KC Ndefo is following Shaheen Holloway from Saint Peter’s to Seton Corridor, and in doing so, filling a serious want for the Pirates.
The 6-foot-7 ahead verbally dedicated to the Large East college on Saturday and can proceed his profession beneath Holloway, the brand new Pirates head coach. Collectively, the 2 have been a serious a part of the magical run Saint Peter’s made to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Event in March. Now, they'll attempt to create much more fond reminiscences at Seton Corridor.
“I dedicated to Seton Corridor as a result of It’s principally a no brainer to go to the coach who’s been recruiting me since my highschool days,” Ndefo, and Elmont, N.Y. native, instructed 247Sports.com. “This will probably be taking the subsequent step with him the place I’m graduating, and ending the NBA draft course of. I’ll positively be taking my abilities to Seton Corridor with Coach Sha.
“I’m staying with the tradition and the individuals who believed in me since day one. Since Coach first received the job he instructed me to come back over and convey the tradition we constructed at Saint Peter’s to Seton Corridor.”
The plan is for the Pirates to make use of the multi-talented Ndefo as a small-ball 4, using his shot-blocking and playmaking talents towards much less athletic and cell huge males. He fills a necessity as a rim-protecting, defensive-minded ahead after Seton Corridor misplaced high shot-blocker Ike Obiagu to commencement.
Ndefo, the three-time MAAC Defensive Participant of the 12 months who averaged 10.5 factors, 6.1 rebounds and a couple of.4 blocks a yr in the past, developed into among the finest mid-major gamers within the nation beneath Holloway’s tutelage. Saint Peter’s was his lone Division I scholarship provide popping out of highschool. Holloway attended Ndefo’s commencement from Saint Peter’s on Friday, together with assistant coach Rasheen Davis, who performed a serious function in Ndefo returning to Saint Peter’s a yr in the past after he thought of transferring.
“He’ll assist any group in our league in my view. Not an all-league man, however an amazing function man,” one Large East coach acquainted with Ndefo stated. “I really like how arduous he performs. Elite shot-blocker. Powerful as hell. He’ll discover a solution to be productive [offensively].”
Holloway has now rebuilt the Seton Corridor roster via the switch portal, including Ndefo, Clemson guard Al-Amir Dawes, Pittsburgh wing Femi Odukale and Louisville wing Dre Davis to a core that options Kadary Richmond, Jamir Harris, Tray Jackson, Alexis Yetna and Tyrese Samuel. An NCAA Event bid in Holloway’s first season as Seton Corridor’s head coach is feasible with this remade roster.
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