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[Big Old Booger]

way to leave out a key stat that makes it not close ..

FG% drew .532 cade .431

and that fact that drew brings it every night and is almost always in double figures ...

Cade is the MVP of this team no question.

A big man has to be good in at least 2 of 4 phases to really help a team. Those 4 areas are scoring, rebounding, defense and shot blocks/alters. The only one of those Fitz is good at is scoring. He's a horrible rebounder, can't play defense other than hack-a-shaq and does not alter/block shots.

Fitz is a good piece, but for anybody to think he's the savior or future of the program is misguided.

 

[SoonerDan74012]

i'm gonna be "that guy".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng2zyevrcbs

booooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[OUsky]

Capel is putting together the puzzle and that night is going to be rewarding for a lot of people.

Capel is awesome.

 

[skyvue]

way to leave out a key stat that makes it not close ..
FG% drew .532 cade .431

and that fact that drew brings it every night and is almost always in double figures ...

I "left it out" because post players always shoot a higher percentage than outside players. That's expected.

Here are the game-by-game scoring totals:

Opponent/Fitz/Cade
Coppin -- 22-8
UNC Cent -- 22-9
Tex So -- 2-21
UK -- 14-23
UVA -- 9-15
Cham -- 11-24
Ark -- 18-9
Ariz -- 22-9
GW -- 20-15
ORU -- 14-10
Cinn -- 10-7
Sac St. -- 8-15
C. Ark -- 11-8
Mary ES -- 11-11
Tex A&M -- 17-13
Baylor -- 9-DNP
UT -- 18-3
Tex Tech -- 20-25

Each player's had one disastrous game -- Fitz scored 2 against Texas Southern, and David scored 3 against UT (after missing a game due to a death in the family, which might explain why he struggled upon his return).

Fitz has scored in double figures in 14 games; Davis has scored in double figures in 10 games (and remember, he missed one game and played badly in another after a death in the family). And four of Fitzgerald's double-figure outings have seen him score 10 or 11 points, which is a decent game but hardly counts as lighting it up (Cade's had one such game).

Fitzgerald's outscored Davis by five or more points in a given game six times, and Davis has outscored Fitzgerald by five or more points six times, too.

So even in this category, the disparity is not as great as you suggest, and when you add in turnovers, assists, rebounds, and fouls (especially fouls -- Coach Capel mentions Fitz's penchant for fouling virtually every time he meets the press) and then consider the leadership factor, one could quite easily decide that Cade's the team MVP at this point in the season.

As I said above, one can make an argument for Fitzgerald, too, but it would be based almost entirely on scoring, and he's currently besting Davis by less than one point a game. If he could manage to stay on the floor, he might widen that margin, but until he does (and until he improves his rebounding), I'd have to go with Cade. And I'll bet (though I don't pretend to know for certain) that Coach Capel would, too.

 

[Max Power]

I "left it out" because post players always shoot a higher percentage than outside players. That's expected.

Here are the game-by-game scoring totals:

Coppin -- 22-8
UNC Cent -- 22-9
Tex So -- 2-21
UK -- 14-23
UVA -- 9-15
Cham -- 11-24
Ark -- 18-9
Ariz -- 22-9
GW -- 20-15
ORU -- 14-10
Cinn -- 10-7
Sac St. -- 8-15
C. Ark -- 11-8
Mary ES -- 11-11
Tex A&M -- 17-13
Baylor -- 9-DNP
UT -- 18-3
Tex Tech -- 20-25

Each player's had one disastrous game -- Fitz scored 2 against Texas Southern, and David scored 3 against UT (after missing a game due to a death in the family, which might explain why he struggled upon his return).

Fitz has scored in double figures in 14 games; Davis has scored in double figures in 10 games (and remember, he missed one game and played badly in another after a death in the family). And four of Fitzgerald's double-figure outings have seen him score 10 or 11 points, which is a decent game but hardly counts as lighting it up (Cade's had one such game).

Fitzgerald's outscored Davis by five or more points in a given game six times, and Davis has outscored Fitzgerald by five or more points six times, too.

So even in this category, the disparity is not as great as you suggest, and when you add in turnovers, assists, rebounds, and fouls (especially fouls -- Coach Capel mentions Fitz's penchant for fouling virtually every time he meets the press) and then consider the leadership factor, one could quite easily decide that Cade's the team MVP at this point in the season.

As I said above, one can make an argument for Fitzgerald, too, but it would be based almost entirely on scoring, and he's currently besting Davis by less than one point a game. If he could manage to stay on the floor, he might widen that margin, but until he does (and until he improves his rebounding), I'd have to go with Cade. And I'll bet (though I don't pretend to know for certain) that Coach Capel would, too.

Great breakdown Sky

People seem to forget there is more to basketball than scoring. Cade is the MVP of this team. In the biggest win of the season he led the team in both scoring and rebounding!

 

[scrybe]

I'd have to agree with you, skyvue. This year, Cade is a proven commodity and all-around contributor, while Fitz is still learning how to be more than just a scorer. Fitz has shown enough improvement from his freshman to sophomore season to believe that he could well be the team's MVP next year or the year after (or both), but of course we won't be comparing his game against Cade's at that point.