IowaBear said:

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He's playing well today. But he's been pretty darn bad in his limited action this year.
There's a reason he hadn't played much until now and that's purely out of necessity

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I wouldn't say he's been bad. He just doesn't do anything most of the time he's on the court. He's just out there a lot of the time.

I like that he doesn't go out there and try to do too much. But he has to do something or we're playing 4 on 5.

He's not been bad.

If that were true he'd be playing more imo. He's buried at the end of the bench for a reason. What that reason is I have no idea. But imo he's looked pretty bad to average in his limited action

He's looked competent tonight, which is good for a highly regarded freshman. It'll bode well for him in coming seasons. He's in the spot in the rotation that he should be, though.

MashedPotatoes said:

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Giving him only 2 token first half minutes a game all season was a mistake. Am I wrong?

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You are right.

The cream will rise to the top, I've always believed in his skill set. Hopefully this game is the springboard for the rest of the season. He played with aggression and physicality for the first time in a Baylor uniform.

MashedPotatoes said:

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Giving him only 2 token first half minutes a game all season was a mistake. Am I wrong?

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They have not posted mins played yet but he had 3 pts with 6 rebounds. More importantly he had 0, that's 0 TO's.

MashedPotatoes said:

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Giving him only 2 token first half minutes a game all season was a mistake. Am I wrong?

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It was a near certainty that we would need him at some point during the season, so my thought was that we should have given him more meaningful game experience.

Especially after grimes left we should have seen more of little. He needs the reps and it's only going to pay dividends into next year to give them to him.

Pleasantly surprised that he looked like he belonged in that game today. It's so hard to be a bench player who gets 2-5 minutes/game. Basketball is such a game of flow and momentum - and it's really hard to ever get into any rhythm with super limited minutes. Even EJ played good in his limited minutes tonight. He had 2 great looks at 3's. Just didn't fall tonight.

He has played pretty bad this season. I would cringe every time he would take a shot. He missed almost all of them. I was very pleased with his play today. He really hustled and did not make any really bad plays. I hope he continues to improve. We will need him next year.

He played 19 minutes.

https://baylorbears.com/documents/2024/2/10/BU_MBB_23_atKansas_2023-24.PDF

BUCANDOIT82 said:

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MashedPotatoes said:

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Giving him only 2 token first half minutes a game all season was a mistake. Am I wrong?

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You are right.

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If you have gone to all the practices, watched hours of film and made millions of dollars fot making such decisions i might believe you.

Go Bears!!!

MashedPotatoes said:

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Giving him only 2 token first half minutes a game all season was a mistake. Am I wrong?

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You are probably wrong.

CTbruin said:

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I'm in the minority , but I believe we have an outstanding coaching staff and I'll let them make these decisions

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You're probably in the majority of Baylor fans. Most of them don't post on here.