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Butler getting national recognition....

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PG Rankings: One man's view of the best

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Oct. 2, 2006
By Gary Parrish
CBS SportsLine.com Senior Writer
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Top point guards

1. Ronald Steele (Alabama): The best point guards are the ones who can get a basket when their team needs a basket but do not necessarily need to get baskets to feed their egos. You follow me? In other words, a great point guard is a guy good enough to be selfish, yet unselfish in every way. That's why Steele (14.3 points and 4.3 assists per game last season) tops this list. He's a 6-foot-3 playmaker who just might lead the Crimson Tide to the Final Four.
2. Dominic James (Marquette): This reigning Big East Freshman of the Year is the main reason Marquette surprised many in returning to the NCAA Tournament last season. He averaged 15.3 points and 5.4 assists, and his 4.5 rebound average displays a toughness not normally found in 5-11 point guards. Bottom line, James is not the second coming of Dwyane Wade, but he was similarly trusted from the day he stepped on campus. That's proof Tom Crean knows elite talent when he sees it, even if it doesn't come out of high school labeled a top 10 national prospect.
3. Taurean Green (Florida): Green was the second-leading scorer (13.3 points per game) for the national champion Gators, though he seems to understand how to defer when the big guys -- specifically Joakim Noah and Al Horford -- can benefit from matchup problems. He had eight assists and one turnover in a showdown with eventual first-round draft pick Jordan Farmar in the title game. That's good enough to get him this high on this list.
4. Sean Singletary (Virginia): Singletary last season became the first Virginia player to be named first-team All-ACC since Bryant Stith in 1992. That's a long time. That's impressive. That's why you shouldn't be surprised when this classic lead guard who can score at a high rate -- he averaged 17.7 points per game as a sophomore and put 35 on Gonzaga -- has the Cavaliers back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001.
5. Jarrius Jackson (Texas Tech): He plays a lot (38.4 minutes), shoots a lot (152 more field goal attempts than any teammate) and scores a lot (20.5 points), too. Whenever Bob Knight breaks Dean Smith's record for career wins, rest assured Jackson will play a big role.
6. Tywon Lawson (North Carolina): Every time you put a freshman on a list like this, people are bound to send e-mails featuring the phrase "but the kid hasn't even played a game yet." Please, save the e-mail. Lawson has played lots of games, thousands of games. That he hasn't yet done so at the college level is inconsequential, and you'll see that once he's running Roy Williams' Tar Heels up and down the court in 30-point victories.
7. Acie Law (Texas A&M): When Law signed with A&M, he couldn't have realistically thought he'd be the starter on a team that would make a run at the Sweet 16. If he did, he was delusional. But now here he is, a possible Big 12 Player of the Year if the Aggies can win a league title, a goal that is reasonably reachable, Kansas' overwhelming talent not withstanding. Funny how things work out, huh?
8. Jamon Gordon (Virginia Tech): Gordon is really a combo guard, but one who is good enough with the ball to play the point, evidence being that his assist-to-turnover ratio was better than 2-to-1 last season. If he's too high on this list, so be it. I've always been a sucker for point guards hard enough to average 6.0 rebounds per game.
9. Bobby Brown (Cal State Fullerton): Brown was wise to return to college after testing the NBA waters. The payoff won't be a Final Four, but he'll probably be the Big West's Player of the Year and become Cal State Fullerton's all-time leading scorer. And that's worth an extra year of school, I think.
10. Jamar Butler (Ohio State): Lost in the signing of Mike Conley is that OSU already has a pretty good point guard in Butler. His assist-to-turnover ratio was 2.5-to-1 last season, and it should improve with every easy ally-oop thrown to Greg Oden.
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jimotis4heisman;627324; said:
i dont agree, hes just not a flashy type player, he should be in the middle of the group, but his old school bring the ball up the floor, set the o and play defense style doesnt jive with bring ranked.
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But we are going to get pub this year and be in the media spotlight, and the guys above him don't play for teams that will have that pub and if he has another solid season and shoots the ball he will be in the middle of that list.
 
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Inside Dish: Ohio State wants Butler to shoot more By Mike DeCourcy - SportingNews


Although Ohio State PG Jamar Butler had an excellent sophomore season, do not be surprised if he operates off the ball more frequently this season. That would allow the Buckeyes to use freshman Mike Conley at the point and to take advantage of Butler's shooting ability; he made 41.4 percent of his 3s last season and appears to have improved. He was 93-of-100 in a recent 3-point drill. . . .
 
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There are some excellent posters on the BN basketball board. Some have been watching practices and have glowing reports of everyone (all the new guys are 10% or less body fat). They say Butler is consistently hitting 80% plus on 3's and will play the 2 when Conley is in the game.
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
You guys remember when his freshmen year when everyone was ready to write him off...
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i remember a lot of people being down on him.

the thing is especially in basketball its so hard for frosh. you really cant tell till kids are able to adjust to the speed, and mental aspects of playing with big boys.

i do know 40 has said since day one that butler would be an integral part of the team.
 
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Ready to repeat?
Matta expects Butler to lead

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Jamar Butler, a junior, is the only returning starter from the team that won Ohio State?s first outright Big Ten title in 14 years.


Jamar Butler remembers well his first practice at Ohio State. He thought it might be his last.
"The coaches didn?t think I was going to be able to play," he said of that day two years ago.
He had been Ohio?s Mr. Basketball as a high-school senior. That was worth a line in the media guide. This was college, son.
"I realized what I had to do," Butler said. "If you?re not working hard in the gym, you?re wasting your time. I didn?t want to waste my time. I wanted to make it productive."
Two years later, Butler is one of the best guards in the Big Ten, and Ohio State coaches are counting on his work ethic to rub off on a precocious class of freshmen who will have their first full-scale practice as Buckeyes on Friday night.
Actually, the coaches are hoping Butler leads by more than the example he sets.
"I would consider Jamar a quiet leader. Hopefully, that will change," coach Thad Matta said.
"As we cut the nets down after winning the Big Ten championship on our own court last year, he said, ?I?ve never done that before.? So hopefully he has a feel for what it takes and can express (that) more. I hope he will be more vocal in expressing that."
Butler, a junior, is the only returning starter from the team that won Ohio State?s first outright Big Ten title in 14 years. He and senior guard Ron Lewis are the only returnees who played regularly. Junior Matt Terwilliger and senior Ivan Harris saw spot duty.
The only other scholarship players on the roster this season will be freshmen Mike Conley Jr., Daequan Cook, David Lighty and Greg Oden and junior-college transfer Othello Hunter.
"I?m going to have to lead by my play and on the vocal side," Butler said. "You have to have someone out there to talk. If a player gets down, you have to bring him up. That?s what Je?Kel did for us last year."
Je?Kel Foster, now playing professionally in Germany, mentored Butler for two seasons, helping harden him into a strong defender and toughminded competitor. Foster bloodied himself diving for loose balls and challenged teammates when he thought they weren?t matching his effort.
"I?m glad I had two years with Je?Kel to learn from him," Butler said. "I learned you?ve always got to be positive, you can?t be negative, especially with a young group of kids. The college game is a lot different from high school. Everybody?s on the same level you are, so it comes down to heart and toughness. You get an older kid on you (and he schools you), you can?t get frustrated, you?ve got to stay focused and just go to the next play."
Butler could be asked to do more than lead as the season unfolds. One of his offseason assignments from coaches was to work on moving without the ball and coming off screens for shot opportunities.
"I?m going to look to score a little bit more than I did last year," said Butler, who averaged 10.1 points and shot 44 percent from the field.
Matta said it?s a "very strong possibility" that Butler and Conley, one of the highestrated point guards in the class of 2006, will be on the floor at the same time. Matta said he started two point guards in the same backcourt when he coached Butler to the NCAA Tournament in 2001 and Xavier to the Elite Eight in 2004. He likes guards who can do a little of everything.
"In this team?s case, with Jamar and Michael, both guys are quick, athletic and can really guard the basketball," Matta said. "So, defensively, maybe we can be a little bit more disruptive and quicker on the floor."
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Butler Among Wooden Award Candidates for 2006-07

Lima, Ohio, native makes preseason Top 50 for honor


Oct. 25, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jamar Butler, a junior point guard for the Ohio State men's basketball team, is among the Top 50 preseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award, the national selection committee for the honor announced Wednesday.
Butler was a third team All-Big Ten selection and an All-Big Tournament honoree as a sophomore last season. He has been pegged by both Lindy's and the Sporting News as a 2006-07 preseason first team All-Big Ten selection.
Butler scored more than 300 points (314) and was credited with 100+ rebounds (101) and assists (144) a year ago. He is the first Buckeye since Brent Darby in 2002-03 to break 100 in those three categories in the same season. Darby scored 586 points, handed out 141 assists and grabbed 124 rebounds as a senior. Butler's assist total as a sophomore is the most since Scoonie Penn dished out 154 in 1998-99.
Butler is one of 10 Buckeyes to hand out 140 or more assists in a season since 1974. He is just the second sophomore at Ohio State to record 140 or more assists in a season since assist records were first kept (1974). As a sophomore, he finished second among Big Ten guards with a +2.53 assist-to-turnover ratio, was fifth in 3-point field goal shooting percentage (.414), sixth in assists (4.65 apg.) and seventh in foul shooting pct. (.804).
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