After a miraculous performance in West Lafayette, Johnny Davis is rightfully the talk of the college basketball world.
Wisconsin’s sensational sophomore torched Purdue for a career-high 37 points and led the Badgers to a 74-69 win over the Boilermakers. This wasn’t a one-game fluke for Davis, but rather the pinnacle of what has been a phenomenal start to the year as a whole.
Statistically, the Badger wing stands nearly alone over the past two decades of NCAA D1 college basketball. After tonight’s performance, Davis is averaging at least 22 points, 7 rebounds, 1.5 steals, and less than 2 turnovers per game.
According to college basketball advanced analytics researcher Evan Miyakawa of EvanMiya.com, that puts him in rare company. In fact, over the last two decades only two NCAA D1 players have ever had those per game averages. What’s even crazier is that both play in the 2021-22 Big Ten conference. Davis is joined by Iowa’s Keegan Murray as the only other player to have that stat line.
Here's the entire list of all D1 players in the last 20 years to average at least 22 points, 7 rebounds, 1.5 steals, and less than 2 TOs per game:
Johnny Davis
Keegan MurrayWe are witnessing history in these two tremendous players.
— Evan Miyakawa (@evanmiya) January 4, 2022
The two will meet on Thursday at the Kohl Center when Iowa travels to Madison.