Official apology thread for those who said DC is "a bust", or "wasted scholie"

[Out of Balance]

I am going to sound like Simon Cowell here... DC certainly made a decent contribution to this game and has shown some improvement, but this was against a Cincinnati team that had a 13-18 record coming into this game. Cincinnati was what it was... A flawed team. I hope DC continues to improve, but he has a lot of work to do on his defense and footwork.

Very good points! DC had two good looking shots and stepped up and made two free throws. The one off. rebound came right to him. He got out rebounded the rest of the time at both ends and look as though he was lost for the most part. The defense rebounds led to 8 points for them. One would think at 7' and 240 no-one would push him around. Some players play with heart and motivation. This are things that cannot be tought!!!!!!!!!!!
I too hope he continues to improve on all of his game. Maybe then he will force JL to go big and we will stop getting killed on the boards (Last night Cin.37 to BU 21)

[lefty]

Lefty, DC is by nature a quiet low key guy. Anytime I see him out and about, he always has the same emotionless look on his face and i've heard from others that he is your normal joe quiet person when having a conversation with him. He's just not your guy to get fired up on the court. I know it's a bad analogy skill wise but Tim Duncan comes to mind. He always has that same face on and rarely gets fired up on a good play or whatever.

Jason

I don't doubt that but you caan still be "into" the game and it seems like he just doesn't seem to get it sometimes. I've talked to a guy at BU who has watched practices and they say it's the same way in practice.
Duncan plays with a very competetive fire and while doesn't talk certainly plays with intensity.

[Dallas Brave]

WHY WE NEED DC (more than DC needs us)

DC doesn't play D exceedingly well, he does not anticipate rebounds and is caught flat-footed often, keeps his arms down too much, doesn't elevate and slam home shots when he could ... If he did all that, he would not be at Bradley.

But he is a 7 foot, 240 lb big guy who has a nice shot and can run the floor. Also, IMO, the overall team plays better when he is on the court. I'm positive he can pick up the fundamentals necessary to improve his D and rebounding. He needs to be developed! He has the basics and the coaches need to get him to the next level. Maybe JL's hard love is the right approach ... I'll trust JL to decide that.

In this issue of SI, Ken Pomeroy analyzes the scoring contribution for the tallest 40% of a team's minutes played of all national champs since 1987 ... twenty-one teams. 17 teams received 40%, or more, of their scoring from these players. 20 teams received at least 35+% from these players. The lone outlier is the '97 Arizona team that received 31.2% scoring from these players.

During these same period and same teams, the shortest average height of these players (the tallest 40% of a team's minutes played) was 6'8.43" - UNLV in 1990. One team (NC in '93) was over 6'10" ... 12 teams averaged between 6'9' and 6' 10" and 7 teams btween 6'843' and 6"9"

During MVC play, what was Bradley's average height this year for the 40% of the minutes going to it's tallest players? MS at 6'7" ... TW at 6'5" ... and JC/AW at 6'5" ... so our average height was somewhere between 6'5" and 6'6"

We need DC to be an important part of next year's team! To be an NCAA team that makes a statement in the tournament, we need height! DC is project number 1 in the off-season for JL and his coaches.

[georgethedog]

My whole deal with DC was if we aren't going to play him, why have him? I've been waiting for playing time to see what he can do. I've always said, "you can't teach 7 foot" so let's play him or why have him?