Basketball from a fan’s perspective

Who’s number one…how about the Top 5

Beginning on Monday throughout the college season we intend to look at the Top 25 college teams across the two most viewed polls, with that said here goes. The AP and Coaches Poll both place UConn as the number one team in the nation. They agree on Purdue, but the difference begins with number 3, AP places Kansas there while the Coaches have North Carolina there. At number 4 in the AP is North Carolina while Kansas is there in the poll. Both are in agreement with the number 5 team placing the Houston Cougars in that slot.

Youthful betrayal

The Spurs managed to place themselves in a position to win, they eventually succumbed to the Hawks 109-99. There was only problem they failed to win their Monday afternoon game against the Hawks which I clearly believed they could have. The Spurs fell behind by 75 points in the first half of the game, just kidding folks but they were behind by 35 points at a stage. The second half of the game would prove quite different although the youth of the Spurs betrayed them once again.

Trae Young was as hot as a Texas July 4 cookout, after scoring 29 points in the first half he scored 36 in total for the game. Wemby was just the opposite, he scored 0 points in the first half of the game, he was just as hot in the second half as Young had been in the first half. In 27 minutes of action Wemby shot 66.7% from the floor totaling 26 points plus he pulled down 13 rebounds 2 assists along with 3 steals and 5 blocked shots. He can impact the game in a variety of ways, the youthful Spurs must still learn how to play alongside Wemby. They are continuing to adjust and by the end of the season we might see a different Spurs team, a team more capable of closing out a victory.

Change in the NBA draft

This ain’t rocket science however most are aware of this fact. I regularly check three NBA mock draft sites to see what scouts and NBA front office folks are thinking. This is not accurate although one in particular I’ve found to be highly accurate through the first 10 picks. As the draft progressed that year the mock had a player at 8 while he was drafted 9 and vice versa. In any event let’s check two of the three sites I regularly utilize:

nbadraft.net

Cody Williams 6-foot 8 190-pound small forward Colorado

Ja’Kobe Walter 6-foot 5 180-pound shooting guard Baylor

Zaccharie Risacher 6-foot 9 200-pound small forward France

Carlton Carrington 6-foot 6 190-pound point/shooting guard Pitt

Aaron Bradshaw 7-foot 1 225-pound power forward Kentucky

nbadraftroom.com

Alexandre Sarr 7-foot 1 217-pound power forward France

Nikola Topic 6-foot 6 201-pound point guard Serbia

Zaccharie Risacher 6-foot 9 200-pound small forward France

Ja’Kobe Walter 6-foot 5 180-pound shooting guard Baylor

Cody Williams 6-foot 8 190-pound small forward Colorado

As you can see for the most part the names are not that different the order is the question. Keep in mind this will certainly change before the draft occurs Wednesday June 26 and Thursday June 27.

You are a stud!

I didn’t check the figures but this from MaxPreps certainly would appear to be correct:

If you play D1 you’re a stud

If you play D2 you’re a stud

If you play D3 you’re a stud

If you play NAIA you’re a stud

If you play at a JUCO you’re a stud

ONLY 7% of high school athletes becomes college athletes

We tend to forget this at times, I dislike saying this but the vast majority of high school athletes are not skilled or talented enough to play at the collegiate level. It would appear sometimes we tend to forget this fact, just a little food for thought.