‘You’re a walk-on?’

[wtm97]

As they stood next to one another during a free throw Saturday night, Doug McDermott and Ted Bancroft exchanged a little idle chatter.

McDermott, everybody’s All-American from Creighton University, was noticing how the Dunkin’ Donuts Center crowd kept buzzing whenever Bancroft touched the ball.

“At one point during a free throw he asked me why the fans get so excited whenever I do anything,” said the Providence College senior. “I said, ‘I’m the white walk-on on the team.’ He says, ‘You’re a walk-on?’”

MORE: www.providencejournal.com/sports/college/content/20140120-friars-bancroft-has-earned-minutes-and-cooleys-trust.ece

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All the feel good stuff aside, Bancroft is a very important piece of all that is happening here...

[Rock]

Awesome!

[TheInfoMan]

Can anyone think of a better walk-on in Friar history?

[thefriarman]

Made it to the post game Cox table with Coach and Batts last night.

[wtm97]

If our Friars are going to continue to have success then this walk-on turned scholarship player is really going to have to contribute. Sounds crazy but it is true. We will need the legs as we go forward.

[friar71]

Jan 22, 2014 18:17:36 GMT -5 wtm97 said:

If our Friars are going to continue to have success then this walk-on turned scholarship player is really going to have to contribute. Sounds crazy but it is true. We will need the legs as we go forward.

I agree. I would love to see him come in for a few minutes to spell Cotton and maybe let them run the flex while Cotton is out. I know coach Cooley said Cotton plays 40+ each game but I do think it makes sense to try and give him a few short rests backed into TV timeouts. The kid is amazing but it looks like his FT and 3pt shooting has been a little off late in games. Hopefully he never gets into foul trouble.