I don't think Mayer comes off particularly well in that exchange, to the extent what you described is accurate, either. Especially as Mayer had his own issues with going off script. We don't need 5th year seniors going around punching freshmen to try and build a "culture".
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Mayer fell off a cliff shooting the last couple games last year but he was also one of 2 guys that could score last year with the other being Shannon. Plus he's a legend for immediately dropping 24 on Michigan after poisoning himself with energy drinks.
Mayer ended up being miscast with having the ball in his hand to much and create his own shot but that was more of a result of him having to after Clark quit and Epps got worse during the season.
Mayer would have been an absolute stud if he was in the Quincy Guerrier role on this year's team.
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Good for him. He gets to play on a grand stage in April.
I saw R.J. and spoke with him during warmups before Georgia's NIT Round 2 game against Wake Forest in Winston Salem NC, the school my wife went to and graduated from.
He was very cordial to me and his face lit up when I told him I was a forever Illini fan. He gave me a fist bump, after I told him that all Illini fans are rooting for him and miss him.
It was pretty cool for this old guy in that fifteen second interaction, with security preventing me from getting on the floor.
He was making nearly every 3ptr in warmups, and followed many of them up with some nice dunks, but a couple freshman have passed him in the depth chart and he played only about seven minutes. He should be getting more time IMO.
Wake was playing without their leading scorer and first team all ACC Hunter Sallis due to a foot injury he suffered apparently walking off the court after their first round victory, or so someone said.
Georgia got off to a big lead and Wake got to within three several times with the ball, in the waning minutes, but couldn't complete the rally.
‘That just leaves spaces for guys like me to come in there and shoot’: Luke Goode shared insight into his role and much more on the new look IU Basketball
When Mike Woodson took over as the head coach of IU Basketball he emphasized the importance of shooting, so when his teams struggled to shoot from three over his first three years it was a big disappointment.
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Luke, IMHO, pulled off the line too often when defenses closed out on him. He did not prove efficient at putting the ball on the floor and shooting the subsequent 12 footer.
But what he did do in spades was rebound with a vengeance and was good at anticipating where the ball would come off. He was always challenge guarding the perimeter. Hated to see him move on but wish him the best in his future....which I would guess will be very successful regardless of including hoops or not.
Apropos of nothing, I just realized that, with the dissolution of the Pac 12, Adam Miller will have played his college career in four power conferences.
B1G
SEC
Pac 12
Big 12
I wonder if anyone’s ever done that before?
B1G
SEC
Pac 12
Big 12
I wonder if anyone’s ever done that before?
I don't know where to put this, but Brandon Lieb in his second season at ISU was again a non factor for the Redbirds. He averaged 3.2 ppg and 2.6 rpg. He is in over his head in the MVC. I always wished he would have gone D3. I watch a lot of Illinois Wesleyan games. They play in a strong conference, CCIW. Lieb would be a serviceable--but not exceptional--center in that conference. At least he would be a starter (most likely) and get to play significant minutes.
Being a fellow DHS alum, I always pulled for him, but it was pretty obvious that success at the D1 level was not in the cards. Don't think that there will be much basketball in what I hope will be an otherwise successful future.
With transfer rules being what they are if he wasn't happy he would moved on. It's not always about basketball.
That's why I hoped he would give it a shot at the D3 level. At least he would actually get to PLAY!
Or… he can get a free masters degree and start a career like the rest of us schlubs. He can go dominate men’s league somewhere.
And when people in the regular work world ask him if he plays basketball because he’s tall, he can say he played D1.