{"id":1659,"date":"2024-08-29T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:40:58","slug":"greatest-players-of-the-modern-era-14-mitch-ballock","status":"publish","type":"greatest-jays","link":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/greatest-jays\/greatest-players-of-the-modern-era-14-mitch-ballock\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Players of the Modern Era, #14: Mitch Ballock"},"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\nEudora, KS\n\n\n\n24\n\n\n\n6&#8217;5&#8243;\n\n\n\n205 lbs\n\n\n\nArrived from: <br>High School\n\n\n\nDeparted: Graduate\n\n\n\nNBA Draft: 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 91, DePaul 78 <em>(Mar. 9, 2019)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Key numbers: 39 points, 11-of-12 on threes<\/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 89, #3 Villanova 83, OT <em>(Feb. 24, 2018)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Key numbers: 13 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, go-ahead three in final minute of regulation<\/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, Seton Hall 81<em> (Jan. 27, 2021)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Key numbers: 29 points, 7-12 3FG, game-winning three in final minute<\/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=\"Ballock Bombs: Four Years of Mitch Ballock Three-Pointers in (About) Four Minutes\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jrg-jdSkNx0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Champ (Reg. Season)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/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\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/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\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/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\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-44 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-45\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-45\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><th class=\"column-2\">2017-18<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">2018-19<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">2019-20<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">2020-21<\/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\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/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\">0<\/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-45 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":1897,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1659","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\/1659","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\/1659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442,"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/greatest-jays\/1659\/revisions\/2442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteandbluereview.com\/jaysclassic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}