1. Corliss Williamson: Was the MVP of the Final Four and All-Tournament Team. He was the SEC Player of the Year and 2nd team All-American.
Overall for the season “Big Nasty” put up 20.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, and shot over 62% from the field in just 29 minutes of actions per game.
In the Tournament (six games) Williamson scored 21.7 points grabbed 8.2 rebounds and blocked 2.3 shot per game and maintained his 62% from the field.
In the national Semis vs #9 ranked Arizona he was 11-18 from the field. He tallied 29-13 and five assists.
In the title game (played in Charlotte, NC) he put up 23 and 8 in Arkansas’ 76-72 victory over #6 Duke.
Arkansas won the national championship over Duke. They finished 31-3 over including 14-2 (SEC West champs). In the final poll they were #2 and were the top seed in the Midwest. The Hogs averaged over 92 points per game (3rd in the NCAA) and outscored their opponents by 18 a game.
2. Glenn Robinson: Was the unanimous Player of the Year. He was the Big Ten Player of the Year (also named Big Ten Male Athlete of the year) after leading the conference in scoring and rebounds (10.1). He earned many other awards.
He led the nation with 30.3 per game. He shot over 48%, (including 38 on threes) and nearly 80% from the line.
The Big Dog guided Purdue to the Big Ten title with 37 points including the game-winner over then #3 Michigan.
Then he followed that up with 49 in the season finale win over Illinois to clinch the conference crown.
In the NCAAs, he dropped 44 on #13 Kansas in the sweet 16.
Purdue won a competitive Big Ten (14-4) and went 29-5 (3rd in the final poll). They were the top seed in the Southeast Region and advanced to the Regional Final, losing to Duke. The Boilermakers, sparked by Robinson, scored over 84 points per game.
3. Grant Hill: Was a consensus first team All-American, and the ACC Player of the Year.
He was also named All-Tournament team and the Southeast Regional MVP.
He averaged 17.4 points, 6.9 rebs, 5.2 ast, and 1.9 steals while shooting 39% on 3s.
In the NCAA tournament Hill put up 17.7 points, 8.3 rebs, 5.7 asts and shot 50% (40-80) from the field.
In the Final Four vs #14 ranked Florida Hill went all 40 minutes, and had 25-6-5 in Duke’s 70-65 comeback win.
In the championship game vs Arkansas he has 12-14(career high), 6 assists and three blocks. His game three tied the game at 70 with just over a minute to go.
Duke finished the season 28-6 and was #6 in the final poll. They advanced to their 4th title game in five years. They won the ACC regular season with a 12-4 record.
Interesting, I would've had Grant Hill above Glenn Robinson. But I can't argue against your reasoning. Big Nasty at the top though, for sure.
ReplyDeleteYea it was close with Hill and Robinson but Big Dog was better by far than anyone in the reg season
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