Malevy Leons unprecedented defensive milestone

[Da Coach]

Great Dave Eminian article with some incredible statistics for soon-to-be MVC Defensive Player of the Year Malevy Leons-

Bradley basketball defender on verge of unprecedented Missouri Valley milestone
https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/...e/69928046007/

With two games left, [Malevy Leons] has 46 steals and 48 blocks. He is the MVC's first player in a decade to reach the 40-40 club, and just the fourth since 1991-92.
And no player in Valley history has reached 50 steals and 50 blocks in the same season since the league started keeping those two as an official stat in the 1980-81 season.

[BUSongwriter]

My favorite Brave! How I hope Malevy will, as he said, return so we can enjoy his many skills for another year. And, of course, for many more games THIS year! Congrats on an awesome year, Malevy!

[Stryker]

Its been an awesome season for Malevy for sure, all credit to him on his hard work and performance. Would be awesome to see him get 50/50. I guess he will benefit a bit from having 2 extra games in the conference season this year as compared to previous MVC players.

[Tommy]

Malevy will have 50/50 before the end of the day. You heard it here first.

[Da Coach]

Its been an awesome season for Malevy for sure, all credit to him on his hard work and performance. Would be awesome to see him get 50/50. I guess he will benefit a bit from having 2 extra games in the conference season this year as compared to previous MVC players.

Yes, there will be a ton of new NCAA, conference, and program records set over the next couple seasons primarily because of the Covid extra year, coupled with conferences expanding the number of games played.

Prime example: Antoine Davis, a 6' guard from Detroit-Mercy is in his 5th (Covid) season.
Career stats- https://twitter.com/hodgetwins/statu...61208939028481

He is closing in on a record that nobody ever thought would be broken- Pete Maravich's career NCAA scoring record of 3,667 points.
And it wouldn't be if not for the 5th year Covid rule.
Davis is a prolific gunner, averaging 22 shots per game (by far the most in the NCAA). And, because of the extra full season he's had, it likely will allow him to accumulate around 900 additional points this season. His career point total is now at 3,543 points with 2 scheduled games left to play, plus the Horizon League tournament. He has passed everyone else on the career scoring list, including Hall of Fame greats Larry Bird (2,850 points) and Oscar Robertson (2,973), and MVC all-time scoring leader Hersey Hawkins (3,008 ). Davis now sits at #2 on the all-time NCAA career scoring list (see below).
I'm sure his coach (who is also his father, Mike Davis) will manipulate their few remaining game plans to try to help him catch #1 Pete Maravich, but I hope he doesn't. For the record, Maravich scored his 3,667 points in only 3 seasons at LSU (freshmen were not eligible to play varsity then).
If ever an asterisk was needed, this is it.
Coincidentally, Detroit-Mercy's record for the 5 seasons Antoine Davis has played is just 58-85, and they have never come close to winning anything or getting any postseason bids. And, they won't this season, either. They are currently tied for 6th place in the Horizon League (13-16, 9-9), which is the 24th ranked conference in RPI.

NCAA career scoring list
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...er-career.html

[Tommy]

Yes, there will be a ton of new NCAA, conference, and program records set over the next couple seasons primarily because of the Covid extra year, coupled with conferences expanding the number of games played.

Prime example: Antoine Davis, a 6' guard from Detroit-Mercy is in his 5th (Covid) season.
Career stats- https://twitter.com/hodgetwins/statu...61208939028481

He is closing in on a record that nobody ever thought would be broken- Pete Maravich's career NCAA scoring record of 3,667 points.
And it wouldn't be if not for the 5th year Covid rule.
Davis is a prolific gunner, averaging 22 shots per game (by far the most in the NCAA). And, because of the extra full season he's had, it likely will allow him to accumulate around 900 additional points this season. His career point total is now at 3,543 points with 2 scheduled games left to play, plus the Horizon League tournament. He has passed everyone else on the career scoring list, including Hall of Fame greats Larry Bird (2,850 points) and Oscar Robertson (2,973), and MVC all-time scoring leader Hersey Hawkins (3,008 ). Davis now sits at #2 on the all-time NCAA career scoring list (see below).
I'm sure his coach (who is also his father, Mike Davis) will manipulate their few remaining game plans to try to help him catch #1 Pete Maravich, but I hope he doesn't. For the record, Maravich scored his 3,667 points in only 3 seasons at LSU (freshmen were not eligible to play varsity then).
If ever an asterisk was needed, this is it.
Coincidentally, Detroit-Mercy's record for the 5 seasons Antoine Davis has played is just 58-85, and they have never come close to winning anything or getting any postseason bids. And, they won't this season, either. They are currently tied for 6th place in the Horizon League (13-16, 9-9), which is the 24th ranked conference in RPI.

NCAA career scoring list
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...er-career.html

You warned us about this when they first announced the COVID year. Man were you right. Record books are going to be jacked now!

[yoda]

Don't want to beat a dead horse, but Malevy already has 50-50 but isn't getting credit for because of our stat keepers.

They routinely miss 1 or 2 blocks every game (one of the guys from the scorers desk once posted that they don't consider
it a block if it's blocked before leaving the shooter's hands, while other scorekeepers elsewhere do count that as a block- see below)
...and many of the balls Malevy is responsible for knocking loose are recovered by someone else and so he doesn't get the "steal".

Here is the official NCAA rule book definition of what should be a blocked shot: (I have added the bolding)
"Section 1:
Article 6. Blocked shots are counted as attempts when, in the opinion of the statistician, the ball clearly was in flight before being blocked;
or the player was in the obvious act of shooting with the shooting hand moving toward the basket; or the player was airborne and
moving toward the basket with the intention of a dunk or layup and the ball in position for the shot..."
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/Stats_...sy%20print.pdf

so does anyone have any doubt at all that it IS still a blocked shot even if the shooter hasn't released the ball?
Our statkeepers have shorted our guys at home of blocks since at least the POB era.

[Stryker]

You warned us about this when they first announced the COVID year. Man were you right. Record books are going to be jacked now!

Not only this, but Pistol Pete got his scoring record before the 3 pt shot. Makes it even that more impressive in reality!

[Da Coach]

Yes, there will be a ton of new NCAA, conference, and program records set over the next couple seasons primarily because of the Covid extra year, coupled with conferences expanding the number of games played.

Prime example: Antoine Davis, a 6' guard from Detroit-Mercy is in his 5th (Covid) season.
Career stats- https://twitter.com/hodgetwins/statu...61208939028481

He is closing in on a record that nobody ever thought would be broken- Pete Maravich's career NCAA scoring record of 3,667 points.
And it wouldn't be if not for the 5th year Covid rule.
Davis is a prolific gunner, averaging 22 shots per game (by far the most in the NCAA). And, because of the extra full season he's had, it likely will allow him to accumulate around 900 additional points this season. His career point total is now at 3,543 points with 2 scheduled games left to play, plus the Horizon League tournament. He has passed everyone else on the career scoring list, including Hall of Fame greats Larry Bird (2,850 points) and Oscar Robertson (2,973), and MVC all-time scoring leader Hersey Hawkins (3,008 ). Davis now sits at #2 on the all-time NCAA career scoring list (see below).
I'm sure his coach (who is also his father, Mike Davis) will manipulate their few remaining game plans to try to help him catch #1 Pete Maravich, but I hope he doesn't. For the record, Maravich scored his 3,667 points in only 3 seasons at LSU (freshmen were not eligible to play varsity then).
If ever an asterisk was needed, this is it.
Coincidentally, Detroit-Mercy's record for the 5 seasons Antoine Davis has played is just 58-85, and they have never come close to winning anything or getting any postseason bids. And, they won't this season, either. They are currently tied for 6th place in the Horizon League (13-16, 9-9), which is the 24th ranked conference in RPI.

NCAA career scoring list
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...er-career.html

Detroit-Mercy's Antoine Davis made an effort to catch Pete Maravich's career scoring record of 3,667 points set in 3 seasons (freshmen were ineligible to play) and before the shot clock and 3-point line (1968-1970). Davis is playing in his 5th season (because of the Covid rule) and he is the country's leading scorer, averaging 28.2 ppg. But he has boosted his output and averaged well over 30 points per game in the last month, playing nearly 40 minutes per game, and taking as many shots as he could to try to reach the record.
Antoine Davis game log- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../antoine-davis

He came into last night's game in the Horizon League Tournament needing 26 points to break Maravich's record. But he only managed 22 points against the #1 seed Youngstown State. So he finished with 3,664 points, 3 shy of Pistol Pete, and 4 shy of setting a new career point total.
NCAA Career scoring leaders- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...er-career.html

Last night's box score- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401514293

Davis was 7-26 overall, and just 4-16 from three, and had a 3-point shot in the air at the buzzer that would have tied the record if it had been good. Detroit is 14-19, and does not deserve any postseason bids. However, in the postgame press conference, Antoine Davis and his coach Mike Davis, who is also his father, lobbied strongly for the CBI to give them a bid so he could continue his pursuit of the record.-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...aravich-record

Youngstown State needed to shut down Davis to win and advance to the Horizon League Conference Tournament semifinals Monday. Their only hope of an NCAA bid is to win the tournament. Youngstown State is 23-8, but their NET is 113. YSU double-teamed Davis when he had the ball, which was most of the time.

[egib52]

Detroit-Mercy's Antoine Davis made an effort to catch Pete Maravich's career scoring record of 3,667 points set in 3 seasons (freshmen were ineligible to play) and before the shot clock and 3-point line (1968-1970). Davis is playing in his 5th season (because of the Covid rule) and he is the country's leading scorer, averaging 28.2 ppg. But he has boosted his output and averaged well over 30 points per game in the last month, playing nearly 40 minutes per game, and taking as many shots as he could to try to reach the record.
Antoine Davis game log- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../antoine-davis

He came into last night's game in the Horizon League Tournament needing 26 points to break Maravich's record. But he only managed 22 points against the #1 seed Youngstown State. So he finished with 3,664 points, 3 shy of Pistol Pete, and 4 shy of setting a new career point total.
NCAA Career scoring leaders- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...er-career.html

Last night's box score- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401514293

Davis was 7-26 overall, and just 4-16 from three, and had a 3-point shot in the air at the buzzer that would have tied the record if it had been good. Detroit is 14-19, and does not deserve any postseason bids. However, in the postgame press conference, Antoine Davis and his coach Mike Davis, who is also his father, lobbied strongly for the CBI to give them a bid so he could continue his pursuit of the record.-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...aravich-record

Youngstown State needed to shut down Davis to win and advance to the Horizon League Conference Tournament semifinals Monday. Their only hope of an NCAA bid is to win the tournament. Youngstown State is 23-8, but their NET is 113. YSU double-teamed Davis when he had the ball, which was most of the time.

There is talk of Detroit being invited to the CBI so that he can break the record. The CBI even posted indirectly about it on their twitter page.

[Da Coach]

There is talk of Detroit being invited to the CBI so that he can break the record. The CBI even posted indirectly about it on their twitter page.

Yes, it would possibly give their coverage of Davis something to advertise, and might boost ratings a little. But the CBI used to have a rule that only teams with .500 records or better would qualify for invitations, though in 2021 they took 2 teams with sub-.500 records for the first and only time because so many invited teams turned bids down (mostly because of Covid concerns and major changes in the format).
Detroit is 14-19, and inviting them might damage any reputation they have earned as a legitimate post-season tournament, and turn the CBI into a circus, IMO. In the future, they could have an even harder time getting teams to accept bids and play in the CBI.

[Da Coach]

Great Dave Eminian article with some incredible statistics for soon-to-be MVC Defensive Player of the Year Malevy Leons-

Bradley basketball defender on verge of unprecedented Missouri Valley milestone
https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/...e/69928046007/

With two games left, [Malevy Leons] has 46 steals and 48 blocks. He is the MVC's first player in a decade to reach the 40-40 club, and just the fourth since 1991-92.
And no player in Valley history has reached 50 steals and 50 blocks in the same season since the league started keeping those two as an official stat in the 1980-81 season.

With 3 blocks and one steal in yesterday's game against UNI, Malevy Leons becomes the first player in Missouri Valley Conference history to record 50 or more blocks and steals in a season. He now has 52 blocks and 51 steals for the season.

https://twitter.com/BradleyUMBB/status/1631722419634454528

[Bradley3342]

Congrats Malevy! Quite the accomplishment! Tack some more on today.

[Bradley3342]

Malevy becomes the only NCAA D1 player this year with 50 steals, 50 blocks and 200 rebounds. Congrats Malevy!

[Tommy]

How fortunate we've been to have Malevy. It has been a great run as a Braves fan and looking forward to keeping it going.

Malevy coming back next year is a gift (let's get 2 more years?). Peoria loves you, Malevy! You will definitely go down as one of the all-time greats!