Oso planning to go pro
Buzz had Cain, Elliott, Anim, Hauser, and Heldt on the floor for a possession inside a minute of the Creighton home game. One of the freshman got easily beat baseline off the dribble for a layup in a matter of seconds.If you have that group on the floor and you get your stop and rebound they get to send someone who either has shot very few free throws this year and is a freshman playing in MSG or someone who is a bad free throw shooter to the line to extend the game, or you're taking a timeout to get Howard and Rowsey back on the floor and trying to inbound it against DePaul's length which gave us some trouble throughout the game.
Why was Howard in the game when he was cold and does nothing else effectively. Why were Rowsey and Howard in the game in the last defensive possession with a timeout in the bank. No idea, I really hope wojo has reasons for it, because from my eyes it was a poorly coached game.
So, we go with the freshmen, Depaul shoots and misses and someone other than Sam or Matt gets the rebound. Depaul fouls immediately. Now, in a 2 point game with a few seconds left, Cain is going to the line. What is your confidence level?
I'm not pretending there is an easy solution. Just pointing out that there are a lot of ways to look at it. In a perfect world, everybody defends like JFB or Dominic or Blue. While shooting like Andrew and Markus and being a Crowder like beast down low. Then it is easy. That is not this team. Always an offensive/defensive decision to be made.
We didn't deserve to win. DePaul played better defense, ran way better plays, had better schemes and had the best player on the court... We had better players in aggregate and more luck
Maybe we didn't, but DePaul deserved it less, so I guess it's ours by default.
First big East tourney game for the freshmen. With 11 seconds left in a one possession game, the solution is to take out the senior and sophomore leaders and replace them with freshmen....in their first big East tourney game. I get that Cain and Greg are better defenders. But context. Tournament life at stake. All the chips pushed to the middle. I understand why Wojo doesn't go offense defense there.
I get that Cain and Elliott are better defenders. Your argument is to put in two freshmen in the highest stress moment of the season over two team leaders. I understand both arguments. And Marquette dodged a bullet. But it is a damned if you do/don't conundrum. Put in two freshmen, don't get the stop, get the stop and have them fumble the rebound, get the rebound and miss the free throws.... all while your two best players/team leaders sit. Wojo chose experience and barely got away with it.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.