Comments on: Bracketography’s “Best in State” Awards

By: Mayhem

Mayhem — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:18:05 +0000

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By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:17:30 +0000

Arbry Butler? Arbry Butler? You have gone off the reservation on this one.

Hilarious. I am a Shocker fan and would love to have someone from the team on the list, but you have lost your mind with this pick.

By: Andrew Force

Andrew Force — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:00:26 +0000

@ Chris

Thank you. Alaska and Hawaii were clearly difficult for me.

Vermont and the Dakotas were not fair behind.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:25:10 +0000

Nice list. You could add Ramon Harris to Alaska. While he is not putting up big numbers offensively. He is the best on the ball defender at Kentucky.

By: Andrew Force

Andrew Force — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:39:16 +0000

The thought around western Ohio is that Chris Wright (Dayton) will be an Atlantic 10 superstar. When I saw Dayton early in the year he was trying to return from an injury.

Often fans and media around the Dayton Flyers complained that a healthy Wright meant the difference between NCAA and NIT. That remains to be seen, but check him out next year.

@Kyle
Lavender is a tough call. No question he makes Xavier a true threat, rather than a dark horse candidate. My fear with him is that he disappears some games. Xavier as a team is incredibly balanced and has much more athleticism than the nation recognizes.

By: Andrew Force

Andrew Force — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:31:21 +0000

@ Chris Miller

A website I frequent, NBADraft.net does excellent player comparisons for current college players. They compared Kyle Weaver to former Temple Owl Mardy Collins. Do you remember Collins and do you think its a fair comparison?

Mardy was an outstanding defender who generated steals his whole career. In the last couple years he became a great scorer.

@ Kyle

I watched OJ Mayo and and Bill Walker play in an ordinary regular season high school game in their junior year. Along with Keenan Ellis (UAB) that team was obnoxiously talented. Mayo and Walker played two quarters, nothing more. They won by 40 and Walker was every bit the leaper Vince Carter was/is. I hope he can get back that nasty athleticism following knee surgery and added weight.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:47:53 +0000

Also, Mayo and Bill Walker came to Ohio and won three state titles, so the Buckeye state is definitely well represented!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:45:48 +0000

Drew Lavender is just inches ahead of Morgan and Brown from Ohio.

By: Chris Miller

Chris Miller — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:22:33 +0000

On Weaver’s omission: His value to his team is bigger than almost any team in the Pac 10. He doesn’t put up big numbers, but he does everything. Points, boards, assists, blocks, lack of turnovers. I hate Wazzu, but he deserves the credit.

Love your website.

By: Andrew Force

Andrew Force — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:10:13 +0000

Thanks Pico. The prep school thing REALLY put a snag in my research for this.
I tried to find their state of origin whenever possible. Of course some players spent time at two or more prep schools and others go the JuCo route.

@Chris Miller

I think Weaver was one of my five toughest calls. Who do you take off to put him on the Wisconsin team?

I think Brian Butch might be the most susceptible.

One other aspect of Weaver’s omission…Washington State players typically, perhaps unfairly get overlooked because their statistics are lower than peers. The system generates fewer shots, though higher percentage shots.