Hoyas SOTG

[wadesworld]

The Scoopers who predicted we'd lose 5 straight to end the season and finish 6th in the BE.

Was on the road until the last 6 minutes of the game, so based almost entirely on the box score, I'd go Kam with HMs to Ben, Jop, and Stevie.

[tower912]

Joplin.

[Shaka Shart]

No hair of the game when "Should have been a 35 pt game by the 12 minutes mark and extended time for our bench."

Giving SOTG to Kam for 13 assists

[PGsHeroes32]

Kam.

Easy

Gotta find the jumper and its getting late.

But Kam.

[MUEng92]

Kam

[Nukem2]

Kam

[Judge Smails]

Jop because of the unwarranted abuse he took in the game thread. Dude had 17 points and 9 boards.

[WarriorHal]

Kam 13 pts & 13 assists

HM to Joplin and Gold and Mitchell

[GoldenEagles03]

Kam

All our starters played pretty well and scored in double figures. Really liked Chase's game. 5-7 and guarded Peavy very well all night.

[tower912]

Jop because of the unwarranted abuse he took in the game thread. Dude had 17 points and 9 boards.

Preach

[BM1090]

Kam.

Ben was great in the first half. Chase was solid. Jop did so many good things but too many dumb things. Felt like a pretty good Stevie game too.

[PGsHeroes32]

Jop because of the unwarranted abuse he took in the game thread. Dude had 17 points and 9 boards.

He had 5 turnovers as a forward(4 of them terrible).

I'm genuinely curious if some people on this board just don't watch parts of games.

You abmonish people for hating on Jop.

Another poster on the game thread said he was the only negative at half(when he was 4/7 with 10 pts)

I corrected that poster about Jop having big buckets.

Vander blue man group the Asked if I could acknowledge Jops contributions.

LOL

[pbiflyer]

Jop. Only five rebounds from Kam???
And watching post game highlights, most of his assists went to Stevie for easy baskets.
Seriously though, it could be Kam, Ben for his effort in the first half when the game mattered, Stevie for his overall play and torn jersey, or Jop for his all-around game.
And if it is Jop and they don't use the screen capture of that dunk, i'm canceling my subscription!

[dgies9156]

Gold.

Great scorer. Great on defense too.

Getting better when it matters.

[PGsHeroes32]

Jop. Only five rebounds from Kam???
And watching post game highlights, most of his assists went to Stevie for easy baskets.
Seriously though, it could be Kam, Ben for his effort in the first half when the game mattered, Stevie for his overall play and torn jersey, or Jop for his all-around game.
And if it is Jop and they don't use the screen capture of that dunk, i'm canceling my subscription!

Huh

Compared to Kam?

[BM1090]

He had 5 turnovers as a forward(4 of them terrible).

I'm genuinely curious if some people on this board just don't watch parts of games.

You abmonish people for hating on Jop.

Another poster on the game thread said he was the only negative at half(when he was 4/7 with 10 pts)

I corrected that poster about Jop having big buckets.

Vander blue man group the Asked if I could acknowledge Jops contributions.

LOL

I get why Jop gets hate. But it's disproportionate to how much he deserves. He went 7-11. Was our best rebounder. Played solid D. Yes his bad possessions stand out more. No he's not the best fit for this system. But he's our 3rd or 4th best player and does a lot of helpful things for the team yet takes the most abuse.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

K1

[ATL MU Warrior]

Jop unfortunately goes full Jolp mode 2-3 times per game. These are usually very noticeable and regrettable which is why he gets grief. 

He has become so much better over his career but the amount of abuse he gets is proportional to his inner Jolp moments.

[pbiflyer]

Huh

Compared to Kam?

No, I was just saying that I could see giving it to any of them. But yeah Kam had a great all around game.

[mileskishnish72]

I gotta go with Kam Jones.

[Zog from Margo]

Kam

[DoctorV]

David Joplin.

Kam was great, incredible at finding the open man in the 1H. Benny was very very good.

Tonight proved to me that this years team, for good or bad, needs Joplin to be good in order to make it an overall successful season- or a S16/E8 type season.

Quite a bit to unpack here.
Why did I think it was Jop tonight?
Because he was tough, he rebounded, and he shot 1-5 from 3 but was prevalent all over the court and an obvious difference maker.
There was a point in the 2H when GTown was making a run and Jop got an ORebound under the glass, in a spot where he always goes soft and fumbles around and either turns it over or throws it out, and he got real strong and went right back up with it for a strong bucket in a key time.

That's what this team needs from Joplin. If he hits some 3s at this point it's just the icing on the cake, but they need 15&8 Jop to win in elimination games.
As an aside, he also has several decent passes tonight- one to Benny for a flush and an other over his head Kam style for an open 3 that was missed

2nd part-
I mentioned overall successful season at this point being a S16/E8 trip.
In others words anything else is an unsuccessful season on the whole.
I paused for a bit, but thought about and and I think that this is accurate. Probably a full thread on its own, but I think that's where we are.

PS: I can still see a trip to the Elite 8 as a distinct possibility so that's good, for my mind at least

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Jop actually had a couple of really nice passes tonight. Must have heard Cooley in the GTown huddle.

[brewcity77]

Absolutely Kam. It was his on the basis of that one pass he whipped to Ben. Still don't know how he hit that angle with that much velocity.

[Viper]

David Joplin.

Kam was great, incredible at finding the open man in the 1H. Benny was very very good.

Tonight proved to me that this years team, for good or bad, needs Joplin to be good in order to make it an overall successful season- or a S16/E8 type season.

Quite a bit to unpack here.
Why did I think it was Jop tonight?
Because he was tough, he rebounded, and he shot 1-5 from 3 but was prevalent all over the court and an obvious difference maker.
There was a point in the 2H when GTown was making a run and Jop got an ORebound under the glass, in a spot where he always goes soft and fumbles around and either turns it over or throws it out, and he got real strong and went right back up with it for a strong bucket in a key time.

That's what this team needs from Joplin. If he hits some 3s at this point it's just the icing on the cake, but they need 15&8 Jop to win in elimination games.
As an aside, he also has several decent passes tonight- one to Benny for a flush and an other over his head Kam style for an open 3 that was missed

2nd part-
I mentioned overall successful season at this point being a S16/E8 trip.
In others words anything else is an unsuccessful season on the whole.
I paused for a bit, but thought about and and I think that this is accurate. Probably a full thread on its own, but I think that's where we are.

PS: I can still see a trip to the Elite 8 as a distinct possibility so that's good, for my mind at least

...great Carnac, please share the ncaa matchups for MU that you are prognosticating in your mind.