He is averaging 14.9 points, 4.11 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game.

"The last time everyone heard about me was in high school," he said. "I'm just out here trying to prove everyone wrong."

Despite his outstanding play in high school, he was in the shadow of Iolani's three-time State Player of the Year Derrick Low, who is now playing at Washington State.

"That puts a little fire in me, though," Broadus said. "I'll show everybody after this year, when they find out where I'm at."

With his two-year junior college career ending in a few months, Broadus is ready to take his game to NCAA Division I.

"I've got plenty of offers: Portland State, Wyoming, Colorado State, Montana, San Francisco," he said. "We're (No. 1) in the nation, and all these coaches come through and look at our players."

Although the University of Hawai'i was instrumental in placing Broadus at Western Nebraska, he said because it has two point guards, sophomore Kris Groce and junior Deonte Tatum, it was unlikely he would return home and play for the Rainbow Warriors.

"Wherever I go, I'm going somewhere I can start right off the bat," he said.

That Broadus can even be picky about choosing a college is an achievement in itself, considering that the last week of his senior year in high school he thought he wouldn't be playing anywhere.

He signed a scholarship agreement with Western Washington but didn't have the grades or SAT score to qualify.

"It all happened in the last week of high school," Broadus recalled. "I thought I was going to Washington, and I was trying to hide my grades. But coaches will find out sooner or later."

But learning from "past experiences," he said, "my grades are real good now.

"I'm trying to do everything right now. And I'm on the right track."

He said UH coaches helped place him at Western Nebraska, where he received a full scholarship.

Joining him a couple years later was his older brother, William Jr., or J.R.

"He played a couple of pick-up games and they offered him a full scholarship," Broadus said. "In the games, it makes it a lot easier for me, because I know his game to a 'T.'

"It makes me feel real good, especially for my mom and dad, because they didn't have to pay for anything. The school paid for plane tickets to come and leave."

J.R. isn't playing this semester, because he is academically ineligible. He averaged 10.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game before losing his eligibility.

Broadus said playing basketball in junior college isn't what people perceive it to be.

"People think I'm saying (Leeward Community College) or something like that," he said. "Even Julian (Sensley) knows what JUCO is like."

Sensley, a starting forward at UH, played at Los Angeles City College, and Broadus also pointed to current UH players Jeff Blackett (Salt Lake City CC) and Matt Gibson (Three Rivers CC) as former junior college players.

"Our shooting guard (Ryan Thompson) my freshman year went to Connecticut and helped them win the national title," he said. "Those are the kind of players I was playing with.

"It's a whole bunch of (Division I) players without the grades."

Sacramento Kings guard Bobby Jackson also played for Western Nebraska.

"There's been a couple of people who say I remind them of him," Broadus said. "It's motivation."