Career Highlights: Earned Second Team All-SEC honors from the league coaches and was named Third Team by the Associated Press as a senior. Named to the 2006 post-season NIT All-Tournament Team. Finished collegiate career as 25th all-time leading scorer in South Carolina history with 1,204 points. Was a key member of South Carolina’s post-season NIT title teams his junior and senior seasons. Started 96 of 123 career games played.
Senior (2005-06): Averaged a team-high 15.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists. Season total of 1,323 minutes played was the second highest single-season total in school history. Scored 20 or more points 12 times, posting a career-high 24 points on three occasions, vs. Toledo, South Carolina State, and at Auburn. Recorded two double-doubles, a 16-point, 10-rebound performance at Temple and a 18-point, 10-rebound game at Ole Miss. Scored a team-high 19 points in a win over Florida. Registered 21 points vs. LSU. Led team with 23 points vs. Western Kentucky in the first round of the postseason NIT. Shot 8-for-13 from the field in scoring 21 points vs. Louisville in the NIT semi-finals. Posted 21 points vs. Michigan in the NIT title game.
Junior (2004-05): Averaged 8.9 points and 3.4 rebounds. Scored in double figures 15 times, with a season-high 23 points vs. South Carolina State. Registered only double-double of the season with 12 points and a career-high-tying 11 rebounds vs. Arkansas. Tallied 15 points and seven rebounds vs. Vanderbilt. Sank five three-pointers in scoring 17 points vs. Kentucky. Recorded 13 points and six rebounds in the regular season finals vs. Ole Miss. Scored seven points, including the game-winning three-pointer, vs. St. Joseph’s in the post-season NIT finals.
Sophomore (2003-04): Averaged 8.3 points and 3.2 rebounds in 21.9 minutes a contest. Scored in double figures 13 times, with a season-high 21 points vs. Idaho. Named MVP of the Guardians Classic after scoring 15 points in consecutive games vs. Missouri State and Richmond. Posted a 14-point, 11-rebound double-double vs. Arkansas in the SEC Tournament. Contributed nine points vs. Memphis in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Freshman (2002-03): Averaged 2.2 points and 0.8 rebounds in 8.8 minutes a contest. Missed the last three games of the season due to a stress fracture in his right foot. Scored a season-high ten points vs. Kentucky.
Strengths: Versatile perimeter player who affects a game in a variety of ways. Terrific defender and a very good rebounder for his size. Finds ways to score, despite not owning an overly reliable jumpshot.
Personal: Nicknames are “Chill” and “T”. Favorite food is Sprite and chicken.
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Charlie Villanueva, Chris Paul and other recent draftees recall their Draft day memories in the 
NBA Draft 2006
