Or recruiting rankings and NBA potential. Which is essentially what the preseason FOY is, which I understand since you're just projecting at that point.
Put some respect on Niels Giffey's name
He wanted it.
Giffey played 24 minutes in the national chmpionship game. As a freshman.
Yep, robbery. Whitmore is definitely an athlete and NBA player but he missed a ton of games as did Bouknight-and it cost him! Karaban stepped in day one and was a good player and became a VERY good player and will be a great player.
Villanova freshman Cam Whitmore named top Big East freshman
Cam Whitmore was named the top freshman in the Big East Wednesday, hours before the conference tournament was set to begin.www.inquirer.com
Robbery in my opinion
The overall production from Whitmore is higher because he was relied on a little more to take shots and get defensive rebounds, but the efficiency of Karaban was better due to better shooting percentages, more assists, and less turnovers. Hence Whitmore's PER was higher, but Karaban's efficency rating was much higher on offense and equal to Whitmore on defense.
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Not sure, without looking, but how many games did Villanova lose with him in the line-up? 9 or 10? We'll get a motivated Karaban in NYC.
Remember when Freeman used a biggest award snub to motivate him for the BET? That should be Alex’s model.
correct. I thought Karaban should've gotten BEFOTY, but I am hoping he gets on fire after being snubbed. Going back to 2011, I am glad Kemba didn't get his BEPOY award, too. I am not sure he would publicly admit this, but I think he went scorched earth on the competition after that and it resulted in UConn winning 11 straight single elimination games.
He wanted it.
Karaban is one of the leading candidates for the Big East freshman of the year along with Villanova’s Cam Whitmore. Both players were unanimous selections to the all-freshman team.
In Saturday’s 71-59 win at Villanova in the regular season finale, Karaban stated his case by finishing with 16 points, six rebounds, four assists and three blocks.
It’s been his goal since the beginning of the season to win the league’s stop freshman honor. Whitmore was the preseason pick.
“I knew he was the talk of the town for freshmen going into the season, so I wanted to prove myself this season that I could compete with him,” Karaban said Saturday. “He’s such a talented player. That was an individual goal that I told the coaches before the season that I wanted to do.
“... It was definitely something in the back of my mind during the season and I just wanted to finish out the season strong.”
Big East honors four Huskies, including first-team picks Hawkins and Sanogo
UConn's inside-outside duo of sophomore Jordan Hawkins and junior Adama Sanogo were rewarded for their strong play this season, earning All-Big East first team honors.www.theday.com
Dont forget Rebounds and assists too
Rebounds edge to Cam assists 5.1-4.4 and taking care of the ball easily Karaban. They ran their offense through him quite often and despite that he has an edge onassists and less turnovers as well.
