They both have the opportunity to average 20+ because they’re allowed to play most of the game (even in blowouts as evidenced by last year’s D2 state title game and the 50-pt La Lumiere loss in this year’s Iolani Cassic) and take 90% of the team’s shots.

Additionally, D1 isn’t as competitive this year as it was last year or the few years before. Points are easier to come by without the tall inside threat and the fast outside tough defense from a few ILH graduates. Like I said in a previous post, Gatorade Player of the Year should only be awarded to a D1 athletes. In other words, they’re overrated.

Collegiate coaches are weary of picking up athletes of parents that have their child transfer to another school to repeat another year for all the wrong reasons. College ball is at a whole other level. There’s taller and faster mainland athletes in D3.

If the Ng’s were veteran D1 players, earned top accolades at the same time, and not transferred schools for an additional year, only then would I gladly given them my highest regards.

Also, since we are on the topic of how “great” these guys are, why isn’t there an article of how Lahainaluna just beat St. Francis?

In regards to Hathaway’s comments, it’s difficult to compare the Ng boy to Ostrowski when Ostrowski played four years of ILH Division I, not II. Also, Low was not that much bigger than Ostrowski. They were both really good guards but Ostrowski was not superior to Low. Ostrowski was able to play with Spencer McLachlin for 4 years and produced no state title. Regardless, they both went on to be good D1 college players.