[PaintTouches]Duane Wilson’s injury means back to 2010 style

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Duane Wilson’s injury means back to 2010 style

When freshman Junior Cadougan crumbled to the Kasten gym floor in September 2009 with a torn Achilles tendon , it left an already thin point-guard position even weaker. The top-100 recruit was expected to play a significant role on Marquette's second unit, but a four-to-six month rehabilitation prognosis ended those talks for the foreseeable future. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=painttouches.com&blog=28348875&post=9048&subd=painttouches&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Source: Duane Wilson’s injury means back to 2010 style

[bilsu]

I do not think this takes us back to 2010 style at all. First of all the offense probably would be slower this year anyways, because that is the type of point guard Derrick is. 2010 we had 5-10(?) Acker with Buyckes as backup. Acker despite his size was a pretty good point guard and had more natural point guard skills than Derrick does. However, there is a big difference in size between the two. While not totally converted to being a point guard yet, I would argue that Buyckes is likely to be a better back up than Dawson, but Dawson is the more natural point guard. Beyond that 2013 we have three additional players that could play point in a pinch in Mayo, Anderson and Thomas. Even Jamil could play point, but if we need him at point we have a lot bigger problems. 2010 had no big men and the guards focus a lot of their effort on defense to keep the ball out of the middle. This year we have Otule, Gardner and Taylor to man the middle. While Mayo, JJJ and Thomas could end up being very effective three point shooters we are not likely do design 2013's offense around the three point shot.

[MU82]

I do not think this takes us back to 2010 style at all. First of all the offense probably would be slower this year anyways, because that is the type of point guard Derrick is. 2010 we had 5-10(?) Acker with Buyckes as backup. Acker despite his size was a pretty good point guard and had more natural point guard skills than Derrick does. However, there is a big difference in size between the two. While not totally converted to being a point guard yet, I would argue that Buyckes is likely to be a better back up than Dawson, but Dawson is the more natural point guard. Beyond that 2013 we have three additional players that could play point in a pinch in Mayo, Anderson and Thomas. Even Jamil could play point, but if we need him at point we have a lot bigger problems. 2010 had no big men and the guards focus a lot of their effort on defense to keep the ball out of the middle. This year we have Otule, Gardner and Taylor to man the middle. While Mayo, JJJ and Thomas could end up being very effective three point shooters we are not likely do design 2013's offense around the three point shot.

I don't disagree with your general premise here, but what in their histories and/or skill sets would lead you to believe Jamil, Juan or Jake could play point, even in a pinch?

Also, the biggest difference between Acker and Derrick: Acker made nearly 50% of his 3-pointers as a senior -- 51 of 103. Derrick might not hit 51 treys if he attempted 503!

I sure as heck hope we don't design our offense around 3-point shooting! Give the ball to Gardner, set Jamil up for some open looks, get some scrappy contributions elsewhere and pray that we don't need the kind of 3s that bailed us out against Davidson.

[Skatastrophy]

I'm concerned with Derrick. He struggled feeding the post last year compared to Cadougan. With that being a big portion of our game this year, I really hope he figured that out. He consistently fed the ball on bounce-passes at the knees instead of tossing it up-high. It was strip-city.