The early returns were that he wasn't a pass-first PG and he turned the ball over too much, even though he was scoring a lot. He has basically improved in every single area.

Through his first 11 games as a Bobcat, he has four double-doubles with pts/assts. That's stuff that doesn't happen often for this team.

Jaylin Hunter - never had a double figure assist game at Ohio

Mark Sears - never had a double figure assist game at Ohio

Jason Preston - Had four double-double assist games in the first nine games of 2019-20, ended up with six on the year. Had three double-double assist games in 2020-21.

Jaaron Simmons - Had two double-double assist games in the first nine games of 2015-16, ended up with six on the year. Had four double-double assist games in 2016-17.

DJ Cooper - Had 20 double-double assist games in his Ohio career.

Another INSANE DJ stat I came across while doing this research:

There was a six game stretch in 2010-11 starting with the 43 point outing against St. Bonaventure where he absolutely went off in the scoring and assist department. He averaged 20.0 points, 10.8 assists, and 5.8 rebounds in a six game stretch. Ohio went 2-4 in those games. Just incredible.

Check the Myrtle Beach post-game threads. A lot of criticism that I didn't understand. I said at the time this will be a fun topic to revisit in March. PAV is going to be just fine and will continue to get better.

Coach Boals always seems to get his teams to play better as the season progresses. Hope they channel the football team’s juice as MAC play begins!