Players to keep away from small children and animals
February 15, 2009 by Ryan Pravato
Filed under Basketball
7′3 junior Hasheem Thabeet
25 points, 20 boards, and 9 swats in Saturday’s win over Seton Hall. Though Connecticut could be in trouble further down the road (actually as soon as Monday vs. Pitt) with Jerome Dyson out for the season. A.J. Price and Craig Austrie (Dyson’s replacement) were a combined 4-20 from the field. If UConn is to stay on top, Thabeet, along with Jeff Adrien (14 points and 15 boards on Saturday), are going to need to be sensational in every way imaginable. Losing Dyson is bigger than pundits seem to be leading on.
6′10 sophomore Blake Griffin
In 31 minutes against Texas Tech on Saturday scored 40 (16-23 fg), grabbed 23 boards, and basically had a whole segment of Sportscenter all to himself. Is it just me or is he the next Amar’e Stoudemire?
6′4 junior Jodie Meeks
Against Arkansas on Saturday poured in 45 (17-24 fg), hauled in 7 boards, and swiped 3, all without the services of Patrick Patterson (sprained ankle). Averaging over 25 ppg while being the number one target on opponent’s scouting reports. Made a disgustingly difficult shot to beat Florida on Tuesday. Do you believe the hype?
6′5 junior Joseph Harris
In a 3 point win over VMI on Saturday, the Coastal Carolina forward notched 33, grabbed 22 boards, and chipped in with 6 feeds. The win propelled the Chanticleers to 5-9 in the Big South while dropping VMI to 2nd place at 11-3.
Great post on some great players. When I read these guys are 2nd, 3rd year or whatever, I sometimes wonder how crazy the NCAA would be if everyone stayed all four years. Oden, Conley Jr, Durant, Beasley, Derick Rose would all still be playing as juniors and sophs. It’s just so hard to believe cause the days of Durant seem so long ago with all these new guys stepping it up.
Love me some Meeks.
Steph Curry got hurt last night.
I always wondered how good Amir Johnson would have done in college. Also, I think Monta Ellis would have been super fun to watch in college, he could have carried a whole team through the tourney I think.