Good call sir. For some reason I forget, AJH came off the bench the first 15 games that season. Looks like Vince and Biggie started along with IH or AJH most games that season.
Our fan base is not just sleeping on Mayer.....they're in a coma.
For sure, but there is plenty of proof that there are Big 10 players playing in every conference.(practically)
Jones did all his damage where again? There are B10 level players all over. The difference is that conferences like the B10 just have more of them, but that doesn't mean they don't exist outside the major conferences.
Jones was at Illinois State right? Bruce Williams was at Charlotte for 3 years before Nebraska. Ja'kobi Gillespie was at Belmont. John Tonje went from Colorado St, averaging 2ppg at Mizzou and then to Wisconsin. Goldin and Wolfe were from FAU and Yale. M
Loyer ain't going anywhere. One of the top shooters in the game stays in the game.
Where Loyer could dip I suppose is endgame situations if the following two things are true:
Not disagreeing but what’s interesting is that typically, when Braden would jump the passing lane to cut off the cutter/open man (cryer) like he did on that last play, fletch would slide down and take the inbounder (Braden’s man in this case). But yeah we know what happened next 😞
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In Tre Williams’ senior year, he entered the season as one of the best centers in the country, but by mid-season he was backing up Edey. As good as Loyer is, Mayer will have the opportunity to impact his minutes if he earns it. I don’t know if Mayer is that good, but I think that there’s a good chance. I will be very surprised if Loyer doesn’t start, however.
I don't see Mayer walking in and being the offensive threat as a 45% 3pt shooter that Loyer is. Defense is the only area he can catch him. Unless Mayer walks in and is immediately Kasparas Jakucionis.
If Mayer is a 2x NPOTY in waiting, then he should def play more and loyers mins should decrease. However, I’m not sure that’s the case but would 100% love to be wrong.
Nobody knew that Edey would be a 2 time NPOTY at the time. Point is that Painter doesn’t play favorites. It is all about merit.
And I’m saying it’d be awesome if Mayer could be that impactful for 20 min a game like Zach was.
I think Painter sees himself in Loyer. I think 30 is guaranteed even if Mayer is POTY quality (although I don't see that being the case).
One of top international scouts believes he is a better prospect than KJ.
I wouldn't consider him to be backing up Edey. From what I recall, they basically split 40 minutes. Sometimes Trevion started, sometimes Zach started. It went back and forth.
It's possible. But the more likely option is him playing 10-15 minutes a game.
No that was definitely a direct split. I would go so far as to say Trevino was the nominal starter but they both played about the same minutes and brought different things to the position depending on who we were playing.
Or better. Anything is possible. At that point, Mayer is starting and wouldn't be back for a 2nd year.
IMO, your best defensive 2/3. Not sure who that is at this time.
Considering we haven't seen West, Mayer, or Benter play with the team, and that we have a completely different front court scheme this year it's almost impossible to predict. It's fun trying, but trying to figure out if one of the above 3 are better than Cox or Loyer is complete guess work.
A 2nd "primary" ball handler on the court is really big. If that guy can also shoot it as well as Fletch he'll be playing.
If the other ball handler can shoot 45% from 3/be a top 5-10 shooter from 3 in the country on same volume like Fletch, he def should be playing over him. Not sure who that would be though.
But Painter has shown in the past that he will bench/lower PT for "his" guys, if it makes the stars around that guy better. Gillis and Morton in recent teams for example. Now usually the players aren't nearly as good as Loyer, so it will take Mayer playing EXTREMELY well to eat through too many minutes, but Painter has done it in the past.
