2040/41 Senior Tribute
NICK SPENCER
We don't usually recruit three-star players at Villanova, unless it's midwinter and we've missed on our early targets.
Nick Spencer was different. We recruited him alongside the players whom we coveted most. He was on our original call list in summer 2036, along with
Dane Barlow and
Demetrius Reed. (Yes, that's how long ago we recruited Nick.) Nick wanted to play for Villanova worse than anything, and we gave him that chance. I'm glad we did.
Code:
#12 SG Nick Spencer - Villanova - Senior
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Height: 5-11
Weight: 184
High School: Perkiomen Valley High School
Hometown: Collegeville, PA
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 51 55 76 58 90 76 24 25 17 100 58 18 70 33 50 96
2039: 46 54 75 57 88 75 21 22 16 84 58 17 68 31 47 88
2038: 42 51 74 56 87 71 19 20 15 72 56 16 67 30 45 82
2037: 39 48 69 53 85 64 17 18 14 59 49 15 65 29 44 77
2036: 37 46 66 51 84 61 16 17 13 53 46 14 65 28 43 72
2035: 33 42 62 47 76 55 14 15 11 41 40 12 63 26 41 62
Potential: C C B C A B D D D A C D
Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 72
Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2037 39 0 17.8 5.2 0.3 1.1 2.8 0.8 3.27 0.8 0.1 1.1
2038 36 0 17.1 6.7 0.5 1.4 3.3 1.1 3.11 1.0 0.1 1.3
2039 38 37 26.5 9.3 0.9 2.3 4.6 0.9 5.30 2.1 0.1 2.5
2040 39 3 20.6 8.1 0.7 2.3 3.6 1.2 2.90 1.8 0.1 2.1
Career 152 40 20.5 7.3 0.6 1.8 3.6 1.0 2.90 1.4 0.1 1.7
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2037 1.8 4.2 .426 1.0 1.2 .792 0.7 2.2 .310 1.25 6.95
2038 2.4 4.9 .494 1.0 1.2 .814 0.9 2.0 .438 1.37 6.42
2039 3.5 8.8 .399 1.4 1.7 .831 0.9 3.6 .254 1.07 16.08
2040 3.0 5.8 .520 1.1 1.5 .724 1.0 2.8 .367 1.40 13.15
Career 2.7 5.9 .453 1.1 1.4 .790 0.9 2.7 .329 1.24 10.70
Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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2037 39 0 693 202 13 44 108 33 32 2 41
2038 36 0 616 241 18 52 118 38 35 3 46
2039 38 37 1008 355 36 87 175 33 81 3 96
2040 39 3 803 316 28 89 139 48 72 2 80
Career 152 40 3120 1114 95 272 540 152 220 10 263
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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2037 69 162 38 48 26 84 271
2038 87 176 35 43 32 73 231
2039 133 333 54 65 35 138 611
2040 117 225 42 58 40 109 513
Career 406 896 169 214 133 404 1626
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 18 4 6 8 6 1 4 7 13 4 5 3 7
Career 20 4 6 13 8 1 8 7 23 6 6 3 14
Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 3
2035 High School: Rated *** and #144 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2036 NCAA Champion
2037 Freshman All-Conference (Big East Conference)
2039 NCAA Champion
2040 NCAA Champion
Rather than languish deep on the bench as a first year player, Nick took a redshirt year, and it turned out to be a perfect decision for him. Nick emerged at the end of that season as a player who could play a lot for a very good team, a Big East Freshman Team member. As a junior, he was the starting point guard on an NCAA championship team, good enough to keep a five-star freshman recruit on the bench.
This year,
Kai Smith became too good to hold in reserve. While Kai went on to lead the conference in assists, Nick returned to the role of super-sub. He was super enough to rank sixth in the Big East in steals.
Over five years of hard work, Nick developed into a premier defensive player. Boston College's venerable coach,
Larry Ramirez, calls Nick the best on-ball defender he's ever coached against.
Nick wants to impart the value of hard work to young basketball players. He graduated in the Class of '40 with a degree in Secondary Education, and he's well on his way to completing his MA. He's been hired to teach World History by Salesianum School, the alma mater of Villanova teammates
Dane Barlow and
Erick Sullivan. There, he'll join Erick on the coaching staff.
Thanks for the memories, Nick.