Sherod, Buckingham suit up together Saturday, March 19th

[804ASG]

Nick Sherod and De'Monte Buckingham will lead the North in the 13th annual 804 All-Star Game Saturday, March 19 at Richard Bland College. Come check them out on the same team before they officially become Spiders!

The game is loaded with other D-I talent. The South features Maliek White (Providence), Curt Jones (Indiana), Malik Johnson (Canisius) and Charles Williams (Howard).

On the North with Nick and Buck will be Jeremy Sheppard (UCF), DaMontez Oliver (Campbell), Robbie Osborne (Delaware State) and Georgie Pacheco (Liberty). Nick will participate in the 3-point contest at 7:30 pm. Dunk contest is at 8 pm and the game begins at 8:30.

Tickets go on sale at Richmond DTLR stores at 5 pm Friday for $10. Tickets at the door are $13. Hope to see the Spider faithful at the game!

 

[spiderhoops]

De'Monte listed at 6-3, 225
Nick at 6-5,200

Always take the measurements with a grain of salt, but if these are somewhat close to accurate...De'Monte must be hitting the weights

 

[Ulla1]

If someone attends the game, would love a report on how our guys looked. OSC

 

[iSpider]

You can watch the game on YouTube: 13th 804 All-Star Game. The game is tonight, Mar. 19th at 8:30 p.m. Pretty sure that it is a live stream on YouTube. The Twitter site for the game is 804 All-Star Game (@804allstargame) Lots of tweets and pics of the players there.

I plan to watch the Lax game against UNC beginning at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN3, but if not complete by 8:30 then move my laptop next to my desktop and watch both.

Roster:

 

[Ulla1]

iSpider, thanks very much for the links. OSC

 

[MidloTrader]

Listening in. Even in an exhibition with little defense hearing "Rebound Buckingham" is music to my ears. Sherod already has 17 in 1st half with some monster 3's. Sounds like our future Spiders are having some fun playing together on same team. Since those 2 are right here in the Capital city, bet they show up in RC for pick up games with their future teammates well before summer. Building that team chemistry is critical.

 

[spiderjpo]

Peanut Gang represented Spider Nation tonight at Richard Bland for all star game. Both of our guys showed well in this format which had little to no defense until last minute of game. North team lost but ability of both recruits was evident. DeMonte's overall game was on full display and he was the primary distributor for North. Nick was shooting every chance he got and his range is deep with many 3's from 25 feet. He hit at least five 3's and maybe more. Buckingham is strong with the ball and definitely deferred to other teammates to get everyone involved, Both are physically ahead of peers in body type and should get stronger by next season with strength program. Both appear to have high ceilings and are offensively talented in regards to outside shooting and ability to drive and finish. Looking forward to following their careers as Spiders.

 

[iSpider]

iSpider, thanks very much for the links. OSC

I apologize. I thought that it would be a video recording. Everything seemed to indicate that it was.

 

[SpiderK]

Glad to see some positive thinking confident young men coming to the program. Certainly will breathe life back into UR Basketball.

 

[Marley13]

Yeah cuz positive thinking wins games. How about some big tough mother effers who can rebound and score?

 

[SpiderRick]

Now if we can only get Mooney to adjust his game plan to maximize his players talents, instead of trying to make tanks out of greyhounds.

 

[spiderman]

which greyhounds are you referring to?