Zips Players Ranked High in National Stats

[Dave in Green]

How nice is it for the Zips to finally have a PG who shows up in the national rankings for assists? Abreu is currently ranked #25 in the country in assist percentage (percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while he was on on the floor) with a mark of 37.15%. For comparison, the national leaders in this category are both familiar to Zips fans -- Dayton's Juwan Staten is #1 at 49.53%, closely followed by Ohio's D.J. Cooper at 48.2%.

Other Zips in the national statistical rankings include Zeke, who continues to demonstrate his blocking prowess this season by being ranked 17th in blocks per game at 2.636. For comparison, the leader in this category is Northwestern State's William Mosley at 4.25 blocks per game.

Also, Roberts continues to be ranked high in a category where he's been proficient throughout his career. This season he's all the way up to #5 in the country in least fouls committed per game (40 minutes). Roberts has averaged only .82 fouls per 40 minutes on the floor, which isn't far behind national leader Tim Burns of Maryland Eastern Shore at .69 fouls per 40 minutes.

Now, everyone please sit down for this next piece of statistical news, because it may make you go crazy. The offensive percentage statistic is measured by points produced per 100 posessions. A player must have a minimum 40% game minutes played to qualify to be listed in the national rankings. Currently, Connecticut's Kemba Walker is #1 in the country with an offensive rating of 139.6.

The player who currently leads the Zips in offensive percentage is not qualified for the national rankings due to not playing 40% game minutes. If he had, his current rating of 123.6 would be second only to Walker among all DI players in the country. Largely based on hitting 80% of his field goal attempts (8-10), the Zips offensive percentage juggernaut this season is none other than Mike Bardo.

One last thing: Remember the old saying about not shooting the messenger?

[akronzips71]

How nice is it for the Zips to finally have a PG who shows up in the national rankings for assists? Abreu is currently ranked #25 in the country in assist percentage (percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while he was on on the floor) with a mark of 37.15%. For comparison, the national leaders in this category are both familiar to Zips fans -- Dayton's Juwan Staten is #1 at 49.53%, closely followed by Ohio's D.J. Cooper at 48.2%.

Other Zips in the national statistical rankings include Zeke, who continues to demonstrate his blocking prowess this season by being ranked 17th in blocks per game at 2.636. For comparison, the leader in this category is Northwestern State's William Mosley at 4.25 blocks per game.

Also, Roberts continues to be ranked high in a category where he's been proficient throughout his career. This season he's all the way up to #5 in the country in least fouls committed per game (40 minutes). Roberts has averaged only .82 fouls per 40 minutes on the floor, which isn't far behind national leader Tim Burns of Maryland Eastern Shore at .69 fouls per 40 minutes.

Now, everyone please sit down for this next piece of statistical news, because it may make you go crazy. The offensive percentage statistic is measured by points produced per 100 posessions. A player must have a minimum 40% game minutes played to qualify to be listed in the national rankings. Currently, Connecticut's Kemba Walker is #1 in the country with an offensive rating of 139.6.

The player who currently leads the Zips in offensive percentage is not qualified for the national rankings due to not playing 40% game minutes. If he had, his current rating of 123.6 would be second only to Walker among all DI players in the country. Largely based on hitting 80% of his field goal attempts (8-10), the Zips offensive percentage juggernaut this season is none other than Mike Bardo.

One last thing: Remember the old saying about not shooting the messenger?

Do you want him to play more or shoot less?

[Dave in Green]

Brett McKnight is back with a vengeance. He's now leading the Zips with an offensive rating of 121.8. How good is that? To be included in the national rankings, a player has to have played a minimum of 40% of team minutes, so McKnight obviously doesn't qualify. Here are the current top 3 in the country:

1 Kemba Walker, Connecticut (123.8)

2 Jon Leuer, Wisconsin (123.0)

3 Alec Burks, Colorado (122.5)

So if McKnight had averaged 16 minutes or more per game in all of the Zips games this season and had his current 121.8 offensive rating, he'd be ranked #4 among all D1 players in the country.