![]() ![]() Nathan Mensah (+5.04 PIPM in 21-22) – 5 players currently in the conference finished last season with a PIPM of 5+. Here are your top-10 Mountain West players:ġ0. If he shows he can handle the extra defensive attention he’ll be a top-10 player. His junior season will be his first as a featured option in the offense. Steven Ashworth (+2.13 PIPM) – Ashworth has become a sniper from deep and can run an offense. He’ll be a great stretch-4 option for Utah State, but hasn’t shown the ability to consistently impact the game in other ways. He is limited by his lack of versatility. Taylor Funk (+2.64 PIPM)- An excellent floor spacer and rebounder, while also being solid defensively. His athleticism and below average defense holds back his overall impact. Jarod Lucas (+1.09 PIPM)- Lucas is a good scorer and a better floor spacer, with deep tournament experience. If he were to improve his defense to an average level he likely makes the top-10. (+0.17 PIPM) – Mashburn is an excellent scorer, but doesn’t do much else on offense and is a negative on the defensive side. He hasn’t shown that ability in three years of D1 ball though, so that may be wishful thinking. If the stories out of SDSU practices are only even 80% true his floor will be 2nd team all conference. Jaedon LeDee (-0.12 PIPM in 21-22) – Ledee has to prove it but reportedly has POY potential. They might be in new roles, or coming off an injury, or need to shore up one aspect of thier game to make it. These are players who have the potential to be top-10 players, but haven’t shown it yet. PIPM estimates how many points a player accounts for relative to an average player on a per 100 possession basis.įirst, some honorable mentions. Player Impact Plus Minus is used throughout this piece as a reference point. The talent pool is deep in the Moutain West, so here is a list of the projected best players in the conference this season. This season likely won’t see four teams make it, but the teams that do look like they should be able to win a game or more. The Mountain West is coming off a season in which four teams made it to the tournament, but none advanced. ![]() We are about a month out from the start of the college basketball season, which means it’s time for some previews. ![]()
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