Yeah, he seemed to be battling more than a lot of other guys. I'm not arguing he is good, but he grabbed 2 boards in 4 minutes. I would have given him more run last night.
In place of who?
I think we have multiple options.
Will be interesting, he's already getting benched for freshman, and with Fox and Ihnen coming back next year... TT might be in the portal if this continues.
Oddly he has been playing pretty good defense thus far, he just isn't aggressive on offense, doesn't demand the ball in the post, he is not going at the offensive board, missed shots from the 3, he just seems hesitant in every thing he does on offensive end of the court.
He is still struggling on the glass, but I think he is better relative to last season. He is also doing little things to cause turnovers and his length does make an impact on that end of the floor. He probably doesn't need to play more than 15 per game, but we have had much worse options than him in the recent past.
There must be some improvement, last year the team was forced to switch to zone anytime he stepped foot on the court… this year he’s been involved in man to man as well.
Good grief they’ve played one real game. What did you see 6 minutes against DePaul ?
I think the bigger issue for his PT than Payne being better is that Ben preferred to play Garcia minutes 32-36 at C rather than bring him in.
I'm sure he's also seen the guy play before the Depaul game.
This year perhaps in an exhibition, point is it is a bit early to say he hasn’t improved. Give it to Big Ten season anyhow.
From what I've seen of Thompson he seems to have improved in some areas. However, there is only so much you can do when a player has poor hands and lacks foot quickness. Nothing personal, but unless there are more injuries I don't seem him being on the floor too much.
He’s been underwhelming both games. Not to mention both teams aren’t anything compared to what we will see once we get into BIG play. It says a lot that he’s only getting “6 minutes” up to this point. It’s not hard to notice these things in limited minutes.
DePaul was the third game of the season…
This is a ridiculous statement. He’s got work to do to be a high level post in the B1G, but he’d play huge minutes at most mid majors and all low majors.
Is tonight’s game a real game?
Laughable.
No it’s not. Should red shirt at some point but already a lot bigger and improved from last year. Hair game as well but tattoos looks terrible.
Make him shoot free throws underhanded.
What’s laughable? Treyton would be an extremely productive player in the summit. He’s a D1 player. Being a good B1G basketball player is another level. He still can get there if he adds more muscle (has the frame to do so)
He's Miles Tarver. He's a role player with good passing skills. He should be part of rotation, but should be a guy that gets dirty by rebounding and passing. The guy averaged 4 points a game at his prep school. He's not a main player.
He shot 80% is freshmen year and then went backwards to 60-65%.
Correct, he won’t ever be a main player. He can still be a good 5th starter by defending and rebounding if he gets stronger.