February 2nd The NBA pitch for Emanuel Sharp is quite simple: he’s college basketball’s premier sharpshooter. While he’s converted a strong 37% of his threes this season, which ranks in the 91st percentile, even that number undersells his shooting excellence. For one, in-season shooting percentages are notoriously fickle, as they rise and fall multiple percentage …
January 30th Nolan Minnesale first popped up on our radars after an extremely productive freshman year, where he displayed strong two-point scoring, passing, defense, and rebounding. The combination of these four traits, along with soft touch that provided high shooting potential, merged to make Minnesale the best mid-major guard in the country in our eyes. …
January 30th As both the most underrated center and the most underrated NBA draft prospect in the country, there are multiple layers that make Najai Hines great. It’s difficult to address all of them within one write-up, so this rendition of his player profile will focus specifically on his interior dominance. After all, how could …
January 30th With a strong foundation on both ends of the floor, Jesse McCulloch fits the billing of the “modern-day big man.” His combination of three-point shooting and rim protection at a young age is one that is rare, and matched by few in recent memory. Shooting: Through 20 games, McCulloch has made 8 of …
January 27th Any discussion of Eian Elmer’s statistical profile must begin with his teflon three-point shooting ability. After two years of impressive perimeter shooting, knocking down 40.1% of his threes with a 46.3 three-point attempt rate, Elmer has raised his shooting rate by over 10% this season without seeing a notable decline in his conversion …
January 30th With an impressive foundation on both ends of the floor, Brady Koehler fits the billing of the “modern-day big man.” His perimeter shooting on offense provides excellent floor spacing for his team, while his strong agility and rim protection on defense combine to provide excellent versatility within his impact. In this initial installment …
January 18th As perhaps the greatest shotmaking prospect in modern NCAA history, any analysis of Darryn Peterson’s statistical profile must start with his shotmaking indicators. This first installment of his player profile write-up will center primarily around that. Peterson has made 41% of his 64 three-point attempts and 53% of his 38 midrange attempts thus …
January 30th In the first rendition of Tarris Reed Jr.’s 2025-26 player profile, we looked into his dominant defensive start through 91 minutes and four games played. With an additional 12 games and 322 minutes played since, we now have a much larger sample size with more stabilized statistics to make inferences from. Previously, we …
January 30th In the first rendition of Rafael Castro’s 2025-26 player profile, we highlighted how well-rounded his statistical profile was on both ends of the floor through the first month of the season. With a larger sample size of minutes played stemming from more games played, statistics are now starting to stabilize around their ‘true’ …
January 30th In the first rendition of Dante Allen’s player profile, we discussed the traits that initially attracted us to Allen: his outlier feel for the game, paired with strength and length, that led to a large number of assists, steals, and rebounds in high school. On December 4th, through eight games, all of these …
January 30th With a larger sample size of minutes played stemming from more games played, statistics are now starting to stabilize around their ‘true’ values. This makes Darius Adams’ continued ability to draw and make free throws an excellent sight to see. His free throws attempted per 100 possessions have remained at an elite 98th …
January 16th In the first installment of Matt Hodge’s player profile, we delved into his strong two-point efficiency, three-point volume, and on-court team offensive efficiency, all of which have remained strong after another 10 games. His two-point percentage currently ranks in the 90th percentile, and his three-point rate in the 95th percentile. While he only …
December 4th Jordan Derkack’s combination of scoring and defense is one that is very valuable. In this rendition of his player profile, we’ll focus on only his scoring. Through nine games with Dayton, Derkack is boasting the most efficient offensive season of his career, including career-best interior scoring and passing efficiency. His ability to draw …
December 4th Two years of minimal playing time and a transfer of schools later, and Cameron Carr is finally receiving ample opportunity to showcase his talents at the college level. He has more than seized the opportunity, as his excellent play through seven games has him high on scouts’ boards. While season sample sizes are …
January 16th In the first installment of Yaxel Lendeborg’s player profile, we delved into his tremendous offensive output, where his intersection of per-possession offensive dominance and versatility created the best offensive player in the NCAA. All of that information has remained entirely the same, as Lendeborg has continued his supremacy and continues to assert his …
January 16th In the first installment of Aiden Sherrell’s player profile, we delved into his truly versatile offensive production and its prospective value for NBA teams. While this second write-up will naturally focus on his defensive production, we’d first like to address a claim we previously made. While the raw numbers flagged Sherrell’s low assist-to-turnover …
January 16th We laid out the most impressive statistic in college basketball within the first installment of Labaron Philon’s player profile: despite Alabama boasting the single toughest strength of schedule, and no guard in the country taking on a higher offensive load than him, Philon converted 65% of his 77 two-point attempts. Somehow, despite taking …
(February 12th) Silas Demary has been the victim of an incredibly brutal SEC schedule – virtually every single statistic of his is down from the last profile, though most of them are only down by small margins – 16% in points, 5% in assists, 17% in rebounds, etc. His 2 point efficiency is down by …
(January 6th) Initially we talked about the lack of a clear single-skill strength with Aaron Scott, but as the season has moved forward, it’s become more and more clear that his ability to make plays on the ball from the defensive side is, in fact, an elite skill. In the time since the last profile, …
(February 12th) It’s always nice to get to do a “we told you so” in these profiles. For Jamir Watkins, seeing that he went from struggling at the start of the season, to the 64th percentile during the last profiles, to the 86th percentile in this one, while we were saying the whole time that …
(January 6th) Very little has changed on Jordan Gainey’s profile over the last few weeks. He’s still seeing good returns on the jump shot, is still showing out as an elite defender, and is still providing a little bit of extra value as a playmaker and finisher. The primary changes since the last profile are …
(February 12th) As the season moves forward, it’s typical to expect the increased sample sizes to cause the results to stabilize. In fact, in virtually every category, Rasheer Fleming is within 5 percentile points, in either direction, of where he was almost a month ago. But that, in itself, is valuable to teams. It’s valuable …
(February 12th) There was, last time, virtually no room for improvement in Bennett Stirtz’s profile. He was basically maxing out every single statistic we presented, and he was even okay in a few things like rebounding and shotblocking that were outside of his general role. That’s still just as true as it was before – …
(January 6th) The number we want to highlight on this profile is “shot possessions”. This is, as you might assume, the total number of possessions that the player ends with a shot of some kind, whether FGA or FTA. In it, Derkack has moved from the 44th percentile to the 51st percentile, indicating he is …
(December 12th) The most important statistic on this page is the 42.1 next to minutes. Unfortunately, the sample is too small to draw real conclusions based on any of the other numbers present, especially thinks like DBPM that need a much bigger sample to stabilize. What numbers we do have for Carr are generally good. …
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(February 12th) As with the last profile, this one represents a significant improvement over the last one. The points are up from the 35th percentile to the 40th. The true shooting is up from the 31st percentile to the 40th. And the assists and steals are still elite, though the steal rate could become concerning …
(February 12th) One of the primary criticisms of Thomas Sorber’s early season statistical profile was that it was largely recorded against weak competition. And Sorber’s numbers, after a month of high caliber Big East competition, among the hardest that any prospect will face, have “suffered”. And I put “suffered” in scare quotes because his OBPM …
(February 12th) Previously we discussed how Des Claude’s steal rate dropped from the 40th to 31st percentile as a potential random fluctuation. It now seems unreasonable to consider it as such, as his steal rate has now dropped to the 10th percentile. Additionally, his three-point percentage, which was encouragingly high to start the season, has …
(January 6th) In the last profile, we talked about how odd it was that Money Williams had been such an effective shot blocker for a guard but wasn’t also recording steals. It’s very rare for havoc creator guards to get only blocks. Well, since then, while Williams’ block rate has remained high, his steal rate …
(February 12th) The theme with Alex Condon’s profiles, thus far, has been how his role has shifted through the year. Last time, we discussed the drop in points from the 95th percentile to the 84th, which has continued a slight slide to the 81st percentile. But as Florida has settled in more to their status …
(January 6th) Christ Essandoko played very brief minutes across 3 games since the last profile while extremely limited by a hamstring issue. As a result, the “too small of a sample to draw meaningful conclusions” sample barely got any bigger. Most of his numbers still sit in that 30th-80th percentile range that low minutes will …
(November 30th) Some of Oso Ighodaro’s numbers are actually down this season – he’s averaging an AST% 7% lower than last season, and a BLK% 1.2% lower. And yet, all of his metrics that aggregate everything together are actually up – he’s 99th percentile in OPIPM, DPIPM, and the combination of the two, PIPM. Defensively, …
(February 12th) Earlier in the year, we talked about Tarris Reed’s passing as something that gives him a bit of upside beyond the traditional big man skills that he provides. As the season has progressed, though, this has turned from a small bit of upside all the way up to a legitimate plus skill. In …
(February 12th) In the time since the last profile, Jackson McAndrew has jumped from the 4th percentile in assists to the 17th. This is still not a number that actually represents his true passing ability, but given the way in which his numbers are clearly being deflated by his role, it’s good to see occasional …
(February 12th) The only major change in this profile, relative to last, is that Mgbako has struggled from 3, dropping him from the 95th percentile to the 75th. This was mostly driven by a 4 game stretch in which Mgbako was a combined 0-15 from deep. It’s not a coincidence, though, that this lines up …
(February 12th) This week, we want to highlight the defensive end for John Blackwell; He’s in the 90th percentile for DBPM, an all-in-one stat that approximately captures total defensive contribution, but he is fairly low in both blocks (17th percentile for guards) and steals (26th percentile for guards). There are two primary reasons this is …
(December 12th) If we were looking at Miles Rubin’s profile from last year, it would almost certainly be that of an elite defender, due in large part to elite rim protection, who does enough offensively to contribute by finishing well around the rim. This season, all of that is still true of Rubin. He’s still …