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Team Richmond Alumni, Tyrese Rice

EagleAction.com had the pleasure of sitting down recently with Tyrese Rice, clearly the best returning player to a BC basketball team with plenty of questions. How does Rice feel about next season, who will help pick up the slack for the loss of Jared Dudley and can BC surprise some folks in the ACC.

Rice will be counted on for everything this season.

Tyrese is coming off a stellar sophomore campaign this past season. He

 averaged 17.6 points-per-game and dished out 5.4 assists-per-game

 while earning All-ACC Second Team honors. He found himself in the top ten in

  five different categories in the ACC. Those categories were scoring,

  assists, free throw percentage, assist-turnover ratio, and minutes played.

Tyrese is the ACC's third highest returning scorer now that former

 teammate Jared Dudley, Florida State's Al Thornton and Virginia's J.R.

 Reynolds have moved on. Tyrese surely did not suffer from any

sophomore slump.  Last year's achievements were no overnight success.

He learned much his freshman year playing behind Louis Hinnant, while

 he struggled to learn the unenviable task of leading a team as a point

 guard  in the ACC. What did he learn from his freshman season?

"Just being patient and working with my teammates. Using my teammates

more. I could never do what I do, without my team. Jared (Dudley) helped a

 lot, because a lot of the focus was on him. Sean (Marshall) knocked down

 shots. We had some good interior scoring coming from Shamari (Spears).

 John Oates hitting jumpers. My teammates helped me do the things that

 I could do."  While Tyrese displayed flashes his freshman year he was inconsistent

 and found himself on the bench for the majority of the biggest two games

 of the season, the ACC Championship game versus Duke and the Sweet

 Sixteen match up versus Villanova. What did he learn from being a spectator

 for all but 25 of the possible 80 minutes in those two huge games?

 "That you have to make the best out of your time on the court. When

 youstep on the court you have to play hard the whole time and then maybe

 you can stay out there. I learned a lot just watching Louis and watching

 Craig Smith, watching what they were doing on the court. By that next year,

 my sophomore year, when I got in those same situations and I was on the

 court I knew how to handle it."

We are proud of you,

Tyrese!



	Team Richmond Alumni, Tyrese Rice EagleAction.com had the pleasure of sitting down recently with Tyrese Rice, clearly the best returning player to a BC basketball team with plenty of questions. How does Rice feel about next season, who will help pick up the slack for the loss of Jared Dudley and can BC surprise some folks in the ACC. `Rice will be counted on for everything this season.` `Tyrese is coming off a stellar sophomore campaign this past season. He` `averaged 17.6 points-per-game and dished out 5.4 assists-per-game` `while earning All-ACC Second Team honors. He found himself in the top ten in` `five different categories in the ACC. Those categories were scoring,` `assists, free throw percentage, assist-turnover ratio, and minutes played.` `Tyrese is the ACC's third highest returning scorer now that former` `teammate Jared Dudley, Florida State's Al Thornton and Virginia's J.R.` `Reynolds have moved on. Tyrese surely did not suffer from any` `sophomore slump. Last year's achievements were no overnight success.` `He learned much his freshman year playing behind Louis Hinnant, while` `he struggled to learn the unenviable task of leading a team as a point` `guard in the ACC. What did he learn from his freshman season?` `"Just being patient and working with my teammates. Using my teammates` `more. I could never do what I do, without my team. Jared (Dudley) helped a` `lot, because a lot of the focus was on him. Sean (Marshall) knocked down` `shots. We had some good interior scoring coming from Shamari (Spears).` `John Oates hitting jumpers. My teammates helped me do the things that` `I could do." While Tyrese displayed flashes his freshman year he was inconsistent` `and found himself on the bench for the majority of the biggest two games` `of the season, the ACC Championship game versus Duke and the Sweet` `Sixteen match up versus Villanova. What did he learn from being a spectator` `for all but 25 of the possible 80 minutes in those two huge games?` `"That you have to make the best out of your time on the court. When` `youstep on the court you have to play hard the whole time and then maybe` `you can stay out there. I learned a lot just watching Louis and watching` `Craig Smith, watching what they were doing on the court. By that next year,` `my sophomore year, when I got in those same situations and I was on the` `court I knew how to handle it."` We are proud of you, *Tyrese!*