Scholarship table
Honestly for all the discussion about the legit NBA prospects of Oso, Omax, and Ross, I would be shocked if Kolek doesn't play a few seasons in the NBA.Provided he continues his improvement and reliability from outside, he's got good size and build for the 1, exceptional passing and vision, and excellent BB IQ. His main knock is his athleticism, he doesn't have a great first step, but he wouldn't be the only one. Look at TJ McConnell, at this stage in their careers, Kolek is a better passer, a better shooter, better scorer, and has better size. McConnell was probably a better defender, but Kolek isn't a traffic cone.Same with Fred Van Vleet. Another sturdy PG who isn't super quick. Again, Kolek may have him beat on a few things at this stage, especially scoring.Also, Ogelsby has been beating the drum for Marquette all year, which is awesome. But not surprising as he played for Shaka at Clemson and clearly is a big fan of him.
I don’t if his game is suited for the style of play in today’s NBA but I’d be shocked if he isn’t a head coach a decade from now.
A decade from now? If he's not in the NBA, he'll be playing with Markus in the Euroleague. His game is VERY much suited to high level European basketball. Maybe a HC in two decades from now.
Kolek and Oso deserve to be all BE and AA.
I suspect voters will be turned off by a PPG mark around 11 but he should absolutely be in the conversation.
How many PGs are playing better than Tyler Kolek is? Few if any. And none in the Big East lately, including Boum.He's the on-court leader for a top-15 team, he's top-3 in the nation in a major statistical category while directing the most efficient offense in the country, he's got a great A/TO ratio, and he's already been getting some pub, such as this twit from a former Clemson player who is now in Sweden: https://twitter.com/T_Oglesby22/status/1620993965142188033The biggest mark against him is his relatively low scoring average (11.2 ppg), which has led to the perception that he can't beat you by scoring. Over the last 5 games, however, here are Kolek's numbers:95 points -- 19.0 average37 assists -- 7.4 average27 rebounds -- 5.4 average9 steals -- 1.8 average12 turnovers -- 2.4 average33-63 from the floor -- .52411-25 from 3 -- .440That's brought his season percentages from .474 overall and .375 from 3.In 12 conference games for the Big East's first-place team, Kolek is averaging 13.7 points on .509 shooting (.350 from 3), 7.9 assists, 4.3 rebounds, 2.3 steals, 2.0 turnovers. By comparison, Boum is averaging 14.0 points on .411 shooting (.349 from 3), 5.9 assists and 4.3 rebounds in Big East play. At the very least, that's a dead heat, and it's pretty easy to argue that Tyler's numbers are better.If Kolek can continue being a scoring threat, along with all the other stuff he does for our team, and if Marquette keeps winning to garner more and more national attention, he just might have a shot at All-American and BEPOY. I'm a big Oso guy and I consider him indispensable because we don't have anybody else who can do what he does offensively while manning the middle of our defense. But Kolek's pretty damn indispensable, too.Credit to Jockey for talking about Tyler as a potential All-American before anybody else did.
Yea no...Marcus Sasser, Jalen Pickett, Kendric Davis, Markquis Nowell, Darius Mcghee at Liberty.Probably some other advance stat arguments for Reece Beekman, one of the Tennessee guards, and maybe even one purdue guard if we get nerdy.Heck I would have Kam over Tyler. Tyler has been the best player the past 5 games but this is a huge overreaction.