Scholarship table
I disagree on O-Max. He's showing out now, but the staff has basically seen the same things fans on Twitter and Scoop have seen. He was bad early on and his minutes got justifiably cut. The staff saw the problem and addressed it with fewer minutes. He has played better of late and his minutes have increased. The staff saw the improvement and addressed it with more minutes.Saying O-Max was bad early on and is playing better now is simply accurate. And looking at his minute totals, the staff saw the exact same thing.Kolek is different because even when he isn't at his best, the rest of the offense is clearly better with him than without.
Please leave nuance at the door on scoop
Probably the correct take, but to elaborate on this (borrowed from Andrei of Paint Touches) Marquette was 6.3 points per 100 possessions worse on offense with O-Max on the floor in November and December. He was not playing well on offense and everyone, staff and fan alike, saw it. In January, Marquette's 17.3 points per 100 better with O-Max on the floor. He's playing well and everyone sees it.
Nice.
The issue with Omax is that some people literally said things like “I have no idea what anyone sees in Omax” or “can’t see why Shaka gave him a scholarship”Did he basically suck for most of the early season? Yes. Did anyone with two eyes notices that? Yes. But anyone that couldn’t blatantly see his potential at the same time….was insane. And there were lots of those.
The issue with Omax is that some people literally said things like “I have no idea what anyone sees in Omax” or “can’t see why Shaka gave him a scholarship”
It takes some teams awhile to learn how to close and win, regardless of age. This Marquette team lacks a lot of experience and also lacks experience playing as a team but we are starting to see them come together as a unit.
The team did what they needed to do to win.The coach lost that game by not fouling.It's possible that one awful coaching decision ends up costing MU an NCAA bid.
The team did what they needed to do to win.
Yeah, they eked out the win by only 28 points. And the game before that by only 32. Scoring more than the other team is what's needed to do so I suppose you're right though....
Georgetown is not a great team to start with. Taking into account that they had covid, missed 18 days of practice and their team captain was out for the game they were ripe to get beat bad by anyone they played.
Quite true but we’ve seen too many recent versions of Marquette spit the bit in these kind of games
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Point and I on the same side. Woot. NLW is a troll.
Nah, trolls post just to get others riled up. NLW is just a cowardly hater.