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Tyler Bergantino
- Player
- Number: 11
- Position: F/C
- Height: 6' 9“
- Weight: 215
- Hometown: Springhill, FL
- High School: Nature Coast Technical HS (Brooksville, FL)
- Prep School: none
- Transfer From: none
- Birthdate: October 22, 1993
At UMass
2012-13 Freshman year
- Scored first points on a layup against Tennessee (11/18).
- Sustained an ankle injury in practice on 11/5/2012.1)
- Began taking classes in the summer session.2)
Pre-UMass
- Bergantino was a four-year letterwinner at Nature Coast Technical High School in Brooksville, Fla.
- The Sharks went 101-20 in the four years he played.3)
- He averaged 17.2 points, 13.5 rebounds and 5.7 blocks per contest for Sharks, while leading the team to a 29-2 record and the Class 5A State Semifinals as a senior in 2011-12.
- Finished his career as the school's all-time leading scorer (1,150 entering senior year).
- Led Hernando County with 17.9 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.8 blocks per game as a junior.
- That followed up a sophomore season in 2009-10 in which he averaged 14.5 points, 10.9 rebounds and 5.2 blocks.
- Bergantino was an FACA All-State selection, repeated as the unanimous Hernando County Player of the Year and North Suncoast Player of the Year, as well as appeared on the Mr. Basketball ballot for Florida Class 4A.
- He led Nature Coast to back-to-back Florida Elite Eight appearances.
- Played AAU ball for the widely-respected Florida Elite.
- Bergantino proved the ideal foundation (6/9/2012)
- First choice proves best choice for Bergantino (11/22/2011)
- Sharks' Mission: make Final Four (11/19/2011)
Personal
- Full name is Tyler Ernest Bergantino
- Born on Oct. 22, 1993
- Son of Eve Bergantino and Mike Bergantino
- Has four younger siblings, Cody, Talon, Caden and Ethan
- Mother played college basketball
- Undecided on a major
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