I was sorry to see him go after he finished so strong last year. But he is 6th in scoring and 7th in minutes (17+/game) for the #1 team in the country - he made a good move. No hard feelings re this type of free agency. Some kids stay with programs and some bounce around. He has an RU degree and is helping a very good basketball team. Good for him.
Nigel Johnson
- Thread starter chrisfromnyc
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FWIW, he is coming off a three game suspension for undisclosed violation of team rules.
Unlike other teams, Rutgers needs buy in from everyone to achieve success with the talent it has.
Continuing the long line of RU transfers that make the tournament the next year.
Mind boggling we still have to read about Nigel Johnson after everything we know
plus knowing the type of team he's on now will help make him look better than his days at RU were.
I believe if Nigel stayed his play would be about the same that it was because of the talent around him.
At Virginia better talent around him makes him look better .
But his .289 from the 3 isn't something we'd brag about if he stayed. 5.1 scoring average isn't something to write home to mother about either.
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----|
## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
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05 Kyle Guy........... 26-26 843 32.4 143-348 .411 71-182 .390 38-44 .864 11 52 63 2.4 32 0 38 36 1 30 395 15.2
00 Devon Hall......... 26-26 821 31.6 106-227 .467 47-103 .456 58-64 .906 11 97 108 4.2 38 0 79 26 5 22 317 12.2
11 Ty Jerome.......... 26-26 769 29.6 94-222 .423 42-110 .382 23-26 .885 8 72 80 3.1 56 0 99 43 1 40 253 9.7
12 De'Andre Hunter.... 26-0 503 19.3 82-163 .503 14-43 .326 54-67 .806 27 55 82 3.2 40 0 26 24 8 16 232 8.9
21 Isaiah Wilkins..... 26-26 719 27.7 62-129 .481 2-13 .154 27-35 .771 53 118 171 6.6 57 1 45 26 40 33 153 5.9
23 Nigel Johnson...... 23-0 401 17.4 45-115 .391 11-38 .289 17-30 .567 2 42 44 1.9 13 0 42 19 1 20 118 5.1
25 Mamadi Diakite..... 26-0 397 15.3 51-93 .548 0-0 .000 25-31 .806 26 52 78 3.0 52 1 4 17 11 13 127 4.9
30 Jay Huff........... 11-0 98 8.9 16-24 .667 2-7 .286 3-5 .600 5 17 22 2.0 12 1 4 4 12 1 37 3.4
33 Jack Salt.......... 26-26 526 20.2 37-58 .638 0-0 .000 12-29 .414 35 67 102 3.9 49 0 9 19 20 7 86 3.3
24 Marco Anthony...... 12-0 89 7.4 9-23 .391 5-12 .417 0-0 .000 1 10 11 0.9 5 0 8 5 1 2 23 1.9
45 Austin Katstra..... 9-0 17 1.9 4-7 .571 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 0 4 4 0.4 1 0 0 1 0 1 10 1.1
02 Justice Bartley.... 9-0 20 2.2 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2 2 4 0.4 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0.7
10 Trevon Gross Jr.... 9-0 23 2.6 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 0 2 2 0.2 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 0.2
TEAM............... 37 38 75 3.0 0 11 0
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Total.............. 26 5226 652-1416 .460 196-515 .381 259-337 .769 218 628 846 32.5 358 3 357 233 100 186 1759 67.7
Opponents.......... 26 5225 495-1312 .377 155-522 .297 224-314 .713 227 582 809 31.1 387 - 222 359 71 103 1369 52.7
http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2017-2018/teamcume.html
Didn't work for everyone. Todd Billet abandoned us, went to VA and didn't make it.
The tradition or curse seems to have subsided
The official list of our transfers who went dancing (in my days of fandom at any rate):
Earl Johnson (Iona)
Josh Sankes (Holy Cross)
Dahntay Jones (Puke)
Luis Flores (Manhattan)
Charles Jones (LIU-BRK)
Zach Gibson (Michigan)
Jason McCoy (UW-Milwaukee)
Gregory Echenique (Creighton)
Mike Rosario (Florida)
Eli Carter (Florida)
Derrick Randall (Pitt)
Nigel Johnson (UVA)
Calvin Wooten (Oakland - made it in his transfer year as he sat out)
Close but no cigar:
Eugene Dabney - lost in the D2 Championship at Kentucky Wesleyan...which was then vacated bc he was ineligible
Mike Poole - lost in NIT w Iona
Vincent Garrett - lost in NIT w UW-Milwaukee (won 24 games, it was close)
Jerome Seagers - UNLV won 18 games
Glenn Stokes - St. Joseph's lost in NIT
Gilvydas Biruta - Rhode Island lost in 2nd round NIT 23 wins
Sam Sanders - South Florida lost in NIT
Others who sniffed nada -
Craig Brown - Kent State
Kerwin Okoro - Norfolk State
Justin Sofman - Monmouth
Billy Gilligan - Brookdale/Stockton
Austin Carrol - American University (now a coach at Arizona!)
Ollie Bailey - Oklahoma City
Dan Waterstradt - Oakland
Justin Goode - Broward College
Junior Etou - Tulsa
TBD -
DJ Foreman
Jonathan Laurent (umASS is awful, has 2 years)
Ibrahima Diallo (Manhattan - pretty bad this year too, not happening)
And then there's Todd Billett and his desire to dance at UVA..hahahaha nope!
Who else can I add to this official compendium of Rutgers attrition?
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Liked your post....and heard him sing:
We really need to end this one...and start a winning tradition.
MO