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Check out Trent's speech from yesterday.. he starts just after 3:30 of the video. Marquette has their senior day tributes after the game and has the kids speak (Junior Cadougan and Trent in the case of this season).... there's obviously something about college basketball and college athletics in general... goes a lot further than just what is seen on the court/field/etc.
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Generally not a huge fan of some of the Marquette pimping you do on this board but that was really cool. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for that feedback. Yesterday I thought about where I could post it... considered the Seniors thread, but didn't want to take anything away from the Gopher seniors. Saw this thread pop up today and had to post the video.
Really happy to see Lockett's mom looking strong and proud. She's got a high quality kid in Trent.
Really happy to see Lockett's mom looking strong and proud. She's got a high quality kid in Trent.
GopherWarrior would obviously know more about Lockett's play, but I am not sure he would have helped the Gophers that much this year. He's shooting 40.8% from the field and 33.3 % from beyond the arc. The Gophers could really benefit from an additional shooter or scorer or another ball handling guard. That said, Lockett is playing more than 26 minutes a game for a pretty good Marquette team.
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This summer when I said I didn't think Lockett was a great fit with Minnesota it was because of exactly what you said about the Gophers needing an additional shooter. Trent has never fired up many 3-pointers even though he had to score a lot at ASU and some of what he does on offense is similar to a Joe Coleman (i.e., ability to draw contact and get to the line.. although I'd like to see Joe do it even more than he has this season... I think that's his bread & butter).
Lockett has improved as the season has gone on and his conference numbers, from an offensive efficiency standpoint, have improved as the season has progressed. I think the intangibles, the leadership, the attitude, etc. he brings would be nice to have for any team, but with Marquette losing seniors Jae Crowder and DJO, it was especially nice to bring in such a mature player/young man.
So... his numbers aren't anything to write home about, but he's been a lot more valuable than they indicate. As for Minnesota, I don't know that they would have been that much better off.. Joe's been good a lot of the time and his experience this year will help the Gophers after this season... I think a lot of his minutes would have gone to Lockett.
No matter where kids end up playing I think it's really nice for the state and those involved with basketball in Minnesota to have people outside of the state impressed with kids from here... not just what they do on the court, but what kind of young men are they. Trent has certainly been an excellent rep for Minnesota basketball.
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I both agree and disagree with the posters above.
I agree that Lockett seems very similar to Joe Coleman, and wouldn't address our biggest needs -- a "true" PG; a deadly outside shooter; scoring depth in the post (or, a true center). Also, more importantly, bringing in Lockett at best would have stunted Coleman's (and to a lesser extent Austin's) development and at worst, made Coleman mad enough to transfer. Basically Lockett would share or take Coleman's minutes. Is Lockett better than Coleman? At this point maybe slightly, but not enough to merit losing the upside of Coleman's last 2 years.
On the flip side, if somehow we could've made the chemistry work (and it's not like we have great chemistry the way it is) it's hard to see Lockett not making this a better team. IMO he would've made a great sixth man, had he been willing to accept that role. Everybody was thinking that Welch was going to be good in that role for us, but look how that's turned out. So you could look at it as Lockett vs Welch instead of Lockett vs Coleman ... and through that lens, you could imagine us winning a few more games with Lockett, and maybe avoiding the mid season skid that turned us from a top 10 team and FF contender into just another NCAA team with a "shot at making some noise."
I agree that Lockett seems very similar to Joe Coleman, and wouldn't address our biggest needs -- a "true" PG; a deadly outside shooter; scoring depth in the post (or, a true center). Also, more importantly, bringing in Lockett at best would have stunted Coleman's (and to a lesser extent Austin's) development and at worst, made Coleman mad enough to transfer. Basically Lockett would share or take Coleman's minutes. Is Lockett better than Coleman? At this point maybe slightly, but not enough to merit losing the upside of Coleman's last 2 years.
On the flip side, if somehow we could've made the chemistry work (and it's not like we have great chemistry the way it is) it's hard to see Lockett not making this a better team. IMO he would've made a great sixth man, had he been willing to accept that role. Everybody was thinking that Welch was going to be good in that role for us, but look how that's turned out. So you could look at it as Lockett vs Welch instead of Lockett vs Coleman ... and through that lens, you could imagine us winning a few more games with Lockett, and maybe avoiding the mid season skid that turned us from a top 10 team and FF contender into just another NCAA team with a "shot at making some noise."