Monday 11 February 2008

Wayne Thomas Provides his Canada West Recap

Bobcats Best in Regular Season With a final tally of 20-2, there seems little argument as to the superiority of the veteran - strong lineup of the Brandon Bobcats in Canada West league play this season. With Interim Head Coach Mike Raimbault at the helm after Barnaby Craddock opted to move back to B.C. and take the reins of the Fraser Valley Cascades, the Bobcats didn't miss a beat as they tore through the competition on their way to top spot in the West. Calgary (18-4), UBC (18-5), and Alberta (16-6) would seem to be the other top squads going into the playoffs, with UBC and Alberta getting started this coming weekend in semi-final action, and the Dinos and Bobcats enjoying a bye until Divisional Finals on the 22nd. Stars Shine Brightly Let's do a quick examination of some of the top individual and team stats from the regular campaign just completed ...
- Team
> Scoring ... high ... Calgary 87.3, UBC 84.8, Brandon 84.3 ... low ... Victoria 68.5
> Pts. against ... low ... Vic 66.8, Brandon 71.7, Alberta 73.4 ... high ... Thompson Rivers/Lethbridge 91.5/91.4
> Scoring margin ... Brandon +12.6, Calgary +10.7, UBC +10 ... Lethbridge -20.7
> FG % ... Sask. 48.5%, Alberta 48.2
> FT% ... Brandon 73.3, Alberta 73.1, Calgary 72.2
> Rebounding margin ... Calgary +8.1, Brandon +7.6, UBC + 7
> 3 pt.% ... Sask. 39%, UBC 36.7, Alberta 35.7, Calgary 35.6

- Individual
> Scoring ... Andrew Spagrud, Sask. 21.8, Erfan Nasajpour, Winnipeg 21.7, Isaac Ansah, Man. 21.5, Henry Bekkering, Calgary 20.5, Alex Steele, Alberta 20.2
> Rebounds ... Ross Bekkering, Calgary 10.4, Andrew Spagrud, Sask. 9.9, Kamar Burke, TRU 8.2
> Assists ... David Yul Michel, Brandon 5.06, Jeff Price, Calgary 4.97, Erfan Nasajpour, Wpg. 4.61
> FT% ... Jeff Price, Cal. 88.5%, Alex Steele, AB. 85.2, Erfan Nasajpour, Wpg. 81.1
> Steals ... Erfan Nasajpour, Wpg. 3.7, Andrew Spagrud, Sask., 2.53, Dany Charlery, Brandon 2.48
> 3 Pt.% ... Brent Malish, UBC 46.7%, Kyle Grant , sask. 46.3, Matt Myers, Trinity 45.4, Jeff Price, Cal. 42.5
> Asst. to Turnovers ratio ... Tarik Tokar. Brandon 3.16, David Yul Michel, Brandon 1.73, Erfan Nasajpour, Wpg. 1.58
> Minutes played ... Isaac Ansah, Man. 35.2, Andrew Spagrud, Sask. 35.1, Bryden Wright, Regina 35

- Single Game Highs and Lows
> Points ... Nasajpour , Wpg. 41 vs. Victoria, Steele, AB. 40 vs. Trinity, H. Bekkering 39 vs. Leth., Jeff Lukomski, Regina 39 vs. Winnipeg, Charlery , Brandon 38 vs. Calgary, H. Bekkering , Cal. 38 vs. Fraser Valley
> FG attempted ... Charlery 32 vs. Calgary
> FT attempts ... Spagrud 21 vs Simon Fraser ( also 19 vs. Lethbridge twice)
> FT made ... Steele, AB., Kamar Burke, TRU, and Danhue Lawrence, Leth. 15 each
> Rebounds ... 20 each by Jamaal Williams, Reg., Spagrud, and Nolan Holmes, Simon Fraser
> Assists ... Nasajpour 11 vs Alberta, then 8 players with 10 each
> Steals ... Richard Steed, Leth. 8 vs Trinity, 8 guys with 7 steals including Nasajpour 3 times.
> Turnovers ... Drew Bleth, TRU 12 vs Trinity , Steele, AB. 11 vs Sask.
Team Highs
> Points ... Calgary 117 vs TRU, Alberta 114 vs. Lethbridge
> FG% ... Brandon 66.2% vs Sask.
> 3 pt% ... Alberta 71.4 (10/14) vs Manitoba
> Free Throws made ... 35 by Calgary vs Alberta, and 35 by Sask. vs Lethbridge
> Free throw attempts ... 57 by Sask. vs Fraser Valley, 49 by Sask. vs Leth.
> Turnovers ... 34 twice by TRU in two games vs Trinity
Team Lows
> Points ... Trinity 45 vs Simon Fraser
> FG% ... Simon Fraser 26.7% vs UBC
> Free throw attempts ... Manitoba had only 4 vs Victoria
> FT% ... Lethbridge 29.4% (5/17) vs Alberta
> Turnovers ... 6 by Manitoba vs Winnipeg
> Fouls ... 9 by Simon Fraser vs Fraser Valley

Notes ...
> With reference to the above stats and the viewing of many games here would be our Canada West All-Stars ...
First Team
Henry Bekkering - Calgary
Dany Charlery - Brandon
Erfan Nasajpour - Winnipeg
Andrew Spagrud - Saskatchewan
Alex Steele - Alberta
Second Team
Isaac Ansah - Manitoba
Chris Dyck - UBC
David Yul Michel - Brandon
Jeff Price - Calgary
Greg Wallis - Simon Fraser
How about a Third Team ? ... Ross Bekkering - Dinos, Kamar Burke - Wolfpack, Tyler Haas- Vikes, Adam Hartmann - Bobcats, Doug Plumb - Cascades

> Here are Andrew Spagrud's year by year numbers on his way to the all-time CIS scoring title ...
Year GP Pts
2003-04 20 429
2004-05 20 436
2005-06 20 360
2006-07 22 518
2007-08 21 439
Totals 103 2182
> The two top FT games of the year were by the Dinos' Price, who was 12/12 vs Alberta, and 11/11 at Winnipeg
> Most remarkable stat ... Tarik Tokar of the Bobcats ... a 3.16 assist to turnover ratio ... clean !
> These stats mean not very much starting this weekend .... Let the playoffs begin !

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