Troy Rike already played for four years with Wake Forest but that doesn’t mean his collegiate eligibility is over.
At 22-years-old, Rike is still eligible to play one more year of collegiate basketball in the Philippines and he decided to exhaust it with National University in the UAAP Season 81 men’s basketball tournament.
Rike posted a mixtape on his Twitter account announcing that he’ll be suiting up for the Bulldogs in 2018.
Season 81 🦅🏹🐯🦅🐶🐃🗡 ? pic.twitter.com/lOww5Aremq
— Troy Rike (@troyrike) July 5, 2018
The Fil-American big man doesn’t have to serve residency as he will be taking up a master’s degree in NU. He can suit up as early as the upcoming UAAP Season 81.
The former Demon Deacon played a total of 23 games in the NCAA mostly on a backup role.
A 6-foot-7 forward, Rike will join an NU rotation that has brothers Shaun and Dave Ildefonso, Dave Wilson Yu, and John Lloyd Clemente.