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- Fourteen of the nation's top 100 shot-blockers stand at least seven feet tall, including the best shot-blocker in the country, Oregon State's Kylor Kelley, who has posted a ridiculous 18.7 percent block rate this season.
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Jan 31, 2022 · Here's what I found, based on players who had at least three shots in a game blocked by one of the country's top five shot-blockers. They're listed in descending order in terms of estimated...
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Oct 24, 2024 · Omoruyi is one of the best-shot blockers in college basketball. After averaging 2.9 blocks last season at Rutgers , he hit the transfer portal and joined an Alabama team with national...
- KC Ndefo, Saint Peter's. Blocks per game (2020-21): 3.64. Saint Peter's blocked 16 percent of its opponents' 2-point attempts last season, which ranked second nationally, according to kenpom.com, and Ndefo was the primary reason why.
- Dajour Dickens, Hampton. Blocks per game (2020-21): 3.38. Last season, the national average in block rate — the percent of the opponent's 2-point attempts that a team blocks — was 8.8 percent, but Hampton led the country at 16.1 percent, per kenpom.com.
- Mouhamadou Gueye, Pittsburgh. Blocks per game (2020-21): 3.10. In the offseason, Gueye transferred to Pitt from Stony Brook, where he became a regular starter as a sophomore and averaged a career-best 3.1 blocks in 26.4 minutes per game.
- David Muoka, UNLV. Blocks per game (2020-21): 2.96. He transferred to UNLV from Lamar in the offseason after blocking 11.7 percent of opponents' 2-point attempts last season, which ranked 12th nationally, per kenpom.com.
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- Zach Edey, Purdue: He blocks shots — 72 last season. But he alters more. Opposing defenses have to deal with his size and immovability on every possession.
- Jamal Shead, Houston: He was the American Athletic Conference defensive player of the year. Kelvin Sampson is all about defense and Shead will help the Cougars compete near the top of the Big 12.
- Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton: He’s a two-time Big East defensive player of the year. He’s a tremendous rim protector and can create plenty of fast breaks for the high-flying Bluejays.
- Lamont Butler, San Diego State: Butler was the Mountain West Conference defensive player of the year, hit a game-winning shot to beat Florida Atlantic in the Final Four and is back to do it all again.
Two of the top eight shot blockers played college basketball for only three seasons. Adonal Foyle of Colgate recorded 492 blocks in just 87 career games before he left one season early for the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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May 9, 2014 · Fran Fraschilla identifies the top five shot-blockers in college basketball, including Kentucky forward Willie Cauley-Stein.
