Nation's top 25 players article Gasaway

[James]

Napier slides in @ 7 in this insider piece. 3 other AAC members in the top 10. This is how he compiled the list:
• The excellent individual player stats generated by Ken Pomeroy at kenpom.com
• Data on play-by-play performance collected by Jeff Haley and available at hoop-math.com
• Translations that project NBA performance based on college metrics, compiled and maintained by my Insider colleague Kevin Pelton
• Win Shares data available from sports-reference.com

7. Shabazz Napier, Connecticut Huskies

If you saw the game Napier had against Cincinnati last week, you know it was not the senior's finest hour. He was 5-of-19 from the floor in a game where DeAndre Daniels was sidelined by back spasms, and the Huskies still lost by just five on the road to the first-place Bearcats. I suppose if we're seeing this glass as half full, though, we can marvel at how good Napier has to have been the rest of the time to have posted such impressive season totals.

Kevin Ollie's star is having the best season of his career from the perimeter, connecting on his 3s at a 42 percent rate. And Napier has made all those outside shots while running an offense that's vying with Louisville's for the No. 1 ranking in terms of efficiency in AAC play. He also shoots 88 percent at the line, defends well and even grabs a few defensive boards. Napier is virtually a team unto himself, and his career seems to be building to a suitably impressive finish.

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[Inyatkin]

Napier slides in @ 7 in this insider piece. 3 other AAC members in the top 10.

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"… even grabs a few defensive boards"? Sure, in that he's been our leading rebounder all year. Which is no small thing, because every rebound he grabs gets the offense going that much faster.