Post by Stagophile on Aug 26, 2013 11:28:18 GMT -5
Smith, Degnan and....Nelson? Syd is assembling a very skilled group of 3pt shooters.
Tyler Nelson, BABC – When you are the leading three-point shooter in the Nike EYBL, it is a pretty good indication that you can make shots. Nelson knocked down 52 threes during the EYBL regular season, while shooting just under 47%, which are both staggering numbers given the level of competition as well as the defense’s emphasis on preventing his open looks.
Post by redseastag on Aug 26, 2013 12:47:08 GMT -5
Red Raider to Fairfield Stags red! He'll fit right in! Reminds me of Shake, just knows how to get open and bury shots. I love the idea of guys like Amadou, Malcolm, and now Degnan setting big screens for our shooters and this kid just knocks them down when he gets an inch.
Post by mydadwasathappyhr on Aug 26, 2013 15:18:33 GMT -5
From the Boston Herald
Central Catholic senior guard Tyler Nelson has just confirmed via his twitter feed that he will attend Fairfield on a basketball scholarship. He took a trip there a few months ago and fell in love with everything about the school. "I really liked the campus," Nelson said. "I met the coaches and really liked them. I think I can go there and have a chance to play as a freshman. I also liked the academics, I'm looking at business and a few other things (to major in)." A 6-foot-2 sharpshooter, Nelson averaged 16.2 points per game and was named to the Merrimack Valley All-Conference Team as the Raiders won the MVC Large and Division 1 North sectional title. He enters his final season with 926 points. An honor roll student, Nelson also earned All-Scholastic honors in golf this fall, winning the MVC championship and finishing fifth in the sectional final. Making the decision will allow him to focus solely on Central Catholic in his final campaign. "That was a goal of mine, to make a decision before the start of my senior year," Nelson said. "Now that this is done, I can concentrate on my golf and basketball." He spent the spring and summer playing for the BABC, opening eyes with his 3-point range against some of the top-rated high school players in the country. He credited BABC coach Leo Papile for helping him get noticed. "(The BABC) played in four tournament across in the country in the spring and I was able to play well and that helped me get noticed," Nelson said. "Leo has so many connections out there, he can pretty much get almost anyone a scholarship."
Post by mydadwasathappyhr on Aug 26, 2013 15:33:34 GMT -5
From espn Boston as well. Another significant point here is the get from the Boston area. Nice job of the coaching staff working up and down the seaboard. Also good to see we beat out GWU on Nelson. That's two recruits this week with A10 offers.
Central Cath.'s Nelson commits to Fairfield
By Christian Bradley | August 26, 2013 4:10:39 PM PDT Central Catholic senior guard Tyler Nelson made a verbal commitment to Fairfield University on Monday afternoon, he told ESPN Boston.
Nelson, a 6-foot-2 sharpshooter, averaged 17.2 points per game last season for Central Catholic, leading the Red Raiders to the Division 1 North championship and garnering his second consecutive ESPN Boston All-State nomination.
This summer, playing for Boston Amateur Basketball Club (BABC), Nelson picked up offers from Jacksonville, George Washington, Vermont, Fairfield and Binghamton. Dartmouth offered him in January.
He narrowed his choices down to Fairfield, Binghamton, and Dartmouth, and ultimately chose the Stags.
“I recently have been thinking about it a lot, and I wanted to make my decision before the beginning of my senior year. I narrowed it down to three schools who [sic] were at a level of play I could play at and get a good education,” Nelson said following his commitment.
He visited Fairfield, unofficially, earlier in the summer, and came away impressed with what the school and the basketball program had to offer. He’ll visit Fairfield, officially, on Sept. 5.
“I really enjoyed the unofficial visit to campus, and I like the coaches a lot…I’ll have a good chance to play a lot as a freshman.”
Nelson was one of the most feared scorers on the Nike EYBL summer circuit, shooting 46.8 percent from behind the three-point line. While he admits the long summer schedule wore him down quite a bit, especially towards the end, he was able to reap the benefits and draw in widespread Division 1 attention.
“I just played out of my mind, I played well at EYBL. I was scoring well against some really good teams. I was one of the leading scorers for my team. That’s where I really did all my damage,” he said.
Playing on a relatively young BABC squad for coach Leo Papile, Nelson said he was able to pick up plenty of pointers from his AAU coach about competitiveness.
“All he wants to do is win, he doesn’t care who plays good, who doesn’t care who does what. That’s a good mindset to have going into college…you just want to win.”
There is also a noticeable amount of relief from Nelson, as he can now focus on team goals: leading Central to a deep run in yet another loaded Division 1 North field. Coach Rick Nault’s Red Raiders will again be one of the area’s most talented teams.
“I’m really pumped, I’m looking forward to having a good senior year,” Nelson said, “We’re going to be a lot better than people are giving us credit for.”
He attributes Central’s high in-house expectations to Nault, whom Nelson says is constantly pushing him to be better. As the Assistant Principal and Dean of Students at Central, Nault’s high expectations of Nelson and the team come on and off the court.
“I’ve known him a long time, he’s my favorite coach I ever played for. He’s always been there pushing me, he pushes me every day in practice. In school he’s the same way.”
