Quincy McKnight
6-4 185 LBS Bridgeport, Conn.
Phelps School (Pa) / St Joseph
Bio
**2020 ALL-BIG EAST HONORABLE MENTION**
**2019 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**
**2019 ALL-MET THIRD TEAM**
**2019 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM**
**2018 WOODEN LEGACY ALL-TOURNAMENT SECOND TEAM**
**2018 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**
2019-20: Deposited 10 points and dished out seven assists in the season-opener vs. Wagner (11/5/19)… scored 14 points vs. Stony Brook (11/9/19)… accounted for 12 points in a 83-66 victory over Saint Louis (11/17/19)… scored 14 points against Florida A&M (11/23/19)… registered 12 points and five assists in 28 minutes during a victory over Iowa State in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament (11/29/19)... totaled 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists in a victory over Maryland (12/19/19)... had season-high 25 points vs. Prairie View A&M (12/22/19)... named the Met Writers Player of the Week and to the BIG EAST Honor Roll after averaging 21 points during the week (12/23/19)... dished out seven assists in BIG EAST opener against DePaul (12/30/19)... recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 assists along with six rebounds vs. Georgetown (1/3/20)... had 15 points and seven assists at Xavier (1/8/20)... finished with 11 points, 13 assists, and seven rebounds at Butler (1/15/20)... scored 20 points with seven rebounds and five assists vs. St. John's (1/18/20)... accumulated 11 points and eight assists in a victory over Providence (1/22/20)... named to the 2020 Midseason Team for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award (1/22/20)... scored 15 points against Xavier (2/1/20)... handed out 10 assists in just 22 minutes in a road victory vs. Georgetown (2/5/20)... finished with 14 points and seven rebounds in a win at Villanova (2/8/20)... scored 20 points along with six assists vs. Creighton (2/12/20)... had 14 points at Providence (2/15/20)... recorded 18 points in a victory over Butler (2/19/20)... had six assists vs. St. John's (2/23/20)... recorded eight assists in a victory at Marquette (2/29/20)... finished with 16 points, seven assists, and six rebounds vs. Villanova (3/4/20)... scored 15 points at Creighton (3/7/20).
2018-19: Appeared in all 34 games for the Pirates, making 33 starts...Led The Hall in assists (134) and was second in steals (55)...Finished fifth in the BIG EAST in assists (3.9/gm), fifth in steals (1.6/gm) and ninth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.6)...Named to the All-Met Writers third team...Played 91 minutes with only one turnover in Seton Hall's Wooden Legacy Championship run to earn second-team All-Tournament honors...Scored 15 points, issued five assists, grabbed four steals, and had one block shot at the end of Overtime to help the Pirates upset No. 9 Kentucky (12/08/18)...Scored 1,000th career point in win over Rutgers (12/15/18)...Scored 14 points, had four assists, zero turnovers, and played incredible defense on Shamorie Ponds in a win over St. John's (12/29/18)...Season-high 25 points and career-high nine assists vs. DePaul (1/19/19)...Finished with 14 points and three rebounds in the Pirates' win over Creighton (2/9/19)...Recorded a near double-double with nine points and nine assists in the Pirates' win over Georgetown (2/13/19)...Had 16 points and six steals, including four in the final two minutes, to help the Pirates come back and defeat Creighton on the road (2/17/19)...Had six assists against one turnover and played brilliant defense on BIG EAST leading scorer Markus Howard of Marquette, holding him to 2-for-11 shooting and six points as the Pirates upset the No. 16 ranked Golden Eagles...Recorded 18 points in the Pirates' win over No. 23 Marquette in the BIG EAST Tournament Semifinals (3/15/19) and again dominated on defense against Howard, holding him to 1-for-15 shooting... Named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team (3/17/19).
2017-18: Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer regulations.
Quincy McKnight has transferred to Seton Hall and will have two years of eligibility beginning in 2018-19.
2016-17 (at Sacred Heart): Breakout sophomore season, averaging 18.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists...Named first-team All-NEC, first-team NABC All-District 18 and third-team All-Met Writers...Led the Pioneers in scoring, assists and steals (52), shot 43 percent from the field and 78 percent from the free throw line and averaged 32.5 minutes a game...Among his NEC peers, finished second in the conference in scoring and fourth in steals...Three-time NEC Player of the Week as well as a USBWA and Met Writers Player of the Week...Marquee performance of the season was a 44-point outburst in a three-overtime win over Bryant...he was 16-for-26 from the field, 4-for-6 from three-point range and 8-for-12 from the free throw line and also contributed nine rebounds, six assists and four steals.
2015-16 (at Sacred Heart): NEC All-Rookie and five-time NEC Rookie of the Week selection after averaging 11.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in 27 games...Was second on the Pioneers in scoring, assists and steals and was third in rebounding.
PERSONAL: Birthday is Dec. 5.
Career Stats
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/3947674/quincy-mcknight
Tough as nails, defensive stalwart, locker room leader, heart and soul. Those are just a few catch phrases used to describe the Seton Hall point guard.
June 2, 2017, doesn't seem like anything but another normal date, but upon further inspection that late spring day became all so important to the Seton Hall program when a slender guard from Sacred Heart University decided to 'take his talents' to South Beach, er Orange.
Yes, Quincy McKnight, Q to most everyone, announced he was transferring from the Northeast Conference to the Big East. A decision that at the time brought little more than a ho hum from Pirate Nation.
How wrong they all were.
The 6-foot-3 (real height) guard from Bridgeport averaged a team-high 18.9 points and was a First Team All-Northeast Conference pick as a sophomore.
After deciding to transfer McKnight visited Penn State in May and seriously considered offers from Nevada and Santa Clara, but he eventually traveled to Seton Hall on a Thursday and 24 hours later his mind was made up. He wanted to be a Pirate and play in one of the best conferences in the county. .
“I just decided there was a track record at Seton Hall, and for what they do for their players after college … they help them succeed,”
McKnight was rated a 2 star player by most recruiting sites coming out of high school so clearly the news of his commitment didn't make much of a splash. But what Seton Hall fans have come to know since then was echoed by his former college coach Brian Shanahan after watching his former star guard play a game in the Big East when he described this scenario......
As a senior at The Phelps School Quincy McKnight fouled out of a key game against rival Westtown School with 40 seconds left and his team protecting a lead. Before he took his seat on the bench, McKnight huddled his teammates up and exhorted them to finish it out.
“He wanted to win so bad, that was the kid you'll see making steals, deflections — those are the winning plays that you need.”
That scenario played out countless times in McKnight's three seasons in Blue. In practice and in the locker room, unseen by the fan base, and on the court in full view of the team's supporters.
Q was special. Maybe not stat sheet special, but special to those that understand all facets of the game, as McKnight in his time at SHU was honored by the conference coaches being chosen 2nd team All Big East this past season and by the sport's writers in the metropolitan area last season being chosen for the All Haggerty second team. An award he'll no doubt (at least) repeat again this season.
When Q committed to Seton Hall the confident and prideful McKnight posted this tweet....
Three years later it's still pinned to the top of his page.
Rating?
I went back and forth on McKnight between an A- and a B+. The later grade because his play in the last few games, especially on the defensive end was not up to the standards that came to be expected. But that was probably a combination of his being worn down by the long season and more importantly the effects suffered from tendinitis in his knees. An injury that forced him out of a late season game at the Rock vs St John's.
When taking that into consideration it's clear to me that Quincy 'Q' McKnight earned a solid A- and in retrospect was closer to an A than a B+.
Pirate fans love Q but probably won't really appreciate him until he's gone. He's that kind of young man.
Final Rating: A-
