Time to move on to the 49th projected best player in college basketball for 2015-16.
#49 Markus Kennedy- SMU
Parents are Roysall Kennedy and Barbara Kennedy … Has a brother Mikeal and sister Morgan … Coached by Jason Smith at Brewster Academy … Played AAU basketball for the New England Playaz.
from SMU website:
2014-15 (Junior): Played in 24 games… Averaged 11.9 pts & 6.3 rebs… 27 asts… 33 stls… 10+ pts in 14 games… NCAA TOURNAMENT: 16 pts (6-13 FG, 4-6 FT), 9 rebs & 2 stls vs. UCLA (March 19)…
AAC TOURNAMENT: 15 pts (4-9 FG, 7-14 FT), 6 rebs, 3 stls, 2 asts & 1 blk vs. East Carolina (Quarterfinal – March 13)… 17pts (4-7 FG, 9-12 FT), 9 rebs & 1 ast vs. Temple (Semifinal – March 14)… 15pts (5-10 FG, 5-6 FT), 6 rebs, 1 blk & 1 stl vs. UConn (Final – March 15)…
REGULAR SEASON: 16 pts (6-8 FG, 4-6 FT), 7 rebs, 3 blks, 2 stls & 1 ast vs. Tulsa (March 8)… 18 pts (7-12 FG, 4-7 FT), 9 rebs, 1 stl at UConn (March 1)… Career-high 6 stls at Memphis (Feb. 26)… 13 pts (5-10 FG, 3-5 FT), 8 rebs, 3 asts, 2 blks & 1 stl vs. UConn (Feb. 14)… 13 pts (5-9 FG, 3-3 FT), 11 rebs, 2 blks, 1 ast & 1 stl vs. UCF (Jan. 31)… Career-high 22 pts (10-12 FG, 2-3 FT), 7 rebs, 2 asts & 1 stl at USF (Jan. 28)… 21 pts (9-11 FG, 3-3 FG), 7 rebs & 1 ast at Temple (Jan. 14)… 21 pts (10-13 FG, 1-2 FT), 3 rebs, 2 stls & 1 ast vs. Memphis (Jan. 8)…
AWARDS: NABC All-District Second Team… AAC Tournament MOP… AAC Sixth Man of the Year… All-AAC Second Team… AAC Player of the Week (Feb. 2)… AAC Weekly Honor Roll (March 9, Jan. 19, Feb. 16)… Preseason All-AAC First Team (Oct. 29).
2013-14 (Sophomore) – Played in all 37 games, starting 22, averaging 12.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, 1.5 steals and 1.6 assists in 25.0 minutes. In conference play, averaged 13.2 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.8 steals, 1.8 assists and 1.4 blocks…
CONFERENCE RANKINGS:5th in FG% (53.4), 13th in blocked shots (1.2), 6th in rebounding (7.1) 5th in defensive rebounds (5.1) …
NATIONAL RANKINGS: 93rd in total rebounds (261) and 79th in total steals (57) .
AWARDS: NIT All-Tournament Team NABC District 25 Second Team. American Athletic Conference Second Team – American Athletic Conference Honor Roll four times (12/23, 1/20, 1/27, 3/3).
STREAKS: Led (or tied the lead) SMU in scoring and rebounding in the same game 12 times this season. Scored in double figures in 14-straight games (Dec. 4-Feb. 1) and recorded 5 double-doubles in that stretch.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Scored a career-high 21 points to go along with 9 rebounds in SMU’s NIT Semifinal win over Clemson. Tallied his sixth double-double of the season in SMU’s NIT Quarterfinal win over California, netting 19 points to go along with 10 rebounds. Scored a career-high 21 points to go along with a career-high 15 rebounds in SMU’s home win over No 22/22 Memphis . Went 10-10 from the field in the win over Memphis, the first to do so since Papa Dia against Southern Miss in Jan., 2011. Recorded his first career double-double, scoring a career-high 18 points to go along with a career-high 10 rebounds, a career-high four steals and three assists in 28 minutes against USF. Led the Mustangs in points, rebounds, blocks and steals at Cincinnati, scoring 12, hauling in 9 rebounds, while adding 3 blocks and 2 steals. Went 8-8 from the free-throw line against Sam Houston State. Tallied four points, four rebounds, one block and a steal in his SMU debut against TCU.
CAREER RANKINGS: 7th in blocked shots average (1.1) and 8th in steals average (1.5) .
SEASON RANKINGS:16th in blocked shots (44), 11th in steals (57) and 19th in rebounds (261).
2012-13 (Transfer): Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.
2011-12 (Freshman at Villanova): Averaged 3.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per contest in 31 games
| SEASON | TEAM | G | MIN | FG | FGA | FG% | FG3 | FG3A | FG3% | FT | FTA | FT% | PTS | AVG |
| 2011-12 | Villanova | 31 | 458 | 46 | 101 | 45.5 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 16 | 6.3 | 94 | 3 |
| 2013-14 | SMU | 37 | 924 | 182 | 341 | 53.4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 93 | 158 | 58.9 | 458 | 12.4 |
| 2014-15 | SMU | 24 | 551 | 108 | 197 | 54.8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 109 | 64.2 | 286 | 11.9 |
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