Sure there are others to blame, but Harrison is the face of the team, he is the leader. The final stat line doesn't show how MIA D'lo was for the game. He is a tremendous rebounder for us, true. We need him to score! His first FG of the game came after the final TV timeout in the first half. One FG in the first half? He opens up the second half with a 2 pt FG, then doesn't score again until after the final TV timeout in the second half? 2 FG's in 36 minutes in the biggest game of the year from our best player?
It's not like he didn't have oppurtunities. Jordan blanketed Cotton, he did a great job on him. After the first offical timeout, Sanchez inbound the ball to a wind open D'lo above the key, no one was within five feet from him. Does he take the 3 point shot? nope, he puts the ball on the floor and finds a defender to challenge his running floater that he missed. Same thing at the 14:40 mark in the second half, D'lo in the corner, Sanchez has the ball in the low block, D'lo's man crashes down to double Sanchez, he passes it out to D'lo for an open 3 does he take it? nope, Once again he drives the ball to the basket with his turtle like quickness and 12 inch vertical and finds a defender to challenge his floater, which he missed. There is a reason why D'lo shoots sub 40% and why he shot 35% for the game. He did all of his scoring after we were down double digits with four minutes to go.
I like D'lo, but if he's our best player that's why we haven't gone to the NCAA tourney since he's been here. Not a knock on him, he plays hard, but he has his limitations like most of the other players. But unlike the rest, he could shoot, and feel he can be better for us than he has if he had better shot selection. We go on our offensive droughts because of shot selection, not lack of offensive game plan.
21 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks is to you "missing in action"? I just want to clarify that.
He had six FGs, not 2.
He scored 30 percent of the teams total points, but doesn't score enough?
On the one hand you bitch about his shot selection and on the other that he doesn't score enough. You complain about his shooting percentage but wish he took more threes, which he shoots at a lower percentage than he does FGs. Does not compute. He drives to draw contact and shoot FTs, which he does at an exceptional rate. He plays to his strengths, unlike the other mooks on this team, who are generally brainless.
The reason this team shoots poorly is because there is no offensive game plan beyond: someone make a play. The reason Harrison's FG is low is because he's so often the one who is left to do so.
Alleged "core" player Chris Obekpa had zero points yesterday in two minutes. Alleged shooting Phil Greene had 2 points in 22 minutes. Pointer was scoreless in 10. Between the three of them they were 1 for 11 from the floor. Jakarr Sampson missed 4 of 7 free throws. Sanchez and Pointer were a combined 0 for 4. Between the three of them they were 3 of 11. That's why Harrison is not playing in the NCAA tournament this year. Well that and Lavin is a chucklehead.
Harrison is having one of the great careers in SJU history. Not a first tier career like Mullin/Berry/Sealy, but certainly on the second. Neither is he a freak of nature like Marcus Hatten, but then few people are, hence the characterization freak. But Harrison is a great BB player. I feel sorry for you that you can't appreciate it.