That is all…

Good lord. Why does every thread have to go negative? Why can’t we just have something praising a player who had a good half without ripping on another player? This right here is why I won’t be coming back here much anymore

+1

Unfortunately, Chris Mack and Jeff Boals disagree….scholarship. Make it make sense?

He gave Wilson some 13-14 minutes of rest.

and in his limited minutes averages per game:

PTS
4.8

REB
3.4

AST
0.6

FG%
60.8

Just sad that the continual bashing of Wiz overshadows others who aren't exactly lighting things up. Which starter tonight layed a goose egg scoring and had more than a few turnovers? The list can go on and on ........ Blaming one guy for a mediocre team doesn't make much sense.

Imagine having Dwight last season with Carter and BVP as our front court; would have been fun.

I've read it before and it's mind boggling truly.

And the only people I'm weeping for are for these coaches who made their evaluations and made offers. Not surprisingly, some of those coaches are no longer coaching.

If a guy that size (6'11) can't grab rebounds, block shots (he only has 3 on the season and he's 6'11) or defend-there's no point in having him out there. Especially against athletic 4/5s. You are better off going smaller. But nobody can execute the perfect moving screen game in and game out like the Whiz. Sorry, but when he's in the game you just hold your breath and hope to survive and the other team doesn't go on a 10-0 run. The +/- numbers don't lie when #11 is on the floor. And please try and find where I ever compared the Whiz to Wilson. You can't because it never happened.

Also, Miles decision making was really bad last night. Made some big plays late, but first half was one of the worst I've seen out of Miles in a Bobcat uniform. AJB was bad (0 points), but I'll take his version of his hoops IQ (smart passes and positioning) over the likes of Baker, Hunter and BRod. Unfortunately, BRod missed FT in closing minutes erased the good things he did. A huge miss with the 1-and-1.

Hated the Boals time-out late to set up a three that never happened. I knew it was a chaotic possession late, but Hunter was at least jacking up a 24 footer that looked open before timeout was called. Calling that timeout allowed Kent defense to set up and inexplicably Miles throws up a two....down three? Painful to watch.

Bottom line....Kent played quite possibly its worst game of the year on our home court. We won't get a better opportunity moving forward to knock them off with how poor they looked last night.

Side note: I know he’s out of the rotation, but anyone know why Hadaway was in street clothes last night?

Eagle: Can I praise a player?

Bobcat Attack: No.

First - counting stats don't really tell the value/worth of a player. Go look through the statistical analysis thread I posted. Wiz has been....terrible on offense. He's been below average but playable on defense. His overall win shares and plus/minus suggest he should be about the 9th or 10th guy in the rotation i.e. getting a couple minutes here and there. Sub him in for a 2-4 minute stretch each half and say "rebound and play defense plz" and that's all we need from him.

DW3 has been a 1st team all league player. Too bad he can't stay on the floor longer. Imagine if we could get 34-35 minutes a night from him. He'd be a 20/14 guy instead of a 14/10 guy.

As for AJ Brown. What happened to him was Malique Jacobs (should be MAC DPoY) and the Kent defense. That's the best defense he'll see all year. He'll grow and adjust, as he has the talent, but that was a learning experience for him IMO. And I've been clamoring for him to use his length and passing to contribute more on offense than just scoring for awhile now. It's not "there" yet. Hopefully it comes soon, because you can't just become invisible on a night when you're not scoring if you're the #2 or #3 option. Gotta find other ways to help the team win.

He was a Stud tonight. Great footwork and touch at the basket!

He's a 7 footer with decent mobility. They get offers based on potential alone and the hope that they can be coached into something valuable.

That he had a lot of offers isn't surprising and is par for the course. I don't think there's a resource, but I do wonder how much interest he got in the portal. My guess is not much.

How many players who can't see the floor on a bottom third ACC team become impact players in the MAC?

While I agree with the sentiment that adding Wilson to the talent we had last year would've made us more talented, I'm not sure it makes us as unstoppable as some think. I am not sure those 3 on the floor together would've made our offense much better, as the spacing with Wilson and Carter out there together would've been rough. If we think Sears didn't have enough room to operate last year with the shooting woes, I don't think adding Wilson would've helped much. And defensively, while BVP is okay switching onto guards or quicker players for a possession or brief parts of possessions, I don't think it would've been as pretty if he was assigned to a smaller, quicker forward at all times. Same with Carter.

Also, I believe I have seen here somewhere that Wilson was actually injured in the 2021 NCAA tournament or before then, so we went into the offseason before last year knowing we'd be without him in the 2021-22 season. I think that is why Boals & co. went after Carter. I am at least skeptical that Boals and Carter would've been so agreeable about a reunion if they thought BVP and Wilson were back and healthy for the following year.


EDIT: I guess I should contribute something on the actual topic of the thread too. So yes, agreed, Dwight Wilson III is good at basketball. We'd be in rough shape without him this year.

What about life after Wilson? The board is sort of in agreement that G-Wiz is not the answer. He wasn't the answer at U of L and isn't in the MAC either.

Transfer portal again?

Is Josh Mballa going to have any eligibility left for a 7th year at a 4th college?