| Name: | Matt Harpring | 
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| College: | Georgia Tech | 
| Height: | 6'7" | 
| Weight: | 226 | 
| Class: | Senior | 
| Position: | Small Forward | 
| Other Position: | Power Forward | 
| Stats (Provided by JazzyJ) | 
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                  G  MIN  FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA  REB  PF AST  TO BLK STL  PTS
94-95 Ga Tech    29 1000 121  250  28  73  81 110  180  66  68  62   7  39  351
95-96 Ga Tech    36 1328 233  457  66 154 138 181  293  89  79  88   5  63  670
96-97 Ga Tech    27 1015 169  410  65 190 110 163  222  70  60  97  10  32  513
97-98 Ga Tech    32 1163 230  504  52 168 179 221  302  70  82 109   7  44  691
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TOTALS          124 4506 753 1621 211 585 508 675  997 295 289 356  29 178 2225
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                  MIN   FG%   3P%   FT%  RPG  APG  TPG  BPG  SPG   PPG
94-95 Ga Tech    34.5  48.4  38.4  73.6  6.2  2.3  2.1  0.2  1.3  12.1
95-96 Ga Tech    36.9  51.0  42.9  76.2  8.1  2.2  2.4  0.1  1.8  18.6
96-97 Ga Tech    37.6  41.2  34.2  67.5  8.2  2.2  3.6  0.4  1.2  19.0
97-98 Ga Tech    36.3  45.6  31.0  81.0  9.4  2.6  3.4  0.2  1.4  21.6
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TOTALS           36.3  46.5  36.1  75.3  8.0  2.3  2.9  0.2  1.4  17.9
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| Scouting Report: Elgin Booth [ewbooth@christa.unh.edu] | 
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Matt Harpring, 6'7, 226, made an immediate impact as a freshman at Georgia Tech. There's no reason why he won't be able to do the same as an NBA rookie. Possibly the most firey and intense player in the draft, he will do what it takes to win. Has a nose for the ball, and despite being only 6'7, he was a great collegiate rebounder. A former high school football player who was offered a scholarship to Notre Dame, he can bang with guys bigger than him and come away with the ball. He will do his team's dirty work. Also an accomplished three point shooter, he displayed a nice stroke from the outside and can score in a number of ways. Some have suggested his lack of foot speed and great quickness will hold him down in the pros, but a guy like Harpring will find a way to do in NBA small forwards that can't compete with his rugged style of play. Probably best suited to a team that is already successful, he could really give them a force to be reckoned with off the bench who will blend in nicely with the returning players. Has a great will to win. When all of the underclassmen have declared, he will probably be picked somewhere between 15-20..  | 
      
| Scouting Report: David Edelman [dedelman@acpub.duke.edu] | 
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Has the right skill set to be a 3 in the NBA; he can shoot the NBA 3-pointer and has decent rebounding ability to go with it. Hustles all the time, very emotional player. May be limited in the NBA because he isn't really quick enough to beat most NBA players off the dribble or to defend most NBA 3's one-on-one. At worst a useful rotation forward; at best a solid starter for a team that plays a lot of zone-like defenses and uses a motion offense (Houston? Cleveland?).  | 
      
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