| UNC - 1/5, 3pts, 10 ast, 0 TO VMT - 3/11, 8 pts, 4 ast, 3 TO MSU - 2/7, 7 pts, 5 ast, 6 TO |
I predict sometime in the next couple of weeks, we hear about TKo having thumb surgery.
Thumb(s) down.
I predict sometime in the next couple of weeks, we hear about TKo having thumb surgery.
I predict sometime in the next couple of weeks, we hear about TKo having thumb surgery.Me too. I've thought that since someone posted that video of practice the day before Vermont. OF COURSE he was going to try to play through whatever it is, but that was two really bad games back-to-back and he looked pissed during the entirety of both.
Maybe Kolek is allergic to the floors made for the NCAA tourney?
I predict sometime in the next couple of weeks, we hear about TKo having thumb surgery.
I predict sometime in the next couple of weeks, we hear about TKo having thumb surgery.
Maybe Kolek is allergic to the floors made for the NCAA tourney?
Maybe he should lay off the trash talking until he gets more clutch in tournament settings.
You're better than this.He’s not. PointWarrior is a certified moron.
Maybe he should lay off the trash talking until he gets more clutch in tournament settings.
He’s not. PointWarrior is a certified moron.
What are you on? We just lost the game. Every game in the NCAA tourney is going to be difficult just ask Purdue. It’s not chickenshiit its reality. Maybe if you could comprehend that your posts wouldn’t be so incoherent and useless.
Hey 5 Dollar - I am just making some obvious sarcastic posts to the original poster.
Kolek drives the bus of the team. Obviously something is wrong the the last two games (probably his thumb and not an allergy to the court).
But I look forward to your chickenshiit posts next year.
5Dollar paid Tyler to throw the game.Useless poster - another great example
Is that more obvious to you?
Said the same to my wife. To think it didn't affect him isn't being fair.Is it fair to excuse him throwing 40’ passes to the safety ala Brett Favre??
Double digit assists as an example of poor play is odd. The last games….for sure.
UNC - 1/5, 3pts, 10 ast, 0 TO
VMT - 3/11, 8 pts, 4 ast, 3 TO
MSU - 2/7, 7 pts, 5 ast, 6 TO
The kid was absolutely elite this year and he's our offensive engine. But he's got an enormous mental block in the tournament. He's not just missing shots, he's an entirely different player -- one that is actively harming our team while he's on the floor with horrible turnovers, bad shots, and stupid fouls. What in the world do you do with that if you're Shaka Smart? The team is effectively playing without their best player in the tournament. Not to mention we don't have great ball handlers behind him. This team without the BEPOY is not a final four team.
Priority number 1 for Shaka has to be adding a guy that can handle the ball. We need to have someone that can get the team going and set the offense up in the case of Tyler having foul trouble or the yips.
Priority number 1 for Tyler is some honest internal reflection about what is going on. Nerves and anxiety? Trying to do too much? He's competitive as crap. He desperately cares. I'm always going to back a guy like that to figure it out eventually.
I see a lot of people saying MU wasn't elite this year. That's garbage. We almost made the sweet 16 essentially without the BEPOY. We're as good as any team in the country sans Bama when he's on. Let's hope he figures it out.
See you all next year.
I don't think the thumb was the issue frankly. He played poorly, it happens. He made poor decisions and it started with reaching and picking up his 2nd foul. My personal take is that he pressed a bit as the leader of this team and 3rd team AA. He was uncharacteristically forcing and just out of sorts. But I'm gonna tell you this: TyKo and the rest of this group will come back next year and want to overcome this crushing exit.Agree with this. If he just had a bad shooting day you’d of course say it’s the hand. He had a terrible decision day
Agree with this. If he just had a bad shooting day you’d of course say it’s the hand. He had a terrible decision day
Useless poster - another great example
I think Kolek was looking ahead to the KState game and not focusing on todays game.Just pack it up with what little dignity you have left, champ
Just pack it up with what little dignity you have left, champ
I am fairly certain that Kolek knows he did not bring his A game today. If anyone is concerned about Kolek moving forward, that might be emotions talking.If he’d have brought his C game things would be different. His A game would have been a cake walk.
Wrong. We have guards up the Ying yang.
UNC - 1/5, 3pts, 10 ast, 0 TO
VMT - 3/11, 8 pts, 4 ast, 3 TO
MSU - 2/7, 7 pts, 5 ast, 6 TO
The kid was absolutely elite this year and he's our offensive engine. But he6hb's got an enormous mental block in the tournament. He's not just missing shots, he's an entirely different player -- one that is actively harming our team while he's on the floor with horrible turnovers, bad shots, and stupid fouls. What in the world do you do with that if you're Shaka Smart? The team is effectively playing without their best player in the tournament. Not to mention we don't have great ball handlers behind him. This team without the BEPOY is not a final four team.
Priority number 1 for Shaka has to be adding a guy that can handle the ball. We need to have someone that can get the team going and set the offense up in the case of Tyler having foul trouble or the yips.
Priority number 1 for Tyler is some honest internal reflection about what is going on. Nerves and anxiety? Trying to do too much? He's competitive as crap. He desperately cares. I'm always going to back a guy like that to figure it out eventually.
I see a lot of people saying MU wasn't elite this year. That's garbage. We almost made the sweet 16 essentially without the BEPOY. We're as good as any team in the country sans Bama when he's on. Let's hope he figures it out.
See you all next year.
I can’t believe that anyone who has actually played basketball at any level would think that an injured thumb, even one to your non dominant hand, isn’t going to affect your play. Especially someone whose primary role involves handling the ball.I’m not sure anybody has said an injured thumb wouldn’t affect somebody’s game. This was beyond that, though. I thought he looked off BEFORE he hurt his thumb, albeit it that was very early in the Vermont game. I thought he was too keyed up. It’s fine to get “lost in the fight.” It’s another to be lost before the fight even starts. Even a below average performance and we win that game. I thought he should’ve been benched in both games.
A player still uses his off hand to catch, dribble, and pass the ball and often to help guide a shot.
We don’t know how much that injury affected Kolek physically and/or mentally. But the fact that the incident was followed immediately by two of his worst games of the season has to at least raise a question if the two things are related.
I’m not sure anybody has said an injured thumb wouldn’t affect somebody’s game. This was beyond that, though. I thought he looked off BEFORE he hurt his thumb, albeit it that was very early in the Vermont game. I thought he was too keyed up. It’s fine to get “lost in the fight.” It’s another to be lost before the fight even starts. Even a below average performance and we win that game. I thought he should’ve been benched in both games.
I wonder if any of our MU trained PT's or Ortho MD's might give us some insight on TKO's thumb injury??? I know they don't know what exactly the injury was, but maybe some "professional" thoughts might help us try to understand what actually might have been going on.... 8-)
Is there some thought that he had an injury before the Vermont game? Someone said that in this thread but didn't know anything about it.Yes. Someone--apologies, don't remember who--posted a clip of the MU shoot around the day before Vermont. TK can be seen in the video shaking his right hand and looking at his thumb.
Yes. Someone--apologies, don't remember who--posted a clip of the MU shoot around the day before Vermont. TK can be seen in the video shaking his right hand and looking at his thumb.
I think he hurt it worse on his second(?) drive to the basket in the Vermont game. He looked really pained then, and went to the locker room shortly thereafter.
It’s hard to criticize the player most responsible for such a successful season. However, he clearly did not perform in the tourney as the team needed him to. Much of that likely is because of the thumb. Some may be for other reasons. If MU is to continue to have this level of success in the regular season and in the tourney TK will continue to be the catalyst. Seems apparent that as TK goes, MU goes.
I am fairly certain that Kolek knows he did not bring his A game today. If anyone is concerned about Kolek moving forward, that might be emotions talking.
I fully expect Sean Jones and Tre Norman to provide a significant boost as a backup PG duo next year.
Sean Jones was ok this year but it was a lot to ask of a Freshman to control an offense like Tyler does.
Marquette will still want 30+ minutes from Tyler each night but those minutes he's not on the court should be much cleaner than they were this year.
TK thrilled us all year. He showed us it is
Impossible to play PG with one hand but he
gave it a try like the Warrior he is.
TK thrilled us all year. He showed us it isAlthough I agree with your post, that has to be the worst haiku ever.
Impossible to play PG with one hand but he
gave it a try like the Warrior he is.