LutherRackleyRulez
05-04-2010, 11:47 AM
Per CollegeChalkTalk.......
Ice Water in the Veins
In late February while taking in a Charlotte 49ers game with friend John Akers of Basketball Times, we got talking about the game on a national level and, not surprisingly, the discussion led us to Kentucky's John Wall. In his one year in Lexington, Wall was praised for his play and deservedly so. Though tough to identify what elevated Wall over his peers by simply looking at a box score, unquestionably Wall had that certain "it" factor about him.
So John - Akers that is - set out to research what made Wall such a special player. Put simply, he found that Wall's numbers during the last five minutes of "close" ballgames were unparalleled. His piece can be found in the April edition of Basketball Times.
About eight weeks later, I've applied his analysis and incorporated some of my own tweaks to examine five Atlantic 10 guards in these 'close and late' situations.
http://collegechalktalk.com/atlantic10/2009-10/releases/5.2.10disano
Ice Water in the Veins
In late February while taking in a Charlotte 49ers game with friend John Akers of Basketball Times, we got talking about the game on a national level and, not surprisingly, the discussion led us to Kentucky's John Wall. In his one year in Lexington, Wall was praised for his play and deservedly so. Though tough to identify what elevated Wall over his peers by simply looking at a box score, unquestionably Wall had that certain "it" factor about him.
So John - Akers that is - set out to research what made Wall such a special player. Put simply, he found that Wall's numbers during the last five minutes of "close" ballgames were unparalleled. His piece can be found in the April edition of Basketball Times.
About eight weeks later, I've applied his analysis and incorporated some of my own tweaks to examine five Atlantic 10 guards in these 'close and late' situations.
http://collegechalktalk.com/atlantic10/2009-10/releases/5.2.10disano