Larry Bird's College Stats

[mgadfly]

Anyone know of a website with college stats from guys like Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and M.J.?

Thanks,
Aaron

[vex]

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/

[GreenMonster]

Bird, 28.6 pts, 14.9 rbs, and 5.5 assists.. Yikes..

[mgadfly]

Awesome, Thanks.

[st.cronin]

Bird, 28.6 pts, 14.9 rbs, and 5.5 assists.. Yikes..

Not that much more impressive than his better pro years. I think people forget how good he was.

[INDalltheway]

The Morrison kid from Gonzaga is the second coming of Bird.. That is all I think about when I watch him play, he even has the sick 'stache...

[digamma]

The Morrison kid from Gonzaga is the second coming of Bird.. That is all I think about when I watch him play, he even has the sick 'stache...
He doesn't pass like Bird, and I don't think he'll average 15 boards a game. Still he's awesome to watch.

[vex]

Just realized they have the players salaries as well, so much info.

[GreenMonster]

The Morrison kid from Gonzaga is the second coming of Bird.. That is all I think about when I watch him play, he even has the sick 'stache...

Great scorer, good kid, nice stache, but no Larry Bird. He can score and shoot like Bird, but thats not what made him special, it was ability to rebound and pass better than 95% also.

[Samdari]

He doesn't pass like Bird, and I don't think he'll average 15 boards a game. Still he's awesome to watch.

Bird's college stats are impressive, but they were not against major college teams. They played in a minor conference, which had caliber of play similar to juco now.

[Easy Mac]

I'm a huge Duke fan, and even I'm rooting for Morrison to win Player of the Year over Reddick. The kid is just fun to watch.

[digamma]

Bird's college stats are impressive, but they were not against major college teams. They played in a minor conference, which had caliber of play similar to juco now.
That's fine. The point I was trying to make is the one GreenMonster did a few posts later: Bird was a better passer and rebounder. I threw in the number of rebounds as a reference point, and FWIW, Bird still averaged better than 13 boards a game in the NCAA tournament in 1979 against stiffer competition.

[JeeberD]

Bird's college stats are impressive, but they were not against major college teams. They played in a minor conference, which had caliber of play similar to juco now.

Well, he still led his "juco" team to the NCAA finals...

[stevew]

Lebron averaged 27/7/7 vs pros, at the age of a college sophomore. I can only wonder what he would have done for a season or two at college. Maybe he would have had lesser numbers since the coach wouldn't have wanted to run that many plays for a freshman.

[MikeVick7]

Bird's college stats are impressive, but they were not against major college teams. They played in a minor conference, which had caliber of play similar to juco now.Usually a statment like that is thrown out there when someone is trying to discount how someone is going to be in the pros...

[Karlifornia]

Morrison will be a top 3 pick if he comes out. I don't know how he'll compare with Larry Bird, but he definitely has the makings of a special player. I wouldn't mind the Warriors getting him and repacing Dunceleavy

[mgadfly]

Looking at that site, Bird sucked compared to Rick Barry (37.4 p, 18.3 r). Jordan didn't have great numbers (19.6p, 5.3 r, 2.1 a) in comparison to Bird or Barry. Did they count rebounds differently in the 60s and 70s? Were there more possessions per game on average?

Right now the best rebounder in the country is at 13.1 per game. Even assuming he could keep that average he wouldn't be as good on the glass as Bird. Does anybody know the top 10 rebounders for one of the seasons Bird played?

[vtbub]

Looking at that site, Bird sucked compared to Rick Barry (37.4 p, 18.3 r). Jordan didn't have great numbers (19.6p, 5.3 r, 2.1 a) in comparison to Bird or Barry.Remember, Jordan played in the UNC system which was very team oriented and had two other NBA All-stars on it, Worthy and Sam Perkins.

[mgadfly]

Rodman had impressive college statistics. His senior year he averaged 17.8 rebounds and 24.4 points (down from 26.8 the year before). His second season in the NBA he averaged 17.8 p and 13.3 r. What happened to his scoring?

[stevew]

Rodman had impressive college statistics. His senior year he averaged 17.8 rebounds and 24.4 points (down from 26.8 the year before). His second season in the NBA he averaged 17.8 p and 13.3 r. What happened to his scoring?

Rodman only cracked double digits in scoring once. I think you are looking at per 48 min stats.

[mgadfly]

You're right about the NBA stas. My mistake.