Davante. Depaul didn't double team, Davante was engaged, played adequate defense, and took advantage of the Demon's big men. Nice game, big fella. Keep it up. MU needs you.
No doubt. Davante.
Yup finally
Quote from: tower912 on January 04, 2014, 03:03:18 PM
Davante. Depaul didn't double team, Davante was engaged, played adequate defense, and took advantage of the Demon's big men. Nice game, big fella. Keep it up. MU needs you.
You jump the gun too much!
From taking two shots/two points against Creighton to 28 today.
Quote from: nyg on January 04, 2014, 03:05:29 PM
From taking two shots/two points against Creighton to 28 today.
from second string to starter. :)
great game by Ox after a frustrating night in Omaha and being called out by Buzz in the paper. No question SOG today.
All Davante today, no other choice
Ox.
Lock the thread now. No need to vote.
But I also thought Todd provided some very focused play.
OX
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Davante. But Jake Thomas 2 consecutive 3's did change the momentum of the game.
The big fella
35 minutes and 10-11 free throws too. Keep pushing his buttons.
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Couldn't watch the game. Judging by the box score it was Davante and it wasn't close.
Maybe Ox saw what Buzz said about him not working hard enough and came into practice the past few days working harder than he ever has before, which is why he started. Hopefully Ox will keep starting and playing as good as he did today.
Ox. One man show.
Ox all day...its time to hitch our NCAA Tourney hopes to Ox and let him carry this team.
Quote from: Archies Bat on January 04, 2014, 03:14:50 PM
But I also thought Todd provided some very focused play.
Agree that Todd was the spark in the first half. But for the whole game, not so much.
Finally DeDe
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Ox. I was highly critical of him a few days ago and he made me eat my words. Great game all the way around.
Quote from: Otule's Glass Eye on January 04, 2014, 03:22:04 PM
Maybe Ox saw what Buzz said about him not working hard enough and came into practice the past few days working harder than he ever has before, which is why he started. Hopefully Ox will keep starting and playing as good as he did today.
Buzz said in the post game that he didn't, but he (gasp) did it anyway to try to kick start Gardner and to try to get Jamil in the flow by beginning at the point.
Gardner fo sho.
Feed the big fella! Davante all the way.
No contest..... But Todd came in and started the offense. When we ran some plays for JT it opened things up for DG and he came through. Liked watching make some free throws as we'll.
Definitely DG
The player with big shoulders today: Davante
Devante. I also think anyone at the BC who stood for six minutes before MU made a field goal deserves a special service award.
Gardner. No question.
I thought Dylan Flood provided the leadership we needed from the bench!
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DG
Had to miss the start, when we got down 16-7 - doubt that anything happened in that time to have it be anybody but Ox.
Ox with Purnell as co-stud for his defensive scheme on Ox.
Big Self.
Derrick Wilson: His +/- was +16, the highest on the team...where would we have ended up in this game without him?
Quote from: Ners on January 05, 2014, 10:42:02 AM
Derrick Wilson: His +/- was +16, the highest on the team...where would we have ended up in this game without him?
Losing.
Quote from: ATL MU Warrior on January 05, 2014, 10:43:21 AM
Losing.
Uh...it was DePaul dude. And tell me how 33% from the line, 0-1 from the field, 2 turnovers, no steals, and 3 assists in 31 minutes is "winning" PG play??
Quote from: Ners on January 05, 2014, 10:47:17 AM
Uh...it was DePaul dude. And tell me how 33% from the line, 0-1 from the field, 2 turnovers, no steals, and 3 assists in 31 minutes is "winning" PG play??
Because he played the majority of the PG minutes... and we won. I could care less how DWilsons statline looks game to game, as long as he plays well enough to help us win the game im satisfied.
Quote from: Ners on January 05, 2014, 10:47:17 AM
Uh...it was DePaul dude. And tell me how 33% from the line, 0-1 from the field, 2 turnovers, no steals, and 3 assists in 31 minutes is "winning" PG play??
The +- stat is about useless, even though people keep track of it. It fails to recognize runs, and player combinations/rotations which impact the game. If you ever study Miami Heat stats they frequently show Wade in the negative because of player rotations with LeBron etc. If you went solely by that stat, Wade should be riding the pines.
Derrick Wilson is what he is: a good backup PG. His shooting/FT shooting and below average creatability are more important for a PG. Having said that, he does not make many TO's which is a good thing, but IMO that goes hand in hand with the low creation level.
DG, but give props to TM-
played with energy when the team was completely on their heels
(5 missed layups and 5 or 6 TO's before a basket?)
he was a needed spark, and things were able to right themselves somewhat and prevent a complete meltdown...
seeing the players faces from section 101, it was disconcerting.
awful starts to both halves, but an impressive and strong final 10 or so.
hopefully this is a kickstarted moving forward.
Quote from: weareMU13 on January 05, 2014, 11:15:21 AM
Because he played the majority of the PG minutes... and we won. I could care less how DWilsons statline looks game to game, as long as he plays well enough to help us win the game im satisfied.
Guess we just disagree, because I do care about how his stat line looks, and if he "helped" us win what was a closely contested game against DePaul...with that stat line?? Yikes.
Obviously, we won this game because of Davante and Mayo - and in spite of Derrick. Go find another box score from a high major game yesterday where a starting PG gets 30 minutes and "produces" what we got from Derrick.
I don't doubt he's doing his best, I just don't see how this team is going to achieve any kind of real success with him running the point 30+ minutes. I was hopeful we could still be a potential threat come March, but just don't see it happening if we continue with Derrick getting 30+ minutes and producing what he has thus far.