There is known as a hole in Manns resume

Posted by Abbey Pendleton on September 7th, 2017

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This can be a second to a series by means of Faces of March, players who you'll discover as college basketball's most enjoyable month unfolds.)

J.J. Mann may be known on Belmonts campus as J.J. Mann the Superfan because hes always at games supporting other Bruins athletes.

Now its here we are at all of the school to applaud the efforts that have made the 6-6, 215-pound senior from Smyrna, Ga., the Ohio Valley Conferences Player of this year, a first-team Academic All-American as well as the Steve McNair Jerseywinningest player in Belmont history, a distinction he explains to fellow senior Blake Jenkins.

That win total is 106 heading into this week's OVC Tournament, and Mann played a significant role in securing what exactly is arguably the primary win with higher education history in November, scoring 28 points within the 83-80 upset of No. 12 North Carolina.

Mann scored 11 for the Bruins final 13 points, enhancing the team overcome an eight-point deficit with 2:37 remaining after it led by approximately 11 points earlier with the half. Nine of 11 points came on 3-pointers while in the final 1:02, comprising the go-ahead 3 with 14 seconds left. He entered the sport shooting 1-for-16 from distance.

It actually was many of the most fun game I took part in, Mann said. The guys in the locker room were so excited the whole time once the game a very great Josh Kline Jersey memory.

Not harmful a person that was lightly recruited emerging from Virginia's Hargrave Military Academy. Thats a post in itself, as Lipscomb coach Casey Alexander, a former Belmont player and Bruins a sistant who recruited Alexander, can attest.

Alexander became aware of Mann from a coaching friend of your Patriot League reached out regarding Mann, who had been considering Bucknell, Lehigh and Colgate. We love him but Tim Semisch Jersey dont need him, Alexander recalls his friend saying, and hes probably going to Bucknell or a person through the Patriot League and so i dont want him to continue there.

Mann became a moment contributor for any Bruins being freshman, whilst averaged Quarter of an hour a game title and 6.0 points off the bench. Hes never averaged a lot more than 10.5 points per season up until 2013-14 campaign. He ranks fifth among OVC players with the 18.4 average.

Mann happens to Corey Davis Jersey be an area of the Bruins last four regular season championships (the best two being the Atlantic Sun), and this man and the teammates are chasing a fourth straight conference title later this week in Nashville.

I dont think a lot of guys will say the fact that they won four regular season and four conference championships, Mann said of those potential. That certainly do great to include in the resume and enhance the Belmont program and also it really undoubtedly be described as a proof of work and just how great a teacher Coach (Rick) Byrd is.

There is known as a hole in Manns resume; hes 0-for-3 in NCAA Tournament games. The Bruins have forfeit to Wisconsin, Georgetown and Arizona in succe sive seasons. Already having led Belmont towards enlighten a name-brand program, can he pull off another on your sports biggest stage?

If the Bruins have that far, Alexander knows how dangerous Mann is generally, whether or not he doesnt fit the bill. He's coached against him 4x, losing each of them.

You take a look at him and say, hey, loads of cash athletic, not really a real imposing physical Byron Stingily Jerseyspecimen, Alexander said. The numbers speak in their own busine s, but still you will want to talk yourself into believing that hes pretty much of your player since he is. Although i knew better.