Friday, December 19, 2003
Point Guard Watch
There are four senior point guards in the Patriot League, and they are probably the four best players in the league. Throughout the season, I'll be charting how they're doing, and trying to see who's up and who's down.
Justin DeBerry
Mark Linebaugh
Jave Meade
Andres Rodriguez
First up is Justin DeBerry from LC.
Minutes Per game: 30
PPG: 16.7
Assists: 33 in 7 games, ~4.7/game
Turnovers: 22, Assist/Turnover ratio of exactly 1.5
Three Point %: .355
DeBerry leads his team in points, assists, and is essentially tied for minutes. LC only has one loss thus far, and he's a big reason why.
Mark Linebaugh's squad has not had the same success, but have a couple of strong wins against Buffalo and Cornell. They've also played a stronger schedule than LC, with no D3 teams. Linebaugh's stats look like this:
MPG: 37.7
PPG: 14.9
Assists: 24 in 7 games, ~3.4/game
Turnovers: 14, A/T ratio: 1.7
Three Point %: .350
He's looking decent, and the minutes mean a lot to his squad, but Linebaugh hasn't performed like I thought he would when I picked him as my preseason POY. We'll see if CU turns it up, they've got a real chance in the league this year.
Jave Meade was the consensus preseason POY, but his Holy Cross team has had ups and downs, performing well sometimes, but struggling other times.
MPG: 37.1
PPG: 9
Assists: 31 in 7 games, ~4.4/game
TO: 17, A/T ratio: 1.8
3pt%: .250 (but only 12 taken)
Again, the minutes are there, but the scoring needs to be improved if HC is going to win the league.
Last is Andres Rodriguez from AU. AU has lost three games it really shouldnt have, against Farleigh Dickinson, Elon, and most recently, St. FrancisPA. They're scoring points, but something seems not to be clicking. At 3-5, they have their easiest games behind them, as they go on the road to face Notre Dame and then to the Rainbow Classic in Hawaii, before facing a couple of good opponents at home in 2004 just before league play starts.
MPG: 35.5
PPG: 11.5
Assists: 52 in 8 games, ~6.5/game
TO: 32, A/T ratio: 1.625
3pt%: .304
So, your leaders are:
DeBerry in points, Rodriguez in assists, Meade in assist/turnover, and Linebaugh in..something. Overall, DeBerry looks the best thus far. Rodriguez's assists per game are insane, considering he hasn't had the pleasure of beating up on D3 teams like his peers have.
@ 4:14 PM
There are four senior point guards in the Patriot League, and they are probably the four best players in the league. Throughout the season, I'll be charting how they're doing, and trying to see who's up and who's down.
Justin DeBerry
Mark Linebaugh
Jave Meade
Andres Rodriguez
First up is Justin DeBerry from LC.
Minutes Per game: 30
PPG: 16.7
Assists: 33 in 7 games, ~4.7/game
Turnovers: 22, Assist/Turnover ratio of exactly 1.5
Three Point %: .355
DeBerry leads his team in points, assists, and is essentially tied for minutes. LC only has one loss thus far, and he's a big reason why.
Mark Linebaugh's squad has not had the same success, but have a couple of strong wins against Buffalo and Cornell. They've also played a stronger schedule than LC, with no D3 teams. Linebaugh's stats look like this:
MPG: 37.7
PPG: 14.9
Assists: 24 in 7 games, ~3.4/game
Turnovers: 14, A/T ratio: 1.7
Three Point %: .350
He's looking decent, and the minutes mean a lot to his squad, but Linebaugh hasn't performed like I thought he would when I picked him as my preseason POY. We'll see if CU turns it up, they've got a real chance in the league this year.
Jave Meade was the consensus preseason POY, but his Holy Cross team has had ups and downs, performing well sometimes, but struggling other times.
MPG: 37.1
PPG: 9
Assists: 31 in 7 games, ~4.4/game
TO: 17, A/T ratio: 1.8
3pt%: .250 (but only 12 taken)
Again, the minutes are there, but the scoring needs to be improved if HC is going to win the league.
Last is Andres Rodriguez from AU. AU has lost three games it really shouldnt have, against Farleigh Dickinson, Elon, and most recently, St. FrancisPA. They're scoring points, but something seems not to be clicking. At 3-5, they have their easiest games behind them, as they go on the road to face Notre Dame and then to the Rainbow Classic in Hawaii, before facing a couple of good opponents at home in 2004 just before league play starts.
MPG: 35.5
PPG: 11.5
Assists: 52 in 8 games, ~6.5/game
TO: 32, A/T ratio: 1.625
3pt%: .304
So, your leaders are:
DeBerry in points, Rodriguez in assists, Meade in assist/turnover, and Linebaugh in..something. Overall, DeBerry looks the best thus far. Rodriguez's assists per game are insane, considering he hasn't had the pleasure of beating up on D3 teams like his peers have.
@ 4:14 PM
