Otule playing like a defensive stud

[Blackhat]

kid deserves his own thread.


Beautiful defense and some strong boards!!

Way to go Chris!

[forgetful]

Said the same thing in the SOTG thread.

He looked great today.

[skianth16]

What was his final tally for blocks? 4? 5?

[chapman]

Got in their heads.  They knew where he was when they took it inside late.  Y'all sure it would "be best if he just moved on"?

[Blackhat]

4 blocks... and yeah USF didn't get a lot of inside the paint good looks toward the end.

[forgetful]

USF shot 42% from 3 and only 19% from 2.  We were in there heads if they got to the paint.

[muwarrior97]

Chris' D was outstanding, nice to see him stick with it thru the injuries and keep doing it strong

[AZWarrior]

On offense he also continued to act as a very effective "human wall", sealing off defenders so his teammates would have an open path to the basket.  Very well done, Mr. Otule. 

[lab_warrior]

He looked like he did against Syracuse his sophomore year, great D and rebounding, and getting easy flushes early on.  Thinking he's getting more comfortable recovering  with that knee injury.

[GGGG]

Yeah, I would love to have him around for a sixth year.  Davante is great, but he can't do some of the stuff that CO brings on the defensive end.

[ATWizJr]

Sure was a defensive presence.  Played one of his best games.  Good job CO!!

[MU82]

Yeah, I would love to have him around for a sixth year.  Davante is great, but he can't do some of the stuff that CO brings on the defensive end.

With you 100% on this, Sultan. Unless we recruit a big man of similar potential, it absolutely would benefit the team to have a player of Otule's skill set on the roster. Even if Davante proves capable of playing 30+ minutes on a regular basis -- still a big "if" -- I don't see how it's anything but a positive to have a tall, shot-blocking big man on the team. As he showed last night, he's a very valuable insurance policy should Gardner get hurt or get fouls. Not to mention the fact that Otule is an intelligent, hard-working role model, a great teammate and an outstanding citizen.

If Otule wants to return, it's a total no-brainer to bring him back. I see zero downside.

[Markusquette]

What puzzles me is the fact that we rarely go to Chris on offense after the tip-off.  I remember so many games where he starts off the game with a baby hook in the post and yesterday he gets back-to-back slams and then nothing really after.  Why don't we try to feed it to him more?  I feel like he could be getting close to 10ppg if we just gave him a few more looks.

[GGGG]

What puzzles me is the fact that we rarely go to Chris on offense after the tip-off.  I remember so many games where he starts off the game with a baby hook in the post and yesterday he gets back-to-back slams and then nothing really after.  Why don't we try to feed it to him more?  I feel like he could be getting close to 10ppg if we just gave him a few more looks.

Those back to back slams were more due to crap defense by USF than anything.  On one, Junior made a great pass inside to him, on the other, the defender got caught way up top and no one rotated to help.

[tower912]

One of the plays by Blue last night that disappointed me was when he attempted to throw a bounce pass to CO through traffic while both were moving.   I am a CO fan, but he has no chance of catching that pass and his teammates should know better.