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Career Notes: Has played in 111 collegiate games entering his Minnesota career and 80 starts • has averaged 28.7 minutes played collegiately and enters his Minnesota career with 989 points • All-CUSA Third Team honoree • career high points is 28 set in 2021 with Pitt and career-high 12 rebounds in 2024 with New Mexico.

2023-24: (New Mexico State): All-CUSA Third Team honoree • Ranked second on the team in scoring (10.7 ppg) and first in rebounds per game (6.4) • Played in 26 games, including 16 starts • Against conference opponents, ranked third in the league in rebounding (7.0), third in assist/turnover ratio (2.0), fifth in blocks (1.4) and sixth in assists (3.3) • Established career-highs in rebounds (12, vs. FIU), blocks (4 vs. Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky), free throws (10 at New Mexico) and free throw attempts (15 vs. Northern Colorado).

2022-23 (Seton Hall): Made 32 starts in 33 appearances for the Pirates • averaged 7.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game • ranked eighth in the Big East in total steals with 52 and recorded multiple steals in 15 games • shot 44 percent from the field in his lone year with the Pirates while also pulling down a career-best 142 total rebounds to help Seton Hall to its 18th appearance in the NIT • tallied his first career double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) while playing all 40 minutes against Villanova on Feb. 28 • named Big East Honor Roll on March 5 after a week in which he averaged 16.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.0 steals while shooting 65% from the field • the honor roll selection was bolstered by a performance against Providence in which he posted a career-high 19 points.

2021-22/2020-21 (Pitt): Averaged 9.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.9 rebounds over 53 career games (33 starts) at Pitt • shot 41.2 percent (157-of-381) from the field, including 33.0 percent (38-of-115) from three-point range • went 128-of-219 (.584) from the foul line • scored in double figures 22 times, including five games with 20 or more points scored • had four or more assists in a game 14 times • two-time All-ACC Academic Team selection.
 
the maddening play of DAW made me forget Femi, but he was just as maddening.
Very similar players, DAW probably just a better outside shooter.

We've had a lot of the same type of players under Sha: DAW, Femi, Ndefo, Aligbe, etc. By preference or budget constraints, IDK. Sha knows higher talent - look at his SHU teams with Willard - but being the head coach at St. Peter's and Seton Hall in NIL Era is bargain basement shopping.
 
Very similar players, DAW probably just a better outside shooter.

We've had a lot of the same type of players under Sha: DAW, Femi, Ndefo, Aligbe, etc. By preference or budget constraints, IDK. Sha knows higher talent - look at his SHU teams with Willard - but being the head coach at St. Peter's and Seton Hall in NIL Era is bargain basement shopping.
Ndefo doesn't belong in this group
 
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Ndefo doesn't belong in this group
Agreed, Sha can only speak his message Ndefo delivered it. He was never supposed to do as much as he did for that team, but the more talented players, like Richmond, didn't step up enough to be what was needed at the time. Ndefo was the bridge to get players to reach what they reached last year.

His value was in his attitude not his skill. 5 star chip with 3 star talent is a pretty good player.
 
I know there were a lot of people that did not like Femi, but i would have taken him back. He actually played very well when Richmond went down. We needed a backup pg last year. And he would probably be the best pg on our current team.
 
ndefo was a baller but he belongs in that group for being a non shooter outside of 6feet and bad foul shooter. DAW should be the best 3 pt shooter of bunch tho.
 
Ndefo was truly one of the best and most versatile defenders in the country. Does not belong in the same breath as the others imo
 
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