If you haven’t yet heard of Morehead State’s dominating big man Kenneth Faried, you will next season around NBA circles as he will surely be rising up everyone’s 2011 Mock Drafts after becoming the NCAA’s all-time rebounding king. Although the 6’8 and 225 lb senior plays at a small school in the Ohio Valley Conference, the name Faried will now rank above players like Ralph Sampson, Derrick Coleman, and Tim Duncan in the NCAA record books.
In grabbing 12 boards in a win over Indiana State this past Saturday, Faried has collected a total of 1,576 rebounds, which are 6 more than former Wake Forest stand-out Tim Duncan totaled between ’94 and ’97. Now all future elite level rebounders all will be gunning for Faried’s mark which should be even farther out of reach considering he still has a handful of regular season games left.
Duncan's held that record for more than a decade and i'm sad to see him lose it but Faried's a hard working tough kid that deserves it.
I really don't understand why Faried's rated so low in most mocks. Yes he's undersized for a PF, but this is a draft class filled with tweeners and small PF's. Faried is a monster and as we all know rebounding is one of those things that almost always translates to the pros.