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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 4845042, member: 7492"] Perceptions are hugely divergent. As [USER=10835]@MooseJaw[/USER] just stated where they feel KK is "meeting expectations" which I assume is based on her high recruiting Rank of #6 (Hoopgurlz AND Prospect Nation) whereas Ash was "exceeding expectations". Again, MooseJaw would have to further qualify how they defined "expectations" for Ash, but my assumption is also using rating which in Hoopgurlz was #15 but in Prospect Nation was #8. HG does use a number rating as well where KK was "97" and Ash was "96". So yeah, to me the perception may be Ash is exceeding her expectations by many but looking at the rankings is it really THAT surprising that the #15/#8 recruit is performing as well as the #6/#6 recruit? That seems to me to be picking "the fly dung out of the pepper" meaning we are looking to separate something not that separable. [USER=11285]@Zarathustra[/USER] made an interesting point as well about how each player played against a particular team. In the 5 Big East games, Ashlynn has earned higher Efficiency scores (Butler-15; Creighton-18; PC-22) whereas KK earned 2 (Georgetown-19; Marquette-9). For the 5 Big East games Ash has a higher score of 15.6 to KK's 14.4, whereas on the season, KK has 14.1 to Ash's 10.9. The disparity comes from KK's much larger assists (49-21) and steal totals (44-10). But as noted, Ash has picked up the pace in the Big East games. My thinking is Ash might not look like the typical baller but ranked #15/#8 is proof to anyone who watched her, saw a highly skilled player worthy of McDonald's AA accolades and Team USA invites. Both are doing exactly what we need and more will be expected if we want to get back to the Final Four. [/QUOTE]

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