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Message: [QUOTE="UChusky916, post: 2092607, member: 1222"] Welcome to the love-fest. I've been in love with CV since November: [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/so-stoked-to-have-cv-for-4-years.101687/#post-1916248']So stoked to have CV for 4 years[/URL] Comparing CV to Austrie is an ENORMOUS disservice to CV. It boggles my mind that I've seen this comparison multiple times on this board. Take high school recruiting rankings out of the picture, and make your similarities based on numbers. Because outside of Austrie's and CV's high school recruiting class rankings, you'll see CV is in an entirely different stratosphere. In fact, you'll see that CV has had one of the best freshman performances we've seen in some time, especially from 3-pt range: [URL='http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/christian-vital-1.html'][B]Per Sports Reference[/B][/URL][B], [/B]Vital had: [LIST] [*][B]Best 3-pt%[/B] by a UConn freshman ([B]36.6%[/B] on 142 att) since... [B]Ryan Boatright[/B] ([B]37.7% [/B]on 69 att) in 2011-2012. [LIST] [*]Boat only had 69 attempts compared to CV's 142, so CV's % is more impressive having shot more than twice the # of attempts. [*]Excluding Boat, the next freshman with better 3 pt % was [B]Jeremy Lamb [/B]([B]36.8% [/B]on 125 att) in 2010-2011. Again, smaller sample size for Lamb with relatively equivalent percentages. [*]If you wanted to find a freshman who shot nearly equivalent volume, CV had the best 3pt % since [B]Rashad Anderson [/B]([B]39% [/B]on 140 att) [*]CV had better freshman 3 pt % than: Napier, Kemba, D Daniels, AJ Price, N Giffey, and J Adams. [/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][B]Best Offensive Rating[/B] per 100 possessions ([B]105.8[/B]) by a UConn freshman since [B]Jeremy Lamb [/B]([B]118.1[/B]) in 2010-2011. [/LIST] [LIST] [*][B]Best Defensive Rating [/B]per 100 possessions ([B]102.0[/B]) by a UConn freshman since [B]Ryan Boatright [/B]([B]104.2[/B]) in 2011-2012. [/LIST] So offensively and defensively, CV as a freshman was most comparable to Jeremy Lamb and Ryan Boatright. Again, nowhere near Austrie or Beverly. CV is a MUCH BETTER PLAYER. My head tells me his outstanding 3-pt % from this year is bound to regress, but he had so many attempts that I just don't think he will -- it's a big enough sample size to show he's an above-average 3-pt shooter. And he was asked to do A LOT for this team very early, let's see how he performs with more experience. The team's overall underachievement and poor performance clearly overshadowed just HOW GREAT Vital was for us this year. He's a stud in the making. [/QUOTE]

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