Best player

[swish1]

Is it true that 95 didn't play in the 2nd half after playing well in the 1st half?

he played in the 2nd half

yes, but not until there was like 4 minutes left.  after his first half he should have started the second half.  he makes some mistakes on defense but frank is being Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) about him.  southwell makes the same defensive mistakes but currently doesnt bring the aggressiveness of 95.  imo, 95 should be a starter at this point b/c at least he appears to give a crap.

[swish1]

Is it true that 95 didn't play in the 2nd half after playing well in the 1st half?

he played in the 2nd half

yes, but not until there was like 4 minutes left.  after his first half he should have started the second half.  he makes some mistakes on defense but frank is being Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) about him.  southwell makes the same defensive mistakes but currently doesnt bring the aggressiveness of 95.  imo, 95 should be a starter at this point b/c at least he appears to give a cac.

should clarify this by saying that 95 is not THE answer to our problem.  but he is good even if he does give up a couple of easy points here and there.  also he is fun to watch.

[kstatefreak42]

Love 95. Absolutely love the guy. DID YOU SEE THAT FREAKIN DRIVE TO THE HOOP!!!!!!!! AND THE FINISH?!.

[CNS]

wish we had 95 for more than just one more year.   

[skycat]

more acceleration man.....after the break!

I think OK_Cat just jumped the squawk.

[Benja]

Here's the deal about 95; I love the crap out of him as I've said many times on here, but he's never going to get the minutes he deserves until Frank realizes that he can't mindfuck this team into being good. College basketball is 90% about finding the best players you can and throwing them into the best system you can come up with.

Now, I think Frank's a smart guy and has already adjusted his line of thinking here a little bit, but I also think he's worried that if he puts 95 on the floor for major minutes when he's only been here since November, all his talk about paying your dues and practicing hard to earn minutes is going to look like a bunch of talk. I honestly think that's the main issue here, but at this point, we just need to win some rough ridin' games. I hope and pray that Frank is slowly adjusting his philosophy.

[8manpick]

95 has to play more. Has to.  He is our second best guard off the bench, and I'm not sure he isn't better than Shane and Sprads. At least he gives us an offensive option other than spot up threes (that we miss) and fadeaways in the post.

[Andy]

He didn't join the team until nearly November. His last competitive basketball was in JUCO in spring of 2008. I'm not surprised its taken some time.

I honestly was too frustrated to watch his D tonight. Did he play alright? Is it too much of a pipe dream to expect Frank to stop being Frank and give him substantial minutes?

he can't be worse than JHR or Wally who we seem to leave out there to get destroyed for long stretches.

[kso_FAN]

He didn't join the team until nearly November. His last competitive basketball was in JUCO in spring of 2008. I'm not surprised its taken some time.

I honestly was too frustrated to watch his D tonight. Did he play alright? Is it too much of a pipe dream to expect Frank to stop being Frank and give him substantial minutes?

he can't be worse than JHR or Wally who we seem to leave out there to get destroyed for long stretches.

True, but it's not like there are lots of options in the post. One of those guys has to get some minutes, Kelly and Samuels aren't going to play 40 minutes each. Granted, you may not like the other options, but there are many more options to play at the guard spots.

That said, I want to see 95 at least 10 mpg from here on out. He just gives us an option on the perimeter that most of our other guards don't.