I have no problem with someone choosing Hatten, but I 100% believe Ponds beats that mediocre 18-12 Wisconsin team if he had Hatten's guys.
We outrebounded Wisconsin on both sides of the ball and 30-25 overall (we were ranked #10 in the entire country in offensive rebounding). Our starting front court scored 38 pts on 10-18 shooting 14-16 from the line (wow), 4-10 from three, and four assists. Ponds has to find ways to win games with 20-rebound deficits like last night.
Hatten was bad. 12-33 from the field, only 1-3 from the line, 3-13 from three, and only 1 assist.
Glover and King were two of the top four offensive rebounders I've seen in my time (with Postell and Grant) and Fordham wasn't far behind.
That team had three other ball handlers in Andre Stanley, Sharif Fordham, and Tristan Smith to take pressure off Hatten. I think Tristan Smith, even though he wasn't that good, would be 20 minutes per game on this team.
Hatten's junior stats:
38% from the field, 28% from three, 72% from the line, 3.7 turnovers, 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 20.1 points.
Ponds sophomore stats:
42% from the field, 26% (and rising) from three, 84% from the line, 2.7 turnovers, 5.1 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 21.6 points.