K i know this sounds a bit stupid but i was just wonderring if we HAVE to be sponsorred to join a college team or we could do a type of tryouts like in high-school, also if there a tryout type thingy then can we go to any college or do we have to be studying something in that college etc???
I think I know what you're talking about but next time word it better. You do not have to have a scholarship to play on a collegiate team. They do have tryouts. Each team has about 7 scholarship players.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Each team has about 7 scholarship players.</div> me being one of them for georgetown next year . And no, you don't need to be sponsored, you can try out, but even then the tryouts are REAL hard.
^ I may seem really gullable right now but, are you really going to GeorgeTown for basketball, because if so I'll come see you play. I live around 30 minutes away.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Blew By You:</div><div class="quote_post">me being one of them for georgetown next year . And no, you don't need to be sponsored, you can try out, but even then the tryouts are REAL hard.</div> What is your name? I want to type it in on Google to see if you are for real.
Yeah, usually there are a lot of walk-ons on a team, but the usually aren't standout players. You'll have that one guy that plays like a scholorship player...
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">What is your name? I want to type it in on Google to see if you are for real.</div> You can barely find most Georgetown scholarship players on Google. How do you expect to find a potential walk-on player? Even to be a walk-on you have to be super talented. You have to have gained admission to the school, paid for your schooling, and beat out hundreds of other very talented basketball hopefuls. The chances of becoming a walk-on are usually very slim.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Each team has about 7 scholarship players.</div> Thats not true at all. I mean, it depends on what team your talking about, but a UNC, has more than that. Right now, they have atleast 10 players on scholarship. You don't HAVE to have a scholorship to be on a D1 team, but the chances of being on the team without it are real, real slim. Those players that walk on are usually very good, and had the opportunity to play somewhere else. You can't just be an average player, and decide to play for a D1 team. Thats what intramural basketball is for.
They actually have 8 scholarship players, Rashad McCants, Ray Felton, Sean May, Melvin Scott, Jawaad Williams, Marvin Williams, Jackie Manuel, and Quentin Thomas. So it is usually between 6 and 10 depending on school's skill ability, NCAA sanction status, financial history, and what level they play on. Like Division II only gets like 3 scholarships.
a guy came into my school (it was a all sport thing i was there for football) and he told us abuot how to get into cooleges its really hard to. the schools only have 8 scolarships(i think that is the most) for all the players (frechmen sophmore etc.) so if ur a jr. and they take ur scholar ship away and give it to a frechman then that person will proabably get the spot(so chances of being a walk on are extremly difficult) and other than that u do need to be passing in school and get a high sat score and you have to take a whole lot of special classes. after that i was like screw college sports lol
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">They actually have 8 scholarship players, Rashad McCants, Ray Felton, Sean May, Melvin Scott, Jawaad Williams, Marvin Williams, Jackie Manuel, and Quentin Thomas.</div> Your sure about that? I thought Reyshawn Terry and David Noel have scholarships? I think Jesse Holley got a scholarship for football, but it was understood he would play basketball also. Not sure though. There is no way Terry would just come to UNC without a scholarship. He was a top 100 player in high school, even though Roy rarely plays him.
Yes they do quite a few have been drafted, but you have to truly stand out. I believe Scottie Pippen played in D-II. STC I thought Terry's was tooken away by Thomas, but that's just what I heard. And no I don't believe Noel has a scholarship. He came on a football one, but that was tooken away when he decided to play basketball instead.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting S.Livingston14:</div><div class="quote_post">^ I may seem really gullable right now but, are you really going to GeorgeTown for basketball, because if so I'll come see you play. I live around 30 minutes away.</div> Yea, I only live about 12 minutes away by metro to the mci center.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting JamesWorthy42:</div><div class="quote_post">Does Division II & III get noticed by NBA teams?</div> Right now they are four players in the NBA from DII schools (Darrell Armstrong, Ronald Murray, Ben Wallace, and Moochie Norris) and two from DIII schools (Devean George and Horace Jenkins). Then they are four from Community/Junior Colleges (Aleksandar Radojevic, Chris Andersen, Qyntel Woods, and Kedrick Brown). And about walk-ons and tryouts. I went to an open tryout at a Community College around here, and it would surprise you at the talent jump from High School to a Division II Community College. The was guys there who started in high school for four years just trying out to make the team as a walk-on. So if you think about walking on, just remember it is a lot harder than you would think.