Buddy Hield

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Buddy Hield
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Hield drives to the rim in 2016
Personal information
Born (1993-12-17) December 17, 1993 (age 30)
Freeport, Bahamas
Nationality Bahamian
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
High school Sunrise Christian Academy
(Wichita, Kansas)
College Oklahoma (2012–2016)
Position Shooting guard
Career highlights and awards

Chavano Rainier "Buddy" Hield (born December 17, 1993)[1][2] is a Bahamian basketball player who most recently played for the University of Oklahoma. He was named the Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016,[1][3] and in 2016 he received four major national player of the year awards—the John R. Wooden Award, the Naismith Award, Sporting News Player of the Year, and the Oscar Robertson Trophy.

Early life

Hield grew up in Eight Mile Rock, a coastal village 14 miles west of Freeport, in the West Grand Bahama district in The Bahamas.[4] He was fifth of seven children of his mother Jackie Braynen.[5] Hield received his nickname from his mother after Bud Bundy of the sitcom Married... with Children.[6]

Hield was first featured in high school by The All Bahamian Brand, a basketball magazine from the Bahamas. Hield, as a young eighth grader, was rated by the All Bahamian Brand as the best 8th grader in the Bahamas and one to watch.

Hield showed his early ability to lead his team from a young age by taking his Jack Hayward High School basketball team to the championship of the Providence Holiday Tournament on a buzzer beater and also leading his team to win the Grand Bahamas High School Championships. For his exploits, Hield was named an All Bahamian Brand All Bahamian Selection.[7]

After his performances in The Bahamas, Hield was recruited to attend a prep school in Kansas, Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas, a suburb of Wichita.[8] Current Wichita State assistant and then-Sunrise coach Kyle Lindsted recruited the 6-foot 4-inch (1.93 m) guard.[8] In 2011, during Hield's junior year at Sunrise Christian he lead the team to the National Association of Christian Athletes national championship, getting named the MVP of the tourney.[9] In the 2011-2012 season, his senior year, Hield averaged 22.7 points on .491 shooting in 21.0 minutes per game.[9][3]

He was highly recruited and selected the Oklahoma Sooners over the Kansas Jayhawks.[9][10][11][8][2]

College career

As a freshman at Oklahoma, Hield scored 7.8 points per game, and was the recipient of the team's Most Inspirational Award. He was a second-team All-Big 12 selection as a sophomore as he averaged 16.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. He worked on his defense prior to his junior year and expanded his offensive game to more of a high-volume three point shooter.[12]

Hield averaged 17.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a junior at Oklahoma and shot 41 percent from the field. He led Oklahoma to a 24-11 record and Sweet 16 berth. Despite being a potential 2015 NBA Draft selection, he decided to return for his senior season.[13] He was a First Team All-Big 12 selection and was named Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.[14]

Hield was listed on the Oscar Robertson Award preseason watchlist[15] as well as the Naismith College Player of the Year preseason watchlist.[16] Hield recorded a career high of 46 points in a triple overtime loss to Kansas on January 4, 2016, receiving a standing ovation from the opposing crowd after a postgame interview with Scott Van Pelt. His 46 points tied the record for most points scored by an opponent at Allen Fieldhouse.[17] He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy on February 11.[18]

His senior year at Oklahoma, on April 7, 2016, Hield won the John R. Wooden Award for the best college basketball player for the 2015-2016 season; where he averaged 25 points, 5.7 rebounds, two assists per game, and led the nation in three-point shots.[19]

International career

Hield traveled to the city of Tepic in Nayarit, Mexico from August 1 to 7, 2014 to represent the Bahamas national team in the 2014 Centrobasket, which is the regional basketball championship of FIBA Americas for the Central American and Caribbean subzone. Hield's coach in the tournament was Larry Eustachy.[20] He averaged a tournament-leading 19.8 points per game and a team-high 6.0 rebounds.[20]

See also

References

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  11. ↑ Dodd, Rustin. As No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown looms, Kansas guards prepare for matchup with Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield, Kansas City Star, January 3, 2016. "A native of the Bahamas, Hield, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard, had gone to Sunrise to pursue a college basketball scholarship, and after two seasons in Kansas, he was a top-100 recruit with offers from schools all over the country. One of those schools was KU. The Jayhawks’ staff was interested in Hield, Self says."
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