Anonymous
Years ago
Who gets better College Development?
I watched Butler lose today and saw that Jackson Alridge only got 5 or 6 minutes and I was wondering what helps the good Aussie players develop more to prepare them to be a professional.
Back in 2011 playing for Australia U19's Alridge played the 3rd most minutes - http://latvia2011.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/11/fu19m/team/p/eid/5194/sid/5194/tid/239/profile.html (I know Mitch Norton got injured before the tournament), but compared to Mitch McCarron who only played 56 minutes.
2 and a half years on and the different averages are:
- Jackson Alridge - 8.4mpg 1.8ppg 0.5 apg 0.6rpg
- Mitch McCarron - 33.9mpg 15.1ppg 3.8apg 7.1rpg
Fair enough Mitch McCarron is playing in Div2 for Metro State and Alridge is at Butler in a tough conference, but surely after 4 years of just training and not playing much Vs the responsibility to win games of basketball and put up big numbers you have to wonder which player NBL teams would be looking at.
So is it work Alridge transferring before his final season at Butler if he has a shot at the NBL?