Malcolm Hakeem Delaney is an American college basketball

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 player for the Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball

Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball

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 team. He is from Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Maryland

Maryland

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 and attended Towson Catholic High School.

Early life

Born in Baltimore, is the son of Vincent and Patricia Delaney. He has one older brother, Vincent, who played football at Stonehill College. His father played basketball at Vorhees College.

High school career

Delaney played his freshman year at The McDonogh School before transferring to the now defunct Towson Catholic where he was a three year letter winner for coach Josh Pratt. He averaged 20 points, four rebounds and four steals as a senior. Also played in the Nike All-American All-Star game and was co-MVP of the Spalding Hoopball Classic. Was an EA Sports second-team All-American, Charm City Classic MVP, Capitol Classic All-Tournament team and Baltimore Catholic League Player of the Year. Delaney earned Gatorade Player of the Year/Mr. Maryland and was an All-County selection as a senior. At Towson Catholic, led team to the Baltimore Catholic League and MIAA Championships as a senior and scored 2,112 career points.

Recruitment

Delaney was the No. 89 ranked player in the country and No. 13 ranked point guard according to Rivals. Received offers from Virginia Tech, Clemson, Indiana, Iowa State and Maryland. Played for AAU Team Melo and is friends with current New York Knicks star and Maryland native Carmelo Anthony

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. He committed to the Hokies on September 3, 2006.

Freshman year

Delaney finished second on the team in assists (107, 3.1 apg), fourth on the team in scoring (9.6 ppg) and minutes played (27.3) and fifth on the team in rebounding (2.9 rpg). He started the last 24 games of the season and appeared in all 35 games. He scored in double figures in all three Virginia Tech post-season games. He registered a career-high 20 points and tied a career-high in steals, with four, at UNC. He made the game-tying three-pointer with 52 seconds remaining against Maryland in the home victory.

Year	Games Played	Minutes/Game	Points/Game	Rebounds/Game	Assists/Game	Steals/Game	Steals/Season
2007-08	35	27.3	9.6	2.9	3.1	0.8	28

Sophomore year

In his second season Delaney was named third-team All-ACC. He scored more than 20 points in 12 games and more than 15 points in 25 contests. Improved his scoring average and was second on the team in scoring, averaging 18.2 ppg. He was ranked among the ACC leaders in scoring (6th, 18.1 ppg), assists (5th, 4.5 apg), free throw percentage (3rd, 86.9%) and minutes played (2nd, 36.5). Delaney led the Hokies with 14 points and a career-high-tying 10 assists in the loss to Baylor in the second round of the NIT. He won the Lou Carnesecca Award, given to the most valuable player of the Aeropostale Holiday Festival, after averaging 23.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 6.0 apg and 3.0 spg for the tournament.

Year	Games Played	Minutes/Game	Points/Game	Rebounds/Game	Assists/Game	Steals/Game	Steals/Season
2008-09	34	36.9	18.1	4.0	4.5	1.5	50

Junior year

In his junior year Delaney was a unanimous first-team All-ACC after recording a career-best 20.2 ppg for the season. He led the Hokies to the NIT quarterfinals and had 24 points in their season-ending loss to Rhode Island. Led the ACC in scoring and was the Sporting News' fourth-team All-America selection. Delaney led the ACC in trips to the free throw line and imparted his knowledge to teammate Dorenzo Hudson who made a career-high 20 free throws on 21 attempts in their victory over Seton Hall.

Year	Games Played	Minutes/Game	Points/Game	Rebounds/Game	Assists/Game	Steals/Game	Steals/Season
2009-10	33	35.7	20.2	3.7	4.5	1.2	41

2010 NBA Draft

Delaney entered the 2010 NBA Draft

2010 NBA Draft

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 on March 31, 2010, but did not hire an agent. He had until May 8 to withdraw from the draft or forgo his senior season. On May 7, Delaney decided to return to the Hokies for his senior season. On ESPN he had been projected as a second round draft choice to undrafted.

External links

• Virginia Tech player profile http://www.hokiesports.com/mbasketball/players/delaney_malcolm.html
• Gobbler Country news story http://www.gobblercountry.com/2010/3/31/1399346/virginia-tech-guard-malcolm
• Sporting News All-Americans http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2010-03-08/sporting-news-college-basketball-all-american-team
• 2009 All-ACC selections http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030810aac.html