As an addition, the methodology used was inconsistent
Posted on: May 24, 2017 at 12:41:16 CT
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Given they omitted Ricky Frazier from the 1979 class, assume because he was a transfer, but used transfers in about every other case until also omitting them from the 2012 class. Hard to imagine any class surpassing 1979, given that it produced 3 All Americans and who won a conference championship every year they played for MU.
In my opinion these are currently the top 7 in Missouri program modern history in terms of strictly talent brought in (career D1 points scored listed by player, then overall class total) to assess this new class against:
1. 1979
Steve Stipanovich: 1,836
Ricky Frazier: 1,818
Jon Sundvold: 1,597
Al Hightower: 31
Total: 5,282
2. 2007
Marcus Denmon: 1,775
Kim English: 1,570
Laurence Bowers: 1,248
Miguel Paul: 1,129
Steve Moore: 225
Total: 5,947
3. 2012
Jabari Brown: 1,052
Keion Bell: 1,708
Alex Oriakhi: 1,171
Earnest Ross: 1,339
Tony Criswell: 335
Ryan Rosburg: 530
Negus Webster Chan: 347
Stefan Jankovic: 856
Total: 7,338
4. 1984
Derrick Chievous: 2,580
Jeff Strong: 1,000
Lynn Hardy: 865
Dan Bingenheimer: 772
Total: 5,217
5. 2000
Arthur Johnson: 1,759
Ricky Paulding: 1,673
Travon Bryant: 912
Wesley Stokes: 794
Total: 5,138
6. 1993
Kelly Thames: 1,689
Jason Sutherland: 1,194
Derrick Grimm: 1,051
Julian Winfield: 692 (note, can’t find his freshman SLU points)
Paul O’liney: 819
Total: 5,445
7. 1987
Doug Smith: 2,184
Byron Irvin: 1,551
Jon McIntyre: 453 (note, can’t find his freshman Detroit stats)
Total: 4,188
Edited by FIJItiger at 12:43:12 on 05/24/17