Howard and Hauser Project as MU's 1st Top 100 Players in 5 YearsBased on the average improvement between freshmen and sophomore seasons, Sam Hauser and Markus Howard project to be among the top 100 players in the country next year, which would make them the first to break the top 100 since Devante Gardner finished 55th in 2013.
Marquette's
Team Value Add was 30.83 in 2017, the 35th best total in the season, but they lost more than a third of that total with the departures of Luke Fischer, JaJuan Johnson, Katin Reinhardt and Duane Wilson (see 2017 values below).
Project Improvement of Returning Players Outweighs Losses
Andrew Rowsey ranked as the 300th best player in the country with a value of an additional 4.80 points per game, according to
www.valueaddbasketball.com. He projects to improve to 5.25 for his senior campaign. However, most of a players improvement typically occurs between a player's freshman and sophomore season, and an average jump for Hauser and Howard would place them in the top 100 players, part of 31.60 of projected Team Value Add for Marquette that makes the team already one point better than last year, which would make MU the 32nd best team in the country even if they failed to fill the final roster spots.
| 2017 Rnk | Player | Ht | 2017 Team | 2017 Actual | 2018 Projected |
|---|
| 347 | Sam Hauser #10 | 6'6" | Marquette | 4.43 | 6.77 |
| 358 | Markus Howard #0 | 5'11" | Marquette | 4.36 | 6.25 |
| 300 | Andrew Rowsey #30 | 5'10" | Marquette | 4.80 | 5.25 |
| 962 | Haanif Cheatham #25 | 6'5" | Marquette | 2.32 | 3.51 |
| NR | Harry Froling | 6'11" | SMU if all season | 1.09 | 2.59 |
| NR | Jamal Cain | 6'7" | High School | 0 | 1.92 |
| 1467 | Matt Heldt #12 | 6'10" | Marquette | 1.30 | 1.90 |
| NR | Greg Elliott | 6'3" | High School | 0 | 1.62 |
| NR | Theo John | 6'8" | High School | 0 | 1.27 |
| NR | Ikechukwu Eke | 6'9" | High School | 0 | 0.52 |
| NR | Sacar Anim | 6'5" | Marquette 2016 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 202 | Luke Fischer #40 | 6'11" | Marquette | 5.50 | 0.00 |
| 413 | JaJuan Johnson #23 | 6'5" | Marquette | 4.10 | 0.00 |
| 867 | Katin Reinhardt #22 | 6'6" | Marquette | 2.55 | 0.00 |
| 1557 | Duane Wilson #1 | 6'2" | Marquette | 1.16 | 0.00 |
| 2427 | Traci Carter #21 | 6'0 | Marquette | 0.31 | 0.00 |
| 35 | Team Total (35th to 32nd) | | Marquette | 30.83 | 31.60 |
During the first decade of
Value Add Historic Rankings MU had 18 top 100 players in just 10 seasons.
| Year | Season Rank | Player |
|---|
| 2003 | 3 | Wade, Dwyane |
| 2003 | 39 | Diener, Travis |
| 2004 | 7 | Diener, Travis |
| 2005 | 11 | Diener, Travis |
| 2006 | 17 | Novak, Steve |
| 2006 | 76 | James, Dominic |
| 2008 | 90 | McNeal, Jerel |
| 2008 | 96 | James, Dominic |
| 2009 | 50 | Matthews, Wesley |
| 2009 | 80 | McNeal, Jerel |
| 2009 | 89 | Hayward, Lazar |
| 2010 | 5 | Butler, Jimmy |
| 2010 | 34 | Hayward, Lazar |
| 2011 | 48 | Butler, Jimmy |
| 2011 | 69 | Crowder, Jae |
| 2012 | 2 | Crowder, Jae |
| 2012 | 91 | Johnson-Odom, Darius |
| 2013 | 55 | Gardner, Davante |
Source: Howard and Hauser Project as MU's 1st Top 100 Players in 5 Years (http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2017/04/howard-and-hauser-project-as-mus-1st.html)
Interesting the top three seasons from this listed all started n played against each other tonite in the playoffs
Good point! I really don't have NBA allegiance, just root for any team with an my grad. If Wade wasn't back I was going to root for Crowder over Jimmy F Butler, but I need to root for a team with 2 MU players on the court vs 1, so I was with our Chicago alumni association tonight!
Why is Sacar projected to be 0 while all the incoming freshman are projected at greater than 0?
Quote from: muwarrior69 on April 17, 2017, 09:14:37 AM
Why is Sacar projected to be 0 while all the incoming freshman are projected at greater than 0?
It uses past performance as the base, I believe, and Sacar doesn't really have anything to go on in that regard.
Again, good things to look forward to.
Quote from: brewcity77 on April 17, 2017, 03:19:01 PM
It uses past performance as the base, I believe, and Sacar doesn't really have anything to go on in that regard.
Not even his high school performance, not to mention the few games he did play in his frosh season? That should be considered as it was for the incoming frosh. At the very least it should be above zero.