Mulvey with a great game

[HuckFinn]

Great question and I was wondering the same thing. Did he earn the minutes or was it because they literally had no one else?

He earned the minutes.

 

[PCHawk]

Man it would have been nice to get that Oregon win. We would be going into Illinois with a chance to get a half game out of seventh place with 3 games to go. Hardly something to brag about but with all the injuries this year, having a small chance at the tourney this late in the year would have been nice. Still hoping we get at least two more wins. Tough to see where they come from tho.

 

[Grady]

Fran back or not, we have no idea what this roster is going to look like next year. Personally, I am okay with Mulvey sticking around if he wants to stick around. I think he would be a great bridge guy moving forward.

He will be a 8 and 4 guy(points and rebounds) being a starter playing 20 minutes a game next year. No one will confuse him with Luka Garza, but we all can see him as a positive contributor next year, regardless of who the coach is.

Agreed. He's played well enough this year to probably be recruited by D-1 mid-majors like UNI if he wants more playing time. I'd sure recruit him at this point: smart, usually in the right place, a decent defender, can score around the rim, hustles his ass off.

 

[Grady]

Possibly. They either needed his strength on the defensive end due to matchup, started playing way better in practice, a guard had a minor injury, was sending a message to other guards, or what you mentioned. Can't think of any other reason to change his minutes that drastically.

After hearing from Fran postgame, suspect it was a bit of all those things.