Re: Tennessee vs. WSU at Intrust Bank Arena 1pm 12/14 ESPN2
Posted: December 17th, 2013, 7:09 am
Snaggletooth wrote:rlh04d wrote:Snaggletooth wrote:The only way anybody can be down on him is because they have bought into the pre-season hype. If you have studied player development - the difference in performance from starter from their Junior to Senior year is generally noise. They are what they are.
Disagreed. The improvement between junior and senior year for most of WSU's JUCO players in recent years has been huge.
Actually I'm talking in Basketball as a whole from freshman to Senior progression. Admittedly, I have not looked specifically at JUCO in isolation. I do recall Joe Ragland really getting better between his Junior and Senior year, but I don't really recall anything else that earth shattering with JUCO so feel free to post some WSU comparison of JUCO promenent Junior/Senior years in the program.
Joe Ragland is probably the best example. Hall is another, as is Smith.
Junior year:
Ragland - 7 ppg, 2.8 apg, 21 mpg
Smith - 6.7 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 16.5 mpg
Hall - 8.4 ppg, 5.0 ppg, 22.3 mpg
Senior year:
Ragland - 13.4 ppg, 3.3 apg, 27.4 mpg
Smith - 9.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 25.4 mpg
Hall - 12.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 25.1 mpg
Smith's numbers could be attributed to his increase in minutes, but the other two made huge steps forward even when extra time on the floor is calculated.