The Naismith Award top 30 list was released today. It corrected a lot of the wrongs left by the Wooden list. Mainly because Sean Kilpatrick was on it. And Xavier Thames. And Nik Stauskas. But for the purposes of this blog, mainly Sean Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick is averaging 19.8 points, 32nd in the country, 4.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.4 steals. He's been the top scorer in the American as well as one of the most crucial players with a near 30% usage rate. Only Russ Smith, another name on the list, and Isaiah Sykes of UCF rank above Kilpatrick. Shooting wise, Kilpatrick is one of the top free throw shooters in the league at 85.7%. He's in the top 7 in minutes. Pretty much speaking, Sean Kilpatrick does it all. It's great to see him honored by someone.
Great work, Sean Kilpatrick.
From college basketball talk, here is the full list after the jump.
- Kyle Anderson, UCLA
- Keith Appling, Michigan State
- Cameron Bairstow, New Mexico
- James Bell, Villanova
- Bryce Cotton, Providence
- Cleanthony Early, Wichita State
- Melvin Ejim, Iowa State
- Joel Embiid, Kansas
- Tyler Ennis, Syracuse
- C.J. Fair, Syracuse
- Aaron Gordon, Arizona
- Gary Harris, Michigan State
- Joe Jackson, Memphis
- Nick Johnson, Arizona
- DeAndre Kane, Iowa State
- Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati
- Roy Devyn Marble, Iowa
- Doug McDermott, Creighton
- Shabazz Napier, Connecticut
- Jabari Parker, Duke
- Lamar Patterson, Pittsburgh
- Casey Prather, Florida
- Julius Randle, Kentucky
- Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
- Russ Smith, Louisville
- Nik Stauskas, Michigan
- Xavier Thames, San Diego State
- Fred VanVleet, Wichita State
- Andrew Wiggins, Kansas
- Chaz Williams, Massachusetts
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