BAREA FOR
ALL-AMERICA
Domination: The only
player in the nation to rank in the
top 20 for both assists (No. 2 with
8.4 apg) and scoring (No. 18 with 21.0
ppg)...Also accomplished the feat last
season, ranking in the top 10 in both
categories. He listed No. 8 in scoring
(22.2) and No. 5 in assists (7.3).
Well-rounded: The
only player in the nation to maintain
averages of at least 20 points, five
assists and four rebounds per game.
Far and away the best:
Averaging 8.4 assists per game, which
is 3.3 assists more than the next-highest
average in the Colonial Athletic Association
(5.1, John Goldsberry of UNC Wilmington)
CAA's finest: Named
CAA Player of the Year, leading the
conference in scoring by a wide margin
with 21.0 per game (next-highest average
is 19.0, Harding Nana of Delaware) and
assists. Also ranks fourth in three-point
field goals (2.28/game), fifth in assist-turnover
ratio (1.79), and eighth in free throw
percentage (76.4). The CAA is currently
ranked 10th of 32 conferences (RPI rankings).
 |
TOTAL OFFENSE
(field goals plus assists,
divided by team's total field
goals) |
| Player |
School |
FG+A |
Team FG |
PCT |
| Jose Juan Barea |
Northeastern |
453 |
797 |
56.8 |
| Jared Jordan |
Marist |
414 |
790 |
52.4 |
| Andre Collins |
Loyola (MD) |
387 |
779 |
49.7 |
| Keydren Clark |
St. Peter's |
413 |
861 |
48.0 |
| Bobby Dixon |
Troy |
368 |
772 |
47.7 |
| Chris Quinn |
Notre Dame |
319 |
674 |
47.3 |
| Mike Trimboli |
Vermont |
289 |
649 |
44.5 |
| Gerry McNamara |
Syracuse |
324 |
787 |
41.2 |
| Dee Brown |
Illinois |
317 |
775 |
40.9 |
| Adam Morrison |
Gonzaga |
332 |
819 |
40.5 |
| J.J. Redick |
Duke |
341 |
842 |
40.5 |
| Carl Krauser |
Pittsburgh |
259 |
697 |
37.2 |
|
Most valuable, most productive:
No player in the country means as much
to his team as Barea and no player has
been more productive than Barea.
Barea
has been directly involved in 56.8 percent
of Northeastern's baskets.
In his 29 games, he has scored or assisted
on 453 of NU's 797 total field goals.
No player in the nation comes close to
matching this level of "TOTAL OFFENSE."
• A season percentage near 60 in
this formula of total offense is extremely
rare in the history of college basketball.
As a point of comparison, consider that
a player such as Magic Johnson, who
was a one-man show for Michigan
State, only registered percentages of
43.7 and 47.4 in his two college seasons. Reggie Lewis had percentages of 27.8, 36.4, 40.1 and 32.7 in his four seasons at NU. A few current illustrations are Adam Morrison (40.5) and J.J. Redick (40.5), who are extremely valuable, but clearly contribute far less than Barea to their team's offensive production.
• Barea far exceeds the nation's
top All-American candidates in this
measure of production, and also outdistances
the competition for the Frances Pomeroy
Naismith and Bob Cousy Awards. The table
on the right shows how Barea compares
to a selection of the nation's top players.
BAREA
FOR FRANCES POMEROY NAISMITH AWARD
The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
is named in honor of James Naismith's
daughter-in-law. It was established
for men in 1969 and presented to the
nation's most outstanding senior six-feet
and under. The award is selected by
a panel from the National Association
of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
| "Total Offense"
rankings for Naismith candidates (through
games of March 7) |
| Rank |
Player |
School |
Height |
FG+A |
Team FG |
PCT |
| 1 |
Jose Juan Barea |
Northeastern |
5'11 |
321 |
572 |
56.1 |
| 2 |
Andre Collins |
Loyola (MD) |
6'0 |
387 |
779 |
49.7 |
| 3 |
Bobby Dixon |
Troy |
5'10 |
368 |
772 |
47.7 |
| 4 |
Dee Brown |
Illinois |
6'0 |
317 |
775 |
40.9 |
| 5 |
Donald Copeland |
Seton Hall |
5'10 |
262 |
656 |
39.9 |
BAREA
FOR BOB COUSY AWARD
It would be fitting for a Boston-based point guard to win the Bob Cousy Award
and there is no better candidate in
the country than Jose Juan Barea. The
Cousy Award, named for the former Holy
Cross and Celtics great, is presented
to the nation's top point guard.
Barea was a finalist for the award as a junior and once again is among the 16 finalists for the award as a senior. Barea is outperforming
the other finalists as the nation's
best floor generals:
| Scoring by Div. I Cousy finalists |
| Player |
School |
PPG |
| Keydren Clark |
St. Peter's |
26.3 |
| Jose Juan Barea |
Northeastern |
21.0 |
| Daniel Horton |
Michigan |
17.7 |
| Gerry McNamara |
Syracuse |
16.4 |
| Carl Krauser |
Pittsburgh |
15.0 |
| Dee Brown |
Illinois |
14.7 |
| Jordan Farmar |
UCLA |
14.0 |
| Darius Washington |
Memphis |
13.9 |
| Daniel Gibson |
Texas |
13.8 |
| Jeff Horner |
Iowa |
13.1 |
| Kyle Lowry |
Villanova |
11.6 |
| Carldell Johnson |
Alabama-Birmingham |
7.5 |
| Assists by Div. I Cousy finalists |
| Player |
School |
APG |
| Jose Juan Barea |
Northeastern |
8.4 |
| Carldell Johnson |
Alabama-Birmingham |
6.2 |
| Jeff Horner |
Iowa |
5.7 |
| Gerry McNamara |
Syracuse |
5.7 |
| Dee Brown |
Illinois |
5.6 |
| Jordan Farmar |
UCLA |
5.5 |
| Daniel Horton |
Michigan |
5.3 |
| Carl Krauser |
Pittsburgh |
4.8 |
| Keydren Clark |
St. Peter's |
4.4 |
| Kyle Lowry |
Villanova |
3.9 |
| Darius Washington |
Memphis |
3.4 |
| Daniel Gibson |
Texas |
3.1 |
|
This page will be updated on Tuesdays
(the official NCAA stats are updated
Mondays at ncaa.org/stats).
All stats above are through games of
March 6.
