In Mike Decourcy’s ‘Starting 5’ article where he answers the ‘top questions in college basketball’, he was asked how Anthony Davis compares to the all-time shot blockers in NCAA history. Here is what Mike had to say,
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000][I][B]3. So, Anthony Davis breaks the Kentucky single-season blocks record with two-plus months to go in the season. How does he rank with college basketball’s best shot-blockers of all time?[/B] [/I]
[I][B]DeCourcy:[/B] Just want to see if I can properly spell Wojciech Myrda, don’t you? The truth? Had to double-check but got it right on the first try. [/I]
[I]Myrda is second on the NCAA’s career blocks list, having finished his career at Louisiana-Monroe in 2002 with a four-year total of 535, but is No. 1 in blocks per game at 4.65 per game. Davis is averaging 4.7 and is only a freshman, so he should be in position to pass Myrda and Jarvis Varnado (564 blocks, 4.0 per game) at some point late in his senior season, probably March 2015. [/I]
[I]OK, just wanted to make sure everyone was paying attention there. [/I]
[I]Davis has astonishing timing for someone who lacks experience being tall. What separates Davis from Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, perhaps even David Robinson, though, is a level of guard-style quickness that allows him to challenge shots on the perimeter as well as around the lane. He blocked a 3-pointer Tuesday night against Arkansas; his game-clinching block against North Carolina’s John Henson occurred about 14 feet from the goal. [/I]
[I]We’ve all seen guys who intimidated at the rim, but one never knows where Davis might lurk.[/I]
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One point that Mike makes, which really resonates with me is that Davis will always have unique place in history because of he is a big man with the skills of a guard.
For the rest of Mike’s article, click [URL=”http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2012-01-19/starting-5-unwrapping-the-indiana-uconn-enigmas”]here[/URL].
