#11 seed NC State will play #2 seed Marquette in the Sweet 16 tonight. Here’s a look at the Golden Eagles before tipoff.
Marquette is ranked 8th in the AP Poll.
They lost to UCONN 57-73 in the Big East Tournament Finals.
As a team, they shoot 48.2% from the field, which ranks 23rd nationally. Their Effective Field Goal Percentage is 55.5%, which ranks 15th.
Marquette ranks 15th in Assist/Turnover ratio, 26th in Scoring Margin, and 26th in Assists per game.
Junior Guard Kam Jones leads the Golden Eagles in scoring, averaging 17.1 points per game, shooting 50.3% from the field and 41.4% from three.
Senior Guard Tyler Kolek averages 15.3 points and a team high 7.9 assists. He leads the nation in assists per game. Kolek shoots 49.7% from the field and 39.7% from three.
Senior Forward Oso Ighosaro (6’11”) scores 13.6 points per game, and leads the Golden Eagles in rebounding, averaging 6.8 per game. He shoots 58.1% from the field, which ranks 28th nationally.
Junior Forward David Joplin (6’8”) averages 11.0 points per game.
Coach Gott,
Everyone knows you can produce great guards. Work on getting our big me above average.
#GETEMRIGHTCOACH!
The big kid coming will not solve this team’s problem. Gottfried does not know how to integrate our bigs into the offense. No rebounds, no defense. What a disappointment. Need to stop drinking the Kool Aid I guess.
Well it won’t be worse with Yurt7 but he’s not a cure-all.
Yeah, all he will do is set picks for the four guards. Useless. We need a team with a true PG, SG, SF, PF, and C. Not four guards playing zero defense and not rebounding. I’m also tired of making excuses for Gott’s teams. Let’s try using the Wisconsin’s and Virginia’s approach at recruiting and keep kids three or four years.
We tried that already, his name was herb sendek. His team’s had great defense, but incredibly boring offense. That didn’t suit anybody either. You can’t please all the people all the time.
When are these people going to learn how to play defense. Lazy asses and poor coaching. This team has no patience. Getting blow out by Illinois. What a pitiful sight. Bring on baseball. Dennis Smith and Henderson are useless on defense. Hurts the team.
Can’t be too safe with a head injury. TJ has been out for a couple of weeks now for a minor head injury.