Monday, December 08, 2003

Interesting Player Rankings for Hoops

Ran across this guy who has a ranking system for ACC players. Looks at a bunch of offensive and defense stats and breaks them down on a "per minute" played ratio. Evidently he has had good success predicting POY's, 1st team all-acc, etc. For example, he claims last year, 14 of the top 15 were all-acc (1st, 2nd or 3rd team).

Right now, J.Jack is #2 behind Sean May from UNC. Isma'il comes in at 11, Marvin Lewis at 18, BJ Elder 28, McHenry 47, Luke 54, Brooks 56, Moore 57. He has a total of 62 players ranked.

Why is Elder so low? His answer - "Poor shooting thus far and his defensive numbers (3 steals and 1 block on the season, and less then 4 boards per game) have kept him down. He'll move towards the top though. He was Top 20 last season. "

By the way, last year, Chris Bosh finished #4 on the list.