A Sea Of Red

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 6:49 pm**

Here are all the players who have taken 33%+ of their respective team's shot attempts. Of the 29 teams, 0 of them will make the dance.

kenpom wrote: 1 Jermaine Taylor, Central Florida 43.8 6-4 205 Sr
2 Jamal Barney, Loyola MD 39.1 6-3 185 So
3 Lester Hudson, Tennessee Martin 39.1 6-2 190 Sr
4 Stephen Curry, Davidson 38.0 6-3 185 Jr
5 Dior Lowhorn, San Francisco 37.4 6-7 230 Jr
6 Josh Akognon, Cal St. Fullerton 36.9 5-11 185 Sr
7 Loren Leath, Sacramento St. 36.9 6-2 190 Sr
8 Craig Brackins, Iowa St. 36.6 6-10 230 So
9 Lamont Mack, Charlotte 36.3 6-7 230 Sr
10 David Holston, Chicago St. 35.5 5-8 160 Sr

11 Muhammad El-Amin, Stony Brook 35.3 6-5 210 Jr
12 Jodie Meeks, Kentucky 35.2 6-4 208 Jr
13 Tim Ambrose, Albany 35.1 6-0 220 So
14 David Dubois, Western Illinois 34.9 6-5 215 Sr
15 Luke Harangody, Notre Dame 34.8 6-8 251 Jr
16 James Florence, Mercer 34.7 6-1 186 Jr
17 Wesley Jenkins, St. Peter's 34.5 6-2 195 So
18 Vincent Simpson, Hampton 34.4 6-1 170 Jr
19 Dar Tucker, DePaul 34.3 6-5 215 So
20 Kyle Austin, UC Riverside 34.1 6-7 200 Jr

21 Paul Graham, Florida Atlantic 33.8 6-5 190 Sr
22 Alex Barnett, Dartmouth 33.5 6-6 205 Sr
23 Seth Curry, Liberty 33.4 6-3 180 Fr
24 Mike Rosario, Rutgers 33.3 6-3 180 Fr
25 Eugene Myatt, Howard 33.2 6-5 210 Sr
26 Michael Deloach, Norfolk St. 33.2 6-0 175 Sr
27 Ryan Toolson, Utah Valley 33.1 6-4 Sr
28 Kaleo Kina, Navy 33.1 6-4 210 Sr
29 Marcus Walker, Colorado St. 33.0 6-0 175 Sr

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 7:12 pm**

MJ said there's an I in win though

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 7:19 pm**

No, ND won't be in the Tourney...

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 7:19 pm**

There may not be an I in team, but there is an M-E

Seriously though, I don't think there's any way Notre Dame makes the NCAA Tourney. ND would have to be the 9th Big East team, and there's no justification for that.

Right now, Norfolk St is the only team on that list with a chance at the tourney. They'll have to win the MEAC as a 3 seed and could be eliminated by about 10:00 tonight though....

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 7:25 pm**

My bad - Stupid me I was looking at the Kenpom ratings and they were 6th in conference. So it makes me look better. HA.

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 7:49 pm**

23 Seth Curry, Liberty 33.4 6-3 180 Fr

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 7:57 pm**

dompennix wrote:
23 Seth Curry, Liberty 33.4 6-3 180 Fr

That was the point. Should have highlighted it

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 7:59 pm**

Yeah he sucks. He should pass more.

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 7:59 pm**

Schfourteenteen wrote:
dompennix wrote:
23 Seth Curry, Liberty 33.4 6-3 180 Fr
That was the point. Should have highlighted it

I figured but since you didn't highlight it i wanted to bring it out

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 9:02 pm**

LUconn wrote:Yeah he sucks. He should pass more.

that's what I'm saying

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 9:04 pm**

Schfourteenteen wrote:
LUconn wrote:Yeah he sucks. He should pass more.
that's what I'm saying

It's not that he needs to pass more (I know LUconn was joking...I think). It's that he didn't have people that could step up around him to knock down shots. If you've only got two guys that can knock down an open shot around you then you have to take more to make up for it.

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 9:33 pm**

No I was joking about the whole facebook group thing. The logic that all of those teams didn't make the tournament because they had one guy taking 33%+ of their shots is stupid. I'd say none of them are making the tournament because all of those teams suck.

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 9:48 pm**

SuperJon wrote:
Schfourteenteen wrote:
LUconn wrote:Yeah he sucks. He should pass more.
that's what I'm saying
It's not that he needs to pass more (I know LUconn was joking...I think). It's that he didn't have people that could step up around him to knock down shots. If you've only got two guys that can knock down an open shot around you then you have to take more to make up for it.

I was joking too.

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 9:49 pm**

LUconn wrote: The logic that all of those teams didn't make the tournament because they had one guy taking 33%+ of their shots is stupid.

I think its valid:

Either you have a predictable offense, or you only have one good player. And both of those are easy to gameplan against.

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 9:51 pm**

Yeah, sch14teen only makes actual points when he says

******WARNING I'M STUPID*******

or

"I don't know anything, but..."

That's when he's saying something he stayed up all night figuring out.

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 10:17 pm**

Schfourteenteen wrote:
LUconn wrote: The logic that all of those teams didn't make the tournament because they had one guy taking 33%+ of their shots is stupid.
I think its valid:

Either you have a predictable offense, or you only have one good player. And both of those are easy to gameplan against.

Not entirely true. Kentucky has Meeks and Patrick Patterson - Patterson is a first round draft pick if he goes, but has stated he is staying. Notre Dame has Harangody and McAlarney. LU has Curry and Smith. Don't know anything about the other teams.

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 10:22 pm**

Two good players don't make a good team. You've gotta have more than three guys on a court that can take a shot for you to be successful.

Posted: **March 13th, 2009, 10:43 pm**

SuperJon wrote:Two good players don't make a good team. You've gotta have more than three guys on a court that can take a shot for you to be successful.

Exactly, which is why Kentucky was completely horrific this year. They have two all-american caliber players, project freshmen with potential, and a bunch of mid to low major players. Needless to say there aren't many UK fans happy with what Tubby left Gillispie with.

Posted: **March 14th, 2009, 7:20 am**

They should not be happy with the job Billy Clyde has done. But Kentuckians tend to be a little slow.

Posted: **March 14th, 2009, 10:44 am**

This year he needed to shoot until his arms were so tired he cant raise them...next year he'll need to pass more and only shoot 20 or so times a game

Posted: **March 14th, 2009, 10:54 am**

there is no we in team, but there is a me

Posted: **March 14th, 2009, 11:15 am**

Sly Fox wrote:They should not be happy with the job Billy Clyde has done. But Kentuckians tend to be a little slow.

No one is really happy with it since they are going to the NIT (not sure where you get the idea that they are, I haven't found that yet and I visit multiple UK sites every day...), but the sky is falling 24/7 kentucky fans on catspause always have unrealistic expectations to begin with. Most Kentucky fans had unrealistic expectations to begin with - as usual - and are calling for his head. talk to the reasonable fans and you'll get a different picture since they realize the team is simply not talented at all outside of Meeks and Patterson and the entire team's bball IQ is downright pathetic, and that's including meeks. i just want to see him there for two more years - if his players aren't getting the job done then it's time for him to go, not giving him the opportunity to prove what he can do with his own players is simply unreasonable.

Posted: **March 14th, 2009, 11:18 am**

Hold My Own wrote:This year he needed to shoot until his arms were so tired he cant raise them...next year he'll need to pass more and only shoot 20 or so times a game

He didn't even average 20 shots a game this year. I don't understand why everyone says he jacks up 20+ every game. There have been games where he shot that many (I think it's like six) but he only average 16 shots a game.

Posted: **March 14th, 2009, 11:28 am**

Side note: Norfolk State won yesterday

Posted: **March 14th, 2009, 11:45 am**

16.9 is getting rounded to 16 now? Either way I'm cool with it this year but next year I would like to see it be spread around more as we'll have more options

A Sea Of Red

There's No I In Team

There's No I In Team