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Tim Thomas |
1st Round (7): NEW JERSEY NETS
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
Position: Power Forward/Center
Height. 6-8
Weight. 220
High School: Paterson Catholic, Paterson, NJ;
Age: 20
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Season
1996-97
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G
32 |
FGM
187 |
FGA
416 |
PCT
.450 |
FTM
121 |
FTA
152 |
PCT
.798 |
REB
193 |
AVG
6.0 |
AST
66 |
BLK
33 |
STL
56 |
PTS
542 |
AVG
16.9 |
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Three point fgs - 47-140 (.336)
EARLY-ENTRY CANDIDATE
1996-97 season (freshman)
- named National Freshman of the Year by USBWA
- Big East Conference Rookie of the Year, first Wildcat to win the award
- won five Rookie of the Week awards, most ever in the Big East
- Third team All-Big East
- second on team in scoring, ranked 7th in the conference
- scored career high 29 points in fourth game, vs Providence
- scored 28 pts and grabbed career high 15 boards in NCAA first round win over Long Island
- those totals were the most ever by a Villanova freshman in the NCAA tournament
- made 27 consecutive free throws during the regular season, including back to back games of 9-9 and 12-12
- third on team in rebounding, second in 3 pt % and 3 pt fgs made
Other
- consensus first team high school all american as
- MVP of the Magic Roundball Classic after scoring
- three time Parade Magazine All American
- avg 29.6 ppg and 11.5 rpg as a senior
- from the same hometown as Rory Sparrow
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