[SamuelMcF]

Kisunas really deserves the recognition he is getting.  In two very important games, he doesn't foul, he plys very tough defense against two good big men and simply does not get pushed around.  His play has also probably made life easier for Da Silva to play his game instead of having to focus a great amount of energy taking the other teams big man.
 
Also props to Coach Haase and his staff for finding Kisunas, Jones and O'Connell, all three star recruits signed late in the cycle.

Agree with the love on Kisunas defensively (and his opening up Oscar to knock around a smaller F instead of a true C), but he has committed a foul every 6 minutes he's been on the court this season. 3 in each of the last 2 games, though they came in many many more minutes so technically they were in fact his "cleanest" games of the season.

Stunning stats on O'Connell. What makes his TO stat even more amazing to me is the kinds of passes he makes. Every game he makes tough, pinpoint passes that you'd expect to cause more turnovers now and then. Ever since his first game he's also been so poised. Can't believe he's a first-year.

I love DD and BW, and really want them back, BUT they both were known for reckless passes and TOs. Less a criticism of those guys and more a compliment to O'Connell and the current starting five.

Ziaire leads the team with 3.5 TOs per game. Nobody else is above 3. Some of his passes make me think he's still trying what worked against hopelessly-outmatched high schoolers. Oscar also turns the ball over more than DD and BW do - 2.8/game to 2.3/game for both. In fact, this was DD's most turnover-free season to date. He got better at it every year.

On O'Connell: Not sure how many on this board remember, but Haase and co were about to sign a Polish C to round out the freshman class upon Terry's declaration. Only when that fell through due to Covid restrictions on international test-taking did we end up flipping O'Connell's lacrosse commitment to Maryland even later. The Polish kid currently plays garbage time minutes at Utah State. Sometimes things work out!

[SamuelMcF]

Kisunas really deserves the recognition he is getting.  In two very important games, he doesn't foul, he plys very tough defense against two good big men and simply does not get pushed around.  His play has also probably made life easier for Da Silva to play his game instead of having to focus a great amount of energy taking the other teams big man.
 
Also props to Coach Haase and his staff for finding Kisunas, Jones and O'Connell, all three star recruits signed late in the cycle.

Agree with the love on Kisunas defensively (and his opening up Oscar to knock around a smaller F instead of a true C), but he has committed a foul every 6 minutes he's been on the court this season. 3 in each of the last 2 games, though they came in many many more minutes so technically they were in fact his "cleanest" games of the season.

Stunning stats on O'Connell. What makes his TO stat even more amazing to me is the kinds of passes he makes. Every game he makes tough, pinpoint passes that you'd expect to cause more turnovers now and then. Ever since his first game he's also been so poised. Can't believe he's a first-year.

I love DD and BW, and really want them back, BUT they both were known for reckless passes and TOs. Less a criticism of those guys and more a compliment to O'Connell and the current starting five.

Ziaire leads the team with 3.5 TOs per game. Nobody else is above 3. Some of his passes make me think he's still trying what worked against hopelessly-outmatched high schoolers. Oscar also turns the ball over more than DD and BW do - 2.8/game to 2.3/game for both. In fact, this was DD's most turnover-free season to date. He got better at it every year.

On O'Connell: Not sure how many on this board remember, but Haase and co were about to sign a Polish C to round out the freshman class upon Terry's declaration. Only when that fell through due to Covid restrictions on international test-taking did we end up flipping O'Connell's lacrosse commitment to Maryland even later. The Polish kid currently plays garbage time minutes at Utah State. Sometimes things work out!