Duane Wilson to redshirt

[KC_Warrior]

It's official:

#mubb guard Duane Wilson to redshirt in 2013-14. Freshman yet to play for MU after preseason leg injury.

[MuMark]

Good decision

[KC_Warrior]

That tweet was from the MU hoops Twitter account BTW.

[Wojo'sMojo]

Well that is just terrible news 

[wadesworld]

Dang. Was hoping he'd provide some scoring this year. Was told he was ready to go, wonder if he was just not ready to contribute significant minutes. That makes next year's class very big (in terms of numbers).

[LAZER]

I think it's the right decision.  I think his impact would have been minimal this season.

[Hards Alumni]

Towel has been thrown in.

[ecompt]

Towel has been thrown in.

Maybe a bit strong, but I think if this team were 10-2 or 9-3 the decision would have been much tougher.

[martyconlonontherun]

Probably the right decision but hurts as a fan. One hope for improvement was him being a stud freshmen and helping our offense.

I doubt Buzz thinks he is an early entrant candidate. If he was that kind of player, this team could have used him even if it's just for the final two months. If Buzz thinks he could've helped the team this year substantially, he would've used up a year of his eligibility. No reason to base a decision that affects this year's team for something 3 years down the line. You can always recruit a replacement and too many variables can happen.

[Earl Tatum]

Oh crap!

[NersEllenson]

At the end of the day, this type of decision is left to the player and his family - based on Buzz's historical comments on these matters.

So, my take on this is that Duane and his family decided it was in his best interests to redshirt this year.  Gotta be really hard on the kid to delay his college ball experience for a year, yet in my opinion this gives him the best prospects for his future.  Can ensure his leg injury is fully healed and not put premature stress on it, hit the weight room - he needs to bulk up - and work on shot.  If he comes in next year and lights it up, and the following year...he can still leave early for NBA draft if he wants....but if not..still has more time in program to develop his skills.

I applaud this decision by Duane and his family - think it is the harder of the two choices, yet not short sighted.

[Hards Alumni]

At the end of the day, this type of decision is left to the player and his family - based on Buzz's historical comments on these matters.

So, my take on this is that Duane and his family decided it was in his best interests to redshirt this year.  Gotta be really hard on the kid to delay his college ball experience for a year, yet in my opinion this gives him the best prospects for his future.  Can ensure his leg injury is fully healed and not put premature stress on it, hit the weight room - he needs to bulk up - and work on shot.  If he comes in next year and lights it up, and the following year...he can still leave early for NBA draft if he wants....but if not..still has more time in program to develop his skills.

I applaud this decision by Duane and his family - think it is the harder of the two choices, yet not short sighted.

Additionally, it allows Duane the ability to space out his degree over five years instead of four.  Should lighten his course load and allow him to spend more time on basketball.

[chapman]

If he was going to average 5 mpg in garbage time it's a bargain for the option to play an extra year as the team leader, even if he wouldn't take it when the time comes.  Either go balls out and make him a serious part of the rotation or do this.

[Boone]

Smart move. He's been on the shelf a long time and this team is going nowhere anyway, w/or w/o him.

[Wojo'sMojo]

Towel has been thrown in.

I agree! While I don't think he was going to be the savior of our season, it means we are going to be status quo with what we have...As we know that has been pretty awful. I was hopeful he could provide a spark and round into form as the conference season wore on. Was there a deadline for when we had to declare a redshirt for him? We still have over half our season left and the timing seems odd to me. He was rumored to be getting close a couple weeks ago.

[Spotcheck Billy]

gives him another year of playing with Diamond Stone

[MUfan12]

Towel has been thrown in.

Yep. No sense in burning a year with a team that's not going anywhere.

[jzpenguin]

I think it's the right decision, but it still sucks.  It definitely puts a ceiling on this year's team since they play 4 on 5 when Derrick is in as well as when they have Jamil playing out of position.

[Hards Alumni]

Well I guess there is always the option to remove the redshirt.  

[GGGG]

He wasn't going to make that much of a difference this year anyway.  Good move.

[NersEllenson]

Yep. No sense in burning a year with a team that's not going anywhere.

I'm still not ready to write this team off this year, and still have belief it can be a Sweet 16 caliber team.  There is a lot of talent on the roster, and Buzz is just going to have to continue to tinker and find the right mix/chemistry - but I believe the ingredients are there to still be successful.  Think come late February/March the team will be much improved, and could make a run through Big East tourney.

[🏀]

gives him another year of playing with Diamond Stone

Diamond will only be at Marquette for two years.

[Goose]

Disappointing in many ways. Feel badly for the kid and hope he is happy with decision. I would have liked to see him out there, but such is life.

[real chili 83]

I'm still not ready to write this team off this year, and still have belief it can be a Sweet 16 caliber team.  There is a lot of talent on the roster, and Buzz is just going to have to continue to tinker and find the right mix/chemistry - but I believe the ingredients are there to still be successful.  Think come late February/March the team will be much improved, and could make a run through Big East tourney.

Agreed.  Also agree with what Sultan said.  I still hold out hope for this team.  They have the tools and talent.  In the vast majority of games coming up, we will have the most talented athlete on the floor in Jamil. 

The key to this season is Jamil playing to his potential, and Derrick continuing to evolve as a PG (learning how to feed the OX and scoring more consistently).  Of course, Juan stepping up as the glue guy, and Burton continuing on his current path will certainly help too.

I contend that if Jamil and Derrick evolve as noted above, this will be a very different team come March.  Keep in mind, with the exception of the OSU game, we have been in everyone of our losses.  We just need to figure out how get it over the hump....knowing how to finish tight games well.  I believe we will.....but time will tell.

[MUfan12]

There is a lot of talent on the roster

Let's not confuse "talent" with athleticism or potential.

This team struggles with the basics. Defensive positioning, shooting, passing have all been bad. Talented teams don't struggle with those things.