Wildcats defeat Ramblers in Pullen's homecoming
by AMS on Dec 11, 2010 5:49 PM CST
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PrintK-State never trailed in the Wildcats' trip to Chicago, but the Ramblers kept the game close late. Jacob Pullen led the team in points and rebounds, but was he the player of the game?
The top candidates, in my opinion, are Pullen, Jordan Henriquez-Roberts, Martavious Irving, and Rodney McGruder. Here is why:
Henriquez-Roberts: Jordan had 7 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 blocks in limited minutes. With Freddy Asprilla in foul trouble and Wally Judge in street clothes, JHR gave the team a spark off the bench. He was only 1-4 from the free throw line, though.
Irving: Martavious had a career-high 12 points, but more importantly he was 4-4 on free throws late after starting the season 1-9. He also improved his team-leading assist/turnover ratio with one assist and no turnovers. I don't know what to cite tempering his good game, which is why he gets my vote.
McGruder: Rodney had a momentum-changing three-pointer and 2 crucial rebounds late in the game on his way to 8 points and 3 rebounds. But when the Ramblers went to the hack-a-Cat strategy, Rodney only completed 2-4 free throws.
Pullen: Jake led the team with 19 points and a career-high 9 rebounds playing under a lot of pressure on his trip home. But he committed perhaps too many pointless turnovers.
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Good post!
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I cast my vote for JHR, because I think we just flat-out don’t win that game if he doesn’t go nuts there in the second half, rebounding, blocking shots, and even getting in a really good pass to Curt that led to a point. I like this kid a LOT.
I really liked how Marty played as well, though, and Rod was just flat-out NAILS on that 3 toward the end.
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by K. Scott Bailey on Dec 11, 2010 6:17 PM CST reply actions
A lot of people call him "Marty" here.
So, yeah.
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by K. Scott Bailey on Dec 13, 2010 3:23 PM CST up reply actions
This is the only place i've seen it, fwiw.
And i think of Back to the Future every time.
by WillieWannabe on Dec 13, 2010 3:27 PM CST up reply actions
I just did a Google search (for some reason),
and GoEMAW called him that too — at least last spring anyway! I just call him that because it feels familiar, and I like this team a lot, and like to use familiar names when talking about them. No different than “Jake” or “Curt”, really.
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by K. Scott Bailey on Dec 13, 2010 4:25 PM CST up reply actions
surprised i didn't see it since i frequent that place ALOT.
Yeah, you’re free to call him whatever you want. Just putting my .02 in.
by WillieWannabe on Dec 13, 2010 4:29 PM CST up reply actions
I searched for "Martavious Irving" and "Marty".
Some thread from last year bitching about him popped up in the results.
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by K. Scott Bailey on Dec 13, 2010 4:59 PM CST up reply actions
I believe his official BOTC nickname is Bulltavious.
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by mystman995 on Dec 13, 2010 5:30 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Probably the first time i've heard an overrated chant from the losing team. Weird.
Jake needs to quit playing sloppy. His D and FT’s were still a big reason we won.
It seemed, to me at least, alot of our rebounding issues were caused by being lazy and letting them get good position. Also, having 3 guys go up for a block, leaving 1 guy to rebound. That just doesn’t work.
Still think we did reasonably well considering we were without Judge, Jamar was nonexistent, and it was on the road. Loyola isn’t as bad of a team as people were making them out in the game thread. They wanted this one bad tonight.
Also, game was pretty much to plan according the kenpom. Unfortunately. Hopefully kenpom is wrong about our Florida game. :S
A hidden thing on the rebounding:
There were a lot of times we missed rebounds because two or three guys tried to block a shot and were out of position. Our help defense is being too helpful, and getting out of rebounding position.
It must not be too hidden
if both of us caught it.
by WillieWannabe on Dec 13, 2010 10:01 AM CST up reply actions
Yep
I noticed this as well. The off side D would collapse on the shooter going for the D stop and everyone would be out of place for the rebound.
I like the aggressive idea in stopping the shooter but not sure this is the best way to defend.
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by Anon_the_younger on Dec 13, 2010 10:04 AM CST up reply actions
True.
But while watching the game you could see that Loyola was shooting such bad shots that several clanked wildly off the rim only to be recovered by a Loyola player. To reiterate, these were not soft shots that rolled off the rim they were bouncing back to the foul line and beyond at times.
by Catbacker98 on Dec 13, 2010 10:30 AM CST up reply actions
I hope you guys are right
I do remember seeing a fair number of long rebounds (while on D) bouncing back to Loyola players, so perhaps my irritation with the rebounding margin is too great.
Fire Chris Cosh!
I think it is still a good reason for you and Frank to be upset.
There is no reason KSU should have been out rebounded with our height and length.
by WillieWannabe on Dec 13, 2010 10:58 AM CST up reply actions
Which Loyola players?
Guards or Forwards? Were we blocking out? I can’t recall seeing these.
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by Anon_the_younger on Dec 13, 2010 11:17 AM CST up reply actions
I thought they were chanting, “We nearly beat you, and we’re from the Horizon League so you are OVERRATED”
I thought it was weird too but that’s what we get for being #5 and not beating a team we should have by a lot more. I’m still hoping we can win one during the Christmas Break like that.
GO STATE!!!!
Irving's 4-4 from line is huge, if he keeps it up.
Our guard rotation is starting to look solid. If Irving can get consistent from the line, with him, Sprad, Jake and Mcgruder, there will be no weak link for the opponent to foul in closing minutes. Irving should be a 75% 5 f/throw guy; hiis stroke is solid.
I’ve always liked JHR, but against stronger big men his effectiveness will be less than it was tonight. But the kid gives it everything every time on the floor. Got to love that about the guy.
I just hope we don’t lose Wally. While Pullen made some nice penetration plays, he still gives up too many negative plays on deep penetration. I wish he’d develop a quick pop-and-shot from the 15-10 foot range. We old timers miss that skill set, and it can be so effective.
oh hail the Purple and White
Irving because of his usefulness over the whole game
JHR for that middle part of the 2nd half when KSU should have been able to finish Loyola off, but I did really like seeing him playing hard, blocking, scoring and doing everything right. Come on JHR! We need more of that!
Fire Chris Cosh!
Voted for Jake.
19 points (lead game)
9 rebounds (lead game)
4 assists (lead game)
Played 39 minutes
So he was 5-17. I don’t care. Player of the game.
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4 turnovers (lead game)
Just sayin’…
Seriously though, I’m not sure how much to even blame Jake for his elevated TO rate right now. Sure, he had the hot-dogging turnover that led to a 4-point swing, but he should not be in the position of being the lead guard/distributor for this team. That’s just not his game at all.
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by K. Scott Bailey on Dec 12, 2010 1:31 AM CST up reply actions
Pullen
isn’t playing that well right now. Those 2 turnovers late in the game were horrible for a senior all american candidate. Looked like he turned down some 3 pointers that were open as well. Have confidence that this won’t last all season though.
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