Wilson 3rd Best BEast Freshman After Shooting Tear

Building for the future, Duane Wilson's 16 of 29 tear from beyond the arc the last four games has moved him up to third place among Big East freshmen at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The jump from Freshman to sophomore season is typically the most dramatic, with players improving about 156% on average, so Wilson is on pace to be something special. Sandy Cohen's contributions as the 14th best freshman put him on pace to project as a strong starter his sophomore season.

Sophomores also make a nice jump typically, so Luke Fischer and JJJ look to be solid players the next two years - coming in as the 10th and 11th most valuable sophomores in the conference this season.

Add that together with a Top 10 recruiting class Welcome Sacar Anim to the group of Henry Ellenson, Haanif Cheatham and Matt Heldt and if Wojo can hold them all together this could be an awesome team by 2016-17, and a solid team next year with Steve Taylor as the senior leader.

At least that's how the analytics look (see my photo with guru Nate Silver at the annual convention this year) - hopefully the guys pull an upset tonight and beat DePaul to head into the tournament with a chance to build momentum for next year.

Fr	Ovr	Freshman	Team	Value Add
1	248	Delgado, Angel 31	Seton Hall	4.36
2	286	Bluiett, Trevon 5	Xavier	4.13
3	519	Wilson, Duane 1	Marquette	3.05
4	537	Booth, Phil 5	Villanova	2.99
5	639	Rodriguez, Desi 20	Seton Hall	2.64
6	794	Copeland, Isaac 11	Georgetown	2.28
7	812	Carrington, Khadeen 0	Seton Hall	2.25
8	846	Whitehead, Isaiah 15	Seton Hall	2.18
9	921	White, Paul 13	Georgetown	2.04
10	978	Hegner, Toby 32	Creighton	1.94
11	1178	Macura, J.P. 55	Xavier	1.6
12	1289	Peak, L.J. 0	Georgetown	1.46
13	1334	Campbell, Tre 1	Georgetown	1.39
14	1411	Cohen, Sandy 5	Marquette	1.31
15	1547	Chukwu, Paschal 13	Providence	1.18
So	Fr	Sophomores	Team	Value Add
1	33	Dunn, Kris 3	Providence	7.3
2	147	Hart, Josh 3	Villanova	5.36
3	260	Reynolds, Jalen 1	Xavier	4.3
4	296	Davis, Myles 15	Xavier	4.06
5	341	Jenkins, Kris 2	Villanova	3.75
6	349	Garrett, Billy 5	DePaul	3.73
7	453	Jordan, Rysheed 23	St. John's	3.32
8	588	Chrabascz, Andrew 45	Butler	2.82
9	641	Zierden, Isaiah 21	Creighton	2.64
10	686	Fischer, Luke 40	Marquette	2.52
11	908	Johnson, JaJuan 23	Marquette	2.05
12	1052	Hamilton, Tommy 2	DePaul	1.82
13	1652	Randolph, Brandon 3	Xavier	1.1
14	1994	Bennett, Steven 25	Butler	0.84
15	2003	Sina, Jaren 30	Seton Hall	0.84