Northeastern University Athletics

Jose Juan Barea - Varsity Club Hall of Fame Nominee

Click here to enter the voting page Jose Juan Barea (class of 2007) was a three-time America East/CAA First Team All-Conference selection, including the CAA Player of the Year in 2005-06. As a freshman, Barea made the America East All-Rookie Team and was a Third Team All-Conference pick. In 2006, he was an AP Honorable Mention All-American and made the 2005 America East All-Tournament team. Barea was a three-time Northeastern Most Valuable Player and was the conference scoring champion in 2005-06 with 21.0 points per game.   Barea holds the second-most career points and assists in NU history with 2,290 and 721, respectively. He is seventh in career steals (178) and owns the second-highest career assists-per-game average at 6.4.   In his four years at Northeastern, Barea made 780 field goals (third in program history) and 475 free throws (second in program history). He also controls the top spot in the NU record books in career 3-point field goals made (155) and attempted (795).   Barea also holds a number of single-game program records. He is tied with Reggie Lewis for the most field goals made in one game with 17, and the most points in a single game with 41 (March 5, 2005 vs. Stony Brook). In 2004, Barea made seven 3-pointers in two separate games, which ties for the second-most 3-pointers made in a single game in program history.   Barea’s single-season records are equally as impressive. In 2004-05, Barea scored 665 points–the sixth most in program history–while his 22.2 point-per-game scoring average is the sixth-best mark in the NU record books.  His assist numbers are also Hall of Fame worthy. Barea's 721 career assists rank second in program history, including 244 helpers in 2005-06, which ranks as the second-most in a single season at NU. Barea's 8.4 assist-per-game average in 2005-06 is the best mark in program history.  Post-Northeastern, Barea went on to play in the NBA with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks, with whom he won an NBA championship in 2011.