Scholarship table
Oso isn't the problem. We need our perimeter guys to do more off the dribble other than Kolek.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Kolek is probably the MVP of this team so far. Certainly on offense. His shots may not be falling, but he creates everything. Dude's averaging over 10 assists per game. And he's leading the team in rebounding.Would it be better if he was shooting 44% from two & 33% from three? Yeah. And that's the difference of one more made two and one more made three. Right now he's a really good point guard. If he marginally improves his shooting, he's all-conference.
He led the BEAST in assists last year...I didn't expect that to disappear on a team that was going to have more balanced scoring. Was hoping he could develop a shot...I'm sure he worked his a$$ off...hope it transfers over soon.
Kolek was 2/5 heading into this game. First bad shooting night and yall are acting like we're halfway through the season
Points per game no matta
We've seen the guy for a season and 3 games. I think it's fair to say that, at this level, Kolek is not a good shooter. Not even just not a good shooter, but a really bad shooter. Maybe he'll prove that wrong. But so far...
And if he made "one more made two and one more made three" a night, those would still be bad shooting numbers.
As conditioned etc that our guys are, clearly they were gassed towards the end and Purdue was not. Tired legs, short shots, etc. Battling Edey wears in you. And Purdue seemed pretty fresh at the end. When Edey returned, it was over. But overall a great effort. Can’t go 5+ minutes without scoring in any game and expect to win.
We've seen the guy for a season and 3 games. I think it's fair to say that, at this level, Kolek is not a good shooter. Not even just not a good shooter, but a really bad shooter. Maybe he'll prove that wrong. But so far...And if he made "one more made two and one more made three" a night, those would still be bad shooting numbers. And let's not act like it's "just." That's adding five points per game to the team! That's a huge difference. For example, last year Georgia and Hartford were dead center in the country at 69.8 points per game. If they "just" made one more three and one more two per game (as a team, not even one specific individual player) they jump up from 179th in points per game to 53rd in points per game as a team.
This team needs it, and it’s pretty to watch… but assists get you style points, but no extra real points#11 in assist rate… #101 in offensive efficiency
Except if Tyler isn't creating those looks, no one else is. He's giving guys a ton of wide open opportunities that lead to points that they wouldn't be getting on their own. I'd love to have five guys that can create their own shot at will and never need assists, but we don't have that. So we need Tyler and his assists.
And if the conversation we were having was about Kolek's entire tenure at MU, I'd agree with you. But the post I was responding to was a comment specifically about improvement from last season, meaning we're only 3 games into the sample size.
Yes, that’s why my post started off with, “this team needs it.”My point is that a lot of assists are not needed to have an effective offense.
Okay. Well, we've only got a sample size of 3 games to go off of then. So far, it seems his shooting hasn't improved.
Guys who might be able to create their own shot on this team.... Sean Jones maybe and David Joplin maybe..Without Kolek this is a horrible offense.
When Edey returned, it was over.