By Ben Everett | Sports Editor
A successful 2017-18 season for Baylor men’s basketball ended with a tough second-round NIT loss to Mississippi State in the Ferrell Center, but the four seniors from that team are already on track to continue their basketball careers at the professional level.
Center Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. recently signed a contract with Hapoel Jerusalem, a professional team in Israel. The former Big 12 All-Defensive team selection is joining American players such as former West Virginia star Da’Sean Butler and former Oklahoma star TaShawn Thomas on Israel’s premier basketball team.
Hapoel competes in the Israel Premier League as well as the EuroCup, having won Israeli League championships in 2015 and 2017 and the EuroCup in 2004.