Rivals.com: Skeen's call proves correct (on transferring)

[districtballer]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basket...lug=jn-king_skeens_call_proves_correct_032811

Jamie Skeen’s decision to transfer from Wake Forest to Virginia Commonwealth three years ago wasn’t exactly well received within his inner circle.

“Friends, family, associates,” Skeen said. “Everyone kept telling me it was a terrible decision.”

Now those same people are asking Skeen for tickets to the Final Four, which is where Skeen and the Rams are headed following Sunday’s 71-61 upset of No. 1 seed Kansas at the Alamodome.

By the time Skeen returned to the locker room following the win, his cell phone already had already been flooded with messages from friends, family and well-wishers.

“Now they’ve had a change of heart,” said Skeen, laughing. “Everyone who said it was a stupid decision for me to come to VCU is jumping on the bandwagon. I don’t get mad. We’re accepting passengers.

“There’s still room.”

 

[ISwamRam]

Re: Rivals.com: Skeen's call proves correct (on transferring

We’re accepting passengers. There’s still room.

This is classic!

 

[VCU RAM]

Re: Rivals.com: Skeen's call proves correct (on transferring

Great article Skeen definitely made the right decision, and I'm glad he's striving to be a lot better and get to the NBA. Without Skeen this season or last, we definitely would've fallen a lot further. He brings in a tough interior presence that's hard to ignore since he has to be guarded at all times since he can hit the three as well. A multi-faceted player like Skeen at the college level is such a hard thing to find, and is almost a necessity to have to win consistently.