This stuff is so startling it needs a separate thread to track the ridiculousness of how our point guard manages the ball.

Wilberforce - 2 A, 4 TO
Campbell - 5 A, 2 TO
S Florida - 0 A, 8 TO
Loyola M - 3 A, 6 TO
Austin P - 4 A, 4 TO
Iona - 5 A, 3 TO
Marshall - 5 A, 7 TO
Xavier - 4 A, 6 TO
Radford - 3 A, 7 TO
Detroit - 3 A, 8 TO
Purdue - 0 A, 3 TO
FIU - 2 A, 6 TO
NIU - 0 A, 7 TO

TOTAL - 36 A, 71 TO, 0.51 A/TO
Games w/ more assists than TO - 2

I did find 1 player in the nation with more turnovers, Josh Sharkey of Samford with 80. However, he has 112 assists to go with it, top 10 in the country.

While ranking #2 in the country in turnovers, TK is ranked somewhere around 700th in assists. I could not find any lists that go beyond 500. On that list of 500, The lowest A/TO was around .71...but it was a forward as were most others below 0.85.

If you strip out those first 2 games, the current 11 game block is 29 assists and 65 turnovers...a startling 0.44 A/TO. The last 5 games is 8/31 for a 0.26 A/TO. And the last 3 are 2/16 for a 0.12 A/TO.

I wish I could research starting D1 Point Guards in the history of the NCAA and see if there has ever been anyone worse. It doesn't seem possible. I am not a basketball mastermind, but I do believe the primary job of the point guard is to distribute the ball and facilitate scoring for the TEAM.

See you Tuesday for the next installment of "holy crap our PG can't pass."

These are Ping-like numbers.

allen, I'm not saying that TK is a bad player, just that he appears to me to playing out of position. He's very good at slashing to the rim and getting a layup or scoring with that little floater of his, but he seems miscast as a PG. Those TO to assist stats kind of prove that point. I, too, am hoping that Saul is successful and that the season turns around in a positive direction. In my mind, a key to that might be shifting around some of the responsibilities of some of the players. Also, it might be a good idea to keep TK off the floor when the other team is looking for someone to foul! :-)

I never pinned everything on him nor did I completely dismiss him as a player. My post was on his ability to make productive passes that lead to scores while minimizing passes that lead to turnovers. In the last 2 months he is as bad as I have ever seen.

I agree that he is not a point guard and that he needs work. I am just shocked that we are blaming him and posting his game by game stats and some are showing their true colors. TK needs a stronger handle and better court vision. I like the fact that he is aggressive, but he sometimes tries to do too much. The coach has determine his role, he is only a sophomore. I know a lot of us want to keep Saul so some are pointing fingers, you are just making honest observations that I agree with for the most part.

Have you watched Preston handle the ball? He gets caught in the air too much and when he gets the ball at the top of the key he picks his dribble up or he dribbles away from the 3-point line to set up the offense. None of OUr guys dribble with their heads up. That's what drives me crazy about a guy like Torey James sitting on the bench. Early on when he played he didn't do horribly. Murrell hasn't done horribly. Yet you stick with TK for 39 minutes and can't find 5 minutes for James and Murrell. And on the other side, why isn't McMurray playing more? Block gives us 1 assist, zero points and zero rebounds on occasion....not acceptable. Time to get the youth movement going. To me, the only guys who have played consistently and contributed SOMETHING every night are Carter, BVP, DT and Preston.

I feel like Preston playing so much is to alleviate the shortcomings of Kirk because Preston is a much better distributor. Kirk can bring the ball up the floor if he's better against pressure but maybe a solution would be to let the offense start in the half court with Preston. Clearly, something's got to be done to reduce the number of turnovers.

Even approaching 90, Dr. Ping would likely have fewer turnovers. ;-)

Let’s see he’s not a point guard and he’s certainly not a shooting guard. I can only see based on his size one position for him: small forward. He’s athletic, can rebound, has great jumping abilities and the overwhelming amount of points he scores is creating around the rim.

You are really showing your basketball ignorance with this comment.

Wow...hate to pile on here...but seriously....this could be the worst A/TO ratio by a point guard in the history of Division One College Basketball. It's mind boggling how bad it is.

Twisted panties or not, what proof do you have that this is an "ignorant" statement? As of now, this team is not performing well at all. Your stance of superiority does not turn wishes into reality, Sir.

C'mon Maddog, we're all disappointed, I get it. But to say that this 8-5 Bobcat team would get blown out by throwing a bunch of football players on the court is just stupid and disrespectful for all the work these young men put in to be basketball players. It's not superiority that's talking, it's an understanding of what it takes to play the game of basketball. I've played basketball with some pretty good Bobcat football players over the years and I'm confident that reality is in my corner.