MUScoop
MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on October 17, 2018, 11:51:16 PM
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https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-the-top-100-and-one-best-players-for-the-2018-19-season/
Markus checks in at #16, second in the Big East to Shamorie Ponds.
Sammy listed at #84.
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Matt Daum is the most underrated player in college basketball. De'Andre Hunter isn't too far behind.
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Grimes at 21. Wow! what might have been. MU with a backcourt of 2 top 25 guys.
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Ponds has played against us 4x. He completely annihilated us once, had two decent games against us, and had one pretty bad game against us. St. John's was 2-2 in those games.
Markus has shot better than Ponds by every possible metric, crushes him in the all-telling eFG%.
I don't watch much St. John's basketball; indeed, I have seen Ponds in only the 4 games against us. So I'll ask my fellow Scoopers: Is he really a better player than Markus, as many of the all-American projections seem to suggest?
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Ponds has played against us 4x. He completely annihilated us once, had two decent games against us, and had one pretty bad game against us. St. John's was 2-2 in those games.
Markus has shot better than Ponds by every possible metric, crushes him in the all-telling eFG%.
I don't watch much St. John's basketball; indeed, I have seen Ponds in only the 4 games against us. So I'll ask my fellow Scoopers: Is he really a better player than Markus, as many of the all-American projections seem to suggest?
No.
But he's a flashier player in getting his buckets and the college basketball media is beyond desperate for St. John's to be relevant so Ponds gets a ton of extra attention which leads to rankings like this.
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Ponds has played against us 4x. He completely annihilated us once, had two decent games against us, and had one pretty bad game against us. St. John's was 2-2 in those games.
Markus has shot better than Ponds by every possible metric, crushes him in the all-telling eFG%.
I don't watch much St. John's basketball; indeed, I have seen Ponds in only the 4 games against us. So I'll ask my fellow Scoopers: Is he really a better player than Markus, as many of the all-American projections seem to suggest?
Yes. Markus is the much better scorer but Ponds is better in pretty much every other facet of the game. I would be curious what ponds shooting splits would be if he had weapons like Markus does around him. We might find out this season
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Matt Daum is the most underrated player in college basketball. De'Andre Hunter isn't too far behind.
Mike Daum isn't bad either 8-)
I don't know how he keeps flying under the radar. Two time player of the year in conference as a So and Jr, honorable mention AA those years, and he has been good to great each time they've been in the NCAA tourney. He was a monster against OSU, singlehandedly kept them in that game.
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https://watchstadium.com/news/jeff-goodman-ranks-the-top-30-shooters-in-college-basketball-right-now-10-17-2018/
Jeff Goodman's Top 30 Shooters in the country. Markus at #2 and Sam at #12. Honestly, Sam may be too low on that list.
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Markus may be too low. Seems like the only difference between him and #1 is 5" of height and one more year of data. Markus's stats are better. (45.4% from 3, 92% from the stripe).
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Sam has incredible form on his shot and he consistently applies it. I am cautiously optimistic that JC will be able to get him the ball in places he likes to shoot.