Really Good Day for the Future of Marquette Basketball

[wadesworld]

Freeman is barely seeing the court, but also responsible for Creighton's defensive struggles?
Could the loss of the four-time Big East DPOY have something to do with it as well?
And you'll never guess who leads Creighton in defensive box plus-minus.

As for Iowa, that might have something to do with Ben McCollum vs Fran McCaffery.

So he barely plays but his stats are relevant? But I do agree. Going from a great defensive center to an awful one has greatly hurt Creighton's defense. Good point!

He's been an absolutely terrible defender his entire career.

But yeah let's get another awful defender. That'll fix this team's problems.

[BCHoopster]

If you want to see soft, Freeman is right up there

[MU82]

Vanilla Soft Serve II?

[Pakuni]

So he barely plays but his stats are relevant? But I do agree. Going from a great defensive center to an awful one has greatly hurt Creighton's defense. Good point!

I'm really not sure what the point you're making here is. If your'e still arguing that Owen Freeman is the reason for Creighton's defensive problems, that's not supported by any data. In fact, at least one data point - DBPM -  indicates Creighton plays better defensively when Freeman is on the court.

He's been an absolutely terrible defender his entire career.

But yeah let's get another awful defender. That'll fix this team's problems.

Ben Gold, who gets glazed around here for his defensive improvement, has a career DRtg of 105.7.
Freeman, who's "been an absolutely terrible defender his entire career" has a career DRtg of 104.7.
And in case anyone is curious, Oso's career DRtg was 101.0.
Things that make you go hmmm.