From: landay+@cs.cmu.edu (James A Landay)
Subject: Re: Brian Hendrick
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:46:28 GMT

In article <30467@optima.cs.arizona.edu> gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell) writes:
>In article <C1F9x6.9ut.2@cs.cmu.edu>, landay+@cs.cmu.edu (James A Landay) writes:
>> Hmmm... Brian Hendrick managed 23 points against UCLA in Cal's
>
> Against UCLA? Geez - big accomplishment there... especially when you
>score 104 points total... Let's see how good ol Brian does against a
>true center like Ed Stokes this season...

I don't consider Brian a true center, more like a power forward.

>> win on Sunday.  Not bad for a guy who has had a hard time
>> coming back from a knee injury he suffered last year.  Plus, we all know
>> he isn't very good (even though he has been all-Pac 10 three
>> years running) 
>
> His performance last season was poor. He was out for extended periods with
>his injury and his stats were not the best in the conference at the center 
>position. He simply was not the best last season and should not
>have made the first team.

He played in 19 games total last year, 9 in the Pac 10.

Overall:
204 rebounds for 10.7 per game
16 blocks
305 points for 16.1 per game

Pac10:
102 rebounds for 11.3 per game
8 blocks
151 points for 16.8 per game

17 pts per game and 11 boards seems pretty good to me.
Not too bad in my opinion.  I would not call his performance poor at
all.  And I agree, it is questionable whether he had the best stats
at center, but I would still say he was one of the top 10 players (2nd
team.) I don't think he has any chance in hell of making it this year
with the slow improvement from the injury.

>> on Cal's team that is any good (though it will be a crime if
>> Murray doesn't make all-Pac 10 this year, along with Kidd and
>> Haase on the all-frosh team.)
>
>What bullshit. Murray makes all pac-10? Get a grip James. I guess you
>haven't seen much of the Pac this season. In fact, for the hell of it,
>let's try to figure the first team all-pac

I have probably seen as much as you or possibly more Gary.  I watch anything
that is on, plus all Cal games on the dish.

Murray is an awesome player.  The stats look good also:

name	fg-fga	pct	3p-3pa	ft-fta	pct	reb/g	ast	st	pts/g
Murray	80-144	.556	8-15	32-41	.780	5.0	11	12	18.2

Kidd	47-94	.500	9-24	33-50	.660	4.2	69	36	13.6
(that is 

Grigsby	45-75	.600	0-0	20-30	.667	5.8	4	9	11.0

Nice shooting percentage for Grigsby. He is getting better and better as he
gains confidence.

> OK Well the center spot is going to either Haskins or Stokes.
> Mills is clearly going to be on it.
> Stoudamire or Kidd are likely to go first team also in fact they might both go.
> I'd expect  O Bannon to be selected as well. 
>
> So there's 6 players. There's the kid Henderson from WSU who is getting a big
>push from Sampson, Smith at ASU deserves a look, Manning at UW looks good,
>Anyone at Oregon? (Stoudamire maybe?), OSU has the guard I've forgotten.
>USC must have someone with numbers, Stanford? OK so not Stanford but I
>find it hard to see 3 Cal players making the team.

I didn't say that.  I said Murray on 1st team and then Kidd and Haase
on the all-frosh team.  I could see Kidd possibly making 1st team.
Looking at Haase's stats, I doubt he'll make it unless he continues to
play like he did at the beginning and in the last 2 games.

> The way I see it, Cal might get a player on the first team if they finish in
>the top 3 but I see no way they'd ge two players unless the second player
>is Henderick and the Pac *gives* him another all-pac position as they seem
>to do every season.

That Pac didn't GIVE him shit.  He earned it.  Talk to the coaches or
whomever votes.



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James A. Landay
landay@cs.cmu.edu