Kolek is a walking double double and a triple double threat. Those guys can put up pointsbut Kolek is their most important player, and arguably their best
They play a 3 guard lineup with Prosper at the 4. Its a tough match up for Karaban. We may Alleyne/Diarra with Jackson at the 4 mixed in alot.
I actually like the karaban omax matchup more than I’d like something like a karaban Fremantle or Karaban ndefo
100% need Andre do to kolek what he did to primo spears. Or at least limit him. I even like a high hedge on kolek. This is a team we need to sit in front of the 3 point line on. Close out strong but don’t chase too hard out there. This is a game we need to grind out. Play physical and dominate the interior.
He's really good and definitely their most important player, but I feel like you need more than 1 double double in 78 career games to be a walking double double
How so? He can take AK off the dribble all day. One of AK's weaknesses is he is not athletic. Freemantle aint breaking him down. Freemantle will try posting him up and like last game we were able to give him help. I'm not worried about Ndefo at all.
I forgot I have to be exact here and leave no room for common talk. Thanks for going through his history. I should’ve said, “Tyler Kolek is as close to a walking double-double as you can be without getting more than one double-double in your career.”
Karaban outplayed omax last time around. Barely but still did. 2 games vs Xavier: at gampel freemantle and hunter combined for 20, at Cintas freemantle and hunter combined for 31 and karaban fouled out at 20 minutes of play time. KC Ndefo had one of his best games of the season guarding karaban. I don’t know if unathleic is the best description of him. AK has played pretty solid against bigs on the perimeter this year I feel like. More worried about how sanogo matches up with ighodaro defensively. Traditional 4’s have had good games against Karaban.
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Interesting thought given both times Kolek was over 20 pts, Marquette lost.
Speaking of defense. We saw it last game, hope this new focus continues to pay dividends.
UConn men’s basketball captain Andre Jackson Jr. embracing identity as defense-first player amidst offensive struggles
Andre Jackson Jr., arguably one of the UConn men’s basketball team’s most important players, was in a slump entering the Huskies’ road game against Georgetown on Saturday. His off…
Kolek had 6 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists plus 5 turnovers. Its not like he dominated the game. Their big man had a field day plus they had 20 points off 16 turnovers.
Honestly, I think you need to make him beat you by scoring. At the very least, taking away his passing and forcing him to shoot puts Marquette out of their comfort zone. He's not Andre, you can't ignore him completely, he can shoot, but it's not really what they want him doing on volume. I'm just saying, back off a bit and play the passing lanes. Even tipping his passes out of bounds may get Marquette out of rhythm. He's not that quick, he's not blowing by anybody.
We have to confirm that he meets the threshold for that.
