PPG Predictions

[Cincyclone]

How do you all see the points being distributed this year? I'll go with:

Kane: 16 ppg
Niang: 14 ppg
Ejim: 13 ppg
Thomas: 10 ppg
Morris: 8 ppg
Hogue: 7 ppg
Long: 4 ppg
Gibson: 3 ppg
SDW: 3 ppg
Everyone else: 2 ppg

That's probably a bit high, but is about how I see it shaking out. Guessing Kane leads the team with Ejim and Niang close behind. Think Thomas, Morris, and Hogue will be at about 7-11.

 

[Rabbuk]

Kane is going to be the next coming of Bernard king and score 25.8 ppg.

 

[Gnomeborg]

With an allowed variance of +/- 25 points, I'd go with...

Kane 25
Niang 25
Ejim 25
.....

Even I'm tired of my own joke already, and I haven't even posted it...

 

[Cyke]

I would have Thomas up to 13, Percy up to 5 and Ejim down to 10. It will look high, but that's just because Ejim will be out for the cupcake games.

 

[kucyclone]

Kane scored 15 ppg in 37 minutes a game, with pretty abysmal shooting percentages, for a 13-19 Conference USA team. So I'd be shocked if he ends up at 15+ this year.

 

[acgclone]

I see:

Kane 15
Niang 13
Ejim 12
Thomas 11
Hogue 7
Morris 6
Naz 5
SDW 5
Bluford 2
Percy 4
Edozie 1

 

[Cyclonic1]

Hell, I'm counting on Ellerman getting 5 ppg.

 

[LawyerClone]

We're not scoring 80 a game. When Matt Thomas is out this team is going to struggle from the outside.

 

[cyclonepower]

Kane scored 15 ppg in 37 minutes a game, with pretty abysmal shooting percentages, for a 13-19 Conference USA team. So I'd be shocked if he ends up at 15+ this year.

I think he will be around 14-16 ppg, he was the only decent player at Marshall, he is now surrounded with better talent which will create better scoring opportunities for him...

 

[ISUCubswin]

Kane reminds me so much of Jake Anderson.

 

[JohnnyFive]

I see:

Kane 15
Niang 13
Ejim 12
Thomas 11
Hogue 7
Morris 6
Naz 5
SDW 5
Bluford 2
Percy 4
Edozie 1

Kane 15.5
Niang 13.5
Ejim 10.5
Thomas 9.5
Morris 6.5
Hogue 5.5
SDW 4
Naz 4
Bluford 3
Percy 2
Edozie 0

74 ppg

 

[Cincyclone]

Kane scored 15 ppg in 37 minutes a game, with pretty abysmal shooting percentages, for a 13-19 Conference USA team. So I'd be shocked if he ends up at 15+ this year.

He also didn't have the benefit of an offensive coaching genius and a supporting cast worth a damn at Marshall.

 

[AdamJGray]

Kane scored 15 ppg in 37 minutes a game, with pretty abysmal shooting percentages, for a 13-19 Conference USA team. So I'd be shocked if he ends up at 15+ this year.

New hand checking rule should send him to the FT line quite a bit. I wouldn't be surprised to see him shoot the most FT's on the team.

Agree with other poster in that we probably aren't scoring 80 ppg. We scored 79 last year and I am guessing we see a 5 point drop this year.

 

[acgclone]

New hand checking rule should send him to the FT line quite a bit. I wouldn't be surprised to see him shoot the most FT's on the team.

Agree with other poster in that we probably aren't scoring 80 ppg. We scored 79 last year and I am guessing we see a 5 point drop this year.

I think the hand check rule will help. Also due to depth and some pretty solid ball handling I see us running a little more.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

I think the hand check rule will help keep the overall team ppg up around 80. This is a Hoiball High-Octane Offense we are talking about here.

Kane 16.5 ppg
Georges Niang 13.8 ppg
Matt Thomas 12.3 ppg
Melvin Ejim 11.5 ppg
Dustin Hogue 9.8 ppg
Monte Morris 9.7 ppg
Naz Long 6.5 ppg
Sherron Dorsey-Walker 4.2 ppg
Percy Gibson 4.1 ppg
K.J. Bluford 3.2 ppg---will not play every game
Daniel Edozie 1.3 ppg---will not play every game

 

[Cyinthenorth]

We're not scoring 80 a game. When Matt Thomas is out this team is going to struggle from the outside.

Based off of what? One cold night in an exhibition game? I'm not at all worried about 3 point shooting on a Hoiberg team. SDW and Bluford are right behind Thomas. Naz Long and Georges are serviceable shooters as well. Ejim can even step outside and knock a few down. Not. Worried. About. The. Three. Ball.

 

[Cincyclone]

Based off of what? One cold night in an exhibition game? I'm not at all worried about 3 point shooting on a Hoiberg team. SDW and Bluford are right behind Thomas. Naz Long and Georges are serviceable shooters as well. Ejim can even step outside and knock a few down. Not. Worried. About. The. Three. Ball.

Ejim, Niang, and Long are much more than serviceable from outside, they're downright dangerous. Which further reinforces your point.

 

[Bewilderme]

Kane: 15.62 ppg
Niang: 13.53 ppg
Ejim: 12.67 ppg
Thomas: 9.81 ppg
Morris: 7.12 ppg
Hogue: 7.98 ppg
Long: 5.24 ppg
Gibson: 4.62 ppg
SDW: 4.25 ppg
Edozie: 1.66 ppg

 

[Thompsonclone]

Kane: 14.6
Niang: 13.8
Ejim: 12.9
Thomas: 10.3
Morris: 7.9
SDW: 6.8
Hogue: 6.3
Long: 4.7
Gibson: 3.2
Bluford: 2.9
Edozie: 1.2

 

[allfourcy]

Ejim, Niang, and Long are much more than serviceable from outside, they're downright dangerous. Which further reinforces your point.

Not sure what the definition of 'more than serviceable' would necessarily be, but I understand if people are cautious in thinking this team will be "as threatening" from the 3 pt. line. as past two teams. Yes I think Georges and Naz can be a threat and "hot" on some nights more than others,but I don't think they'll be as consistent as the duo of Tyrus and Korie were which would suggest less avg. points per game. I'm actually more intrigued to see if this team can "lower the defensive avg." allowed per game.