Oso planning to go pro
Yup, where he was the only real center at MU vs one of three at IU, he made that jump....and the. Nothing. Thankfully he didn’t regress like DJ did under Buzz.
To say that James “regressed” as a senior is a big stretch and just more Buzz hate from you. His role that year was exactly what it should’ve been—facilitator to better shooters/scorers and lockdown defender. Yeah, his FT% was beyond the pale, but he was never a good shooter. He certainly didn’t regress, he just gave way to players in McNeal and Matthews who by that time had established themselves as the alpha dogs. If DJ regressed at all, that regression happened under Crean during the previous two seasons.
I would have expected his senior season to be highest in assists then...nope.
It increased, both in APG and AST%, from his sophomore and junior years. He also improved his shooting over his sophomore and juniors years as well, matching his freshman year EFG%.DJ was by far having his best season since his freshman year when he got hurt. Saying otherwise is revisionist history.
But, Chico’s said senior season in terms highest in numbers of assists. They were not as his frosh numbers were greater. Though, DJ obviously had a very fine senior season and was was a beast on defense.
So, he regressed under Buzz because he broke his foot and his number of assists for the season declined because he played in less games? Makes sense to only one poster.
His assists per game were 5.4 as a frosh and 5.0 as a senior while his ppg dropped consistently from 15 as a frosh to 11 as a senior. Whatever, I did say he had a very fine senior season. No suggestion that he regressed at all. Realistically, despite the numbers, he was more effective as a senior as a leader. His defense was also superb. As to the numbers, they were what they were. Numbers don’t always tell the whole story.
And, Mo Acker transferred in.
Cheeks made the claim that DJ "regressed under Buzz." He played one year under Buzz. During that year, he saw increases in his assist rate, his assists per game and his EFG% when compared to his last two years under Crean.He didn't regress at all under Buzz. He regressed under Crean, and then rebounded under Buzz.Cheeks was flat out wrong.
DJ's scoring dropped as Jerel became the all time leading scorer and Wes was unleashed. Assist drop is nominal. And he was playing ridiculously well as a team leader, as well as playing the beat on-ball defense from a PG that I can recall. In short, he was becoming a complete player.
Down 1 w 5 seconds left. Doable.
I would argue his freshman year was his best year.
His last year under BuzzPPG down over 8% despite playing more minutes per gameFT% way down 30%3Pt% down 8%EtcI like DJ, a ton. As a senior, I was surprised to see some of his key stats impacted to the negative. In my opinion, his best overall year was his freshman year. I agree that each year is different, asked to do different things, different teammates, all that goes into it as well. Purely my opinion.
His best assists per game was his Freshman year. I was responding to the poster saying he was merely distributing the ball that’s why his points per game came down. Well, that’s a little odd considering his freshman year was his highest PPG and host highest APG. Also his highest rebounds per game. Also his highest blocks per game. I would argue his freshman year was his best year....feel free to think differently.Would have been great to have Tyshawn Taylor on the team his senior year when DJ was hurt. Since we love talking about the Hausers, let’s add that one, too.