by ndbbfan33 » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:05 pm
If the rules require that each team gets one player on the All-EDC squad, then it's hard to argue with the 15 players selected. However, points-per-game is always weighed much too heavily in selecting these all-star teams, and things like shooting efficiency, rebounds, assists, defense, steals, hitting key shots are to some extent cast aside. Almost anybody can score 18 points-per-game if they shoot 25 times. But can they do it if they only shoot 15 times?
Of all the players left off the All-EDC team, I think that Ricky Farroh was probably the most deserving of a spot on the team. Farroh generally did a good job covering the opponent's best offensive player, for example, AJ Jacobson of Shanley, and also hit key baskets, got rebounds, assists and steals, and just flat played hard. And his team won the EDC regular season and State Tourney.
Some folks' perceptions of the State's top two teams at the end of the year, Red River and Fargo Shanley, was that they were two-man teams. We could all see in the State Tourney that that wasn't entirely true, but that perception kept Red River players like Farroh and John Hoplin, and Shanley players like Thomas Strandemo and Dylan Alderman, well under-the-radar prior to the State Tourney. If they had an All-EDC Underrated Team this year it would probably include the above Red River and Shanley players, Jack Christenson from Wahpeton, and Nathan Rasmus from Davies.