re: Basketball : Who is Your Pick for SEC Freshman of the Year?

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He isn't quite used on 20% of possessions - 18.8%

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He’s on pace to break the Arkansas single season three point record held by Scotty Thurman.

He’s on pace to break the NCAA record for 3 point pct. by a freshman.

Yea, he's a great shooter

Perry will make 1st team.

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EJ Montgomery UK (4.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 0.3 apg, 1.0 bpg, 0.3 spg)
Naz Reid LSU (13.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 0.8 apg, 0.8 bpg, 0.8 spg)
Tyler Herro UK (13.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 2.3 apg, 0.3 bpg, 1.0 spg)
Andrew Nembhard UF (8.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 5.2 apg, 0.0 bpg, 1.3 spg)
Kira Lewis UA (14.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.9 apg, 0.3 bpg, 0.8 spg)
Ashton Hagans UK (7.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 4.3 apg, 0.1 bpg, 1.9 spg)
Keldon Johnson UK (13.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.6 apg, 0.1 bpg, 0.7 spg)
Emmitt Williams LSU (7.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 0.4 apg, 0.6 bpg, 0.3 spg)
Javonte Smart LSU (11.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.4 apg, 0.1 bpg, 1.4 spg)
Reggie Perry MSST (9.8 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.8 bpg, 0.5 spg)

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A.J. Lawson USC (13.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.0 apg, 0.2 bpg, 1.1 spg)
Kayshawn Bryant USC (8.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.4 apg, 0.5 bpg, 0.7 spg)

Both Lawson and Bryant deserve as much consideration as most in the above list does. Especially Lawson, who is 2nd in the SEC in ppg for freshmen, and is such a major impact player for the Gamecocks this season. Lawson is the ONLY SEC Freshman to be in the top 5 in Points (2nd), assists (3rd), rebounds (T-5th), and steals (4th) per game....

Yea Lawson is definitely in the 1st/2nd team convo.

Bryant has the 2nd worst offensive rating in the conference.

Offensive Rating vs Tier A+B Teams*
1. Emmitt Williams (LSU) (117.8, 15.9%)
2. Reggie Perry (MSU) (112.4, 19.4%)
3. Andrew Nembhard (FLA) (111.1, 17.6%)
4. Tyler Herro (UK) (110.9, 20.8%)
5. Robert Woodard (MSU) (110.3, 16.9%)
6. Keldon Johnson (UK) (109.7, 23.2%)
7. Noah Locke (FLA) (108.2, 16.0%)
8. Isaiah Joe (ARK) (107.1, 17.2%)
9. Blake Hinson (OM) (106.5, 18.1%)
10. Ashton Hagans (UK) (103.4, 19.1%)
11. Keyontae Johnson (FLA) (101.5, 21.3%)
12. Xavier Pinson (MIZ) (99.6, 24.5%)
13. Aaron Nesmith (VAN) (99.3, 22.1%)
14. Javon Pickett (MIZ) (98.8, 20.5%)
15. Reggie Chaney (ARK) (96.3, 18.0%)
16. Kira Lewis (BAMA) (96.2, 22.7%)
17. Naz Reid (LSU) (94.3, 25.8%)
18. KJ Buffen (OM) (93.7, 17.1%)
19. Immanuel Quickley (UK) (92.4, 14.6%)
20. Ja'vonte Smart (LSU) (91.3, 20.9%)
21. AJ Lawson (USC) (89.0, 22.0%)
22. Keyshawn Bryant (USC) (85.0, 21.5%)
23. Simi Shittu (VAN) (81.7, 26.8%)
24. Torrence Watson (MIZ) (80.6, 16.7%)


*Tier A and B represent top 50 and top 100 opponents

I'd probably change my Rookie Team based on the vs good teams stats

1st Team All Freshman
Reggie Perry (Miss St)
Tyler Herro (Kentucky)
Keldon Johnson (Kentucky)
Keyontae Johnson (Florida)
Isaiah Joe (Arkansas)

2nd Team All Freshman
Naz Reid (LSU)
Kira Lewis (Alabama)
Ashton Hagans (Kentucky)
Xavier Pinson (Missouri)
AJ Lawson (South Carolina)

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Do you have a link that I can access and educate myself, if you do not wish to educate me? I mean, in the case for Emmitt Williams, 117.8 and 15.9% are impressive numbers, but they will forever be just numbers to me if I don't have any background descriptions for what they are.....

As an example for my case, further above you gave a list of what % of offensive possessions each freshman are used for, but you have a list of one each for 3-4 teams, and then you have two USC freshmen. Does that mean that both USC freshmen adversely impact each other's offensive possession %s because they share between them, while the others do not have to share with other top freshmen on their teams?

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I posted the link up above - it's basically supposed to be an all encompassing number of your impact offensively. However, they clearly state the % of possessions you are an influence on (I don't remember the exact definition there but it is basically you shoot, you hold the ball half the possession, etc). So, Emmitt Williams has the highest in the league, but he doesn't influence that many possessions, so it isn't quite as impressive.

Lawson and Lewis have lower ones, but they are having to run their teams as true freshman at the point, which inherently makes things more difficult for them and leads to the possibility of more mistakes.

I would assume that being on a team with more offensive weapons would inherently help your offensive rating number as it would be really hard to isolate out an individual in a "what if their teammates weren't good" scenario in basketball like you could in say baseball.