Tre Green is a part of a dying breed in college basketball these days; The 3-and-D guard spent his entire career with a single program.
“It is rare, coming in young, leaving MTSU 21 years old,” Green said. “…I want everyone to look back and be like, Tre, he was a dog.”
Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, and Glenelg Country School, Green committed to the Blue Raiders as the lone high school signee for that year.
2022 saw Jestin Porter, Isiah Lightsy and TreVon Smith transfer to Middle Tennessee to pair with a wealth of returners.
“They’ve done a nice job of transitioning into our team,” head coach Nick McDevitt said of his newcomers in 2022. “It can be somewhat intimidating to walk into a locker room full of returning players who won the previous year and try to find your way. I think they’ve kind of settled in waiting to see what their role is while also trying to earn a bigger role.”
Green got his first minutes against Brescia University in the first game of the year but went on to play only eight games. In his final year, Green played in 31-of-32 games, being one of the first players off the bench for McDevitt.
Throughout the years Green saw an increase in responsibility for the Blue Raiders. He went from averaging three minutes a game to 14 and finally 19 minutes this season.
The guard did most of his damage behind the arc, finishing with a career 37.2% and knocking down a career high of six three pointers twice. The latest time was against Florida International University with a career– high of 26 points.
Defensively, MTSU brought Green in to be a reset on defense as a perimeter annoyance.
Off the court, Green has been a true student-athlete as an engineering major.
“He has to work hard in the classroom,” McDevitt said. “He works his tail off every day in practice. He plays hard and as a coach to sit back and watch guy over a four-year period come in from a young man…he has grown so much.”
Tre [Green] isn’t a loud, boisterous person unless he is on TikTok, McDevitt said.
Green has 785 thousand followers on TikTok where he posts NBA 2K content.
“Just watching him come into his own leaving Middle as a man,” McDevitt said. “He is a man and I’m proud of him.”
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