Angelo Tsagarakis

Angelo Constantin Tsagarakis (Greek: Άγγελος Τσαγκαράκης; born June 3, 1984) is a retired French-Greek professional basketball player who played both point guard and shooting guard.

Tsagarakis played college basketball at Oregon State University, with the Oregon Beavers, and at Cal Poly Pomona, with the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos.

He is since April 2022 the head coach of all Greek 3x3 basketball national teams.

He competed at the French Nike Camp several times, and was the MVP in 1999, and an all-star in 1998, 1999, and 2000.

Finally, he took Poissy to the French National Under-15 Elite 8 (Poissy finished 5th in the country) in 1999, while averaging just above 23 points per game.

He won the under-18 division II French national championship in 2000, with his club team Poissy, while averaging 13 points per game during the tournament's Final Four: He had an 18-point effort in the semifinal against Mulhouse (all in the second-half), to help Poissy overcome a 21-point half-time deficit.

Tsagarakis had one of the most memorable moments in the youth tournament's final four history, when he hit 4 three-point field goals in a span of a minute and thirty seconds, to cut his team's deficit to one point, with 3 minutes left in the game.

He carried Poissy to the French National Under-18 Sweet 16 in 2001 and 2002, while averaging above 25 points per game in both seasons.

He also helped Poissy to a 12-9 record at the 5th-tier level French National 3 in 2002, while averaging 18 points and 9 assists per game at the age of 17 (he led the team in both scoring and assists).

Tsagarakis attended his senior year of high school at Casa Grande High School, in Petaluma, California, in 2002–03, after coming to the United States, from France.

He led Casa Grande to a 24–5 record, the best mark in school history.

He also led Casa to championship victory in both the Sonoma County League (11–1 record), and Conference tournament.

He was named team captain by coach Jeremy Russotti, and he averaged 23 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 5.5 assists a game as a senior.

He made 100 three-point field goals, shooting 42 percent from beyond the arc, becoming one of only six players in Sonoma county to ever hit the century mark on three-pointers made in a season.

He was a member of the Redwood Empire 600 points scored in a single season list, and was named Sonoma County League MVP.

He shared the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat's Player of the Year honors with his Oregon State college teammate, Kyle Jeffers.

The website NorCalPreps.com ranked him among the top five players overall, and the best shooter in Northern California.

He was named to the San Francisco Chronicle's All-Metro third team.

He was the MVP of the Northern California Super 100, and Ygnacio Valley tournaments, and was a McDonald's All-American nominee.

He made a school-record nine three-point field goals, in a 41-point performance against Windsor High School, in only 28 minutes played.

He was an honor roll student at Casa Grande, after graduating school with a 3.40 GPA.

Tsagarakis hit an Oregon State freshman record of 45 three-point field goals made, on 143 attempts, as a true freshman.

He averaged 6.4 points per game off the bench, in 15.7 minutes played per game.

He buried six threes (one shy of the school record), en route to 18 points scored versus Willamette University.

He also had 18 points scored versus the Washington Huskies, going 5-for-10 on three-pointers, and playing a career-high 26 minutes.

He scored 13 points, including eight in a 1:31 stretch in the second half, in an upset win versus the number 14 ranked Arizona Wildcats.

He scored in double-figures eight times during the season, and had 13 games where he made at least two threes.

He also played 20-plus minutes five times during the season.

He attempted just 27 two-point field goals, connecting on 13.

Tsagarakis was named in 2004, by the French magazine Maxi-Basket, as one of the top 3 French players of his generation (players born in 1984).

He was named the 2004 French Hoops College Freshman of the Year.

After a promising freshman season, Tsagarakis was forced to remain sidelined the next season, as he red-shirted, due to a shoulder surgery.

He suffered a rotator cuff tear, when he dislocated his right shoulder prior to the start of practice in a preseason workout.

He had surgery on September 16, 2004, to repair the problem.

Tsagarakis had hoped to return to game action by the start of Pac-10 Conference play, but it was decided that a red-shirt year would be the best for him.

Tsagarakis averaged 2.0 points, in 7.8 minutes per game, as a sophomore.

He played in 26 games, starting one.

He was also the top FIBA ranked French 3x3 player for the year 2015.

Recognized as one of the premier 3x3 players on the international scene, he was a member and leader of the French National Team that competed and brought back the bronze medal at the 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup.

While representing France in international competitions between 2017 and 2018, Tsagarakis brought back two long distance shooting gold medals at the 2017 World Cup in Nantes and the 2018 Europe Cup in Bucharest.