Joe Cremo

Joe Cremo
No. 24 – Villanova Wildcats
Position Shooting guard
League Big East Conference
Personal information
Born (1996-11-05) November 5, 1996
Scotia, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school
  • Scotia-Glenville (Scotia, New York)
College
Career highlights and awards
  • Second Team All-America East (2017)
  • First Team All-America East (2018)

Joseph Robert Cremo (born November 5, 1996) is an American college basketball player for the Villanova Wildcats.

Early life and high school career

Cremo attended Scotia-Glenville High School, where he was coached by Jim Giammattei. He committed to Albany in his junior year.[1] He was not highly recruited because he did not participate in AAU competition.[2] Cremo won the 2014 state Class A Player of the Year award and won the Class A championship. Despite averaging 28.3 points, 11.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.8 steals per game as a senior, Cremo was not a finalist for New York Mr. Basketball.[3]

College career

As a freshman, he averaged 10.5 points per game. He was named the America East rookie of the year and sixth man of the year. Cremo averaged 15.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game in his sophomore season.[2] A highlight of his season was a 29-point performance on 9 of 14 shooting in a win against Colgate on December 10, 2016.[4] He was named to the Second Team All-America East.[5]

Cremo was named to the First Team All-America East as a junior at Albany.[6] He scored a season-high 30 points on November 25, 2017 against Holy Cross. Cremo had 18 points on 6-of-14 shooting to go with five rebounds and three assists in a 70-69 loss to Louisville on December 20.[2] Cremo averaged 17.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game on a team that went 22-10.[7] He shot 46 percent from 3-point range. Following the season, Cremo opted to take advantage of the NCAA's graduate transfer rule and transfer to a different school without sitting out a season. After visiting Kansas, Texas and Creighton, Cremo announced he was transferring to defending national champion Villanova, where he will fill in for Donte DiVincenzo, who left for the NBA draft.[8] “As soon as I stepped on campus, it felt like a family,” he said, praising coach Jay Wright and the returning players.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Dougherty, Pete (May 20, 2018). "Joe Cremo comfortable with his decision to attend Villanova". Albany Times-Union. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Bedore, Gary (May 1, 2018). "KU grad transfer target Joe Cremo lists five schools; Nova visit starts Wednesday". Kansas City Star. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ Allen, James (March 18, 2015). "Joe Cremo has Scotia in running for second state title". Albany Times-Union. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Cremo scores 29, Albany (NY) beats Colgate 74-66". ESPN. Associated Press. December 10, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ Dougherty, Pete (March 1, 2018). "Joe Cremo makes all-America East first team". Albany Times-Union. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  6. ↑ Abrami, Alex (March 1, 2018). "UVM's Bell-Haynes repeats as America East player of year". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  7. ↑ Norlander, Matt (May 8, 2018). "Villanova basketball recruiting: Transfer Joe Cremo could be a key to repeating as NCAA champions". CBS Sports. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  8. ↑ Goodman, Jeff (May 8, 2018). "Nova lands highly regarded grad transfer Joe Cremo from Albany". ESPN. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  9. ↑ Juliano, Joe (May 8, 2018). "Albany transfer Joe Cremo says Villanova 'felt like a family'". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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