It's a fun exercise because there isn't a right answer. Like most of you, I eliminated option B although I loved Austin Johnson. I think he's one of the most underrated PG's we've ever had. With those long arms he was a great defensive player. I look at Tony Crocker as a poor man's Buddy Hield.... he was streaky, and questions about Willie's attitude was an issue.
I think all 3 individual comparisons between A and C are very close and leave room for debate. I personally like Buddy over Hollis ..... and I really liked Hollis. I just think Buddy does more things. He's a good rebounder. Both are good outside shooters. Buddy's bigger and has a better ability of taking the ball to the basket. I call White and Woodard a push. I may like Woodard better as a senior, but I would have easily picked Quannas based on Woodard's first 2 years. Quannas was a great PG (floor general) but not as good of a shooter as Woodard is right now. I actually would pick Ere over Cousins if both are healthy. He was good and has played professional ball overseas for a lot of years and always is one of the better players in whatever league he plays in. Actually, White and Ere were jucos so we only had them for 2 years.
I'm probably biased like most of you to this year's trio because my memory of them is fresher. Not to be lost in these comparison's is the A group play under Kruger's wide-open, fun offense, whereas the C group played under Sampson's physical, grind-it-out system. Both were effective put both weren't pretty.
I think all 3 individual comparisons between A and C are very close and leave room for debate. I personally like Buddy over Hollis ..... and I really liked Hollis. I just think Buddy does more things. He's a good rebounder. Both are good outside shooters. Buddy's bigger and has a better ability of taking the ball to the basket. I call White and Woodard a push. I may like Woodard better as a senior, but I would have easily picked Quannas based on Woodard's first 2 years. Quannas was a great PG (floor general) but not as good of a shooter as Woodard is right now. I actually would pick Ere over Cousins if both are healthy. He was good and has played professional ball overseas for a lot of years and always is one of the better players in whatever league he plays in. Actually, White and Ere were jucos so we only had them for 2 years.
I'm probably biased like most of you to this year's trio because my memory of them is fresher. Not to be lost in these comparison's is the A group play under Kruger's wide-open, fun offense, whereas the C group played under Sampson's physical, grind-it-out system. Both were effective put both weren't pretty.
