Marble closing out games

[ibahawkeye]

I think Dev has shown that he can be the man in crunch time and get buckets when needed.

He put the team on his back against Xavier.

Last night when it was tight with under 5 minutes to go he was aggressive and gave us the cushion and Uthoff finish em off with free throws.

Against Nova he made a huge 3 in OT to keep us in it. It just happened that anytime he scored Nova had an answer on that night.

I think this can be a very good sign of things to come for this team and something we know was missing last year and cost us so many close games.

I'll calling it now... Dev is going to play himself into getting drafted.

 

[tm3308]

I've thought the same thing when watching the end of some of these games. I do think he's going to be the player many were counting on him to become this year. And that's bad news for the rest of the Big Ten.

 

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

Haluska was drafted. Marble will be drafted.

 

[WindsorHawk]

I think Dev can take a game over at times with his scoring, passing, etc. I also think he relishes this role. I don't want him shooting the important FTs at the end of games. Let Uthoff and White nail down wins at the line.

 

[MiniMoeHawk]

I think Dev can take a game over at times with his scoring, passing, etc. I also think he relishes this role. I don't want him shooting the important FTs at the end of games. Let Uthoff and White nail down wins at the line.

Dev takes on this role but he tries to do too much. He forces things and turns it over or throws up a wild shot late in the games...Hopefully he lets the game come to him since he has the talent to be the guy.

 

[bcl20]

Yeah, he can do things others on this team can't. At the same time he forces on a team with many options and that hurts this team quite a bit. Him forcing things in the first half vs Villanova really, really hurt us. He caused too many wasted possessions. That said, we beat Xavier and Notre Dame because of him.

 

[PCHawk]

I think Dev can take a game over at times with his scoring, passing, etc. I also think he relishes this role. I don't want him shooting the important FTs at the end of games. Let Uthoff and White nail down wins at the line.

I'm not sure what's up with Marble at the line this year but last year he was clutch. White on the other hand missed allot of big free throws late in games. He hasn't had many opportunities this year to show he improved in that area so hopefully he has.

 

[WindsorHawk]

I'm not sure what's up with Marble at the line this year but last year he was clutch. White on the other hand missed allot of big free throws late in games. He hasn't had many opportunities this year to show he improved in that area so hopefully he has.

Yeah, he was clutch last year and I'm sure he will come around...certainly improve. I'm a numbers guy though. White is at 85.4% and Uthoff is at 88.6% and both look very calm to me late in the game. I want guys shooting over 85% taking the clinching FTs. They aren't missing many at any point in the game with those percentages.

 

[PCHawk]

Yeah, he was clutch last year and I'm sure he will come around...certainly improve. I'm a numbers guy though. White is at 85.4% and Uthoff is at 88.6% and both look very calm to me late in the game. I want guys shooting over 85% taking the clinching FTs. They aren't missing many at any point in the game with those percentages.

I have a feeling White will be better at making them late this year. I really think that by conference play it will be Marble who I'm most comfortable with. Nice to have so many good options.

Marble, McCabe, White, Gesell, and Uthoff is a great lineup for sealing games at the line.

 

[WindsorHawk]

Marble, McCabe, White, Gesell, and Uthoff is a great lineup for sealing games at the line.

I agree with this. I think we can plug Jok into Marble's spot next year. He's shooting a great percentage and should improve enough that we can have him on the floor late in games his sophomore season. This is a great luxury. It's a lot better than screaming at the television "Get the ball to Gatens."