McDuffie at the Stretch 4

[Bluzrover]

Markus starts on every other MVC team and would be the unanimous and consensus pick. As it is, his minutes, and thus his stats, won't support his selection. Of course, that's my opinion today. There are still 11 games to play and he could increase both considerably!

[dregn]

Church from MSU would be my guess at this point

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Church from MSU would be my guess at this point

Oh yeah. Somehow forgot he's only a Freshman. Similar points per game to MM, though he gets more minutes to do it. His shot blocking is impressive and may well be the difference maker.

[ShockdaWorld]

Church from MSU would be my guess at this point

You mean the kid that Ron made famous?

[wufan]

Oh yeah. Somehow forgot he's only a Freshman. Similar points per game to MM, though he gets more minutes to do it. His shot blocking is impressive and may well be the difference maker.

Church is also getting quite a few rebounds.

[wufan]

i watched a replay of wsu-uni.. mcduffie actually handles the ball better than cle. see: mcduffie strip the ball and go coast to coast for the slam/facial of jesperson. or watch him drive, draw the defense and throw a beautiful pass to shaqnasty for the easy basket in the second half.

McDuffie actually handles the ball VERY well. He has a little trouble in close quarters and while catching the ball at full speed.

[im4wsu]

KenPom's Offensive ratings for MVC Freshmen (the stats included only the top 68 players):

Rank	Player	Team	Ht	Wt	Yr	ORtg	%Poss
8	Markis McDuffie	Wichita St.	42529	185	Fr	114.4	22.2
26	Obediah Church	Missouri St.	42528	211	Fr	104.5	15.4
33	Roland Griffin	Illinois St.	42528	210	Fr	99.7	15.2
36	Ryan Kreklow	Missouri St.	42525	176	Fr	97.3	17.3
39	Jarred Dixon	Missouri St.	42523	164	Fr	95.4	18.4
56	Luuk van Bree	Bradley	42530	208	Fr	87	19.2
58	Callum Barker	Bradley	42530	245	Fr	82.7	17.3
60	Ronnie Suggs	Bradley	42526	179	Fr	80.1	20.2
61	Antoine Pittman	Bradley	42522	200	Fr	76.2	20.7
62	Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye	Bradley	42524	206	Fr	72	21.9

[im4wsu]

More on Freshman of the Year candidates. Here are all MVC freshmen who have played 50 minutes (my arbitrary selection so Landry showed up) PER is Player Efficiency Rating. Source is SportsReference

Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	PER	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
1	Landry Shamet	FR	G	Wichita State	3	53	27.8	9.3	5.3	14.6
2	Eric Hamilton	FR	F	Wichita State	13	105	22.7	2.3	-1.9	0.4
3	Markis McDuffie	FR	F	Wichita State	18	324	21.1	4.3	2.8	7.1
4	Dominik Olejniczak	FR	C	Drake	19	231	17.7	-1.1	0.3	-0.8
5	Obediah Church	FR	F	Missouri State	19	507	16.8	-0.5	4.5	3.9
6	Scottie James	FR	F	Bradley	20	224	15.5	-1.4	0	-1.4
7	Armon Fletcher	FR	G	Southern Illinois	20	272	13.9	0.7	-0.6	0.1
8	Nick McGlynn	FR	F	Drake	19	201	13.5	-3.2	2.5	-0.7
9	Robin Thompson	FR	F	Missouri State	11	68	13.1	-2.1	4.7	2.6
10	Emondre Rickman	FR	C	Indiana State	18	220	12.8	-2.2	5.4	3.2
11	Ryan Kreklow	FR	G	Missouri State	15	308	12	0.6	0.4	1
12	Daouda Ndiaye	FR	C	Illinois State	12	106	11.9	-6.9	7.3	0.4
13	Jarred Dixon	FR	G	Missouri State	19	377	11.7	-1.2	-0.2	-1.4
14	Casey Schlatter	FR	F	Drake	20	205	11.4	-1.4	-1.9	-3.3
15	Billy Wampler	FR	F	Drake	19	177	10.5	-0.8	-2.8	-3.6
16	Roland Griffin	FR	F	Illinois State	16	351	10.4	-1.4	0.9	-0.5
17	Austin Weiher	FR	F	Southern Illinois	19	235	9.5	-2	-0.2	-2.2
18	Luke van Bree	FR	F	Bradley	21	533	9.3	-1.8	0.5	-1.3
19	Rudy Stradnieks	FR	F	Southern Illinois	16	95	8.4	-3.9	1	-3
20	Callum Barker	FR	F	Bradley	21	516	8.3	-4.5	0.6	-3.9
21	Ronnie Suggs	FR	G	Bradley	21	598	6.9	-3.6	-0.4	-4.1
22	Peter Hanley	FR	F	Bradley	17	130	6	-6.5	2.6	-3.9
23	Antoine Pittman	FR	G	Bradley	18	455	5.1	-4.4	-0.9	-5.3
24	Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye	FR	G	Bradley	21	662	5	-5.6	0.5	-5.1
25	Ty Taylor II	FR	G	Wichita State	13	133	4.3	-4.3	0	-4.3
26	Harris Brown	FR	G	Evansville	18	163	2.8	-2.8	-0.5	-3.3
27	Davante Cooper	FR	C	Bradley	18	155	2.1	-10.5	0.5	-10
28	Keyshawn Evans	FR	G	Illinois State	10	65	1.4	-7.5	-0.4	-7.9

[DwShock]

KenPom's Offensive ratings for MVC Freshmen (the stats included only the top 68 players):

Rank	Player	Team	Ht	Wt	Yr	ORtg	%Poss
8	Markis McDuffie	Wichita St.	42529	185	Fr	114.4	22.2
26	Obediah Church	Missouri St.	42528	211	Fr	104.5	15.4
33	Roland Griffin	Illinois St.	42528	210	Fr	99.7	15.2
36	Ryan Kreklow	Missouri St.	42525	176	Fr	97.3	17.3
39	Jarred Dixon	Missouri St.	42523	164	Fr	95.4	18.4
56	Luuk van Bree	Bradley	42530	208	Fr	87	19.2
58	Callum Barker	Bradley	42530	245	Fr	82.7	17.3
60	Ronnie Suggs	Bradley	42526	179	Fr	80.1	20.2
61	Antoine Pittman	Bradley	42522	200	Fr	76.2	20.7
62	Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye	Bradley	42524	206	Fr	72	21.9

If any of those guys behind McDuffie where on teams as deep as WSU their numbers wouldn't be so high. They are forced into action on a bad team.

[wu_shizzle]

Our domination is obviously not ending with the close of Fred and Ron's college careers.

[another shocker]

... He has a little trouble in close quarters and while catching the ball at full speed.

and who doesn't?

[wufan]

and who doesn't?

Absolutely. No need to worry about those issues, but I think when people talk about McDuff needing to tighten his handles, they are only meaning in difficult situations. He's advanced.

[another shocker]

Absolutely. No need to worry about those issues, but I think when people talk about McDuff needing to tighten his handles, they are only meaning in difficult situations. He's advanced.

right. the way he consistently scores in close quarters shows good/great handles. 'not sure why haertl got that b.s. started. now, rashard kelly.. there's bad handles.. less-than-d1.

[pogo]

His baseline drive and curl layup on the backside of the rim is a sweet move.