USD's Brandon Johnson gets mention on Yahoo!

by ShipstadPilot11 Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:10 am

USD's Brandon Johnson was named by Yahoo! Sports as one of the top 12 mid-major players in the country (Gonzaga, Memphis and Xavier excluded). Link.

When I saw the headline, I really expected (read: hoped) to find a Pilot on there but no luck.

G Brandon Johnson, San Diego
Particulars: 6-0/200, Sr./Houston Willow Ridge
Conference: West Coast
Watch him on: Nov. 13 vs. Stanford, Nov. 25 vs. Oklahoma (Great Alaska Shootout), Dec. 31 vs. Mississippi State, Jan. 16 vs. Gonzaga, Feb. 13 at Gonzaga
The buzz: Johnson was the leading scorer for the Toreros' NCAA tourney team in 2008; he averaged 16.9 points that season, when San Diego won the West Coast tournament and shocked Connecticut in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. But he missed all but eight games with a torn Achilles tendon last season. His return is the key to the Toreros' hopes of challenging Gonzaga in the WCC.