Originally posted by GopherHole
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Unless I missed something, it appears Daum is the only freshman to make 1st Team All-Conference as far back as the 2008-09 season (which is as far back as I cared to dig in the archives), and one of only three underclassmen to be make the 1st Team since 2010-11 (sophomores Nate Wolters in 2010-11 and Taylor Braun in 2011-12 being the other two). Obviously a big part of that is simply which teams have good upperclassmen and whatnot--meaning maybe there weren't as many good upperclassmen this year as there have been in past years--but I don't know if I'd necessarily call this a "down year" for the Summit League by any means. I think Daum is just really good.
In terms of All-Conference teams (which, admittedly, is the only statistical base I'm working off of here) Daum seems to be somewhat of a rare talent for the Summit League and it would be a shame for his talents to be squandered as the result of a rebuilding year in the backcourt. For Jacks fans' sake, I'd hope Nagy and staff find a Marshall-esque talent or at least one of the young guards makes a pretty substantial jump over the summer. Of course, the transfer thing is easier said than done, but I would think SDSU should be an appealing landing spot for transfers, particularly with Nagy proving they can succeed in Brookings and the guards themselves recognizing they'd be paired with a big man of Daum's caliber right out of the gate.
Or maybe the younger guards are more ready than I realized and all my rambling is for naught. That is quite often the case. I just think if the best option anyone has come up with so far is a player comparable to Moffitt, the staff should aim slightly higher (sorry, sorry, I know you guys love Moffitt...just looking at this from an outsider's perspective).
Anyway, thanks for humoring me. I'm a little anxious about tonight's Augie game and needed to ramble a little bit.
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