JB

[Lighthouse 84]

I missed the start.  What's with JB?  Head still?

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Lenny thinks it defensive matchups. I think Elmore is dead wrong.

[21Jumpstreet]

Agreed, dead wrong.

[MU B2002]

Is this some sort of hush hush penalty for something?  I don't get that he is healthy enough to log major minutes, but not healthy enough to start.

[BallBoy]

Is this some sort of hush hush penalty for something?  I don't get that he is healthy enough to log major minutes, but not healthy enough to start.

I think it is a away to break up the line up some what.  MU has a hard time with bench points.  Most of our scoring comes from 4 guys and they are in teh starting line up.  If you move JB from the starting now you have three guys that can score and then JB provides the second wind. 

[ChicosBailBonds]

Lenny thinks it defensive matchups. I think Elmore is dead wrong.

Then what is the dead right answer?

[Jacks DC]

Maybe he heard you guys complaining about our lack of production from the bench so he took Jimmy out of the starting lineup.  I noticed ESPN highlighted the difference in bench points a few times, as if that's worth anything.

[romey]

I noticed the bench point "stats" too.  Pretty silly to think we'd bench him to get more points off the bench - at what cost - less points out of our starters?

[Tugg Speedman]

MU has been described (in think accurately) as a "good team" from top to bottom yet missing that "go to guy."  By default it is (was supposed to be) Jimmy.

How does he maintain his leadership role coming off the bench? 

Should you just proclaim Crowder the defacto Captain and move on?

[brewcity77]

MU has been described (in think accurately) as a "good team" from top to bottom yet missing that "go to guy."  By default it is (was supposed to be) Jimmy.

How does he maintain his leadership role coming off the bench? 

Should you just proclaim Crowder the defacto Captain and move on?

540's post-post-game (after Homer went off the air) today talked about how Marquette is very solid but lacks that one star player that can lift you to victories. Time and time again, we've seen solid contributions from DJO, Buycks, Butler, and Crowder, but no one has established themselves as that crunch-time competitor, that game-in and game-out force that will get the job done. Hayward had that. McNeal had that. But now...crickets. The positive is that we have four guys who can do it on any given night. Which gives us the chance to win any game. But in terms of consistency, I agree that we simply don't have that one mainstay leader.

[Da 'Lanche]

MU has been described (in think accurately) as a "good team" from top to bottom yet missing that "go to guy."  By default it is (was supposed to be) Jimmy.

How does he maintain his leadership role coming off the bench? 

Should you just proclaim Crowder the defacto Captain and move on?

For all we know, Jimmy B. was fine with coming off the bench today....for whatever reason.   Maybe he is demonstrating leadership by showing it is not all about him (see JMAY's dad) but about the good of the team.

I do agree with you in that he was supposed to be the go to guy this year....I expected that as well and it just had not happened to the extent anyone had hoped for or believed.  Not a knock on JB, just that expectations were high and perhaps he is not the same caliber as a go-to guy as a Lazar or McNeal, etc.

[NickelDimer]

540's post-post-game (after Homer went off the air) today talked about how Marquette is very solid but lacks that one star player that can lift you to victories. Time and time again, we've seen solid contributions from DJO, Buycks, Butler, and Crowder, but no one has established themselves as that crunch-time competitor, that game-in and game-out force that will get the job done. Hayward had that. McNeal had that. But now...crickets. The positive is that we have four guys who can do it on any given night. Which gives us the chance to win any game. But in terms of consistency, I agree that we simply don't have that one mainstay leader.

And this will doom a team come tourney time.