Sunday, December 12, 2004
THOMAS THROWS DOWN
Here's the line for Jason Thomas' first four games:
@ VCU 3-6, 0-3 from 3pt, 6 points, 2 Rebounds, 30 Min
@ Niagara 0-4, 0-2 from 3pt, 0 points, 4 rebounds, 26 Min
Wagner 2-5, 0-3 from 3pt, 8 points, 6 rebounds, 27 Min
St. Francis 3-6, (2-3 from 3pt), 10 points, 5 rebounds, 36 Min
That puts him at a total of 8-21, 2-11 from 3pt range for those games, with 24 points. Now look at the next three games:
Vermont 9-14, 3-7 from 3pt, 23 points, 11 rebounds, 39 min
@Towson 8-9, 5-5 from 3pt, 26 points, 12 rebounds, 40 min
Ohio 9-12, 5-6 from 3pt, 26 points, 4 rebounds, 38 min
Combined, 26-35, 13-18 from 3pt, 75 points, 27 rebounds in three games.
The former stats were much more indicative of the role Thomas has played for the previous three seasons-- contributing on the boards, and playing good defense. Then, all of a sudden, he's AU's #1 offensive threat. Which leads us to ask -- is Jason Thomas on the cream and the clear? Where did this sudden sharpshooting come from? Right now, he is the hottest shooter in the league by far, maybe in all of Division I basketball. As he kept hitting shot after shot, my hoops buddies and I kept looking at each other with confused looks-- Who is this guy?
PATRIOT PATHOS
Okay, enough about Jason Thomas. Hopefully (for AU fans) his hot streak won't disappear with the lapse in play during finals week. This week was ugly for the Patriot League, with a number of bad losses.
Scroll down to see my whining about Monday's games-- but things didn't get much better. While Holy Cross fell short in a good effort against a sleeping Boston College squad, Lafayette lost to Marist and Colgate lost to Harvard. This puts Lafayette at 1-6 and Colgate at 1-5.
My buddy Chris over at Hoop Time suggests that Lafayette's close losses put them in prime position to be a spoiler in the league, but I think they're just lousy. Marist is not a quality loss. Holy Cross and Vermont, two teams that can be a measuring stick in this situation, both crushed the Foxes by 20+ points. LC graduated a lot of seniors (and points with them) last year. To be honest, I don't see the Leopards as the favorite in a game until they play Navy on January 8. Cal State Northridge is 0-5, but my guess is they pick up their first win in Easton Monday.
I've got some more stuff on stats that I put together using last year's conference play. Check back tonight or tomorrow. @ 1:20 PM
Here's the line for Jason Thomas' first four games:
@ VCU 3-6, 0-3 from 3pt, 6 points, 2 Rebounds, 30 Min
@ Niagara 0-4, 0-2 from 3pt, 0 points, 4 rebounds, 26 Min
Wagner 2-5, 0-3 from 3pt, 8 points, 6 rebounds, 27 Min
St. Francis 3-6, (2-3 from 3pt), 10 points, 5 rebounds, 36 Min
That puts him at a total of 8-21, 2-11 from 3pt range for those games, with 24 points. Now look at the next three games:
Vermont 9-14, 3-7 from 3pt, 23 points, 11 rebounds, 39 min
@Towson 8-9, 5-5 from 3pt, 26 points, 12 rebounds, 40 min
Ohio 9-12, 5-6 from 3pt, 26 points, 4 rebounds, 38 min
Combined, 26-35, 13-18 from 3pt, 75 points, 27 rebounds in three games.
The former stats were much more indicative of the role Thomas has played for the previous three seasons-- contributing on the boards, and playing good defense. Then, all of a sudden, he's AU's #1 offensive threat. Which leads us to ask -- is Jason Thomas on the cream and the clear? Where did this sudden sharpshooting come from? Right now, he is the hottest shooter in the league by far, maybe in all of Division I basketball. As he kept hitting shot after shot, my hoops buddies and I kept looking at each other with confused looks-- Who is this guy?
PATRIOT PATHOS
Okay, enough about Jason Thomas. Hopefully (for AU fans) his hot streak won't disappear with the lapse in play during finals week. This week was ugly for the Patriot League, with a number of bad losses.
Scroll down to see my whining about Monday's games-- but things didn't get much better. While Holy Cross fell short in a good effort against a sleeping Boston College squad, Lafayette lost to Marist and Colgate lost to Harvard. This puts Lafayette at 1-6 and Colgate at 1-5.
My buddy Chris over at Hoop Time suggests that Lafayette's close losses put them in prime position to be a spoiler in the league, but I think they're just lousy. Marist is not a quality loss. Holy Cross and Vermont, two teams that can be a measuring stick in this situation, both crushed the Foxes by 20+ points. LC graduated a lot of seniors (and points with them) last year. To be honest, I don't see the Leopards as the favorite in a game until they play Navy on January 8. Cal State Northridge is 0-5, but my guess is they pick up their first win in Easton Monday.
I've got some more stuff on stats that I put together using last year's conference play. Check back tonight or tomorrow. @ 1:20 PM
