Scholarship table
I wouldn't have thought it possible a couple of years ago, but Sacar has a legitimate shot to reach 1,000 career points before the season ends. He needs 171 points and with (at least) one conference tourney game and one postseason game, that's a do-able 14.3 points in 12 games. I think he is having a solid senior season. I've always admired the way he goes about things and has improved his game every year.
Steady improvement year to year in a similar fashion to the program.
In a world of instant gratification and entitlement, Sacar has really had an "old school" type career. Impressive growth and just a solid contributor despite often being overlooked. Given where he started, it is actually amazing the minutes he has logged over the past 3 seasons. Though he's much better now than he was a couple years ago, to be a 3 year starter is damn impressive and clearly he's the type of guy the coaches have long found to be a steadying influence where it is hard to take him off the court. Big kudos to Sacar for staying the course and continuing to develop his game. A lot to be proud of in his career for sure.
If there ever was a guy who bought in to the system and managed his ego its Sacar. He's gotten better every year.He's the reason I have no sympathy for the Hausers. If anybody sacrificed last year it was Sacar. Joey came in as a true freshman and played as many minutes and took just as many shots. Sam and Markus took far more attempts per game. Sacar just kept his head down and kept working. I'm really pulling for him to have success this year and in the future.A true warrior.
It's interesting to see how some of Sacar's senior year statistics compare to JaJuan Johnson (stats per KenPom):Sacar Anim (6-5/210)Min 33.0 mpg (81.6%, 19.1% Usage)Pts 13.0 ppg (103.5 ORtg, 52.3 eFG%, 25.1% FTRate, 46.0% 2PT, 42.3% 3PT)Reb 4.1 rpg (3.4 OR%, 9.4 DR%)Ast 1.4 apg (8.4% ARate, 15.4% TORate)Blk 0.3 bpg (0.9 Blk%)Stl 0.9 spg (1.4 Stl%)JaJuan Johnson (6-5/205)Min 26.0 mpg (62.7%, 24.6% Usage)Pts 12.0 ppg (105.0 ORtg, 52.9 eFG%, 28.4% FTRate, 51.2% 2PT, 38.1% 3PT)Reb 4.1 rpg (3.2 OR%, 15.4 DR%)Ast 2.7 apg (18.9% ARate, 20.2% TORate)Blk 0.5 bpg (1.8 Blk%)Stl 1.9 spg (4.1 Stl%)Sacar's been spending more time on the floor since Greg's injury -- averaging 38.2 mpg, 15.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.6 apg and 1.4 spg over the past 5 games.Fairly similar offensive profiles (although their games were certainly different). JaJuan used more possessions and had the higher assist rate, but turned the ball over more often. He also had the higher steal rate, but was considered a gambler on defense -- where Sacar is a persistent face-up on-ball defender.
One part of JaJuan's game I would love to see Sacar develop is the last second pass to a big on one of those "banana curls" (I think Raft coined it that way). It was lethal to Luke over and over.