SOTG

[karavotsos]

Great to see the votes for Character Zero.  I would have voted Zero.  When he plays 5 and can board they can press and play tougher d.  I love DG and am impressed by how much he has improved defensively but if I were the opposing coach I would get him involved in a ball screen on every possession.  This was JW's first D-1 level performance.  Pretty good sign going forward if he can keep it up. 

[BM1090]

Great to see the votes for Character Zero.  I would have voted Zero.  When he plays 5 and can board they can press and play tougher d.  I love DG and am impressed by how much he has improved defensively but if I were the opposing coach I would get him involved in a ball screen on every possession.  This was JW's first D-1 level performance.  Pretty good sign going forward if he can keep it up. 

Agreed that he will improve and played well today but this was not his first D-1 level performance, in my opinion. He had 11 against Nova. He is playing out of position and looks to be getting comfortable inside and at the FT line.

[lab_warrior]

I vote Blue for sitting on the bench

OH THANKS FOR YOUR AWESOME INPUT.  SO CONSTRUCTIVE!!  Go away. 


http://www.youtube.com/v/5hR5YNqE3K8&fs=1&source=uds

[lab_warrior]

Buzz just said that Junior was sick and was tossing his cookies during a timeout. 

You know what has me tossing my cookies?  mhendrick 's SUPER AWESOME, DERP-FILLED comment.  Seriously, go away.

[westcoastwarrior]

Coo-coo-cadougan... throwing asists and his cookies.  AWESOME!

[Fullodds]

Mayo turned the game around. I vote Mayo.

[karavotsos]

Agreed that he will improve and played well today but this was not his first D-1 level performance, in my opinion. He had 11 against Nova. He is playing out of position and looks to be getting comfortable inside and at the FT line.

That might be fair.  My viewing acuity was not at its greatest on New Years Day.  I wouldn't base a judgment of Zero's performance on points, though.  Coming into the season, I saw DG as the offensive center and CO as the defensive center.  Now that it has been officially announced that CO is out, MU has to focus on replacing his productivity.  DG has improved his rebounding and you can tell wants to be the starter, believes he is the starter and has taken to the challenge of being the starter.

Zero has to prove that he can be the defensive 5 that CO was, in Zero's own way.  He has to be exceptional at defense and boarding.  He has to be bigger than their biggest big.  And be an energy guy.  That's what he did today.  They said after the game that Pitt had a +2 rebounding advantage per game, biggest in the country.  I would say Zero's work was a big reason Pitt did not have that advantage today.   

[JTBMU7]

Junior.

BTW, can we update his photo? i think that's from his freshman year and he looks totally different now. since he's got 2 SOTG's i think he deserves a better pic...

[T-Bone]

I wanted to see if go to the trap press defense that altered the game.  But nice game by JC.