SummerHoops
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Would love to see this as well
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Rutgers Exhibition
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I didn't say I was worried about him. I was merely pointing out that he didn't shoot it very well yesterday and over his career has never shot it well so, despite his big shots last night, calling him a shotmaker night be a little optimistic. I also said that a) it was only a scrimmage and b) he'll never take 17 shots in a game ever again because that's not what he's here for, so no biggie either way. I'm very glad to have him. His quotes after yesterdays game showed leadership and maturity, two things this team has sorely lacked over the years.
On a separate note, I know its probably a little naive in this day and age to want to actually like the kids that play on your school's team; as long as they can play, why should I care if they're good people? But between Wilcher and Ledlum and Dingle and now Alleyne, I just like these kids. Taylor seems like that one loveable goofball every team needs to keep it light. Brady, same thing. It makes it so much easier to root for them. And I am.
I see it coming also but have even higher hopes
.
Some players just have to be refined more especially early
in the season.
Case in point,. Last year we had a recruit from Purdue named
Aaron Wheeler . Early in the season. We had lost confidence in him,
to put it mildly.
Second half of the season, he was a WOW ! Go to guy
and a board banger, even without having CRP.
Our coach will squeeze the best out of someone's potential
, so stay cool, keep the faith and enjoy.
Huge shoutout to SW for streaming much of the game on Facebook!
They have done this on several occasions. This was a fundraiser and they should not have had to do that when it was $10 per ticket.
Most of the complaints on the lack of attendance is more geared at the students not the non-students.
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Saying Alleyne never shot it well over his career is objectively false. He’s a career 37.0% 3 pt shooter on 3.9 attempts per game and 81.6% FT shooter. As a soph at Va Tech he shot 40.8% from three on 4.7 attempts per game, including the game-winning ACC championship three.
His overall FG % isn’t great because he has a very poor handle for his size. He’s a 2-3 dribble guy which is far less than ideal for a 6’4 kid.
The better the guards setting him up are at getting into the lane and kicking the better he is. His soph year they had a Tasmanian devil at PG and his 40.8% reflected that.
Jenkins and Dingle are dribble-heavy guards and they should all complement each other very nicely. Maybe Ledlum, Luis, and Taylor can kick it to him as well when they are at the 4. He’s a 3 and d guy. He can effectively guard 1-3 and more than hold his own against stretch 4s like he did with David Jones last year against us.
I agree with you that he likely never sees 17 shots in a game again. However, he hopefully doesn’t have to play with only one facilitator again either.
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What is SW? Is there a place to watch the game ?
I fall into the category people who remembered the heydays! this is my favorite time of year New Hope
as mentioned. It’s more about the students coming out of their dorms. always thought with how many thousands of students Carnesecca arena could not have a crowd
Take enough threes, some are bound to go in. I agree he hit the big shot but he’s not sharpshooter some people make him out to be.
You’re a headliner!that guy in the pic in 5th circle looks familiar
Not sure anyone claimed he was a sharpshooter.
Sorry, I had my Alleyne big moments mixed up.Saying Alleyne never shot it well over his career is objectively false. He’s a career 37.0% 3 pt shooter on 3.9 attempts per game and 81.6% FT shooter. As a soph at Va Tech he shot 40.8% from three on 4.7 attempts per game, including the game-winning ACC championship three.
His overall FG % isn’t great because he has a very poor handle for his size. He’s a 2-3 dribble guy which is far less than ideal for a 6’4 kid.
The better the guards setting him up are at getting into the lane and kicking the better he is. His soph year they had a Tasmanian devil at PG and his 40.8% reflected that.
Jenkins and Dingle are dribble-heavy guards and they should all complement each other very nicely. Maybe Ledlum, Luis, and Taylor can kick it to him as well when they are at the 4. He’s a 3 and d guy. He can effectively guard 1-3 and more than hold his own against stretch 4s like he did with David Jones last year against us.
I agree with you that he likely never sees 17 shots in a game again. However, he hopefully doesn’t have to play with only one facilitator again either.
Nahiem Alleyne College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Nahiem Alleyne - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more
Here is Alleyne hitting a game-tying 3 against Florida in the NCAA tournament to send it to OT:
His junior year his Va Tech team won the ACC tournament by blowing out UNC and Duke the last two games in Brooklyn. He started all 36 games and averaged 31.1 mpg that year.
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I believe over 4,500 tickets were sold and if another 600 or so actually attended, it would have been packed.
However, the reality is that the student demographics have changed since many of us attended. Female students outnumber male students and tend to attend fewer games.
We now have a large Asian and South Asian population and fewer Irish and Italian-American kids that were more into basketball. Those students need to be targeted to attend games and convert them to fans. The pan-hellenic groups need to be more involved as they were years ago. I do agree a 2 pm start time for a non-televised game was a head-scracther and finally, I was surprised that a larger Rutgers fans following was not present.
Those of us in Florida could and would probably pay to subscribe to something if it were available.
He shot 39% from 3 in his three year stint at Virginia Tech. I’ll take that.