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Message: [QUOTE="domestu, post: 1686628, member: 1089"] I always enjoy your net points listings but using them to measure the quality of play by our freshman players like this leads to misleading results. Some of these freshmen started every game and were key players on their team while others were subs who didn't play in some conference contests and padded their net points per 40 minutes totals against inferior non-conference opponents. Sherman Douglas did not play in five games his freshman season and most of his action against the top Big East teams came in short spurts when Pearl was taking a breather on the bench. I remember some great performances by Sherman in the early games that season but he didn't play as many minutes in our conference games. Pearl played a lot more minutes against Big East opponents than he did in our December contests. These net points for the entire season can also skewer the numbers for subs like who play limited moments in conference games. As much as I like CJ Fair it is difficult to compare his freshman season when he averaged less than 20 minutes per game with Jonny Flynn or Donte Greene playing over 35 minutes a night. There is no comparison between what Pearl Washington and Sherman Douglas did as freshmen. And taking the four points Josh Pace scored per game in twelve minutes of action really can't be compared to what Gerry McNamara did playing over 35 minutes. I believe these figures accurately reflect the value of our freshmen starters who played most of the time but it really overinflates the production of some of the subs like Scott McCorkle and Pace. Pearl Washington was selected to the All-Big East first team as a freshman. When I see Tyler Lydon being rated more productive over forty minutes of play than Pearl I may need to reevaluate my opinion of net points. [/QUOTE]

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