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Chris Quinn, 6-2, point guard, senior, Notre Dame
2 games combined: 44 points, 18 assists, 13 rebounds, 10 turnovers, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 15-33 FG, 8-17 3P
Jonathan Givony
A player many never expected to ever be mentioned in the same sentence as the NBA draft, Chris Quinn is quietly putting up one of the most efficient senior seasons in the country at a position he barely played in his first three years in college. Stuck in the shadow of enigmatic point guard Chris Thomas for most of his career up until now, Quinn has taken the reigns of his Fighting Irish team and has done a spectacular job of running his team efficiently while still finding a way to score points himself.
This past week saw his team lose two more games in heartbreaking fashion (by a combined 5 points) against Georgetown and Villanova, but Quinn is the last player that should be taking the blame for that. Underachieving Coach Mike Brey has never found a way to win close games consistently in his Notre Dame career and might be in his last year with the team as well, but his point guard has done everything humanly possible to try and stop that trend. Quinn can make a whole highlight reel of clutch shots and huge plays he has made down the stretch for his team this year, and the games this past week were no exception to that rule.
Quinn is a 6-2 point with average quickness who finds ways to be effective against all logic. His 6.8 assists per game is good for 2nd in the Big East this year while his outstanding 2.61 assist to turnover ratio is best in the league by far and is probably tops as far as draft prospect point guards go as well. He plays 39.4 of a possible 40 minutes per game on average for his team and finds a way to pull down over 4 rebounds per game despite his skinny frame. Quinn’s decision making with the ball in his hands has been nothing less than superb this year, being patient and extremely unselfish, showing outstanding court vision and always finding the open man, often in spectacular fashion.
His best skill as far as the NBA is concerned is his outside shot, hitting over 43% of his 3-pointers this year while attempting over 5 ½ shots a game playing a new position on the court. Quinn is more than just a shooter and terrific passer, though, he also finds ways to get into the lane and either score from inside the arc or get to the free throw line, averaging 17.6 points per game. His athleticism probably won’t knock anyone’s socks off, but he uses it well to get where he needs to be on the court and make plays for his team. There is a place in the NBA for a point guard like Chris Quinn to come off the bench, run a team effectively and knock down outside shots. At just 10-8 and sitting at the bottom of the Big East his team’s chances of making the NCAA tournament are slim to none, but look for Quinn to get an invite to Portsmouth and try to prove his worth to NBA executives in April.
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Sounds great. We definetely need a solid pass-first pure PG with high BB IQ. I think that if we somehow were able to draft Chris Paul in the last draft, we'd not have this level of caos on the court. Though our priority may the wing & another big, we do need to upgrade our PG position. BRIGGS, what other PGs do you like from this yrs draft?
2/1/2006 1:00 PM