can you tryout for a sport in college?

Question

can you tryout for basketball in college?

Answer 1

You can, but the chances of getting good playing time for any team is very very slim as a walk-on.

A lot of D-1 schools will only use their walk-ons in a blow-out or once they've gotten into massive foul trouble with the rest of their scholorship players. D-2 schools use walk-ons a little more than D-1 schools but they still get little playing time.

But now the exception that you have are the D-3 teams which, in some very rare cases, could be mostly walk-ons. D-3 schools also tend to be very high-level-of-education schools so their students are more focused on books than they are on the sports. Some D-3 teams do have scholorship programs but they do use walk-ons a lot more than D-1 and D-2 schools.

Answer 2

Yes, there are many people who did not receive scholarships who "walked" on to the team. Even at Duke basketball. for example, they have walk on tryouts at the beginning of the school year. Almost every year they take at least one player, some who actually get playing time. Patrick Johnson was a walk on who earned significant playing time recently. Jeff Hornacek, who played many years in the NBA, was a walk on to Iowa St. The rules are different for every school, so it is as important to follow up with the coaches. Recruiting is very good nowadays, but there are always players who the coaches didn't see in high school or the AAU. And with the players jumping to the NBA early, college programs sometimes need players to suit up for practice. Again, with the Duke program a few years ago, so many players left early that they needed extra players just for practices, they had less than 10 scholarship players. They have had years when 2 to 3 walk ons made it on the squad.

Answer 3

You can tryout, but its like a 3-10 chance of actually making it, because colleges do alot of homework and recruit the players they want, so for a walk on, he has to have a background of the sport he/she's goin out for, and be very skilled, to even get looked at by the coaches, and it depends on the school and the coaches cause some schools dont accept walk-ons at all.

Answer 4

Usually you can. Some schools do scout out players for college teams, but they still hold tryouts. If you know what college you plan on going to, check out its hockey program, and see if they have open tryouts. Chances are it will.

Answer 5

Absolutely. It's going to be very hard though. I'm not to sure what the statistics are like in basketball, but I remember at my school last year for football they had over 100 walk-ons try out, and I think less than 5 made the practice squad. So if you try, good luck.

Answer 6

I think all college teams have walk ons... So you might wanna find out if your college has a try out period for walk ons, or practice squad spots even... Also, the intramurals are a good place to get your skills sharp and gather additional information about making your schools team, and networking with your schools basketballing community. So... Good Luck. Hope you find this information useful.

Answer 7

You can tryout for any sport while in college.

Answer 8

You can try out for a college sport but you would be consider a walk-on if you make it. It is a very difficult task & you dont get much playing time.

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

Yes, but it depends iif its D-1 D2 or D3