MUScoop

If Tyler is unable to play at Illinois, who moves into Starting lineup.

Does Chase Ross move up from 6th man , with Kam taking on more point responsibilities

Or does Sean Jones step up to The Point and Chase stay at 6th man

For just the Illinois game?  Chase for matchup reasons.  Illinois starts 3 6'6 guards, Chase out there to guard them and switch everything on defense makes sense.  Kam and Oso can handle the ball.  Illinois brings their smaller guards off the bench, a better matchup for Sean defensively.

Sean

The truth

Quote from: JTJ3 on November 12, 2023, 12:16:56 PM
For just the Illinois game?  Chase for matchup reasons.  Illinois starts 3 6'6 guards, Chase out there to guard them and switch everything on defense makes sense.  Kam and Oso can handle the ball.  Illinois brings their smaller guards off the bench, a better matchup for Sean defensively.

I agree with this analysis

Quote from: JTJ3 on November 12, 2023, 12:16:56 PM
For just the Illinois game?  Chase for matchup reasons.  Illinois starts 3 6'6 guards, Chase out there to guard them and switch everything on defense makes sense.  Kam and Oso can handle the ball.  Illinois brings their smaller guards off the bench, a better matchup for Sean defensively.

Not a problem once Sean gets one of the three in foul trouble trying to keep in front of Sean.  It's also hard to post up a smaller guard when the balls been stolen or deflected away from you.

I think Chase moves into the starting lineup, but Sean plays more of TK's minutes.

Chase starts & plays 10 more minutes, Sean plays 15 more, Norman picks up the other 5. Doubt we go more than 8 deep unless it's a blowout.

Quote from: brewcity77 on November 12, 2023, 05:46:42 PM
I think Chase moves into the starting lineup, but Sean plays more of TK's minutes.

Chase starts & plays 10 more minutes, Sean plays 15 more, Norman picks up the other 5. Doubt we go more than 8 deep unless it's a blowout.

I agree with this analysis

Sean.

https://x.com/painttouches/status/1724068528112701511?s=46&t=QSiaGcOIKZrrpw0ciZkI5Q

I spend my summer rewatching Marquette games.

Two surprise observations: Jop, Ross and Sean changed the complexion of many games. Sean especially before he hurt his wrist.

The other: OMax didn't do a lot in some games that I remembered he did, like Xavier tip game (granted the tip was key but he had disappeared offensively before that and others got MU back into that game).

Before Scoop goes all righteous on me, yes Omax was an incredible defender and a clutch player, but my definition is changed the complexion or inflection point of the game. Like Jop at DePaul, Sean  vs. MSU. Omax often was counterproductive on offense.

The third not surprising observation is boy, do Big East officials suck, especially Driscoll. My goodness are they inconsistent.

I'd start Sean Jones, but it doesn't matter all that much.  They'll probably both play around 25 minutes with Tyler out, unless foul trouble,

Ball stuck to OMax a bit more than the others. I think the flow they've played with these first two games has shown that. They haven't come close to their peak and scored 90+ with relative ease.

Quote from: MUfan12 on November 13, 2023, 10:03:50 AM
Ball stuck to OMax a bit more than the others. I think the flow they've played with these first two games has shown that. They haven't come close to their peak and scored 90+ with relative ease.

Ppp, the first two games would have ranked #3 & 4th best nonconf last season. Only Notre Dame (just by a little) and Baylor (by a lot) were better.