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Message: [QUOTE="The General, post: 138742, member: 1150"] Nice stats. But what do they tell us? He racked up a majority of those numbers vs. the Colgate's of the world. What would the Pomeroy stats for non-cupcake games be? In the big games this year, Va Tech, Stanford, Florida, NC State, he was awful in all but NC State. In games vs. non mid majors Fair has outplayed Southerland. Florida- CJ 9 pts 11 rbs. JS 3, 0 Va Tech- CJ 10, 12 JS 0,1 Stanford- CJ 10, 5 JS 0,1 NC ST- CJ 11, 3 JS 11,3 Depaul- CJ 16, 5 (2 steals, 1 block) JS 8,4 (0,0) Seton Hall- CJ 8, 9 (3 steals, 1 block) JS 8,5 (0,0) CJ (28-52 54%, 1-4 from 3, 25%) 45 rb JS (11-26 42%, 4-16 from 3 25%) 14 rb If you look at Pomeroy both CJ and JS have 48 made baskets. 28 of CJ's 48 makes were vs. non-mid majors. 11 of JS's 48 makes were vs. non-mid majors. 11. I don't care if CJ is dunking, getting putbacks, whatever. He's putting the ball in the hoop vs. BCS/BE teams. Southerland's efficiency numbers are inflated by Albany, 'Gate, etc. If anything the numbers tell me that CJ has a knack for stepping up against better teams (28 makes in 6 BCS games vs. 20 in 9 cupcakes). And that JS (11 makes in 6 BCS, 37 in cakes) prefers to shoot over 6'2 guys from Hamilton. Plus CJ is our best rebounder, no question. Now you can argue that CJ got more minutes. There is a reason Southerland had limited minutes against the OOC BCS conference teams. He was ineffective and got pulled. (Except for NC St.) My biggest fear with JS is that he has often folded against better competition. So, like I said, it will be interesting to see how it all pans out at the end of the year. And maybe you are right, it's about spacing. And having a shooter out there. CJ needs range. JS, consistency vs good teams and to utilize his athleticism. But the padded Pomeroy stats don't tell the whole story. Nor do mine. They should both really push each other for that spot next year. [/QUOTE]

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