He had an Ivy League-leading unadjusted PER of 26.8 in 2009-2010, which would very favorably match up with the PER of drafted players. Harvard’s extremely weak SOS of -3.9, however, dropped his aPER to 5.5.? This is far outside the aPER for drafted players.? Additionally, this would place all Ivy League players well below the league average PER of 15.? This could indicate one of two things: (1) all Ivy League players really are that horrible or (2) it is near impossible to compare players who play under widely divergent strength of schedules.? Due to the success of Cornell and Princeton in recent March Madness tournaments,cheap nba jerseys it is much more likely that our current methods for comparing players based on statistics adjusted for SOS are simply inadequate to compare players in leagues like the Ivy League to powerhouse conferences such as the ACC.? There is no true precedent on how to project player outcomes in widely disparate conferences.? As a result, many draft analysts are likely to default to picking players that play against “adequate” competition and overlook players like Lin who hail from small conferences but still deserve a shot at the NBA.cheap baseball jerseys
