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Jason Preston & Ohio Win MAC Championship | 3.13.21 Full Highlights | 22 PTS, 7 AST, 6 RBS & 5 STL
Another well-rounded outing for Jason Preston, leading Ohio over Buffalo in the MAC Championship. The 6'4 Junior scored 22 Points (9-16 FG // 3-7 3PT) while adding 7 assists, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals in the win. Few players in CBB possess his polish as a ballhandler in the PnR, routinely executing difficult reads w/ ease. That alongside his ability to knock it down from deep at a 40%+ clip, and finish in traffic w/ craft... The Ohio Bobcats will be a tough out in the NCAA Tourney. "Opportunity, preparation, they meet it's nice." Follow me on Instagram @ League.Him https://www.instagram.com/league.him/ Follow me on Twitter @ LeagueHim_ https://twitter.com/League_Him I do not claim ownership of the footage posted. All footage is property of the NBA, NCAA, CBS, ACC, SEC, Big East, ESPN, Broadband TV, FOX, etc. All videos are personally edited following the “FAIR USE” guidelines given by YouTube.
Men's Basketball: March 3, 2021 - Creighton Post-Game Interviews
VILLANOVA, Pa. – Villanova built a 19-point first half lead and then persevered when its lead shrank to five points in the second half to post a 72-60 victory over No. 14 Creighton Wednesday night at Finneran Pavilion. The victory boosts the Wildcats record to 16-4 overall, 11-3 BIG EAST and secured them their seventh BIG EAST regular season title in the past eight seasons. All of that, however was overshadowed by a first half knee injury suffered by Bob Cousy Award finalist Collin Gillespie. Gillespie was injured on a play under the Creighton basket and came up favoring his left knee. He did not return to the game and Villanova head coach Jay Wright offered a less than encouraging update in his postgame Zoom news conference. "Our trainer (Dan Erickson) said it looks pretty serious," said Wright. "He's going to get an MRI (Thursday). We're not going to speculate but he's not saying he'll be fine. So this is all very bittersweet." Villanova prevailed in large part by stifling the same Bluejays offense which connected on 59 percent of its field goal attempts and 86 points in the first meeting between these two teams in Omaha last month. This time, Creighton connected on just .387 of its field goal attempts and was 10-of-33 from beyond the arc. Sophomore Justin Moore dropped in 9-of-12 field goal attempts and finished with 24 points to go with five assists, five rebounds and zero turnovers. He carried much of the ballhandling load in the second half as Gillespie watched from a seat near the team bench on the baseline. "We just assumed Justin would be our point guard next year if he doesn't leave early," said Wright. "You never know but we were very comfortable with that. When Collin's out – which isn't very often – we're still pretty good with Justin at the point. We just don't like to have Collin out of the game." Creighton reeled off the first five points of the night before the Wildcats had attempted a field goal. But Gillespie got the 'Cats going with a corner 3-ball and that ignited a 15-2 spurt that gave VU a 17-7 lead with 11:14 of the period. Central to that effort was a defense that held the Bluejays without a field goal for 5:35. The Wildcats extended that lead to 31-15, with Moore's scoring fueling much of the surge. When Moore picked up his second foul with 6:23 in the period, Gillespie returned to the floor. But in a collision under the Creighton basket, Gillespie went to the ground. After being helped to his feet, he limped off the floor. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl took the reins at point guard and helped the Wildcats finish the half strong without their two primary ballhandlers. Villanova closed the period with a 42-23 lead over the Bluejays. They connected on .545 of their field goal attempts and limited the Blue Jays to 9-of-31 shooting for the period. "We were going to try Jeremiah at the point to steal some minutes with Justin in foul trouble," Wright said. "But we actually increased our lead because Jeremiah did such a good job. The smooth offense carried Villanova to a 57-35 lead early in the period as Moore scored nine points in that stretch. But Creighton bounced right back with a 12-0 spurt to close the gap to 57-47 with 10:25 to play in the period. Without its on-court leader, the Wildcats' offense struggled to find a flow against the Bluejays, who pressed out on the perimeter. Villanova missed 1-of-9 field goal attempts over a seven-minute stretch midway through the period. When Mitch Ballock drained a 3-pointer with 7:25 left the lead was down to 57-50. Another bucket extended the run to 17-0. Yet the Wildcats got a stop and a basket from Robinson-Earl – who had his fifth double-double of the season and second straight with 14 points and 14 rebounds – to halt the run. Later, Brandon Slater sank a dagger of a 3-pointer from the right corner to give the Wildcats some breathing room at 62-54. The final was 72-60. Further adding to the tinge of sadness was the fact that prior to the game Gillespie and classmates Kevin Hoehn, Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree and Jermaine Samuels were honored in Senior Night ceremonies. "There's probably not been one player who has had the impact on one team here that Collin has had for us," said Wright. "He's our spiritual leader, work ethic leader, character-wise he's our leader. He's tough to replace. We're going to have to grow up real quick, guys are going to have to step up and I think they will." Villanova will close out the regular season Saturday at Providence (2:30 p.m. on Fox and 95.7 Ben FM).
BlueGoldNews.com: WVU Womens Basketball Mike Carey Iowa State Postgame 2/3/21
West Virginia womens basketball head coach Mike Carey had a list of issues from his team's game against Iowa State, but the Mountaineers offset those with excellent defense and great ballhandling in the win.
Does LEBRON JAMES Have a Good Handle?!!
Today a lot of people disagreed with me ranking LeBron in the top 5 ballhandlers in the league today. Those people...are wrong. See why LeBron still has one of the best handles in the league, and why moves/AND1 mixtape ball isn't the same as having a tight, efficient, crafty handle. Please consider supporting to help me get a microphone & continue to put out the most in-depth videos on YouTube! https://patreon.com/scoutwithbryan I spent the past 7 years working in the NBA for 3 different teams. I spent 4 years traveling w/ the Washington Wizards as part of their coaching staff. This video is an in-depth breakdown of LeBron James' handle, and if he belongs in the list of best ballhandlers in the league. Please make sure to THUMB UP, SUBSCRIBE, and follow SCOUTWITHBRYAN on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/bryanman8 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ScoutWithBryan INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/scoutwithbryan WEBSITE: https://scoutwithbryan.com/ PATREON: https://patreon.com/scoutwithbryan PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scoutwithbryan-podcast/id1473536740 or search SCOUTWITHBRYAN wherever you listen to podcasts! Jeff Goodman, Tim Kurkjian, David Thorpe, many more special guests! About Bryan: Bryan Oringher spent the past 7 years in the NBA. From 13-17 he was the Head Video Coordinator of the Washington Wizards, working closely with their coaching staff and players. In 2017-18 he did Regional Advance Scouting for the Toronto Raptors and Atlanta Hawks. DISCLAIMER - All clips property of the NBA and its affiliates. No copyright infringement is intended, all videos edited to follow the "Free Use" guidelines of YouTube. Full credit for any thumbnail pictures goes to the photographer - if you are the photographer and would like attribution in this section, please contact me on Twitter and happy to do so.
Doyel: Murray State star Ja Morant is more ridiculous than advertised
HARTFORD, Conn. – Ja Morant doesn’t have to dunk to be ridiculous, but luckily for all of us in the XL Center for Murray State’s 83-64 victory Thursday against Marquette, he dunked. And, yes, it was ridiculous. But you knew that, right? Even if you’d never heard of Ja Morant before this season began — who else has their hand in the air? — you know all about his dunking now. You’ve seen the highlights. Social media loves itself some Ja Morant, as does ESPN, because he doesn’t dunk the ball like most people dunk it. He dunks like he’s mad at somebody, or everybody. And the rim. He’s definitely mad at the rim. Since you’re here, let’s go ahead and discuss that dunk in the second half Thursday in this NCAA tournament opener, this upset of fifth-seeded Marquette by the 12th-seeded Racers, the one where he started on the left wing without the ball and made a backdoor cut. He received the pass, rose like a helicopter and floated past one Marquette defender and encountered a second one at the rim. And when he got there, Ja Morant was angry. Morant threw the ball down with both hands, mad at the world or at least the Hauser brother in his way. Joey Hauser, pretty sure, not his older brother Sam. By the time the dunk was through the net, the crowd was roaring and a fan behind the basket was dumbfounded, her mouth agape, and Morant was dangling from the rim and using it to climb over Hauser like a gymnast over a pommel horse. Ridiculous. But to see Morant in person, to see an entire game and not just the viral snippets on social media, is to see someone unlike any player in college basketball. Very few guards, if any, have his vertical leap, his ability to play so far above the rim at a height of 6-2. Very few guards, if any, have his first step, which reminds me of a video game I played as a kid in the convenience store, a game called "Asteroids." In that game, on occasion, the gamer can punch a button and make his ship disappear, only to appear somewhere else on the screen. Hyperspace, they call that. Ja Morant does that when he has the ball in his hands and somewhere else to be. He does something — he takes his first step, I guess — and disappears and shows up somewhere else. And very few guards (though there are some) have his ability to control the ball, or his ability to see the floor. And all of that, in the same package? The vertical, the explosion, the ballhandling and the vision? Nobody has all of that. Nobody but Ja Morant. Nobody in college basketball, anyway. The comparisons Morant most commonly draws are to Russell Westbrook and Allen Iverson. Folks say he has the vertical power of Westbrook, and the first step of Iverson. You hearing me? People are saying Ja Morant is like some hybrid superhero, the best of Westbrook and Iverson. Ridiculous. Unless you were lucky enough to be in the XL Center on Thursday, as I was, killing time, minding my own business, just waiting for the Purdue game to start in several hours. And then you’d understand the comparisons. You’d maybe even agree. Pretty sure I do. Listen, I’ve watched a ton of basketball this year, but I’ve felt this way — blown away by the basketball player before my eyes — just once. And that guy? Zion Williamson. He was at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in November, he and Duke playing Kentucky, and Zion looked like something out of a comic book: Built like an NFL offensive lineman, assuming you can find a 6-7, 285-pound NFL offensive lineman without any fat, but exploding into the air with a 45-inch vertical like Michael Jordan. Oh, I know. That’s impossible. That’s what people told me after I wrote what I wrote about Zion in November. Four months of viral Zion highlights later, nobody would tell me that today, right? From a physical standpoint — not skills, just physically — the closest thing I’ve ever seen to Zion’s combination of power and explosive athletic ability is LeBron James. Only … Zion is at least 20 pounds heavier. Ridiculous. Speaking of ridiculous … The other day, ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler was saying that he wasn’t sure Zion Williamson should be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft. This grabbed my attention. Who did he mean, Zion’s Duke teammate, R.J. Barrett? Nope. Legler said he’d be inclined to draft Ja Morant ahead of Zion Williamson. ------------- TOP, murray state, ja morant murray state, morant murray state, ja morant nba, ja morant stats, ja morant draft, ja morant highlights, nba draft, ja morant nba draft, murray state basketball, murray state basketball ja morant, ja morant college, zion williamson ja morant, zion williamson, ja morant espn, nba mock draft, marquette, ja morant marquette, ja morant ncaa tournament, ja morant high school, ja morant height, ja morant recruiting, markus howard, nba draft 2019, ja morant nba draft 2019, , RISING, ja morant vs markus howard, marquette vs murray state, ja morant vs marquette, phil cofer
Korleone Young Scores 30.769% of his Career NBA Points vs. Magic (1999)
Korleone Young, a native of Wichita, Kansas, declared for the 1998 NBA Draft following his senior year at Hargrave Military Academy. The Detroit Pistons selected him in the second round, 40th overall (one pick after Rafer Alston and one prior to Cuttino Mobley). Often cited in the case against high schoolers going pro, Young played in just three NBA games, all with the Pistons during the lockout-shortened 1999 season. Scouts and those around the league have suggested Young may have benefitted from a few years of seasoning in college (he had contemplated heading to Georgetown or even joining his AAU teammate JaRon Rush at Kansas). Instead, he headed to Detroit to begin his NBA career as a teenager with raw skills and little real life experience. “As he walked through the doors, I was listening to him,” said former Detroit Pistons teammate Joe Dumars. “When he got on the court, you could see he had talent, but you knew the process was going to be hard because he was just so young for the league. He sounded like a young high school kid all of a sudden thrown into the NBA world.” Following his rookie season, Young was released by the Pistons. “I just thought that his game needed so much improvement,” said Alvin Gentry, the Pistons' head coach at the time. “Needed improvement in ballhandling, needed improvement from transitioning from an inside player in high school to being a wing player. Defensively, guarding guys on the floor. I just thought he just needed a ton of improvement.” Young attended the Philadelphia 76ers training camp the following fall when he encountered a fit of bad luck. First, he was struck from behind and robbed of a significant amount of jewelry while walking in downtown Philadelphia. Second, he failed to catch on with the Sixers. Young's departure from Detroit resonated. “That really messed me up because I didn’t want to leave. I was in a childish mind-set that this was my home now. I didn’t feel like I could bounce around. That summer I was depressed, with $300,000 [in the bank]. Endless money. I could do what I want. But I wasn’t happy because I wasn’t in Detroit no more. So that summer I went and bought $120,000 worth of jewelry and then the next year they robbed me in Philadelphia when I was walking in the middle of the city. I only had $30,000 insured. I had bad guidance, made terrible decisions by not just insuring it.“ After playing professionally overseas through much of the 2000's, Young now resides in his hometown, Wichita, Kansas, looking to contribute to his community by using basketball as a means of leading the city's youth on a worthy path. Recommended Reading: http://grantland.com/features/the-life-former-prep-pro-nba-player-korleone-young/
2018 NBA Draft: Landry Shamet | Wichita State Highlights | Philadelphia 76ers | Next Ones
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