Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Dwayne Wade College Career

Dwayne Wade , one of the top scouted  recruits in the 2000 scouting report , Wade chose to play for Tom Crean at the Universty of Marquette but , he was ineligible to play with the mens team due to a violation of the NCAA's Proposition 48 . The proposition  48 is an NCAA regulation that makes high school grads have to have positive test scores that they must meet in order to participate in college athletics .  After taking tutoring classes for his scores , he improved his score and was able to play in the 2001 season

When Wade became eligible to play the following year he led the Golden Eagles in scoring with 17.8 ppg led the conference in steals at 2.47 per game, and accumulated averages of 6.6 rebounds per game and 3.4 assists  per game Marquette finished with a 26–7 record , the school's best record since the 1993–94 season.

In 2002–03, Wade led Marquette in scoring again with 21.5 ppg and Marquette won the school's first and only Conference USA championship with a 27–6 record. That season Wade led the Golden Eagles to the Final Four , the school's first appearance in the Final Four since winning the 1977 national championship.

Wade and the Golden Eagles loss in the final four against Kansa Jayhawks but wades peformence granted him a spot as one of the top 10 draft pick in the 2003 NBA Draft . 

Dwayne Wade was drafted 5th overall in the 2003 Draft by the Miami Heat . After Wades college carrer averaging 19.7 ppg 2.3 spg and 6.5 rpg . 



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