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He has been a nice surprise. Lunch pail type of player as they used to say.
His former teammates said he would be a double-double guy if he could stay on the floor and hit free throws. As his knee has improved, I think we can all see why. He has no regard for life or limb on the boards and has a decent touch around the basket. He knows who and what he is and understands his role.
I think many fans underrate the value of offensive rebounds. To me, they're nearly as important as turnovers. Where losing the ball ends a possession and the potential to produce any points, an offensive rebound extends a possession.You'd rather make more shots in the first place, of course. But crashing the offensive glass helps make up for Marquette's below-average 45.7% shooting inside the arc. Winning the battle of the boards can also give your team a psychological edge as the game goes on.
I was ridiculed on here when I said Jayce was an absolute beast on the glass in the practices that I saw before he got hurt.
Hopefully, Jayce's toughness wears off on the rest of his teammates. If Marquette is going to challenge for a Big East title this season, we can't just be an elite three-point shooting team. We'll need to scrap for every single rebound and loose ball on both ends of the court.
There are no little things. The little things are all big things.
Big fan of the Chef. Not a great athlete, but positions his body well and gives strong effort.
Who calls him the Chef?
Johnson has been great, but I still struggle to see a role for him against teams like Creighton or Villanova that want to spread bigs out to the arc. If I'm Wojo, I would think about trying to get Cain and Bailey some practice time at the 5 before we see those teams again. Even if just for stretches, the ability to match them stretching us out to the arc would be useful. Particularly when JRE is sitting for 'Nova.
Was it one member here that ridiculed you? He has it out for Jayce.