Kyle Barone


Kyle James Barone is an American basketball player who played for the Koshigaya Alphas of the B.League. He was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 2012–13 after leading the WAC in scoring and rebounding in conference games. Barone became the first player from the University of Idaho to be named the men's basketball player of the year in the WAC.
In Barone's four-year career between 2009–10 and 2012–13 he appeared in a school record 125 games. He graduated with 1,414 points—the fourth highest total in school history—as well as 864 rebounds, which ranks second. Heading into his senior season he was suspended indefinitely by head coach Don Verlin for violating team rules but was re-instated before the first regular season game. For his career, Barone averaged 11.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.0 blocks and 0.4 steals. He plays the center position.

Professional career

On October 24, 2013, Barone signed with PGE Turów Zgorzelec in Poland. After 5 games, Barone left PGE Turów, after averaging 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. In November 2015, Barone signed with Kingman Kaoliang Liquor in Taiwan's Super Basketball League. While with Link Tochigi Brex, Barone averaged 10.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.
In April 2019, Barone signed with the Columbian Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association as the team's import for the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup.