Naheim Alleyne!

[lonsharkin51]

Welcome back to the party! Of all the things to like about that game, his 3s might have made me the happiest.

 

[nadavtheman]

He is a proven player against ACC competition and we will need him to contribute the rest of the season, so yes, this was VERY good to see. Hopefully this performance gives him a confidence boost going forward.

 

[ctchamps]

Every time he had a chance to shoot wanted the ball to drop. Really rooting for this kid.

 

[Apollo]

Welcome back to the party! Of all the things to like about that game, his 3s might have made me the happiest.

Agreed - glad he got it going today. Going to need that depth off the bench this year

 

[UCFan1513]

Easily the most important part of the game

 

[navery12]

Gonna need his shooting in some games down the stretch, hopefully this gives him some confidence

 

[Hey Adrien!]

133 made threes and a career 38.7 3p% at Virginia Tech plays at any level.

Can't wait for him to play at his typical level and today was a good day for him to get his mojo back.

 

[aburks41]

I was so happy to see him hit those shots. He needed that in a huge way. We're going to need him to contribute on offense as the season goes on. He plays great defense too. Got called for a couple of bad fouls today though but overall really nice game for him to build some confidence going into conference play

 

[Magic32]

It was great to see him hit some shots, seemed like a weight was lifted off his shoulders. He was having fun out there.

 

[dogpause]

Karaban also had a great game.

 

[Thirty Three]

Dan Hurley specifically went out of his way to call a bunch of plays for Alleyne. It was nice to see him do that, and nice to see that it seemed to work for Alleyne’s confidence.

 

[bigknight3]

Best game of the game in the stands was shouting ALLEYNE IS BACK!

we definitely needed a new thread to document his return!

 

[Waquoit]

Dan Hurley specifically went out of his way to call a bunch of plays for Alleyne. It was nice to see him do that, and nice to see that it seemed to work for Alleyne’s confidence.

That’s all part of team ball.

 

[Umami Zen]

Seeing the ball go in will help him.. Among the most important story lines out of the LIU game.. Need his production and leadership for BE wars and beyond..

 

[WeAreUCONN]

I honestly believe that Alleyne looks around at his teammates and thinks to himself “Holy ”, he’s put too much pressure on himself and his shooting is stressed, so he’s missing. Once he relaxes, he’ll be fine.

 

[Alum1620]

I honestly believe that Alleyne looks around at his teammates and thinks to himself “Holy ”, he’s put too much pressure on himself and his shooting is stressed, so he’s missing. Once he relaxes, he’ll be fine.

He looked tentative early in the game and that he did not want to shoot at times so seeing him hit some was really good

 

[Icehawk]

I was pleasantly surprised by his stat line, I knew he'd made a couple but it was better than I realized. Glad to see the ship turning around, hopefully he can keep it up and get back closer to his old numbers.

 

[rip7774]

Seems like it’s almost as simple as He just needs to slow down. Looks a bit frantic and trying to hit the proverbial grand slam every shot. He’ll be fine. But as we all know, a lot of competition for minutes.

 

[willie99]

Looks like we're all on the same page with him

 

[mauconnfan]

It’s one game so we can hope a little bit of confidence goes a long way. Honestly think we need him to be consistent and solid. His defense is very good and our guards have been inconsistent. Diarra scares the absolute hell out of me with the ball too so we need to fill a few more minutes. I realize Alleynes not a PG but people can be moved around if he’s making shots.