Blue Demon SOTG

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Posted this in the "star" thread as well. If this was at MU Kolek would have had a triple double (home scorer would have given him the board that Stevie intentionally tipped to Jim at the end). Triple double hasn't happened since Wade. It's TKO. Jop would won it any other night

[Jockey]

Despite predicting here this week that TK would get some All-American mentions at the end of this year, I gotta go with J O P

[LAZER]

Just noticed Kolek is now on Pomeroy's All Big East

[panda]

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - The first ever star of the game, presented by major goolsbys goes to............










DAVID JOPLIN.

[wadesworld]

Absolutely. Joplin shot it great, played great, but one board short of the greatest performance by an MU player in almost 20 years wins the SOTG and it isn't really debatable IMO.

Kolek was awesome today. But there have been a number of performances that were better than his over the past 20 years.

[jfp61]

Kolek... but jop was automatic

[Dr. Blackheart]

Easy pick with Jop.  How many of Tyler's assists were David makes?

[brewcity77]

Just noticed Kolek is now on Pomeroy's All Big East

Kam was there until yesterday, so those two are probably pretty close at 5/6.

[rocket surgeon]

  i can understand why jop would be an obvious choice at first glance-he had the sexier(8/11 trifectas) game. 
  however...
   TK's game is so subtle and workman like.  his 4 turnovers, although still low for a point guard handling the ball as much as he does, was still uncharacteristically high for him.  he averages an incredible 2.4 per game!?! btw, he's presently shooting 36.4% from the arc.  i believe there's a little scoop wager going on with 35 being the o/u? he's going to push that number toward 40.

  most games that we win would have to include TK in the conversation due to his ball handling and distribution relatively error free all by itself.  the rest is BONUS

[CTWarrior]

  i can understand why jop would be an obvious choice at first glance-he had the sexier(8/11 trifectas) game. 
  however...
   TK's game is so subtle and workman like.  his 4 turnovers, although still low for a point guard handling the ball as much as he does, was still uncharacteristically high for him.  he averages an incredible 2.4 per game!?! btw, he's presently shooting 36.4% from the arc.  i believe there's a little scoop wager going on with 35 being the o/u? he's going to push that number toward 40.

  most games that we win would have to include TK in the conversation due to his ball handling and distribution relatively error free all by itself.  the rest is BONUS

Kolek's all around game gets the very slight edge over Joplin's 28 pts.

[NCMUFan]

If there was ever a game where two players played amazing and deserved to be co-studs, this is it.
Can't say one deserves it over the other.

[MU82]

Just noticed Kolek is now on Pomeroy's All Big East

Is this an actual thing, or is it just tallying the scores that every player receives and the top 5 are "All Big East"?

Not diminishing it at all if it's the latter. Just curious to know.

Kolek's having a sensational season and he deserves accolades for leading our incredibly entertaining and successful team. Oso, too. Their improvement, skills, intelligence and leadership have been astonishing to behold.

[rgoode57]

Tyler Kolek had a wonderful game, no doubt about it. But, I vote for Joplin for sotg for one reason. A lot of us, including me, have been critical of him. With a game like that, he should get sotg simply to let him know that we also notice when he does very well. Not only did he shoot like crazy but he also worked hard on defense and on the boards. I also liked how he laughed off his air ball shot.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Having been at the game, the demoralizing effect of Joplin hitting those three straight bombs cannot be underestimated. Just blew the game open. TK had a terrific game and can't argue against his selection if that is the decision of the overlords but Joplin was yesterday's SOTG.

As to that bogus star of the game thread, here is what should happen to it.

[real chili 83]

Posted this in the "star" thread as well. If this was at MU Kolek would have had a triple double (home scorer would have given him the board that Stevie intentionally tipped to Jim at the end). Triple double hasn't happened since Wade. It's TKO. Jop would won it any other night

Dis^^^^^^^^

[real chili 83]

Easy pick with Jop.  How many of Tyler's assists were David makes?

Ban dis guy ^^^^^^

[Lennys Tap]

Kolek was awesome today. But there have been a number of performances that were better than his over the past 20 years.

A number better than 24 (with an efg% of 93), 9 rebounds (led the team), 10 assists (led the team) and 3 steals (led the team)? Share 6 or 7 please.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Posted this in the "star" thread as well. If this was at MU Kolek would have had a triple double (home scorer would have given him the board that Stevie intentionally tipped to Jim at the end). Triple double hasn't happened since Wade. It's TKO. Jop would won it any other night

Hmmm.  I seem to remember MUAD's much maligned Marketing Department tweeting about Oso's triple double in Ft. Meyers.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Ban dis guy ^^^^^^

Take it up with your ND Circle of Friends.

[Elonsmusk]

A number better than 24 (with an efg% of 93), 9 rebounds (led the team), 10 assists (led the team) and 3 steals (led the team)? Share 6 or 7 please.

You have to remember that Wades has been a Kolek-hater pretty much since Day 1, and said this team's success hinged on Sean Jones, and that we'd finish 15-16 on the year and 8th in the Big East:

We've seen the guy for a season and 3 games.  I think it's fair to say that, at this level, Kolek is not a good shooter.  Not even just not a good shooter, but a really bad shooter.  Maybe he'll prove that wrong.  But so far...

And if he made "one more made two and one more made three" a night, those would still be bad shooting numbers.  And let's not act like it's "just."  That's adding five points per game to the team!  That's a huge difference.  For example, last year Georgia and Hartford were dead center in the country at 69.8 points per game.  If they "just" made one more three and one more two per game (as a team, not even one specific individual player) they jump up from 179th in points per game to 53rd in points per game as a team.

Now THAT is the most concerning thing I've heard about Shaka and staff. By FAR. I'm a HUGE Sean Jones believer and have said for months I think he'll need to be our best player to have much team success this year.

And then there was that preseason prediction:

Radford - W
Central Michigan - W
@Purdue - L
LIU - W
vs. Mississippi St. - L
vs. Georgia Tech/Utah - W
Chicago St. - W
Baylor - L
Wisconsin - W
North Carolina Central - W
@Notre Dame - L
Creighton - L
@Providence - L
Seton Hall - W
@Villanova - L
@St. John's - L
Georgetown - W
UConn - L
@Xavier - L
Providence - W
@Seton Hall -L
@DePaul - W
Villanova - L
Butler - W
@UConn - L
@Georgetown - W
Xavier - L
@Creighton - L
DePaul - W
@Butler - L
St. John's - W

Overall: 15-16
Big East Record: 8-12
Big East Tournament Seed: 8
Big East Tournament Result: Quarterfinal Loss
Postseason Tournament and Seed: None
Postseason Result: None

[DoctorV]

Wow we putting scoopers on BLAST on this joyous Sunday morning.

I'm out of this discussion, Cura Personalis!

[Elonsmusk]

Wow we putting scoopers on BLAST on this joyous Sunday morning.

I'm out of this discussion, Cura Personalis!

Speaking of being put on blast, it was discouraging to see one of our own high volume Scoopers put Shaka, Kolek, and this team on blast this past fall.  But, there has been a long legacy with said poster missing the mark big time on MU basketball.

[panda]

Speaking of being put on blast, it was discouraging to see one of our own high volume Scoopers put Shaka, Kolek, and this team on blast this past fall.  But, there has been a long legacy with said poster missing the mark big time on MU basketball.

Tell 'em musk !

[DoctorV]

Speaking of being put on blast, it was discouraging to see one of our own high volume Scoopers put Shaka, Kolek, and this team on blast this past fall.  But, there has been a long legacy with said poster missing the mark big time on MU basketball.

He must repent and pay for his crimes!

[Elonsmusk]

He must repent and pay for his crimes!

I agree.  Rocky should probably ban him.  But then again Wades and Rocky are hitched at the hip in their love for Wojo and skepticism of Shaka.