Allan Ray

Position	Shooting guard
League	Serie A
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Team	Lottomatica Roma
Nationality	American
Born	June 17, 1984 (1984-06-17) (age 23) The Bronx, New York City
High school	St. Raymond High School for Boys
College	Villanova
Draft	Undrafted, 2006
Pro career	2006–present
Former teams	Boston Celtics (2006–2007)

Allan Ray (born June 17, 1984 in the Bronx, New York) is an American professional basketball player formerly with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association and currently signed on to play with Lottomatica Roma for the 2007-2008 season. He played college basketball for four years at Villanova University. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 401 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,592 × 3,872 pixels, file size: 3. ... The Shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard,[1] is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. ... Lega A Basket logo In Italian Basketball, the Serie A is the highest level club competition where play determines the national champion. ... Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, also known for sponsorship reasons as Lottomatica Virtus Roma, is an Italian basketball club founded in 1960. ... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see The Bronx (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Saint Raymond High School for Boys is a parochial high school affiliated with the New York, U.S.A. Archdiocesan Association of Catholic Schools. ... Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. ... The 2006 NBA Draft was held on June 28 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. ... The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Not to be confused with Ray Alan or Allan Ray. ... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see The Bronx (disambiguation). ... This article is about the state. ... This article is about the sport. ... The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... NBA redirects here. ... Game between Illinois State Redbirds & Ball State Cardinals, February 17, 2007 in an ESPN Bracketbuster contest. ... Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. ...

College career

Recruited out of St. Raymond High School in New York City by coach Jay Wright, he committed to the Wildcats in 2001, along with three other players that made up a highly praised recruiting class. Along with Randy Foye, Jason Fraser, and Curtis Sumpter, Ray was part of a class proclaimed as the players to lead the Wildcats back to a championship. Foye and Ray reached the Elite Eight of the 2006 NCAA Tournament, playing with the other three starters in the four-guard offense: Mike Nardi, Kyle Lowry, and Will Sheridan. Saint Raymond High School for Boys is a parochial high school affiliated with the New York, U.S.A. Archdiocesan Association of Catholic Schools. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Jerold Jay Wright (born December 24, 1961) is an American basketball coach. ... Randy Foye (born September 24, 1983 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBAs Minnesota Timberwolves. ... The 2006 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... Kyle Lowry (born March 25, 1986 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player with the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. ...

Ray's career at Villanova has also slightly been hampered by injuries, but nothing that kept him from scoring 2,000 points as a Wildcat. His freshman season, he was a key contributor. He had 16 points in his Wildcat debut against Marquette on November 15, 2002. As a sophomore he averaged 17.3 points per game. Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States of America. ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

In his junior season, Ray was named second team all Big East and led the Wildcats in scoring with 16.2 ppg. That year, he also led Villanova to a Sweet 16 where they lost to eventual national champion North Carolina by one point. The University of North Carolina is a seventeen campus system which includes all sixteen public four-year universities in North Carolina, United States and one public residential high school. ...

His senior season was arguably Ray's best season as a college player when he averaged 19.1 ppg. Along with Foye, they made up one of the best guard duos in the country. Ray is known as a streaky, but great, three-point shooter, and is excellent, like his teammate, at creating his own shot. At 6-2 and 195 pounds, he is an average-sized guard.

Villanova tied for the Big East regular-season championship with Uconn and split their two games with the Huskies, winning the one played at home, in what some called the biggest Villanova win in over 20 years. Their final Big East regular-season record was 14-2 in what some called the toughest conference ever. Overall, their record was 28-5. In 2006, Ray was named to the Big East first team, along with teammate Randy Foye, who was given the honor of Big East Player of the Year. The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Big East Conference Mens Basketball Player of the Year award is given to the player who shows extraordinary talent throughout the entire season. ...

A scary moment occurred during the 2006 Big East Tournament when Ray was poked in the eye by Carl Krauser during the semifinal game. His vision apparently left him for a period of time and his eyeball had seemed to come loose from the socket, leading most to believe it was an extremely serious injury. However, his vision returned and it turned out to be only soft tissue damage. He was able to play less than a week later in the NCAA tournament, without goggles. In his first game back, he led Villanova in scoring. While on the video it appeared as though his eye came loose from the socket, his eyelid actually went behind his eye giving off the expression of his eye coming loose. However it did not. Carlos Isaac Krauser is an American basketball player. ...

Ray was one of four finalists for the Naismith Award as top college basketball player in the country. Rudy Gay of Connecticut, Adam Morrison of Gonzaga, and J.J. Redick of Duke are the other three in a list that was whittled down from thirty. The Naismith College Player of the Year award, named for basketball inventor James Naismith, is given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to college basketballs top male and female player. ... Rudy Carlton Gay, Jr. ... Adam John Morrison (born July 19, 1984, in Glendive, Montana) is an American professional basketball player with the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association. ... Jonathan Clay J.J. Redick (born June 24, 1984 in Cookeville, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player at the shooting guard position who was selected 11th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2006 NBA Draft. ...

After combining for 44 points in Villanova's first two 2006 NCAA Tournament games against Monmouth and Arizona, Ray struggled in Villanova's last two games. He scored just 20 points on 8-34 shooting in his last two games as a Wildcat.

NBA career

Ray declared for the 2006 NBA Draft but went undrafted, surprising many Big East fans and some NBA experts. On July 6, 2006, he was signed as a free agent by the Boston Celtics. During the last two months of the season, Ray began receiving extended playing time with the Celtics due to the many injuries on the team, and had two 22-point games and three others where he scored 20, 18 and 17 points. Ray was waived by the Celtics on July 27, 2007. The 2006 NBA Draft was held on June 28 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. ... is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Allan Ray player profile @ NBA.com
• GRAPHIC: Eye Injury suffered at Big East Tournament