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{{short description|Canadian basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jim Zoet
| image =
| caption =
| height_ft = 7 | height_in = 1
| weight_lbs = 240
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|12|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Uxbridge, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date =
| high_school     = [[Port Perry High School|Port Perry]]<br /> ([[Port Perry]], Ontario)
| college =
* [[Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball|Kent State]] (1973–1976)
* [[Lakehead Thunderwolves|Lakehead]] (1976–1978)
| draft_year = 1978
| career_start =
| career_end =
| career_position = [[Center (basketball)|Centre]]
| career_number = 34
| years1 = 1978-79
| team1 = Dordtrecht Rowic
| years2 = 1979-80
| team2 = 	Team Fiat Stars Coventry
| years3 = 1981
| team3 = 	Guadalajara Black Knights
| years4 = 1981
| team4 = 	Mariwasa Honda
| years5 = {{nbay|1982|start}}
| team5 = [[Detroit Pistons]]
| highlights =
* 2× [[U Sports|CIAU]] All-Canadian (1977, 1978)
* CIAU Tournament All-star (1977)
* 2× First-team All-Great Plains (1977, 1978)
}}
'''Jim Zoet''' (born December 20, 1953) is a Canadian former [[basketball]] player, [[NBA]] player and member of the Canada's Olympic basketball team.<ref name="cb_hof">{{cite web |title=Jim Zoet – Athlete Induction Class of 2015 |url=https://assets-global.website-files.com/5d3752ecc5e950deedb7ab2b/5fc00d1d992a7a8583982705_hof_jimzoet.pdf |website=Canada Basketball Hall of Fame |access-date=4 November 2023 |ref=cb_hof}}</ref><ref name="cb_hof_article">{{cite web |title=Canadian Basketball Hall of Fam Welcomes 2015 Induction Class |url=https://www.basketball.ca/news/canadian-basketball-hall-of-fame-welcomes-2015-induction-class |website=Canada Basketball |access-date=4 November 2023 |ref=cb_hof_article}}</ref><ref name="u_sports_hoops">{{cite web |title=Jim Zoet |url=https://usportshoops.ca/history/person.php?Person=zoet-jim |website=U Sports Hoops |access-date=4 November 2023 |ref=u_sports_hoops}}</ref><ref name="lakehead_article">{{cite web |title=Former Basketball Star inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame |url=https://www.lakeheadu.ca/alumni/news/class-notes/archive/node/56192 |website=Lakehead University |access-date=4 November 2023 |ref=lakehead_article}}</ref>  He and [[Brian Heaney]] are the only [[U Sports|Canadian University]] basketball players to play in an NBA game.<ref name="fiba_article">{{cite news |last1=Hein |first1=David |title=Why Basketball Canada is rooting for Philip Scrubb |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/why-basketball-canada-is-rooting-for-philip-scrubb |access-date=5 November 2023 |publisher=FIBA |date=20 November 2014 |ref=fiba_article}}</ref>
==Professional career==
Zoet played for the Detroit Pistons in 1982.<ref name="cb_hof" /><ref name="cb_hof_article" /><ref name="u_sports_hoops" /><ref name="lakehead_article" /><ref name="nba_profile">{{cite web |title=Jim Zoet |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78647/career |website=NBA |access-date=5 November 2023 |ref=nba_profile}}</ref><ref name="durham_region">{{cite web |title=Former Uxbridge resident honoured at Lakehead |url=https://www.durhamregion.com/life/former-uxbridge-resident-honoured-at-lakehead/article_1fa1e43e-f81c-5545-879b-2a7a74354d2a.html |website=Durham Region |access-date=5 November 2023 |ref=durham_region}}</ref>  Zoet played in seven games for the Pistons.<ref name="u_sports_hoops" /><ref name="nba_profile" /><ref name="durham_region" />
Zoet also played professionally in the Netherlands, England, Argentina, Mexico, and the Philippines.<ref name="cb_hof" /><ref name="cb_hof_article" /><ref name="u_sports_hoops" /><ref name="lakehead_article" /><ref name="durham_region" />
==International career==
Zoet was a member of the Canadian national team from 1977 - 1980, including being a member of the 1980 Olympic team.<ref name="cb_hof" /><ref name="cb_hof_article" /><ref name="u_sports_hoops" /><ref name="lakehead_article" />  Zoet unfortunately was unable to compete in these 1980 games (held in Moscow) given that Canada boycotted said Olympics as a result of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.<ref name="cbc_archives">{{cite web |title=Canada boycotts 1980 Moscow Olympics |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/667063875944#:~:text=There%20won%27t%20be%20any,the%20Soviet%20invasion%20of%20Afghanistan. |website=CBC Archives |access-date=5 November 2023 |ref=cbc_archives}}</ref>
This 1980 Canadian men's team was positioned to perform well in these Olympics given that Canada competed for the bronze medal in the Olympic games preceding and following these 1980 Olympics (1976, 1984)<ref name="1976_oly_results">{{cite web |title=1976 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men Event Standings |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/2939/_/1976_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html |website=FIBA Archive |access-date=5 November 2023 |ref=1976_oly_results}}</ref><ref name="1984_oly_results">{{cite web |title=1984 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/2941/tid/379/_/1984_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men_/index.html |website=FIBA Archive |access-date=5 November 2023 |ref=1984_oly_results}}</ref> and this time in Canadian basketball has been described as "arguably the Canadian national team's greatest era"<ref name="pasquale_bc_hof">{{cite web |title=Eli Pasquale |url=https://bcsportshall.com/honoured_member/eli-pasquale/ |website=BC Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=5 November 2023 |ref=pasquale_bc_hof}}</ref> and "Canada's golden age of basketball".<ref name="pasquale_cbc_article">{{cite web |last1=Chidley-Hill |first1=John |title=Eli Pasquale, Olympian and Canadian Basketball Hall of Famer, dies at 59 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/eli-pasquale-canada-basketball-hall-of-fame-dies-at-59-1.5348409 |website=CBC Sports |access-date=5 November 2023 |ref=pasquale_cbc_article}}</ref>
Zoet competed for Canada in the 1978 FIBA World Championship and was Canada's third-leading scorer in this tournament.<ref name="fiba_profile">{{cite web |title=Jim Zoet |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/83063/sid/2909/tid/257/_/1978_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html |website=FIBA Archive |access-date=5 November 2023 |ref=fiba_profile}}</ref>  Canada finished 6th overall in this World Championship.<ref name="1978_wc_results">{{cite web |title=1978 World Championship for Men Event Standings |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid/WMM/sid/2909/tid//_/1978_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html |website=FIBA Archive |access-date=5 November 2023 |ref=1978_wc_results}}</ref>
==University==
Zoet played on scholarship for three seasons (1973–76) for [[Kent State Golden Flashes|Kent State University]] in the [[NCAA]].<ref name="cb_hof" /><ref name="u_sports_hoops" /><ref name="durham_region" />  Zoet then transferred to [[Lakehead Thunderwolves|Lakehead University]] in the CIAU where he played for the next two seasons (1976–1978).<ref name="cb_hof" /><ref name="cb_hof_article" /><ref name="u_sports_hoops" /><ref name="lakehead_article" />  He was named an CIAU All-Canadian both of these seasons, where he averaged 19 points per game.<ref name="cb_hof" /><ref name="cb_hof_article" /><ref name="u_sports_hoops" /><ref name="lakehead_article" /><ref name="durham_region" />  He was also named as a Great Plains First Team All-Star these two seasons.<ref name="u_sports_hoops" />
In the 1977 season, he led Lakehead to the CIAU national championship game, the first of two times Lakehead has reached the national championship game.<ref name="cb_hof" /><ref name="cb_hof_article" /><ref name="u_sports_hoops" /><ref name="lakehead_article" /><ref name="lakehead_hof">{{cite web |title=2015 Inductees Announced – Learn more about them! |url=https://thunderwolves.ca/join-us-for-a-celebration/ |website=Lakehead University |access-date=5 November 2023 |ref=lakehead_hof}}</ref>  This year he was named as a CIAU Tournament All-Star.<ref name="u_sports_hoops" />
==Post career==
Zoet was inducted into the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame (2015)<ref name="cb_hof" /> and the Lakehead University Sports Wall of Fame (2009).<ref name="lakehead_hof" />   In 2015, the 1976-77 Lakehead men's basketball team was inducted into the Lakehead Sports Wall of Fame, of which Zoet was a crucial member.<ref name="lakehead_hof" />
==Personal life==
Zoet was born on December 20, 1953, in Uxbridge, Ontario.<ref name="cb_hof" /><ref name="cb_hof_article" />
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
*[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/z/zoetji01.html College statistics]
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