Friar SOTG

[Dr. Blackheart]

A Scoop Divided

[Goose]

Dr. B

What a shock!!

[tower912]

Less filling!

[Its DJOver]

Kam, although O-Max's D in the second half on Hopkins was commendable.  At half he had 13 points on 6-7 shooting, and only finished with 19 on 9-16 shooting, and at least one or two of his second half buckets was when O-Max got switched off of him.

[#UnleashSean]

Not a lot of love for kolek going 19,8,6 on this board eh?


Kam had big moments, but its definitely kolek.

[#UnleashSean]

There's your SOTG

Your doing Shaka dirrrrty with that distortion. Making him look like an alien lol.

[MU82]

Exactly.  Kolek scored 6 points on late free throws to make his scoring total close to Kam's.

But without Kam, MU isn't in position for a free throw parade.

Well sure ... but without Kolek being so good at so many things in the first half (and also in the second half), Kam isn't in position to hit his late 3s.

Absolutely no problem with Kam being the choice, but it's not as if Kolek won't have earned the nation's most important sports award if selected.

I mean, in addition to the points and assists ... a 6-3 guard with 8 rebounds for a team that has trouble on the glass.

[WarriorFan]

Kam.

Kolek only gets the easy assists. (and rebounds)

[Its DJOver]

Not a lot of love for kolek going 19,8,6 on this board eh?


Kam had big moments, but its definitely kolek.

Well it's 19, 8 and 6 vs 21, 4, and 3, with 3 steals as well, plus 50% from three on high volume as well as the timely buckets.  It's not exactly like Kam was only out there scoring, he had a pretty complete game too.

[Stretchdeltsig]

Kam. Like how he plays under control.

[Lennys Tap]

Well it's 19, 8 and 6 vs 21, 4, and 3, with 3 steals as well, plus 50% from three on high volume as well as the timely buckets.  It's not exactly like Kam was only out there scoring, he had a pretty complete game too.

Kam played great. But he also had 3 turnovers to Tyler's 2, and the ball is in TK's hands a bunch more.

[Its DJOver]

Kam played great. But he also had 3 turnovers to Tyler's 2, and the ball is in TK's hands a bunch more.

He also had three steals to TKO's 0 (and that last TO I would blame on Oso for for making a poor pass or not calling a T.O. after he picked up his dribble).  Both would be fitting, wouldn't complain about either, but I don't think you can say that it's definitely TKO just by looking at his line.

[Markusquette]

Kolek SOTG

[NCMUFan]

The steal by Kam near the finish pretty much sealed the game.
TK was clutch with the end of game free throws.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

The only correct answer is Kam

[MU82]

that last TO I would blame on Oso for for making a poor pass or not calling a T.O. after he picked up his dribble

On the play-by-play sheet, that turnover was, indeed, given to Oso. Kam had 2 TOs in the first half, when he really didn't play that well, and one midway through the 2nd half.

Again, no problem giving it to Kam, but Kolek was pretty darn good the entire game while Kam was meh just about the entire first half (3 points on 1-for-3 shooting, 2 TO, 1 reb, 1 asst, 1 stl).

[Its DJOver]

On the play-by-play sheet, that turnover was, indeed, given to Oso. Kam had 2 TOs in the first half, when he really didn't play that well, and one midway through the 2nd half.

Again, no problem giving it to Kam, but Kolek was pretty darn good the entire game while Kam was meh just about the entire first half (3 points on 1-for-3 shooting, 2 TO, 1 reb, 1 asst, 1 stl).

Gotcha, didn't go through the play-by-play to see who they credited with that one, I just remember thinking that it was a bad pass by Oso after he picked up his dribble in a bad spot.

It sounds like me mostly agree that you can't just look at players line because there's more that goes into it.  Kam got the timely buckets when PC was making a run, Kolek hit the fts down the stretch, all points count the same in the end, but Kam's were more important IMO because of the momentum involved. 

Kolek also only had 2 TOs and the ball is in his hands a lot, but I was not impressed with some of his decision making down the stretch.  When we ran out football out of bounds play, TKO got the ball, took two dribbles, stopped in a corner and had to burn a TO.  Later, he picked up his dribble right after he crossed mid court when PC was coming with a double, almost turned it over and luckily got another time out called.  Neither effected his box score line, but both were uncharacteristic mistakes from our starting PG that cost us two time outs.

I will admit to holding TKO to a higher standard in those situations, just because we have seen how good he can be in them.  Again, would have no complaints if the mods gave it to him, I just think Kam had a better game with more impactful moments.

[WarriorFan]

Hopefully the "who's better, Kam or Kolek" debate is one we can continue for 2-3 more years.

[rocket surgeon]

between all the other games kam held our jock straps only to bow to oso or Omax due to superior stats, let's put those together with this beauty and mark one down for KAM the man

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

In the post game, Shaka said Kam motioned to him and called that out-of-bounds play that led to the three for himself. Not something he usually does. I vote Clutch Kam.

I believe this is the play that Cooley called, "game, set and match."

Kam

[Lennys Tap]

When we ran out football out of bounds play, TKO got the ball, took two dribbles, stopped in a corner and had to burn a TO.



He was nearly in the corner when he  received the pass. When he was trapped, I give him credit for a) knowing he had a time out left and b) using it rather than being forced into a risky play.

[Elonsmusk]

PC cut it to 6, then Kam scored or assisted 13 of the next 15 Marquette points. Incredible stretch for him.

This is why Kam should be SOTG.  Kolek had a very good game, but Kam's made shots down the stretch were absolutely critical.

Sidenote:  Kolek being so vastly improved in scoring at the basket is a real bonus for the team and making them that much more challenging to defend.

[Its DJOver]

When we ran out football out of bounds play, TKO got the ball, took two dribbles, stopped in a corner and had to burn a TO.



He was nearly in the corner when he  received the pass. When he was trapped, I give him credit for a) knowing he had a time out left and b) using it rather than being forced into a risky play.

Disagree about where he received the ball, he could have turned any direction.  He also had his dribble, chose to take two dribbles towards the corner and then pick up his dribble. At that point it was always going to be either a turnover or a timeout.  Should have either immediately started up court, or immediately look to make a pass with the double coming.  I think he was expecting to get fouled right away and when that didn't happen he didn't know how to react.  Hopefully he learns from it.

[panda]

Jop

[dgies9156]

Kam.

End of discussion.