mrjames
Professor
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Loc: Montclair, NJ
Reg: 11-21-04
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03-08-17 04:55 PM - Post#225665
In response to hoops123
While there are definite biases baked into these awards and winning is one of them, winning doesn't determine everything. Steven Spieth made 1st team despite the same 4-10 Ivy record.
Spieth is a senior and being a senior helps - we can argue whether it should or not. I do want to defend the coaches though. Numbers are important. And there certainly can be good players on bad teams. Boudreaux's advanced metrics fell year over year in key categories including win shares (3.81 down to 2.07), offensive rating (107 to 97) and PER (22 to 19). He was 2nd team last year. His team was better last year. His advanced metrics were better last year.
It is possible to be on a bad team in make first team, but you need to be seen as a player that isn't benefiting from picking up counting stats because few others on your team can. The advanced stats do a nice job of sniffing that out, and they weren't favorable to Evan this year versus his freshman campaign. Coaches can recognize this. And they are a lot closer to this stuff than any of us.
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