Rodriguez on Final Four All-PER team
VCU's diminutive point guard is among top five most important players in the Final Four
Ever want a way to compare every player in college basketball? John Hollinger has your answer. With his college player efficiency ratings (PER), we can evaluate the productivity of Division I hoopsters from Syracuse to Siena to see who's really helping his team the most.
In this week's edition, we look at five players in the Final Four whose efficiency could help their teams win a national championship.
In anticipation of two exciting Final Four matchups, one between major conference powerhouses and one between mid-major surprises, here are five players who are critical to their teams' national championship hopes as viewed through the lens of player efficiency.
Joey Rodriguez, G, VCU Rams
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2011 NCAA TOURNAMENT

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
- Forde: Sight for sore eyes »
- O'Neil: Walker cooks up national title »
- Brennan: Calhoun cements legacy »
- Katz: Don't remember this by its ending »
- Leung: Butler shoots itself in foot »
- Video: UConn's Alex Oriakhi

- Video: UConn's Kemba Walker

- Video: Looking back at UConn's season

- Video: Breaking down UConn's victory

- Video: Katz/O'Neil/Forde on title game

- Video: Butler's Brad Stevens

- Video: Butler's Shawn Vanzant

COLUMNS AND FEATURES
- Writer Q&A: Title-game edition »
- Forde: College sports needs Butler title »
- O'Neil: Jim Calhoun enjoying the ride »
- Brennan's gameplan: If I was Jim Calhoun »
- Gameplan: If I was Brad Stevens »
- Forde: Rick Pitino's take on the title game »
- Forde: Dream continues for Butler, UConn »
- Brennan: A first look at Huskies-Bulldogs »
- O'Neil: Once again, Butler will play for title »
- Katz: UConn continues to find ways to win »
- Leung: Bittersweet end for VCU »
- O'Neil: As Knight improved, so did UK »
- Forde: Proving ground for Shaka Smart »
- Brennan: The Kentucky game plan »
- Brennan: The Butler game plan »
- Brennan: The VCU game plan »
- A coaching view of the Final Four »
- O'Neil: Villa 7 opened door for Smart »
- Leung: Skeen finds right fit at VCU »
- Katz: Calhoun vs. Calipari in '90s »
- O'Neil: Ex-UConn asst. cheers from China »
- Forde: The Establishment is under attack »
- Katz: Marshall plays big for Butler »
- Vitale: Final Four thoughts and winner »
- Reilly: Howard, Butler just keep winning »
- Keown: VCU, Butler and the team concept »
- Hill: VCU no reason to expand tourney »
- Katz: Final Four primer »
BEST OF THE BLOGS
- The phone call that changed Butler history »
- Leung: Napier had help along the way »
- Stat Shot: Historical facts »
- Adams: Butler will win and here's why »
- Walker, Mack to decide title »
- O'Neil: Nored ready for Kemba challenge »
- O'Neil: Keeping Stevens priority No. 1 »
- Forde: Butler finds unlikey hero in Hopkins »
- O'Neil: VCU's Rodriguez stands tall »
- Katz: Walker-Knight matchup is key »
- Leung: Liggins keeps late brother close »
- Brennan: UConn becoming a blueblood? »
- Brennan: 10 things to know »
INSIDER
- Gasaway: Re-examining March Madness

- Gasaway: How UConn turned it around

- Fraschilla: Five objectives for each team

- Gasaway: Butler's offense fuels run

- Millman: Who do the insiders like?

- Gasaway: Brandon Knight is UK's Kemba

- Thorpe: Final Four's surprise prospects

- Eight key questions for the Final Four

- Gasaway: Is Brad Stevens lucky or good?
- Gottlieb: How to beat the UK Wildcats
- Lunardi: How to beat the Butler Bulldogs
- Bilas: How to beat the UConn Huskies
- Fraschilla: How to beat the VCU Rams
RECRUITING
- Biancardi: How Kentucky was built »
- Telep: How VCU was built »
- Telep: How UConn was built »
- Biancardi: How Butler was built »
VIDEO
- Roundtable: O'Neil-Katz-Forde

- Katz's championship game preview

- Doug Gottlieb's prediction

- Katz's convo with Stevens and Calhoun

- Katz's news of the day

- Vitale's championship game preview

- "GameDay" predictions

HOW WE GOT HERE
- Forde: VCU laughs all the way to Houston »
- O'Neil: Richmond well-represented »
- Wojciechowski: Rams proving 'em wrong »
- O'Neil: UK's perfect mix ends drought »
- Schlabach: Harrellson turnaround keys UK »
- Leung: UConn's improbable ride continues »
- Wilbon: Fatigue not fazing Huskies »
- Katz: Butler proves it's no one-hit wonder »
- Brennan: Butler still alive, Duke not »
- Katz: Stevens knows when to ask for help »
- O'Neil: Butler's Howard leads by example
SPECIAL SECTIONS
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- Ford: Winners from the NBA draft combine
- Biancardi: Who is the nation's top point guard?
