I'm on the verge of pulling out my hair over Jordan Dartis' passivity, unselfishness, whatever you want to call it, in regard to not making himself more of a force offensively. Especially with Jason Carter out of the lineup. I've watched college ballers since 1970 and I don't recall someone who shoots it as well as Jordan who didn't have a killer instinct to score points. He has a right to, because he's got a great stroke. And the team needs it. He plays a position where points are expected; isn't that why they call it shooting guard? I really thought he'd become more assertive as a junior, as Nick Kellogg did. Hey, guys like Walter Luckett, Dave Jamerson, even Bean Willis, came out firing practically before they left the lockerroom! (You know what I mean...)

If it's not in Jordan's DNA, maybe coach Phillips should force the issue by systematically calling and running plays for him. I like Jordan, but this HAS to change. We're losing a key element in this regard that other teams quite often use against us. How many times have we had to cringe watching a rival player hit a few shots, then torch us for 25 or more because his teammates feed him the ball. That doesn't happen with Jordan because he seldom takes enough shots to get in a rhythm. It was painful watching him go long stretches without impacting the offense in the second half last night against Iona. I don't know what the answer is. But I hope there is one. This kid can be quite a weapon--if he'll allow himself to be...

Agree.....need a scorer to score.

Y'all ever thought that maybe since all of our bigs (except Dougie) are out that defenses might be keying on Jordan a little bit? And that the offense is designed to get the best shot possible, regardless of who shoots it? Once JC gets back in the lineup, Jordan is going to be open for kick outs a lot more.

That being said, even Saul has said Jordan needs to get more shots up. It's early guys. Don't look into things too much until we get some of the other guys back from injuries.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Iona doubled the post every time the ball was thrown low.

That is pure philosophy, some will help, "cheat", collapse on ball side, others will never help off ball side and bring weak side help with off the ball rotation. So the fact that because they did not collapse off the strong side, does not mean they did not double the post. Iona flat out doubled the post last night when touched by a big, just not from the strong side.

Jordan has a nice stroke and he definitely need to keep shooting it. I believe he plays better defense when he is lightning it up on the offensive end. Go Jordan!