Everett's Own Nerlens Noel Selects Kentucky

If it wasn't already awesome that Kentucky just won the National Championship, it's pretty awesome that a local boy is joining the number 1 recruiting class for the 3rd straight year and a championship winning coach in John Calipari.

Noel is a 6-11 center regarded as maybe the best shot blockers to come from the prep ranks in the last decade and will pick up right where Anthony Davis left off. Kentucky is likely to lose all 5 starters and glue guy Darius Miller. So most likely Calipari will do it again with a young team. Their starting rotation will probably be Ryan Harrow (an NC State transfer at PG), Archie Goodwin the 14th overall prospect, White boy Kyle Wiltjer at SF, number 8th ranked Alex Poythress at PF and Nerlens Noel at the Center.

It sucks SF Shabazz Muhammad got away to UCLA, but what can you do.

NCAA Player of the Year: Draymond Green

Sure, Anthony Davis rode the mainstream media surge to the offical POY award handed out before Kentucky's inevitable Championship win but to college basketball insiders, the real fanatics, the award belonged to Michigan State's Draymond Green.

For the second year in a row, Ken Pomeroy used a level on statistical analysis only a thirteen people in the world can possibly comprehend to declare the true POY (or kPOY as her refers to it).

Against the fifth-most difficult defensive schedule in the country, Green posted a 107 offensive rating while using 29% of the Spartans’ possessions while he was on the floor, which included hitting 39% of his 3-point attempts and 47% of his 2-point attempts.

Green’s contributions, however, were spread across many categories. He was seventh in the nation in defensive rebounding percentage and finished in the top 400 nationally in steal rate and block rate, anchoring a defense that ranked third in the country in adjusted defensive efficiency. Offensively, Green was the best point-forward in the nation – he assisted on 24% of his teammates’ made field goals while he was on the court, the fourth-best assist rate among players standing 6-7 or taller.

Ken's Top 10 -

2012 kPOY final standings

1. Draymond Green, Michigan State, Sr. (kPOY rating = .564)
2. Thomas Robinson, Kansas, Jr. (.536)
3. Jared Sullinger, Ohio State, So. (.514)
4. Anthony Davis, Kentucky, Fr. (.479)
5. Will Barton, Memphis, So. (.451)
6. Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin, Sr. (.408)
7. Tyler Zeller, North Carolina, Sr. (.384)
8. Jae Crowder, Marquette, Sr. (.382)
9. Cody Zeller, Indiana, Fr. (.380)
10. Mike Scott, Virginia, Sr. (.379)

Source - kenpom.com