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2018 CUSA Newcomer of the Year race


jdennis82

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Was interested in getting you guys' thoughts on Smart's chances.

I haven't watched enough of the other squads in the league to have much opinion but thought I'd take a look at how he stacks up in sports-reference's Win Shares...

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/play-index/share.fcgi?id=vXEoF

Rk Player Class Pos School G PER TS% eFG% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS OBPM DBPM BPM
3 Nick King SR F Middle Tennessee 25 26.0 .567 .525 33.1 113.3 97.7 2.6 1.5 4.2 3.5 0.7 4.2
6 Darius Thompson SR G Western Kentucky 25 19.5 .577 .549 19.6 118.9 100.4 2.3 1.5 3.8 4.9 2.0 6.9
8 Dwight Coleby SR F Western Kentucky 25 24.3 .642 .608 19.8 121.7 94.4 1.9 1.5 3.5 1.8 4.1 5.9
9 Roosevelt Smart SO G North Texas 25 19.1 .587 .529 27.3 116.8 103.3 2.4 1.1 3.5 3.8 -2.6 1.1

Based on Win Shares (CUSA overall rank noted on the left), these appear to be his competition for Newcomer of the Year.

Thoughts on how he stacks up and what he'd need to pull it off?

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3 hours ago, jdennis82 said:

Was interested in getting you guys' thoughts on Smart's chances.

I haven't watched enough of the other squads in the league to have much opinion but thought I'd take a look at how he stacks up in sports-reference's Win Shares...

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/play-index/share.fcgi?id=vXEoF

Rk Player Class Pos School G PER TS% eFG% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS OBPM DBPM BPM
3 Nick King SR F Middle Tennessee 25 26.0 .567 .525 33.1 113.3 97.7 2.6 1.5 4.2 3.5 0.7 4.2
6 Darius Thompson SR G Western Kentucky 25 19.5 .577 .549 19.6 118.9 100.4 2.3 1.5 3.8 4.9 2.0 6.9
8 Dwight Coleby SR F Western Kentucky 25 24.3 .642 .608 19.8 121.7 94.4 1.9 1.5 3.5 1.8 4.1 5.9
9 Roosevelt Smart SO G North Texas 25 19.1 .587 .529 27.3 116.8 103.3 2.4 1.1 3.5 3.8 -2.6 1.1

Based on Win Shares (CUSA overall rank noted on the left), these appear to be his competition for Newcomer of the Year.

Thoughts on how he stacks up and what he'd need to pull it off?

He's got a shot. King is probably going to win CUSA Player of the Year, so I dont think they would give him both awards. Id lean towards Smart winning right now, because of how valuable he is to UNT and how his scoring has help UNT turn things around. Coleby and Thompson are both legit. I think it will come down to Coleby and Smart if I had to put $ on it. The reason I picked Coleby over Thompson is bc he is nearly averaging a double double in CUSA play and he is a really good rim protector/shot blocker

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42 minutes ago, Ben Gooding said:

26 ppg is a Wooden award type stat. He'll definitely get CUSA POTY, so it definitely opens the door for Smart for newcomer of the year. But we can't just thumb our nose at Coleby's 24 ppg over at WKU. 

That isnt ppg. PER is player efficiency rating

King is averaging 19.5 ppg in conference play. 21.4 for the season

Coleby is averaging 13.3 in conference play. 12.0 for the season

 

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