MBB Final: LA 83, ULM 76

[CajunVic]

He’s getting those rebounds by default, Mike 😉

Yes, I agree. It’s all his fault he is consistently getting all those rebounds. Good observation.

[Boomer]

I’m not saying we would have won any of the 3 games we lost by around 20, but with Marquetti in there he could have at least helped stop the bleeding. We got down to app 17-0 before we finally scored. Same with the ulm game in Monroe when we got down big and cut it down late only to lose at the end. We are a completely different team with him on the floor.

.....Marquetti loss is certainly the difference maker...20 % of the starters w/o him and Julian a maybe.....probably your 2nd best starter....Stroman was expected to get one of their 2 guards in foul trouble and in doing so, his drives were a difference....Hardy has put on some mass to his body and clearly makes his game much improved.....do we have a new best 3 pt shooter

[Cajunsmike]

I’m pretty sure four of the loses were games we trailed by around twenty points. He’s not making a difference that wins those games. But to argue one way or the other is pointless speculation.

Marquetti's biggest loss is guarding the opponent's best offensive player. For example, when he played Georgia Southern at home we had no one who could stick with Tookie Brown and he dominated the game. At 6'6" Marquetti would have been able to check him and he would not have been nearly as effective. Would it have been enough of a factor to alter the outcome is something we will never know. There is no argument however that he has been missed greatly in many games. At least guys who have been taking his minutes have shown improvement recently and that is likely to continue in the off season.

[zephyr]

I had been down on Miller with his decision making last year and the first third of games this year. The guy has really improved his game. To be fair, he's always been a guy that has put his head down and played hard. There isn't as much glory in making a nice pass to set up a good shot vs jacking up a 3, but his passing the ball is a big part of making this team go.

The decision making is not still not great. As I've mentioned before, he's second on the team in turnovers by a wide margin even though he doesn't have the ball in his hands even close to as much as Stroman does. This is why I called him a maddening player because he does make good plays as well and is at times a big catalyst to make plays. The kid plays hard though and I will always admire that about him. I'm just hoping he keeps trimming those bad plays down moving forward.

[zephyr]

He’s getting those rebounds by default, Mike 😉

Exactly

[Million$Mullet]

Exactly

That was just for you

[zephyr]

That was just for you

I know. Lol. You even have Mike acknowledging that some of the rebounds are by luck. While I feel he can work harder on the defensive rebounding as he often loses out to his man, I like that he really gets in there on the offensive glass as I think he's amongst the league's best in that regard and that is an underrated part of the game, especially when it extends possessions and gets some open perimeter shots.