Jared Rhoden
6-6 210 LBS Baldwin, N.Y.
Our Saviour Lutheran
Bio
**2019 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**
2019-20: Scored 12 points by shooting 66.7% from the field vs. Wagner (11/5/19)… totaled 11 points against Stony Brook (11/9/19)… registered first career double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds in a victory over Florida A&M (11/23/19)… accounted for nine points and four rebounds in a Battle 4 Atlantis tournament win against Southern Miss (11/28/19)… had eight points in final game of Battle 4 Atlantis tournament vs. Iowa State (11/29/19)... grabbed 12 rebounds and scored eight points in a victory over Maryland (12/19/19)... scored 12 points and secured nine rebounds vs. Prairie View A&M (12/22/19)... had nine points and nine rebounds vs. Georgetown (1/3/20)... scored 16 points at Xavier (1/8/20)... had 13 points and eight rebounds in a victory at Butler (1/15/20)... finished with 15 points on 75% shooting and grabbed eight rebounds vs. Providence (1/22/20)... recorded a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds in a win over DePaul (1/29/20)... scored 13 points and had five rebounds in 36 minutes of action vs. Xavier (2/1/20)... had a fourth straight double digit scoring performance with 12 points while finishing with nine rebounds at Georgetown (2/5/20)... finished with 11 rebounds and nine points in a win at Villanova (2/8/20)... grabbed 12 rebounds and scored eight points vs. Creighton (2/12/20)... had 10 points and eight rebounds at Providence (2/15/20)... scored 14 points in a victory over St. John's (2/23/20)... finished with 12 points and five rebounds at Creighton (3/7/20).
2018-19: Appeared in all 34 games for the Pirates...Averaged 3.4 points and 2.6 rebounds in a reserve role...Gave Pirates a huge lift in Wooden Legacy Championship Game vs. Miami with eight points and four rebounds in 24 minutes (11/25/18)...Recorded nine points and nine rebounds for a near double-double against Georgetown (3/2/19)...Scored 7 points on 3-of-7 shooting at DePaul (1/06/19)...Made both of his three-point attempts at St. John's (02/23/19)...Posted nine points, nine rebounds and three steals at Georgetown and hit the game-tying layup with 1.2 seconds remaining that sent the contest into double overtime...Had 15 points and went 3-for-4 from long distance in the Pirates' win over No. 23 Villanova (3/9/19)...Had nine points and five rebounds in the NCAA Tournament against Wofford (3/21/19).
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Our Saviour Lutheran High School in the Bronx and played on the varsity basketball team for two years and captained the team...Played for Head Coach Peter Weyhe...Named first-team All-USA Today New York Boys Basketball and second-team All-NYChoops his senior year after averaging 29.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 1.3 assists...Previously attended Baldwin High School, where he won the Long Island "AA" championship in 2016, averaged 19.5 points and 6.7 rebounds and earned Nassau County Boys Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year honors, Newsday All-Long Island first team and News 12 Varsity All-Long Island second team...Finished his high school career with over 2,000 points scored.
PERSONAL: Matthew Jared Rhoden...Son of Rosa & Matthew...Has two older sisters...intends to major in Business at Seton Hall...Birthday is August 27.
Career stats
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4397119/jared-rhoden
So many words or phrases that describe Jared Rhoden. Attitude, positivity, great work ethic, confidence, excellent teammate, overachiever. I could go on and on but maybe this tweet says as much as any words could offer.
That confidence, borne of hard work and the belief in oneself is the reason that Rhoden achieves more on the court than might be expected from the slender wing. In short he as much as any player on the team, with the probable exception of Quincy McKnight, maximized his potential. And note that 'Q' has been playing five years where Rhoden has just completed his second.
Look at Rhoden's stats and the bump from his freshmen year to his sophomore one. In every single category he has improved. Sure some of the numbers are the result of more minutes. But that PT was earned not given. That plus shooting percentages, also greatly improved are not the result of more minutes, but of better more efficient play.
Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard saw fit to increase Rhoden's playing time early in the season as a reward to the hard working player. In fact prior to the start of the regular season in early November Willard told the media that Rhoden was one of the best players in pre-season workouts on the team, noting maybe only Myles Powell was playing better.
Hyperbole from a coach so often prone to that? The thought certainly occurred to Pirate fans, but that was quickly dispelled once the games began.
Many believe that the biggest bump in a player's game takes place between their rookie season and their sophomore one, and Rhoden might just be the poster boy for that way of thinking.
As a freshmen, Rhoden played with a ton of energy but seemingly little purpose as everything appeared to be rushed. The result as expected was flashes of brilliance, but more often rushed shots, fouls, turnovers and the like, all leading to less playing time as Willard could not trust his young forward at crunch time.
Fast forward a year later, the game has now slowed down for him and a currently healthy Rhoden, a player who lost valuable workout time the previous summer due to shoulder issues that set him back, was now sharing time on the court with starting SF Myles Cale. In fact despite starting just a few games the Baldwin, N.Y. native actually played more minutes than his teammate averaging 25.7 to Cale's 23.0.
Has the torch been passed?
That's a question that will be answered this coming November when the regular season begins.
Does the veteran Cale, playing in his final season for the Hall regain his status as both the team's starting 3 as well as a player that can be counted on to not only play north of 30 MPG, but to be on the court in crunch time, or does the brash rising junior take some or all of that away?
Rating
There are still chinks in Rhoden's game, but the improvement he made in one year was startling. Can that trajectory continue for the likable and popular wing? Kevin Willard believes it can and so does Pirate Nation. Rhoden's hard work and take no prisoners attitude has made him both a fan favorite and an improving and more efficient player who can unlike last year be counted on to be on the court in crucial end game situations.
Final rating B+
