer returns to Lafayette Jeff, reflects on 'road less traveled'

Lafayette Jeff grad Brooks Barnhizer on NBA rookie season with Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Brooks Barnhizer returned to his alma mater Lafayette Jeff during the NBA all-star break. LAFAYETTE − Brooks Barnhizer refers to his path to the NBA as the road less traveled. In 2018, Barnhizer's family moved from Alabama to Lafayette, Indiana, the fourth move of his young life. Barnhizer's brother Braxton was a junior, and Brooks was a grade behind. Mark Barnhizer was named head basketball coach at Lafayette Jeff, a tradition-rich program trying to recapture some of its past glory. The Bronchos were an instant success, and in Brooks' Barnhizer's senior season, Lafayette Jeff won its first...