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[QUOTE="Gurleyman, post: 5258629, member: 175"]
He didn’t play that well in that one at all. But we would have watched a ton of tape in the buildup to that game - including how St. Mary’s did against high majors. He had 20 against Vandy - and had 15 against Houston (4-8 on threes, but 5-15 overall). He was a little up and down, but he had 25 against Gonzaga in the championship game as a sophomore.

When he signed, I liked the idea of him in the Cam role on paper - even if he was a little smaller. But he didn’t have a point guard profile at St. Mary’s. More a scorer who could pass a little. Trying to turn those types of players into point guards is hard. Much easier to take a point guard who can shoot and make them a two guard (Boat) or a point forward (Castle).

I think our coaches know that - and figured they had flexibility with Diarra and Nowell and just a lot of things went wrong. One of my frustrations with Mahaney was that he had no ability/desire to shoot coming off screens. So he couldn’t be in the Cam/JoeyC/Hawkins role either. He needed the ball to stick in his hands to make something happen, and that’s not what’s made our offense go.
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