Any more first-month-of-the-season updates?

Buffalo's only freshmen getting consistent playing time is Bearden. He's started every game and scored at least 8 points in every game, including a 23 point outburst last night.

Bearden is averaging 11 points, 3.2 assists, and 2.8 rebounds shooting 50% in 26.2 minutes per game. He probably won't have the big numbers needed to win the FROY, but he's clearly very very good already.

While both of Toledo's freshmen have been ok, neither is a major contributor at this point. I do think Kurt Hall could become more of a factor during conference play...maybe...I hope.

(11-30-2014 05:13 AM)emu steve Wrote:  Any more first-month-of-the-season updates?

Akron's Noah Robotham is averaging 13.3ppg, 3.3rpg, 2.5apg, and is shooting 50% from the field.

I grabbed the stats from ESPN for all the Frosh listed in the thread. (I have it in a spreadsheet but cant get the table formatting right.) I added Minutes per game to try and put their other stats in perspective.

Ball State's freshmen are off to an amazing start. Sean Sellers currently leads the MAC in scoring with an average of 19.5 points per game, and Jeremie Tyler is 4th with an average of 16.3. Of course, they have played only 4 games thus far, but the future looks really bright for the Cardinals.

Two months later and we're 1/3 of the way into conference play, which freshmen are rising to the top? Any surprises?

(01-27-2015 12:28 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  Two months later and we're 1/3 of the way into conference play, which freshmen are rising to the top? Any surprises?

I took a minute to recompile the stats from ESPN (and removed some of the players who red shirted, injured, etc...) Sean Sellers numbers look pretty impressive.

well, the all frosh team will probably be

meyer, cmu
sellers, bsu
bearden, buffalo
taylor, ohio
robotham, akron

with tyler, bsu and lamont, wmu in the hunt

i like robotham and taylor the best. robo is a smooth pg with a lot of skill and confidence. will have a good career. taylor could be a star as he has a really nice shot and has touch from different angles and spots on the floor. he's got good guard size and athleticism and is getting lots of pt without undue pressure on a thin OU roster. bearden is really good too. can break down defenses and score or dish. meyer is one of the more physically gifted big men to enter the league in a while. still needs to polish up his overall game. stuckey mosley from toledo is starting to get his confidence. really skilled big pg with a nice shot. won't make his impact until juice brown leaves, but watch out. sellers from bs is good. i think his numbers are a bit inflated as he was their go to guy for the first 2 months, but should be a 4 year starter on an improving bsu team.

(01-27-2015 12:53 PM)Eagle66 Wrote:  

(01-27-2015 12:28 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  Two months later and we're 1/3 of the way into conference play, which freshmen are rising to the top? Any surprises?

I took a minute to recompile the stats from ESPN (and removed some of the players who red shirted, injured, etc...) Sean Sellers numbers look pretty impressive.

Code:

Player, Team - MIN / PPG / RPG / APG / FG%
Antino Jackson, Akron - 12.7 / 4.5 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.333
Noah Robotham, Akron - 30.5 / 9.8 / 2.6 / 2.9 / 0.411
Francis Kiapway, Ball State - 22.1 / 5.7 / 1.3 / 1.1 / 0.338
Jeremie Tyler, Ball State - 30.2 / 12 / 3.8 / 1.3 / 0.461
Sean Sellers, Ball State - 30.1 / 12.6 / 3.3 / 1.4 / 0.454
Garrett Mayleben, BG - 8.4 / 0.5 / 0.9 / 0 / 0.25
Lamonte Bearden, Buffalo - 28.8 / 8.3 / 2.8 / 4.3 / 0.377
Raheem Johnson, Buffalo - 12.2 / 2.7 / 2.4 / 0.1 / 0.581
DaRohn Scott, Central - 9.9 / 2.7 / 2.3 / 0 / 0.515
Luke Meyer, Central - 18.2 / 6.7 / 3.7 / 0.6 / 0.62
Ethan Alvano, Eastern - 18.9 / 3.8 / 1.8 / 2.5 / 0.2
Tim Bond, Eastern - 12.1 / 4.1 / 0.7 / 0.3 / 0.375
Raasean Davis, Kent St - 3.2 / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0 / 0.667
Zach McCormick, Miami - 19.6 / 3.2 / 1.1 / 0.8 / 0.284
Khari Harley, Ohio - 15.3 / 2.1 / 1.4 / 0.6 / 0.269
Mike Laster, Ohio - 21.8 / 4.4 / 2.1 / 0.5 / 0.408
Ryan Taylor, Ohio - 32.1 / 9.9 / 2.9 / 1.6 / 0.484
Kurt Hall, Toledo - 6.7 / 2.8 / 1.8 / 0.1 / 0.483
Stuckey Mosley, Toledo - 11.2 / 3.4 / 0.9 / 0.4 / 0.311
Drake LaMont, Western - 21.5 / 4.9 / 4.7 / 0.4 / 0.44
Thomas Wilder, Western - 15.7 / 3.5 / 1.6 / 1.5 / 0.409

thanks for that. using that here's the top 5 for each category-

Minutes
32.1 Taylor (Ohio)
30.5 Robotham (Akron)
30.2 Tyler (Ball St)
30.1 Sellers (Ball St)
28.8 Bearden (Buffalo)

PPG
12.6 Tyler (Ball St)
12.0 Sellers (Ball St)
9.9 Taylor (Ohio)
9.8 Robotham (Akron)
8.3 Bearden (Buffalo)

RPG
4.7 LaMont (WMU)
3.8 Tyler (Ball St)
3.7 Myer (CMU)
3.3 Sellers (Ball St)
2.9 Taylor (Ohio)

APG
4.3 Bearden (Buffalo)
2.9 Robotham (Akron)
2.5 Alvano (EMU)
1.6 Taylor (Ohio)
1.5 Wilder (WMU)

(01-27-2015 01:36 PM)pono Wrote:  well, the all frosh team will probably be

meyer, cmu
sellers, bsu
bearden, buffalo
taylor, ohio
robotham, akron

with tyler, bsu and lamont, wmu in the hunt

i like robotham and taylor the best. robo is a smooth pg with a lot of skill and confidence. will have a good career. taylor could be a star as he has a really nice shot and has touch from different angles and spots on the floor. he's got good guard size and athleticism and is getting lots of pt without undue pressure on a thin OU roster. bearden is really good too. can break down defenses and score or dish. meyer is one of the more physically gifted big men to enter the league in a while. still needs to polish up his overall game. stuckey mosley from toledo is starting to get his confidence. really skilled big pg with a nice shot. won't make his impact until juice brown leaves, but watch out. sellers from bs is good. i think his numbers are a bit inflated as he was their go to guy for the first 2 months, but should be a 4 year starter on an improving bsu team.

I don't think Sellers numbers are inflated. He was and will be their go to guy. If Sellers were chucking up shots at a 30% clip, I would agree. But, he's a wing player shooting 45% which is pretty good.

I think Jeremie Tyler is academically ineligible at the moment.

Here is a late entry. Logan McLane, 6-9 freshman power forward for Miami, has started the last two games. At NIU he had 11 points and 7 rebounds, at Toledo he had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Those were Miami's two best road performances of the season, winning at NIU and losing in the last minute to Toledo. McLane made a difference.

mclane looked good at toledo. solid all around player. not real dynamic yet, but some potential. miami sure needs some interior help.

(11-11-2014 04:02 PM)Slinkin Street Flash Wrote:  Any predictions for the MAC Freshmen of the year? Here's my guesses:

Noah Robotham, G, Akron Zips
Lamonte Bearden, G, Buffalo
Garrett Mayleben, F, Bowling Green
DaRohn Scott, F, Central Michigan
Those top 4 look good. For the 5th, I'm going to take a chance and go with Ball State's G, Francis Kiapway

It's hard to pass on Ohio's redshirt freshmen Khari Harley and Jaaron Simmons, especially with all the talent they lost.

2 out of 5. Ball State had 3 potential FOYs, and I picked the wrong one.

Way-to-early prediction for MAC Freshmen of the Year for 2016:

Jaylen Key; PG Northern Illinois
Jalone Friday; PF, Bowling Green
Jaelen Sanford; PG, Toledo
Jalen Avery; PG Kent State
Jaylin Walker; SG Kent State

OK, just kidding.

Nick Perkins, Buffalo

Some-player-from-Akron, Akron

(03-25-2015 02:54 PM)Slinkin Street Flash Wrote:  Way-to-early prediction for MAC Freshmen of the Year for 2016:

Jaylen Key; PG Northern Illinois
Jalone Friday; PF, Bowling Green
Jaelen Sanford; PG, Toledo
Jalen Avery; PG Kent State
Jaylin Walker; SG Kent State

OK, just kidding.

we know what baby name was popular in 1997...

(03-10-2015 01:00 PM)Slinkin Street Flash Wrote:  

(11-11-2014 04:02 PM)Slinkin Street Flash Wrote:  Any predictions for the MAC Freshmen of the year? Here's my guesses:

Noah Robotham, G, Akron Zips
Lamonte Bearden, G, Buffalo
Garrett Mayleben, F, Bowling Green
DaRohn Scott, F, Central Michigan
Those top 4 look good. For the 5th, I'm going to take a chance and go with Ball State's G, Francis Kiapway

It's hard to pass on Ohio's redshirt freshmen Khari Harley and Jaaron Simmons, especially with all the talent they lost.

2 out of 5. Ball State had 3 potential FOYs, and I picked the wrong one.

Great call on Mayelben, though. His 16 points, 15 rebounds and 17 fouls in 190 minutes has to be reassuring for a Falcon fans that their future is in good hands.