{"id":1600,"date":"2024-08-29T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:08:03","slug":"greatest-players-of-the-modern-era-9-ryan-sears","status":"publish","type":"greatest-jays","link":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/greatest-jays\/greatest-players-of-the-modern-era-9-ryan-sears\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Players of the Modern Era, #9: Ryan Sears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n\nAnkeny, IA\n\n\n\n5\n\n\n\n6&#8217;0&#8243;\n\n\n\n185 lbs\n\n\n\nArrived from: <br>High School\n\n\n\nDeparted: Graduate\n\n\n\nNBA: N\/A\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2>Notable Moments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Jays 62, Louisville 58 <em>(Mar. 11, 1999)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Key numbers: 6 points, 7 assists, 3 steals in 40 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:34%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:38%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Jays 85, #23 Iowa 76<em> (Nov. 27, 1999)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Key numbers: 19 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:34%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:38%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ryan Sears - Creighton Bluejays Highlight Reel\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vEPr_pdI_AY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Player statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-28\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-28\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Season<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Class<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Games<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Pts.<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Reb.<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Ast.<\/th><th class=\"column-7\">Stl.<\/th><th class=\"column-8\">Blk.<\/th><th class=\"column-9\">FG%<\/th><th class=\"column-10\">3PM<\/th><th class=\"column-11\">3P%<\/th><th class=\"column-12\">FT%<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1997-98<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">FR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">28<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10.5<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3.0<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">4.8<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">2.2<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">40.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">2.3<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">39.1%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">80.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1998-99<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">SO<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">31<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">8.7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2.9<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">4.0<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">2.2<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">0.0<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">35.1%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">1.7<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">34.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">85.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1999-00<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">JR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">33<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11.9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3.7<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">5.3<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">2.4<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">0.0<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">42.4%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">2.0<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">34.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">79.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2000-01<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">SR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">32<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11.0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3.0<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">4.3<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">2.3<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">0.0<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">37.0%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">1.9<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">34.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">78.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><b>Career Averages<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">31<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10.6<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3.2<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">4.6<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">2.3<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">0.0<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">38.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">2.0<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">35.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">80.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><b>Career Totals<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">124<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1,311<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">393<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">570<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">283<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-9\">38.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-10\">245<\/td><td class=\"column-11\">35.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-12\">80.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><b>Career Totals Rank*<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">70<\/td><td class=\"column-9\"><\/td><td class=\"column-10\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-11\"><\/td><td class=\"column-12\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-28 from cache -->\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>*Among players from the modern era (1995-current)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Team Accomplishments (4 seasons)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-29\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-29\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><th class=\"column-2\">1997-98<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">1998-99<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">1999-00<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">2000-01<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wins<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">22<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">23<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wins vs. ranked<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Conf. Champ (Reg. Season)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Conf. Champ (Tourney)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">NCAAT Appearance<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">NCAAT Wins<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-29 from cache -->\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Career Accolades (4 seasons)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-30\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-30\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><th class=\"column-2\">1997-98<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">1998-99<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">1999-00<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">2000-01<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">National POY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">All-America team<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Conference POY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">All-Conference team<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2nd<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1st<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Conference DPOY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Conference Newcomer\/ROY<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-30 from cache -->\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Among players from the modern era (1995-current)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1918,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1600","greatest-jays","type-greatest-jays","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/greatest-jays\/1600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/greatest-jays"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/greatest-jays"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/greatest-jays\/1600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2432,"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/greatest-jays\/1600\/revisions\/2432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}