If you watch college basketball at all, you know who Jimmer Fredette is. Fredette is the 6'2 senior guard from BYU that has been lighting up the scorer's table all season. He holds the record for the most points scored in the current season with 47, and last night dropped 43 on previously undefeated SDSU. Watching Jimmer reminds me of two recent college players: Adam Morrison and Stephen Curry. All natural scorers that could put their teams on the their back and carry them in to March. What Morrison and Curry had though, that Jimmer lacks, was a supporting cast.
Fredette is averaging 27 points a game which is a lot at any level, especially college. The next highest average by a BYU player is 12. Couple their one sided offense with a lack of true size, and a defense that gives up 67 points per game, and its clear BYU is headed nowhere in March. Someone yesterday asked if I thought Fredette could be another Carmelo, and single handedly run over the tournament, or BYU could put together a run like Butler or George Mason. In regards to being the next Carmelo, I'm still laughing. Fredette doesn't even come close to Anthony's offensive weapons at the collegiate level, and just simply isn't big enough to do it by himself. As for being the next Cinderella, anything can happen but it will be tough. BYU has a month and half to find a way to incorporate somebody else into the offense before March. Otherwise Jimmer will find himself in a double team every time he touches the ball, effectively shutting down their game. BYU has shown dominance in a lackluster Mountain West Conference, which should award them a high seed and an easy game in the first round of the tournament. From there though I wouldn't be surprised to see them struggle.
OFFICIAL FINERSIDE PREDICTION: BYU LOSES IN THE SWEET 16
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