(07-18-2022 08:34 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  

(07-18-2022 08:10 AM)Miggy Wrote:  

(07-18-2022 07:59 AM)RamyEMU Wrote:  

(07-18-2022 07:09 AM)Bob Wickersham Wrote:  Until Farrakhan does it, you can't mention him with Boykins. Boykins DOMINATED the MAC. End of story.

I am going to agree with Bob on this. We can theorize on who could be better, Earl vs Noah- that is the fun of these forums. But it should be clear we are talking about Noah’s potential and NOT current fact.

I guess facts are in the eye of the beholder.

At EMU his freshmen season, Earl Boykins averaged 12 5 ppg and shot 34 percent on three's. His sophomore year he averaged 15.5 points per game
and shot only 30 percent on three's. In both seasons, Boykins shot less than 47 percent on two's.

In Noah's first season at EMU, he averaged 16.4 ppg in conference play and shot 47 on 2's and 40 percent of three's. Clearly, Noah's stats are far better than Earl's at a comparable stage in their college careers.

All - I didn’t want to start a debate on who is better Earl or Noah because they played in different eras. One could argue that the MAC was tougher when Boykins played plus he was on a great team and didn’t have to score as much. One could argue Noah had more opportunity to score because his freshman team was young etc. we could counter than Noah drew double teams because his teammates were not a threat to score etc etc.

Bottom line Boykins won two MAC Championships, was captain and NBA player
Bottom line Noah Farrakhan has greater potential and we are spoiled to have one of the top Pgs in the country at EMU

Good post, Luckey. No need to compare, and as you say impossible to really compare. I think EMU is lucky to have and had both these guys at EMU. Remarkable talents.