Seth Davis states the obvious: Missing Pieces for NCAA Contendors

[greenman]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/seth_davis/01/27/jigsaw.man/index.html

"Marquette

Biggest deficiency: The Golden Eagles are a favorite of the Jigsaw Man, because these past three years they've been a talented team with an obvious hole in the middle. You won't find a better threesome of guards anywhere in Dominic James, Jerel McNeal and Wesley Matthews, and Lazar Hayward is having a great year as a perimeter-oriented power forward.

Missing piece: Diamon Simpson, 6-7 senior forward, Saint Mary's

If the Gaels make a run in the NCAA tournament, maybe Simpson will stop being thought of as that guy who plays with Patrick Mills. Simpson is a hoss in his own right. He's already the school's all-time leading shotblocker (1.95 per game this season), and even though he's a little undersized he's ranked eighth nationally in rebounds at 10.9 per game. Simpson is not all that adept at creating his own shot, but as his respectable 12.8 points per game suggests, he gets plenty of points off the offensive glass and knows how to finish if he is properly set up."

[IAmMarquette]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/seth_davis/01/27/jigsaw.man/index.html

"Marquette

Biggest deficiency: The Golden Eagles are a favorite of the Jigsaw Man, because these past three years they've been a talented team with an obvious hole in the middle. You won't find a better threesome of guards anywhere in Dominic James, Jerel McNeal and Wesley Matthews, and Lazar Hayward is having a great year as a perimeter-oriented power forward.

Missing piece: Diamon Simpson, 6-7 senior forward, Saint Mary's

If the Gaels make a run in the NCAA tournament, maybe Simpson will stop being thought of as that guy who plays with Patrick Mills. Simpson is a hoss in his own right. He's already the school's all-time leading shotblocker (1.95 per game this season), and even though he's a little undersized he's ranked eighth nationally in rebounds at 10.9 per game. Simpson is not all that adept at creating his own shot, but as his respectable 12.8 points per game suggests, he gets plenty of points off the offensive glass and knows how to finish if he is properly set up."

Must be an annual thing. I remember Davis saying we needed a different big man last year. Yawn.