Oso planning to go pro
I'm not sure it's more talented.....it's more physical and athletic.........probably less skilled without The Hausers.It will be interesting........can't see the offense being as good but the defense and rebounding should/could be better.Forcing more turnovers and taking better care of the ball are the keys for me. Need to get some easy points from the defense that we didn't get last season.
Marquette also lost two of its better Free Throw shooters as well. Getting inside, getting fouled, gotta knock down the free throws.
Likely to have more FT opportunities this upcoming season at a lower % made. Could be a wash? Sam is a terrific FT shooter, but he only averaged 2.3 attempts per game last season (while Joey was slightly higher at 2.7). Yep. that was a missed opportunity, with regards to attempts per game. In those games once in a while where Sam would be near scoreless at half, I often felt getting to the line and knocking down a couple would get him going a little bit overall. Villanova is a good example of a program that churns out many strong free throw shooters up and down the lineup over the years.
I think Wojo's defensive philosophy emphasizes forcing difficult shots over forcing turnovers.Forcing difficult shots is about disrupting your opponent's ability to efficiently execute the offense. It favors long, quick, athletic players who can:1) play aggressive, man-to-man defense without fouling;2) shut down/contain driving and passing lanes;3) provide help when needed and still get back to their man;4) defend multiple positions;5) contest high-percentage shots;6) rebound misses, limiting the opponent to one shot; and7) maximize transition opportunities with quick outlet passes to guards/wingsThe better MU's defense can shut down and contain driving and passing lanes, the more turnovers we'll force (and the more transition opportunities we'll have). I also expect to see Marquette initiate transition offense following rebounds more often -- looking to exploit opportunities for Markus, Koby, Brendan, Jamal, etc. to make aggressive drives to the basket in the open court.That's not the same as making forcing turnovers your main defensive priority. To me, that suggests gambling for steals -- a high-risk, high-reward strategy.
Sounds like the twin towers strategy will indeed be in play. It will be interesting to watch. I've said for awhile now that this team is more talented on paper than last season....but it will require a major switch in offensive philosophy from past seasons in order for it to work. We will see if Wojo and co are up to the task.
So on paper Jayce, Symir and Dexter (new additions) are more talented than Matt, Sam and Joey (losses)? Please explain.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Your math isn't right.Koby+Greg+Jayce+Symir+Dexter+an offseason of growth for Markus/Sacar/Ed/ Theo/Jamal/Brendan > Loss of Sam/Joey/Joe/MattCompared to the rest of the NCAA, Marquette is returning a lot more talent than the rest.
I think there's some apples and oranges comparisons going on. Both of the following can be true:We would be a better team in 2019-20 with the Hausers than we will be without them.We should be a better team in 2019-20 without the Hausers than we were in 2018-19 with them.This team with the additions of Jayce, Symir, and Koby coupled with the development of the returning players can be better than last year's team, but we would be better still if we had the Hausers.
Well, don't forget that Sam and Joey probably would have improved, too. If Joey improved as much from frosh to soph as Sam did, he'd have become a heck of a player, at least offensively.
I didn't say the current roster was better than what the roster would have been if Sam and Joey had stayed. I said I think the actual 19-20 roster will be better than the actual 18-19 roster was.