Friday, July 22nd, 2011 at 12:21 pm  |  4 responses

Say My Name

Ryan Arcidiacono is making some serious noise.

by Jeremy Treatman

There are two people who have trouble sleeping the night before a Neshaminy (PA) High School game: the guy who gets the defensive assignment to guard Ryan Arcidiacono, and the public address announcer.

While P.A. guys and fans alike struggle pronouncing Arcidiacono’s name—it’s Arch-ee-dee-a-con-o—no one has trouble seeing the 6-4 point guard’s talent.

This past season, “Archie” averaged 21 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals per game for a 22-5 Indians squad that advanced to the PIAA 4A state quarterfinals.

“He’s so assured with the ball in his hands,” says Gregg Downer, head coach at nearby Lower Merion since Kobe Bryant’s days. “He knows how to score, is the best three-point shooter in the area, defends, and at the end of the game he goes to the ball and makes his foul shots.”

While Arcidiacono’s success is no surprise to pundits who have watched him throw ungodly no-look passes since middle school, it is to the Villanova-bound teenager. “I really never saw this coming,’’ says Arcidiacono. “I never really knew about the attention that was headed my way until sometime in 9th grade when I got my first letter. I started to see coaches in the gym during our games and I said to myself, Are they here to see me?!

“Now, I’m playing in the Chris Paul, NBA Top 100, and LeBron James Skills Camps. It’s all pretty cool.”

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  • http://www.slamonline.com Mr. Fact

    Did anyone fact=check this article??? My goodness are there some factual errors.

    1) Neshaminy’s nickname is the Redskins, not the Indians
    2) Arcidiacono goes by “Arch” not “Archie”
    3) He averaged 20.4 ppg, 5.0 assists, and 5.6 rebounds, not 21, 8 and 6. All of the Neshaminy REDSKINS stats are on maxpreps
    5) Neshaminy was 22-7, not 22-5
    6) Neshaminy lost in second round of states (Sweet 16) not the Quarterfinals

    Treatman, you better stick to overcharging people for high school events because you’re clearly not much of a researcher. Although you did make sure you got that second “g” in Downer’s name.

  • henry

    Good thing you pointed that all out. i was worried no one else would care…

  • http://slamonline.com The Black Rick Kamla

    @henry lol….@Mr. Fact how long ago did you start this kid’s fan club?

  • http://www.slamonline.com Mr. Fact

    It has nothing to do with the kid. It’s just sloppy and careless to have six factual errors in the first three paragraphs. What if everything you read on slamonline was that inaccurate?

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