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March 5, 2009
After each KU basketball game this season, this is where you can find out the hardwood equivalent of The Nielsen Ratings from Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan. He'll rate the Jayhawk scholarship players' individual performances, telling you who was worth tuning in to watch. If you agree or maybe even differ, make sure to comment and tell Tom how you really feel. (Scoring: Each week, the top player in the ratings will be awarded 10 points. Second best gets nine points. Third best gets eight points, and so on and so on. The season standings are at the bottom.)
1. Tyshawn Taylor: By default. Shared team scoring honors with 11 points, making 4 of 5 shots from the field and 3 of 4 from the line. Had three steals and was under control when driving. Like all of his teammates, he could have been sharper defensively.
2. Marcus Morris: Shared scoring honors with 11 points and led team with eight rebounds. Sparked comeback at the start of the second half with a pair of dunks, but night was marred by his second technical of the season.
3. Travis Releford: Totaled four points and four rebounds in nine minutes and had two nice drives to the hoop, but also had two turnovers, including one pass to the Texas Tech bench that was nowhere near a teammate.
4. Quintrell Thomas: Played hard in two minutes at garbage time, scoring four points. Hey, somebody had to be fourth.
5. Tyrel Reed: Made just 2 of 6 three-pointers, missed a free throw and offered little resistance when trying to check Alan Voskuil.
6. Mario Little: Sabotaged his chances of playing more than 12 minutes by putting up a bad shot as soon as he checked in.
7. Sherron Collins: Made 3 of 19 shots overall and 1 of 10 three-pointers. Thought he was as hot as Alan Voskuil.
8. Cole Aldrich: Foul trouble limited him to 19 minutes and when he played, he didn’t play well. Picked up just three rebounds and scored eight points.
9. Brady Morningstar: Rough night defensively and made just 1 of 6 three-point shots.
10. Markieff Morris: Committed bad fouls and had three turnovers.
The Keegan Ratings: Season Standings (total points)
1. Sherron Collins (259 points)
2. Cole Aldrich (256 points)
3. Tyshawn Taylor (198 points)
4. Brady Morningstar (179 points)
5. Marcus Morris (163 points)
6. Tyrel Reed (161 points)
7. Markieff Morris (144 points)
8. Travis Releford (106 points)
9. Mario Little (87 points)
10. Quintrell Thomas (63 points)
11. Tyrone Appleton (27 points)
The Keegan Ratings: Conference Standings (total points)
1. Sherron Collins (125 points)
2. Cole Aldrich (124 points)
3. Tyshawn Taylor (96 points)
4. Brady Morningstar (89 points)
5. Marcus Morris (83 points)
T6. Mario Little (77 points)
T6. Tyrel Reed (77 points)
8. Markieff Morris (72 points)
9. Travis Releford (49 points)
10. Quintrell Thomas (21 points)
11. Tyrone Appleton (8 points)
Comments
kc_wildfire (anonymous) says...
Sherron should receive negative points for his performance on and off the court for the Tech game.
March 5, 2009 at 7:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Brock (anonymous) says...
The Keegan Ratings should be suspended for this particular game. You could tell in the first couple of minutes that the Hawks had absolutely no energy, mental or physical. It's tough to play a game when, deep in your gut, you just don't care and you cannot make yourself care.
Now go out and beat up the Horns, young Jayhawks!
March 5, 2009 at 7:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
patton6 (anonymous) says...
kc - what did Sherron do off the court for the Tech game?
March 5, 2009 at 8:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
PAHAWK1 (anonymous) says...
patton6, Collins fired up TT players by providing them locker room material. He told reporters: “It’s a great feeling to clinch on the road. You get to celebrate in somebody else’s locker room. The bus ride or flight home ... everybody is talking, and it’s fun. It’d be nice to win it on the road.” I hope that SC learnt his lesson.
March 5, 2009 at 8:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
JayViking (anonymous) says...
Sherron ought to be LAST.
March 5, 2009 at 9:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rockchalkin54 (anonymous) says...
"Sherron ought to be LAST."
I agree. And it wasn't just the way he played (although that was a big part of it). He is supposed to be the team leader, but he didn't step up at all.
March 5, 2009 at 11:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Jacobpaul81 (anonymous) says...
I took more flack last week for my comments over leadership and decision making.
Last night was that very leadership personified. 3-19.
March 5, 2009 at 1 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
firket2000 (anonymous) says...
Ya know a lot of folks are ripping on Collins today and I knew it would happen, but evedently I'm the only one who noticed for most of the first half and begining of the second half he was passing first and taking shots second. When it became very evident that no one was making shots last night then he started to take some that were pretty bad, but I've got to say if I had to choose some one to take bad shots and miss them last night I would choose Collins.
1. It won't affect him on Saturday becasue he always belives the next one is in.
2. He is the best shooter we have
3. If any one would of got us back it would of been him
All that to say why do we have to go after our leader every time some thing goes wrong.
March 5, 2009 at 4:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
pmohr13 (anonymous) says...
The leader is always the first to get blamed for a loss. Who gets blamed for a loss in football, the receivers? no the quarterback gets blamed. The leader is suppose to have his team ready for every game. So that's why Sherron gets the negativity after every bad loss we have.
Saying that, I just hope our team learns from this that they have to show up every game.
March 5, 2009 at 7:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
KansaKid (anonymous) says...
Reed should be way higher. He guarded his men way better than Morningstar.
March 5, 2009 at 8:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )