Zach Edey says goodbye to the NCAA, making history in college basketball in the United States.
The colossal 2.24 m pivot. and 21 years of Purdue ha won his second consecutive John R. Wooden Award (award that crowns the best college player of the year)he first player to achieve it in more than 40 years (the last was Ralph Sampson with Virginia in 1983).
Other legendary winners of the John R. Wooden Award were Larry Bird (79), Ralph Sampson (82, 83), Michael Jordan (84), Tim Duncan (97), Kevin Durant (07), Candace Parker (07;, 08), Maya Moore (09,11), Breanna Stewart (15, 16) or Caitlin Clark.
Zach Edey was also named ‘AP Player of the Year’ consecutively. The last one to achieve it was also Ralph Sampson, a legendary member of the ‘Twin Towers’ of the Houston Rockets along with Olajuwon and former player of Unicaja.
Zach Edey is a horse. He’s a moose on the trail
Matt Painter
“Zach Edey is a horse. He’s a moose on the track. Zach doesn’t have the nonsense that a lot of young guys who get recruited have; he doesn’t have that. He goes to play and he wants to earn what he gets.” This is how Purdue coach Matt Painter defined Zach Edey.
Zach Edey raises doubts in the NBA Draft despite his historic numbers in the NBA
Zach Edey, who could not be crowned winner of the Final Four despite his 37 points and 10 rebounds against UConnwill be one of the great attractions of the 2024 NBA Draft… and also one of its great enigmas.
Despite his incredible numbers in the NCAA, Edey’s NBA Draft predictions suggest that he could be selected at the end of the first round… or at the beginning of the second.
Zach Edey, he’s special. There haven’t been many players like that in the history of college basketball.
Danny Sprinkle
In his last season in the NCAA his statistics have been 25 points, 12.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks.
I’m changing your name (Zach Edey) to Zaquille O’Neal
Shaquille O’Neal
During ‘March Madness’ his statistics rose to 29.5 points (64.1% shooting from the field) and 14.5 rebounds per match.
How did Zach Edey get started in basketball?
Zach Edey, who started playing lacrosse, soccer, tennis, ice hockey and baseball before making the jump to basketball at the age of 12 after being discovered by Vidal Massiah, has left behind criticism as harsh as “he’s just tall, yeah If I wasn’t 2.24 m tall, I would be making hamburgers.
“He came home excited. He said, ‘That was so much fun.’ And I said, ‘What did you do?’ “He was very excited. He said, ‘We have suicides (a basketball drill.’ And I said, ‘My God, do you think this is funny?'” Zach Edey’s mother recalls about his beginnings in basketball in an interview reproduced by ‘cbc.ca’.
Zach’s mother explained that “I think baseball sharpened his mind. His father used to tell him, the only important play is the next pitch or the next pitch. Forget about what happened.”
2024-04-11 04:04:16
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