Big Ten Scoring Leaders

[SmellyCat]

I have been following this closely for several weeks now, and Martinelli's lead is razor thin (see below). I knew he needed 18 last night to stay on top and he got those two free throws in the last minute to get to exactly 18. Here are the leaders:

Name	School	G	Pts	Avg
Martinelli	Northwestern	27	533	19.74
Garcia	Minnesota	26	513	19.73
Tonje	Wisconsin	26	510	19.62
Kaufman-Renn	Purdue	27	529	19.59
Williams	Nebraska	27	523	19.37
Harper	Rutgers	24	460	19.17
Bailey	Rutgers	25	465	18.60

Garcia and Tonje play tomorrow, in case you want to keep track yourself.

 

[GatoLouco]

Can you post just B1G games? It's probably just as close but I think Kaufman Renn has been quite on the upswing

 

[SmellyCat]

I can probably put together the numbers for those games as well. I think TKR and Tonje have been the best, but that's based on a guess.

 

[SmellyCat]

	Overall	Conference	Non-Conference
Martinelli	19.74	19.75	19.73
Garcia	19.73	20.60	18.55
Tonje	19.62	19.53	19.73
Kaufman-Renn	19.59	20.44	18.36
Williams	19.37	19.81	18.73
Harper	19.17	16.00	22.91
Bailey	18.60	18.88	18.11

 

[GatoLouco]

Our man is one consistent dude at a 0.02 difference conference vs non conference.

Kudos to Garcia and TKR for actually (significantly as others also did) raising their scoring against tougher competition. Though Purdue did play a pretty hard non conference schedule.

 

[Hungry Jack]

All very good players.

It seems that Martinelli and K-R are the only ones in that group who will be back next year, assuming the Rutgers kids declare for the NBA draft.

 

[SmellyCat]

All very good players.

It seems that Martinelli and K-R are the only ones in that group who will be back next year, assuming the Rutgers kids declare for the NBA draft.

I think it's possible TKR will declare too, though he's not a slam dunk draft pick.

 

[GatoLouco]

I think it's possible TKR will declare too, though he's not a slam dunk draft pick.

I don't see TKR as a good pro prospect. But I am terrible at evaluating that.

 

[Hungry Jack]

I have always been a Brice Williams fan. Great player, IMO. Nebby is going to miss him greatly.

 

[SmellyCat]

Here's an update through the weekend. Martinelli is ahead by ONE point.

Name	School	G	Pts	Avg
Martinelli	Northwestern	27	533	19.74
Tonje	Wisconsin	27	532	19.70
Garcia	Minnesota	27	524	19.41
Harper	Rutgers	25	485	19.40
Williams	Nebraska	27	523	19.37
Kaufman-Renn	Purdue	28	538	19.21
Bailey	Rutgers	26	479	18.42

The only player above with a scheduled game Monday is Brice Williams at home against Michigan,

 

[Catreporter]

Garcia was 3 for 16 Saturday. We can only hope that holds for Tuiesday.

 

[TheC]

Here's an update through the weekend. Martinelli is ahead by ONE point.

Name	School	G	Pts	Avg
Martinelli	Northwestern	27	533	19.74
Tonje	Wisconsin	27	532	19.70
Garcia	Minnesota	27	524	19.41
Harper	Rutgers	25	485	19.40
Williams	Nebraska	27	523	19.37
Kaufman-Renn	Purdue	28	538	19.21
Bailey	Rutgers	26	479	18.42

The only player above with a scheduled game Monday is Brice Williams at home against Michigan,

Williams may pull ahead. He already has 18 points in the first half.

 

[SmellyCat]

Williams may pull ahead. He already has 18 points in the first half.

Yep. 30 will give him the lead.

 

[Hungry Jack]

Williams may pull ahead. He already has 18 points in the first half.

He has 18 of Nebby’s 21 first half points.

Bizarre

 

[SmellyCat]

He has 18 of Nebby’s 21 first half points.

Bizarre

Two quick baskets in the second half and then shut down (other than free throws) in the last 15 mins.

 

[SmellyCat]

Martinelli needed eight points to maintain his lead last night and though it took him until the second half to get them, he has a slim lead:

Name	Team	G	Pts	Avg
Martinelli	Northwestern	29	578	19.93
Garcia	Minnesota	28	550	19.64
Williams	Nebraska	28	549	19.61
Kaufman-Renn	Purdue	29	567	19.55
Tonje	Wisconsin	28	545	19.46
Harper	Rutgers	26	502	19.31

Minnesota and Nebraska play today. Root for Garcia to get under 28 and Williams to get under 29.

I honestly don't know how official the "Big Ten Scoring Crown" is and if it counts the BTT and any other post-season play, but here are the remaining games for the players above:

March 1 - Minnesota at Nebraska
March 2 - Wisconsin at Michigan State
March 3 - UCLA at Northwestern
March 4 - Nebraska at Ohio State, Rutgers at Purdue
March 5 - Wisconsin at Minnesota
March 6 - None
March 7 - Purdue at Illinois
March 8 - Northwestern at Maryland, Penn State at Wisconsin
March 9 - Minnesota at Rutgers, Iowa at Nebraska

 

[Southport Cat]

Love how Mart found a way when baskets weren’t quite coming as easily. Iowa’s gameplan was pretty much to double (and a few times triple) as soon as he got the ball. Mart resisted the temptation to fire contested threes, which was good to see. Felt like he had more confidence in other guys to make baskets.

If officiating was balanced he would shoot twice as many FTs as he currently does. CCC needs to be relentless in his nice-guy sarcasm assault on the B1G all throughout the offseason to make sure Mart is getting 10+ foul attempts per game next year befitting the league’s best inside scorer.