Bio

The men's basketball program was only three years old when Predrag "Pretz" Durkovic began attending Goucher in 1993. Prior to his arrival, the Gophers never won as many as 10 games in a season or finished above .500, nor did they seriously contend for a Capital Athletic Conference championship or come close to qualifying for the NCAA Division III Championships.

But the program's fortunes started to improve dramatically once Durkovic came aboard. In his first game with the Gophers, he played only 13 minutes, but scored 16 points in a 113-69 victory over Wesley. The first 20-point performance of his career came just four games later, again against the Wolverines. He went on to average 14.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per contest as a freshman, earning second-team All-CAC honors, and Goucher won its first CAC title in the sport of men's basketball.

"He was the final piece of the puzzle,” head coach Leonard Trevino said of Durkovic. "When Predrag joined our program, we went from being a team ‘on the rise' to one that could play with anybody and wouldn't back down from anybody.”

"Pretz" Durkovic was a second-team All-CAC selection again in 1994-95 when he averaged 16.0 points and 8.2 rebounds per game and Goucher successfully defended its CAC championship. This time the Gophers were rewarded with a spot in the NCAA Division III playoffs where, in the opening round, they knocked off Lebanon Valley, the defending national champions.

Durkovic was placed on the All-CAC first team as both a junior and a senior, plus he landed on a number of all-region squads. In his final season, the Gophers captured their third CAC title and returned to the NCAA Division III tournament where they defeated Cabrini, 67-60, in the first round, before being eliminated by Alvernia, 60-55.

In his four seasons at Goucher, the Gophers were 74-35.

At the time of his induction, Durkovic ranked first all-time in rebounds (918) and blocked shots (75), and second in points (1,643) in the history of Goucher's men's basketball program. He still shared the school record for most rebounds in a game (19).