Education
The season before Zavackas arrived, Pitt finished the Big East season in 11th place with a 5–13 record (14–16 overall).
The season before Zavackas arrived, Pitt finished the Big East season in 11th place with a 5–13 record (14–16 overall).
He played college basketball at University of Pittsburgh. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (203 m), he plays the power forward position. During his successful career at Pitt, Zavackas was known as one of the most intelligent, hardworking team players in the Big East.
Zavackas was a key component in Head Coach Ben Howland"s transformation of the Panthers into a level of league elite status.
During Zavackas" four years the Panthers captured two regular season Big East Titles, played in three Big East Tournament (Black Entertainment Television) Championship games and captured one Black Entertainment Television Championship. Pitt also played in one National Institute of Technology and two National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournaments (advancing to the Sweet 16 round both times) with Zavackas at Power Forward.
Zavackas scored 1,099 points for the Panthers which currently places him 31st on Pitt"s All Time scoring list. His.807 FT percentage is good enough for 5th place in Panther history.
Unfortunately, many Pittsburgh fans only remember Zavackas for removing his shoes and refusing to play in the waning minutes of an National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament game.
That game, versus Marquette, would be his last career college game. In this club he gained reputation of overly emotional player. In August 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the German club EnBW Ludwigsburg.
In June 2011, he extended his contract with Ludwigsburg for one more season.
In February, 2012 he moved to BK VEF Rīga, signing a two-year contract with a team On September 2, 2013, he signed a one-month contract with the Euroleague powerhouse CSKA Moscow, to work with the team during preseason period.
Later that month he moved to the German team Telekom Baskets Bonn. On December 30, 2013, he signed with the Italian team Vanoli Cremona for the remainder of the season.
In August 2014, he signed a two-year deal with his former team Neptūnas Klaipėda.