Bison137
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01-01-19 07:29 PM - Post#270776
Below are PL frosh who have played at least 25% of available minutes, plus three others of interest. I've shown pct of minutes played for each one, plus effective FG pct, which factors in the value of a 3-pointer; scoring average; and scoring average per 40 minutes. Also a few random comments.
·        Tucker Richardson (Colgate) 6-5 SG; 78% of minutes; 48% EFG; 6.3 ppg (8.1 pts per 40 min); plays 30 mpg but only takes 6 shots per game.
·        John Carter (Navy) 6-4 wing; 62% of minutes; 41% EFG; 8.2 ppg (13.2 per 40); good rebound rate and fouls drawn.
·        Josh Caldwell (Army) 6-2 wing; 50% of minutes; 32% EFG; 4.5 ppg (9 per 40) good steal rate, nothing else special.
·        Kenny Jones (Loyola) 6-0 PG; 46% of minutes; 64% EFG; 5.9 ppg (12,9 per 40); having good season but minutes are limited due to returning PG Hart.
·        Isaac Suffren (Lafayette) 6-4 CG; 46% of minutes; 39% EFG; 6.4 ppg (13.5 pts per 40); starter since Thanksgiving; nice player but 1-13 on threes.
·        Garrett Pascoe (Boston) 6-3 PG; 44% of minutes; 44% EFG; 2.3 ppg (4.9 per 40); was starter ‘til last 2 games; good assist rate but high turnover.
·        Nic Lynch (Lehigh) 6-11 center; 41% of minutes; 46% EFG; 5.3 ppg (13 pts per 40 min); strong player, high rebound rate, foul-prone
·        Fletcher Tynen (Boston) 6-7 SF; 41% of minutes; 41% EFG; 4.2 ppg (10 per 40); low rebound rate.
·        Jordan Guest (Boston) 6-8 PF; 38% of minutes; 47% EFG; 6 ppg (15 per 40); started last 2 games
·        Jaylin Andrews (Loyola) 6-4 wing; 37% of minutes; 34% EFG; 3.2 ppg (8.7 per 40); shoots a lot of threes but low pct.
·        Jack Hemphill (Boston) 6-9 PF; 34% of minutes; 50% EFG; 6 ppg (17 pts per 40 min); minutes have declined a bit since 12/1
·        Aaron Duhart (Army) 6-0 PG; 32% of minutes; 39% EFG; 4.5 ppg (13 pts per 40 min); high assist rate
·        Andrew Funk (Bucknell) 6-4 SG; 32% of minutes; 43% EFG; 3 ppg (9.3 pts per 40 min); 10-20 on threes since 12/1; won ROW award last week.
·        Jeameril Wilson (Lehigh) 6-7 SF; 31% of minutes; 61% EFG; solid player but minutes are limited due to LU’s many SF’s.
·        Jonas Harper (Boston) 6-2 SG; 29% of minutes; 47% EFG; 3 ppg (10.3 per 40); high turnover rate
·        Walter Ellis (Bucknell) 6-5 SF; 26% of minutes; 46% EFG; 2.2 ppg (8.1 per 40); minutes down since exam break
·        Josiah Strong (Navy) 6-2 SG; 25% of minutes; 48% EFG; 3.4 ppg (13.8 per 40).
·        Richard Njoku (Navy) 6-7 PF; 19% of minutes; 50% EFG; 1.8 ppg (7.8 pts per 40 min).
·        Josh Alexander (American) 6-8 PF; 16% of minutes; 67% EFG; 3.7 ppg; high pts and rebs per minute; won ROW in late December
·        Sean Good (Lafayette) 6-10 center; 16% of minutes; 0.8 ppg (5.1 pts per 40 min); project – was overrated by some LC fans due to bogus ESPN 4 star ranking; may become solid center down the road.
Right now it's tough to predict who will make the All-Rookie team, and a lot will depend on how many minutes some of the good frosh on strong teams will get. Right now, without much thought I'd put the contenders into four buckets, assuming good health of course:
Good chance - Richardson, Lynch, Carter
Pretty good chance - Guest, Suffren, Jones
Some chance - Caldwell, Hemphill, Pascoe, Funk, Wilson
Small chance - Duhart, Tynen, Andrews
Of course some player could suddenly earn a lot more playing time and get into the mix - maybe someone like Josh Alexander. Another issue is whether to select a better player who gets less minutes because he is on a strong team. You may recall that Zach Thomas had played a total of 17 minutes in his first 15 games. When he finally got a chance, he became a regular - playing over 20 mpg and averaging over 10 ppg.
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