Compare Coach Miller's comments with Coach Forbes after our wins at home. Miller at least gave us some credit for our defense and our home court advantage-- "a tough place to play."
(22-3) UNCG @ (20-5) Furman Feb. 14th
It was s great team victory.
I do wish there had been more fans at the game.
We were down 6 points with about 8 minutes left. After the time out, Matt Rafferty took over the game , scoring 7 straight points. It was a thing of beauty.
In my opinion, MR is hands down the most deserving of the So Con Player if the year award.
Go Furman!!
I do wish there had been more fans at the game.
We were down 6 points with about 8 minutes left. After the time out, Matt Rafferty took over the game , scoring 7 straight points. It was a thing of beauty.
In my opinion, MR is hands down the most deserving of the So Con Player if the year award.
Go Furman!!
Since the days of Bill Bradley at Princeton and Larry Bird at Indiana State, I have not seen a player put a team on his back and carry them to victory like Matt Rafferty did last night against UNCG. I am well aware that it is not the national stage upon which those BB immortals' performed but for his time and place, I cannot imagine a more valuable all around contribution to his team's eventual win than Raff's. Just when it looked like UNCG was going to pull away, Rafferty took complete control of the game with points, rebounds, steals and great passes. He is hands down the MVP in the So Con and deserves all the honors his school wishes to bestow upon him.
To me, Rafferty being named Player of the Year is a no-brainer ... in SoCon games only (which I believe is how the awards are tallied), MR is 5th in PPG, 3rd in RPG, 1st in FG%, 5th in APG, 7th in FT%, 1st in SPG, 11th in BPG, 5th in assist/turnover ration, 6th in offensive boards per game, 3rd in defensive rebounds per game and 7th in minutes per game.
Compare that to Cameron Jackson, who is 14th in PPG, 11th in RPG, 4th in FG%, 9th in APG, 13th in FT%, 5th in SPG, 4th in BPG, 4th in assist/turnover ratio, t-8th in offensive rebounds per game and t-12th in defensive rebounds per game. So Jackson is ahead of Rafferty in a whopping two categories (blocks and assist/turnover ratio).
Other comparison is Magee, who is 1st in PPG, 11th in FG%, 1st in FT%, 3rd in 3FG% and 1st in 3FGM. But does he make his team better as much as Rafferty does? No. Is he the all-around player Rafferty is? No.
My concern is that the league's coaches and media will feel obligated to give it to the flashy Magee, who's had a couple of buzzer beaters and plays on a team that will win the regular season crown and potentially go undefeated. But we will see. Rafferty really hasn't had any bad games this season ... a couple he hasn't scored a ton in, but he'll still fill up the stat sheet in other ways. I'm sure opposing coaches are recognizing it.
Compare that to Cameron Jackson, who is 14th in PPG, 11th in RPG, 4th in FG%, 9th in APG, 13th in FT%, 5th in SPG, 4th in BPG, 4th in assist/turnover ratio, t-8th in offensive rebounds per game and t-12th in defensive rebounds per game. So Jackson is ahead of Rafferty in a whopping two categories (blocks and assist/turnover ratio).
Other comparison is Magee, who is 1st in PPG, 11th in FG%, 1st in FT%, 3rd in 3FG% and 1st in 3FGM. But does he make his team better as much as Rafferty does? No. Is he the all-around player Rafferty is? No.
My concern is that the league's coaches and media will feel obligated to give it to the flashy Magee, who's had a couple of buzzer beaters and plays on a team that will win the regular season crown and potentially go undefeated. But we will see. Rafferty really hasn't had any bad games this season ... a couple he hasn't scored a ton in, but he'll still fill up the stat sheet in other ways. I'm sure opposing coaches are recognizing it.
Guess we should just shut MaGee down next Saturday...kinda like we did last year at Timmons.fufanatic wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:39 amTo me, Rafferty being named Player of the Year is a no-brainer ... in SoCon games only (which I believe is how the awards are tallied), MR is 5th in PPG, 3rd in RPG, 1st in FG%, 5th in APG, 7th in FT%, 1st in SPG, 11th in BPG, 5th in assist/turnover ration, 6th in offensive boards per game, 3rd in defensive rebounds per game and 7th in minutes per game.
Compare that to Cameron Jackson, who is 14th in PPG, 11th in RPG, 4th in FG%, 9th in APG, 13th in FT%, 5th in SPG, 4th in BPG, 4th in assist/turnover ratio, t-8th in offensive rebounds per game and t-12th in defensive rebounds per game. So Jackson is ahead of Rafferty in a whopping two categories (blocks and assist/turnover ratio).
Other comparison is Magee, who is 1st in PPG, 11th in FG%, 1st in FT%, 3rd in 3FG% and 1st in 3FGM. But does he make his team better as much as Rafferty does? No. Is he the all-around player Rafferty is? No.
My concern is that the league's coaches and media will feel obligated to give it to the flashy Magee, who's had a couple of buzzer beaters and plays on a team that will win the regular season crown and potentially go undefeated. But we will see. Rafferty really hasn't had any bad games this season ... a couple he hasn't scored a ton in, but he'll still fill up the stat sheet in other ways. I'm sure opposing coaches are recognizing it.
FGM 4-12
3PT 1-5
REB 4
Total of 10 points.
