Congrats Gilly for being selected one of top Defenders in Country

[UR80sfan]

Gilly was one of 15 players selected to be on the 2020 Mid-season Naismith Men's Defensive Player of the Year. Very very impressive! Below is the full list.

FIRST NAME LAST NAME CLASS POS SCHOOL CONFERENCE
Tyler Bey Jr. G/F Colorado Pac-12
Mamadi Diakite Sr. F Virginia ACC
Marcus Garrett Jr. G Kansas Big 12
Jacob Gilyard Jr. G Richmond Atlantic 10
Ashton Hagans So. G Kentucky SEC
Tre Jones So. G Duke ACC
Kylor Kelley Sr. F Oregon State Pac-12
Quincy McKnight Sr. G Seton Hall BIG EAST
Davion Mitchell So. G Baylor Big 12
Fatts Russell Jr. G Rhode Island Atlantic 10
Zavier Simpson Sr. G Michigan Big Ten
Aaron Thompson Jr. G Butler BIG EAST
Devin Vassell So. G Florida State ACC
Mark Vital Jr. G/F Baylor Big 12
Mike Watkins Sr. F Penn State Big Ten

 

[gospidersgo]

Update:

 

[UR80sfan]

Gilly's 4 steals last night bring him to 92, a new record for U of R. He is also up to 160 assist on the season which is 5th all-time. He has at least 4 and potentially a lot more games to go to increase these numbers. When you also consider his assist to turnover ratio which ranks 11th in the country, his great shooting percentage from, FT, FG and 3p and his top 10 ranking for defensive player of the year, you might be looking at the top point guard in the country.

 

[SouthJerseySpiderFan]

As good as Jacob has played this season, his performance going by stats has dropped since A10 play started. I had him slightly ahead of Fatts and ahead of Lofton in the thread for top 5 players in A10. Right now I have him behind Fatts and a tossup between him and Lofton.

That said of course IMO Jacob has no equal that I have seen in stealing the ball from opponents this season, but don't think that aspect of his game solely will get him the award.

 

[ur-2005]

I disagree I would so much rather have gilyard on the team than fatts. I know without a doubt that if Gilyard wanted to score more he could he just prioritizes passing the ball more which is great for a team like ours with so many offensive threats

 

[SouthJerseySpiderFan]

I disagree I would so much rather have gilyard on the team than fatts.

I would too but just feeling Fatts has had the better total season so far this year. Points do take a priority for me even though I believed the deeper stats across the board favored Jacob.

 

[UR80sfan]

I would too but just feeling Fatts has had the better total season so far this year. Points do take a priority for me even though I believed the deeper stats across the board favored Jacob.

My comments about Gilly are best in the nation and not just A10. Stats should be used for whole season. Fatts is strong competition, although Gilly beats him in almost every category with the exception of points per game. Let's not forget Gilly lead the A10 in scoring last year in conference play. He has chosen to put winning ahead of maximizing points per game.

 

[SpiderK]

We have 8 guys that can score. Thank goodness our 5’8” guard doesn’t have to do all the scoring too. He sure as hell does everything else. The kid is amazing.