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This. He's got his Harvard degree (and one from OSU?). This is about closure.Hard to let go, especially when injuries interrupted everything.
Hope he finds someplace and puts that smooth back shot to use.
This. He's got his Harvard degree (and one from OSU?). This is about closure.
Former Harvard, Ohio State Star Seth Towns to Play Eighth Season at an HBCU
Seth Towns announced on Twitter he will play at Howard University for his eighth year of college basketball.The forward began his college career at Harvard in 2016, playing two seasons for the Crimson, averaging 14.2 points and 5.0 rebounds and earning the 2017–18 Ivy League Player of the Year...www.wearegreenbay.com
“I think I have restructured my relationship with basketball,” Towns told Adam Jardy of The Columbus Dispatch. “It is much healthier now. I’m not saying I put my entire identity into basketball, but man, it was hard, because that’s kind of the only professional aspiration I’ve had. Everything else was kind of subsidiary to that. Now, I think I’ve released myself from the need to play at whatever level.”
Just sayin': If it was me I don't think I'd want to risk another injury/operation, etc. that could have serious adverse effects later in life. At some point in life you have to make a decision to put your degrees to work and start your "life after basketball".
Hopefully, he goes into coaching. I think he’d be a really good one.Howard is regarded as a top, if not the top, HBCU for academics. It only adds even more to his resume' for life after basketball, now that he knows his dream of playing professionally is over. If he wants to play college ball for one more season then he should do it.
He's got the rest of his life to not play.
.After sitting out the first three games while awaiting NCAA clearance, Towns came off the bench for three games, and has been in the starting lineup since. He's averaging 15.5 points and 6.5 rebounds, shooting 37.4% from 3-point range. He has scored in double figures in 16 of 19 games, including 26 points against Mount St. Mary's and 27 against Cincinnati.
"I'm playing the best since my sophomore year," Towns said. "Now I'm 26. It's a huge difference in how I'm playing the game."
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Blakeney has been most impressed by Towns' work ethic. He recalls a specific instance against La Salle, when he subbed out Towns for a breather; moments later, Blakeney looked up to see Towns walking past him to sub himself back in the game.
"I was like, you just MJ'd me right now," Blakeney said.
"If all things are equal and he doesn't have injuries, he's in his fourth or fifth year in the NBA. And yet he's fighting and scratching and clawing his ass off everyday for us at Howard," he added. "He doesn't want to take plays off. He understands there's a sense of urgency with his basketball clock right now."