Why no Oriakhi

[AJC88]

We wouldn't have won a championship without him. We did win a championship with him. Show some respect.

I would show him some respect if he didn't call coach a mumu.

 

[caw]

Explain what he did to make the difference? Watch the game ace, I don't need anything to back it up.....he didn't deserve or earn anything these people want. If he did let me know what he did to make the difference and I'll get off my so-called "stance".....let's hear it!!

I don't know if AO did make a difference, or whether it was blind luck (having Roscoe on White is my opinion) UConn cut the lead with him in for the last 7 minutes. I guess the way I look at it is this; even if he didn't contribute anything, why not at least see if it works again. It makes zero sense to completely disregard the results of those 7 minutes.

What did he do to earn playing time, well, not much, but none of the bigs did. Heck if we are going by those standards, only Lamb, Bazz and Roscoe should have been on the court. Giffey was too foul prone and Boatright really did not have a good game. TO didn't do anything, AD and AO were both poor overall.

 

[defense]

I was really believing we would be a different team in the tourney based on the recent positive comments from AD and the fact they played a bit better in the BE tourney. Well, I was correct, but we were sure a different team in the opposite direction. How could Andre "Claude Raines" Drummond be the #2 high school recruit in the country last year? And, how could the "experts" project him to be a lottery pick in the NBA draft if he leaves? Baffling!

 

[The Funster]

was i the only one that noticed the exchange between coach and AO on the bench? AO looked like he was jawing back at coach and didnt wanna hear whatever he was being told. he didnt see the court after that.

Ding, ding, ding. Alex was taken off after an early defensive lapse and leaned back in his chair and looked away from Calhoun. You could make the argument that AO helped ISU get off to that hot start with his poor decisions. I like him but he regressed this year.

 

[AJC88]

I was really believing we would be a different team in the tourney based on the recent positive comments from AD and the fact they played a bit better in the BE tourney. Well, I was correct, but we were sure a different team in the opposite direction. How could Andre "Claude Raines" Drummond be the #2 high school recruit in the country last year? And, how could the "experts" project him to be a lottery pick in the NBA draft if he leaves? Baffling!

The scouts weren't wrong. The guy is a freak. Does he play hard and to his potential all the time? No.
The NBA largely drafts players based on potential. Sometimes this philosophy works. Dwight Howard being picked over Emeka Okafor is a perfect example of this. Sometimes it doesn't (see: 90% of high school to NBA players).

Now, I would hope that Coach will talk to him and say "You can go pro now and risk being out of the league in 5 years, or you can stay and work with me for another year and make a career."

I hope Andre makes the smart choice, but who knows.