Some analysis of the Division I All-American picks.
First team had 37% Graduate students, 31% Seniors, 19% Juniors and 13% Sophomores.
Second Team had 44% Graduate students, 19% Seniors, 25% Juniors, 12% Sophomores
Third Team had 25% Graduate students, 19% Seniors, 31% Juniors, 13% Sophomores and 13% Freshmen
Overall 35% were Graduate students, 23% Seniors, 25% Juniors, 13% Sophomore, 4% Freshmen
Did having Graduate students eligible affect Seniors more than any group or would their share have been distributed down the academic years? Did it affect Freshmen stars in any way? Without getting too deep into the stats I’m guessing most, if not all, Graduate students were All American as seniors so I’ll go out on a limb and say having fifth year players is “stealing” from the bottom classes. Thoughts? |