All Valley Predictions

[Kung Wu]

DWill and Rags tearing it up in assists.

[ABC]

Great info. I think you need to recheck the rebound #s. Am I reading it correctly that WSU is averaging 37 offensive rebounds per game?

[The Mad Hatter]

Here is an update to my previous post about All Valley Contenders. Red indicates worse rank than previous, green indicates better rank, white indicates same rank:

Here is my evaluation of potential All Valley players by team. Those with an * before their name I consider border line (at best) and this isn't really considering all-defense, all-bench, all-newcomer, etc. All statistic ranks are in the following format (all games rank)/(conference games only rank)

Bradley
Taylor Brown (Sr.) - 5th/5th in scoring, 8th/t10th in rebounding, 4th/5th in ft percentage, -/9th in steals

Creighton
Doug McDermott (So.) - 1st/2nd in scoring, 2nd/3rd in rebounding, 2nd/3rd in fg percentage, 6th/- in ft percentage, 1st/8th in 3-point percentage, 10th/- in 3-pointers made

Antoine Young (Sr.) - -/15th in scoring, 4th/t3rd in assists, 2nd/3rd in assist/turnover ratio

*Gregory Echenique (Jr.) - 5th/4th in rebounding, 3rd/t6th in fg percentage, 2nd/2nd in blocks

*Grant Gibbs (Jr.) - 2nd/2nd in assists, 3rd/6th in assist/turnover ratio

*Jahenns Manigat (So.) - 2nd/2nd in 3-point percentage, t6th/8th in 3-pointers made

Drake
Rayvonte Rice (So.) - 3rd/7th in scoring, 10th/7th in rebounding, 1st/1st in steals

Ben Simons (Jr.) - 6th/6th in scoring, 1st/2nd in ft percentage, 1st/2nd in 3-pointers made

Evansville
Colt Ryan (Jr.) - 2nd/1st in scoring, 10th/8th in assists, 3rd/3rd in ft percentage, 3rd/4th in steals, 8th/6th in 3-point percentage, 2nd/1st in 3-pointers made

*Denver Holmes (Sr.) - 8th/9th in fg percentage, 6th/7th in assists, 2nd/1st in ft percentage, 6th/5th in assist/turnover ratio

Illinois State
Jackie Carmichael (Jr.) - 9th/11th in scoring, 1st/2nd in rebounding, 6th/8th in fg percentage, 3rd/5th in blocks

*Tyler Brown (Jr.) - 10th/10th in scoring, 5th/10th in 3-point percentage, 3rd/6th in 3-pointers made

Indiana State
Jake Odum (So.) - t13th/13th in rebounding, 3rd/t3rd in assists, 2nd/5th in steals, 8th/9th in assist/turnover ratio

*Dwayne Lathan (Sr.) - 12th/8th in scoring

Missouri State
Kyle Weems (Sr.) - 4th/3rd in scoring, 6th/6th in rebounding, 10th/7th in ft percentage, 9th/1st in 3-point percentage, 4th/3rd in 3-pointers made

*Michael Bizoukas (Sr.) - 1st/1st in assists, -/t10th in steals, 1st/1st in assist/turnover ratio

Northern Iowa
Anthony James (Jr.)- 8th/9th in scoring

*Marc Sonnen (Jr.) - 6th/3rd in 3-point percentage, -/7th in 3-pointers made

Southern Illinois
Mamadou Seck (Sr.) - 15th/- in scoring, 3rd/5th in rebounding, -/10th in assists. -/10th in assist to turnover ratio

Wichita State
Garrett Stutz (Sr.) - 7th/4th in scoring, 4th/1st in rebounding, 4th/4th in fg percentage, 7th/6th in ft percentage, 5th/3rd in blocks

Toure' Murry (Sr.) - 14th/14th in scoring, -/8th in ft percentage, -/6th in steals, 10th/- in assist to turnover ratio

Joe Ragland (Sr.) - 13th/13th in scoring, 7th/10th in fg percentage, 8th/9th in assists, 9th/- in ft percentage, 4th/9th in 3-point percentage, 5th/8th in assist/turnover ratio

*Carl Hall (Jr.) - 12th/14th in rebounding, 5th/5th in fg percentage

Obviously, preference generally goes to upperclassmen and players in winning teams. Plus there are a number of these players with intangibles that increase their stock over the raw statistics.

[The Mad Hatter]

My summary at this point is that the following players are near locks for 1st team All-Valley:

McDermott
Stutz
Weems
Ryan

The fifth slot is still up for grabs. Players off of the best teams and seniors tend to have the edge, so I would say that the top 3 for the 5th slot are Young, Murry, and Ragland; however there are several players outside those three who could get that slot.