Area Men Playing DII Basketball
I have shown you the men playing DI and the women competing in DI and DII. Here are the DII men. Stay tuned for the rest of the Mo and Ks grads competing in the NCAA.
There are over 750 men and women from Kansas And Missouri high schools competing in basketball in the NCAA. I will be updating this information and highlighting the superlative accomplishments of our local athletes throughout the season. You can see my first review of the DI men here, my first review of the DI women here, and My first review of the DII women here. Be sure to subscribe to get my DIII men and women reviews, plus updates and more all season long. So, let’s take an early look at the 161 area men playing basketball in Division II of the NCAA. And remember, you can contact me at this address.
There are 161 area men competing at 44 DII colleges. They come from 118 high schools. There are 3 graduate students lacing it up for their last season. And there are 42 true freshmen taking that first big step out of high school. Some of these men saw their first competition in one of the metro areas, either urban or suburban. And others grew up in a rural area, one with a high school as small as Green City which has 63 students. That shows that when you grow to love the game, it doesn’t matter where you are from. You can get where you want to go from where you are. It is very early in the season, but when you review the spreadsheet linked below, you will see that three are averaging over 20 pts per game. Not being one dimensional, Keyon Thomas (Bonner Springs/East Central Univ.) adds 4.5 assists each game to his 21.0 points. Kaleb Hammeke (Trinity Catholic-KS/Fort Hays State), Owen Long (Sikeston/Emporia State), and Drenin Dinkins (South Iron/Southwest Baptist) all have things in common. Each one is an underclassman who has started the season a perfect 15 for 15 from the free throw line. The 3 Pt arc is a bit further than the free throw line but Harrison Braudis (Bishop Miege/Minnesota State-Mankato) is 9 for 14, or 64% from three point range.
As we all know, basketball is so much more than scoring. That is why we will be watching who gets the rebounds and steals, and who is building great assist to turnover ratios. Be sure to get your free subscription so that you can be updated throughout the basketball season on these men and all the men and women who are competing in the NCAA.
Here are the numbers for the men competing in NCAA Division II.
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