Will, Shane, O-money and Gip are going to look good because of their high BBIQs.
Gruds & Tay will look solid.
What in the world has Will shown that makes you think he has HBBIQ? Are you implying that Gruds doesn't? Pro-tip: Gruds has just about the HestBBIQ on the team. Limited athleticism or BB skill != HBBIQ.
The easiest indicator of High BBIQ is an understanding of an offense to a level were you get your teammates the ball in areas for them to score. Gruds has never been a good passer. Gruds did show growth in his ability to find his own shot last year.
Will and Shane have all ways shown the best understanding of are offense in the last couple years. This is why Will played a lot as a freshmen and why Shane took over as stater a couple of years ago when we added the pin wheel offense (He picked it up about as fast as Jake). Will also was a best defender when dealing with screens because of his understanding of the game. This is one of the reasons he played so many minutes last year when his offense confidence and game was completely shot.
"Limited athleticism" - this is also far from true.
Bolded part seems like a better indicator of being a good passer IMO.
A huge part of BBIQ is putting yourself in position to make plays. Being in the right place at the right time is not usually an accident, and McGruder is incredible at this. Will's fantastic 2.8 APG are great and all, but mostly he has shown an ability to pass the ball as soon as he gets it or dribble back out away from the basket. Do you really think he does a really good job of getting it to people in places they can score?
!= means not equal to, fwiw. Will and Gip are certainly limited athletically compared to typical high-major guys. For Gip, it is his height and conditioning, and for Will it is the fact that he is one of the slowest, least physical guards in the Big XII. Shane is a good athlete, and I honestly have no idea about EMAPE.