MasterAxe said:
2016 vs 2020
Walkup vs Harris
Pinkney vs Comeaux
Geffard vs Roti
Holyfield vs Gavin
Floyd vs Bain
Let the worlds collide.
I'd say...80-75 2016 wins
Oh this is interesting. I'm gonna go off memory rather than stats, one because it's early and two because I'm on my phone.
Have to give Walkup the slight edge. He was unstoppable. I love Kevon and it'd be awfully close.
But I have to give the edge to Walkup because he always seemed to be a loud scorer, for lack of a better term. I've seen Kevon score a quiet 22 points, where you left the game thinking, I don't remember him hitting that many shots.
Pinkney vs John. Wow. This is a tough one on defense. Gotta go John and that's because I gave up and checked the stats. Pinkney beats John on assists, with nearly 4 a game. John wins on steals with 2 a game vs 1.5, but John wins on points with 8 vs nearly 3.
And if I hadn't given it to John on stats, I'd give it to him on heart. He's the sparkplug for this team. He'd go to hell and back with a gas can under each arm for this team. I've seen John multiple times pull the Jacks back from the brink because he instituted a no fly zone and pulled off 2 or 3 turnovers in succession.
I'm actually gonna switch this one up and say Floyd vs Roti as that seems like the right matchup. Similar 3 point percentages, free throw percentages and both listed as guard. Floyd was always good for a big time 3 and pulled on 4 more points a game.
But ask me next season when Roti's a senior.
Holyfield vs Gavin. This one is surprisingly easy. Gavin all day. More rebounds, more points. TJ could stretch the field with the 3, but I think the Jr over powers the freshmen in the paint to give him an edge.
I'd pay good money to see both of them in their prime battle it out though. That'd be nearly as interesting as the Kevon vs Walkup matchup.
Bain vs Geffard: fun fact, the people's champion was on both these teams, so Nate comes out a winner either way. In my heart of hearts, I really want to give the edge to Nate here. But the stats don't lie for Clide. He had a monster year. He scored 10 or more in 27 games that season, had 6 games with 20 or more.
Gotta give this one to Clide in a head to head matchup.
Bench vs Bench. Well a hypothetical bench since we put Clide in the starting lineup. 2020 Jacks have an average of 2.5 more bench pts per game this season, just based on tallying up our hypothetical benches' season avgs.
So let's look at best 3 vs best 3 off the bench. Kalchyries, Country(BTW, best 3 pt percentage on the team), Cam vs Dallas, Charles and Jared Johnson. Points wise, it goes to the 2020 Jacks still. Cam is just too good of a scorer and Charlie is a big man who provides a good change up and extra fouls.
Styles: I love that our signature is a lock down D with lots of transition scoring. That makes us one of the most fun teams to watch in the country, every year. Push.
Verdict 2016 team by a hair. I actually think the 2020 team is a little better athletically, little better bench, but my goodness the turnovers we gave up against much less potent defenses than the 2016 team because of brain farts. That said, this 2020 team was really starting to peak.
2016 wins by 1 after Calvin misses an and 1 opportunity to tie the game after being pulled into the game late because of foul trouble on both teams. It looked like the rebound went clearly off Clide and out of bounds, but a Southland ref from across the court used his xray vision to determine that Roti tipped it. Pinkney gets the inbound pass to Walkup to run fof the final seconds. Chaunsea and Underwood nod in mutual respect for each others screaming abilities.
Jacks fans sit, exuberant but exhausted as the teams line up for the funeral dirge paced Alma mater while Nathan Bain merges back into one person.