Well Pitt has its first transfer of note since Mike Cook left East Carolina. One Trey Zeigler let the world know.
Big get for the shooting guard spot. That position just got a lot bigger and better.
Zeigler let UCLA and Duke know before tweeting the world, which is what you would hope he would do. It has been confirmed by his father.
The next step is to see if the NCAA will give him a waiver to play right away. No one really knows if he will get the waiver. I honestly don’t know what the mechanism would be to qualify.
Honestly, it seems Zeigler isn’t too sure either.
“I just think with all that’s going on there [at Pitt] it’s the best fit for me, a lot of opportunities,” Trey said. “Just knowing Coach Dixon from being at Pitt when I was little I thought it would be a good fit for me. Hopefully, it will lead to great things.”
Zeigler said he hoped to get a waiver and play immediately.
“I’m going to try to get a waiver,” he said. “If not I will have to sit out a year.”
The Michigan native averaged 15.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists at Central Michigan and will provide wing help for the Panthers.
“I’ll probably play the 2 and the 3, playing on the wing,” he said. “Coach Dixon talked about that his weekend.”
If he doesn’t, then he sits out the year which is survivable.
Now if there is a way to get Savon Goodman as well, then this becomes a monster class.
Was Zeigler an absolute need for Pitt? No. But you don’t turn down a chance to get really good talent.
That’s all I could find after some serious googling. Does anyone know what the language of the actual rule is?
Here are his stats…FT’s must improve. Poor 3pt shooter but barely took 1 per game so he didn’t hurt his team with it. Excellent rebounder at 6.7/game. A little high in the TO department but he was playing 32 mins a game and I’m willing to bet tried to do too much at times since he was the best player on the court. I’m excited.
SEASON AVERAGES
SEASON TEAM MIN FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
2011-12 CMU 31.8 6.2-13.5 .462 0.3-1.2 .289 3.0-6.1 .495 6.7 2.5 0.7 1.1 2.5 2.6 15.8
link to youtube.com
and here are highlights from one HS game – he isn’t afraid to bang down low – I like him! Plus, he brings 16 ppg average and good rebounding from Central Michigan. A great win over UCLA and Duke!
link to youtube.com
Am I the only one believing that the coaches wish they were elsewhere?
i dont like to do that sort of thing but i dont want a nother year like last year and wright cant score so he would need to go.
would love to have him.
As far as scholarship numbers, two questions (one legitimate and one highly speculative):
1– If he must sit out per transfer rules, does his scholarship count against this year?
2– Any chance Jamie is going to hire big Ernie back as assistant? Not only would that enhance the staff but then maybe Trey could enroll without a scholarship? Again, very speculative but just a thought…