gw67
02-10-2010, 11:23 AM
A week ago, there was a thread on the top players in the ACC at the mid-point of the season. It got me thinking that 5 of the top 6 payers, IMO, were not highly ranked coming into the ACC. My view of the top ACC players so far this season is below along with their associated ranking based on one of the majors ranking sites.
In my view, the top five players so far in ACC play are
Landesberg (66)
Vasquez (46)
Scheyer (71)
Delaney (89)
Aminu (7)
Players who will get serious consideration for All-ACC for their ACC play are
Booker (NR)
The Smith boys - Nolan (39), Ish (128) and Tracy (47)
Singler (5)
Shumpert (39)
Singleton (12)
Davis (15)
Different folks would draw different conclusions from the above:
• The top players have left the league early and the top players remaining are the good college players who have stuck around and gained experience.
• Except for identifying the very top players, the recruiting gurus are not great at identifying good college players (perhaps because they use some of the same criteria as pro scouts)
• The ACC is down this year because there are very few experienced players who are potential NBA players.
While looking up the rankings of these players, I noted the following sophs – seniors who were highly rated (top 25) but have not yet broken out:
Walker (17)
Woods (20)
Jones (23)
Zoubek (24)
The top freshmen this season is clearly Favors (3) while the only other freshmen who are starting are Williams (85), Udofia (32), Howell (61), Wood (133), and Evans (NR). Highly rated youngsters such as Henson (5), Snaer (7), Kelly (20) and Jennings (25) need more time to acclimate to the college game although Snaer appears to be coming on strong.
Just some thoughts while I’m downloading some large files.
gw67
In my view, the top five players so far in ACC play are
Landesberg (66)
Vasquez (46)
Scheyer (71)
Delaney (89)
Aminu (7)
Players who will get serious consideration for All-ACC for their ACC play are
Booker (NR)
The Smith boys - Nolan (39), Ish (128) and Tracy (47)
Singler (5)
Shumpert (39)
Singleton (12)
Davis (15)
Different folks would draw different conclusions from the above:
• The top players have left the league early and the top players remaining are the good college players who have stuck around and gained experience.
• Except for identifying the very top players, the recruiting gurus are not great at identifying good college players (perhaps because they use some of the same criteria as pro scouts)
• The ACC is down this year because there are very few experienced players who are potential NBA players.
While looking up the rankings of these players, I noted the following sophs – seniors who were highly rated (top 25) but have not yet broken out:
Walker (17)
Woods (20)
Jones (23)
Zoubek (24)
The top freshmen this season is clearly Favors (3) while the only other freshmen who are starting are Williams (85), Udofia (32), Howell (61), Wood (133), and Evans (NR). Highly rated youngsters such as Henson (5), Snaer (7), Kelly (20) and Jennings (25) need more time to acclimate to the college game although Snaer appears to be coming on strong.
Just some thoughts while I’m downloading some large files.
gw67