We’re nearly halfway through our season grades for all the Badger basketball players and up today is the guard not named Jordan Taylor, that being Josh Gasser.
For all the other grades we’ve handed out so far don’t forget to head over to our basketball section where you can find all of our other grades to this point in time and any other basketball related articles from this season. So far we haven’t given out a grade worse than a C+ and only one A+. So if you want to know how those are check out our basketball section.
Before we get to Gasser there is Dan Fahey, who gets an incomplete grade from us. The walk-on Junior guard appeared in just 9 games this past season averaging just 1.6 minutes a game. He only took 2 shots all year and scored one, for a season total of 2 points. Fahey had no other stats so it’s really impossible to grade his game performances on just 1.6 minutes a game.
Let’s get back to the person at hand though and that’s Sophomore guard Josh Gasser who started every game for the Badgers in 2011-12. Gasser was named to the All- Big Ten Defensive Team for his efforts on that end of the floor and even showed that he could be the one to start handling the point next season while easing in George Marshall or Traevon Jackson. So, how did his season end up?
Overall Stats:
7.6ppg, 4.2rpg, 45.2%3pt shooting, 1.55 assist/turnover ratio, 25 steals, 46.4%%FG shooting
Grades:
Cole: B+
Andy: B
– After setting the world on fire in his freshman year, recording the first ever triple double by a freshman in Wisconsin and Big Ten history much was expected of Gasser in year two. He became the Badgers go to stopper on the defensive end, especially against the best players in the opposing teams backcourts. On that end he really blossomed and will be great for the next few years at Wisconsin. However, he didn’t totally take off like some thought he would on the offensive end of the floor. Gasser’s scoring average went up by less than 2 points per game. He did display an ability to hit shots from deep with a great deal of consistency in year two and that helped his grade stay high. By the end of the season you could tell that he was a trusted person with the ball in his hands and he became the go to option at the point if Taylor was on the bench, so it’s clear there was overall growth in his game and for that I think the grades Cole and I gave him are very deserved. Next season will be key for him though as he’ll be counted on as a leader in the backcourt.
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