Morrow leaving

[AuroranHusker]

 

[colhusker]

11 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Well did they need a wing?

[AuroranHusker]

 

[AuroranHusker]

MJ options, while we're at it. 

 

 

[Huskerpapa]

1 hour ago, Jacob Padilla said:

Chose Marquette per Jeff Goodman.

Well...good luck Ed. 

[hhcmatt]

Marquette is less than a 2 hour drive from Chicago.

Not sure how many games his parents went to but they should be able to hit most of his games.

[49r]

12 hours ago, huskercwg said:

Well...good luck Ed. 

 

You forgot the goodnight part...

[AuroranHusker]

 

[Norm Peterson]

Now, I don't profess to know a ton about Marquette basketball, but I question how well Ed scouted out his options before choosing them as his transfer destination.

 

This year, when Ed will be eligible as a junior, Marquette returns 7 of its top 8 players.  These include the following players potentially competing against him for minutes:

 

Jr Sam Hauser, G/F, 6'8", 220 (returning starter)

Jr Sacar Anim, G/F, 6'5", 210 (returning starter)

Sr Matt Heldt, C, 6'10", 240 (22 min/game)

So Jamal Cain, F, 6'7", 195 (17 min/game)

So Theo John, PF, 6'9", 240 (49 min, 18 pts, 13 bds as a true frosh in 3 NIT games to end the season)

(plus two guards who combined to average nearly 60 minutes and 26 points/game on the season)

 

In addition, besides Ed, they add the following:

 

RFr Joey Hauser, 4-star PF, 6'9", 230

RFr Ike Eke, 3-star PF, 6'9", 220

Fr Brendan Bailey, 4-star (Rivals #54) G/F, 6'8", 190

 

So, if Ed sees himself as more of a big (PF/C), he has plenty of competition; if he sees himself as a wing, he has even more competition.

 

If he wants to start, I don't see it happening.  Not at Marquette.

[Chuck Taylor]

Right, it's like he transferred into exactly the same situation he wanted to get away from. Marquette plays soft, so he'll bring toughness to the table, but both Hausers are really good and he won't start ahead of either. A head scratcher.

[Huskerpapa]

I simply say wow...Marquette has some legit talent.

[jayschool]

I thought Ed was going to be this guy:

[hal9000]

19 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

Now, I don't profess to know a ton about Marquette basketball, but I question how well Ed scouted out his options before choosing them as his transfer destination.

 

This year, when Ed will be eligible as a junior, Marquette returns 7 of its top 8 players.  These include the following players potentially competing against him for minutes:

 

Jr Sam Hauser, G/F, 6'8", 220 (returning starter)

Jr Sacar Anim, G/F, 6'5", 210 (returning starter)

Sr Matt Heldt, C, 6'10", 240 (22 min/game)

So Jamal Cain, F, 6'7", 195 (17 min/game)

So Theo John, PF, 6'9", 240 (49 min, 18 pts, 13 bds as a true frosh in 3 NIT games to end the season)

(plus two guards who combined to average nearly 60 minutes and 26 points/game on the season)

 

In addition, besides Ed, they add the following:

 

RFr Joey Hauser, 4-star PF, 6'9", 230

RFr Ike Eke, 3-star PF, 6'9", 220

Fr Brendan Bailey, 4-star (Rivals #54) G/F, 6'8", 190

 

So, if Ed sees himself as more of a big (PF/C), he has plenty of competition; if he sees himself as a wing, he has even more competition.

 

If he wants to start, I don't see it happening.  Not at Marquette.

Hmmm...maybe point guard?  

[Blindcheck]

it will also be interesting what Ed did with his year without playing...Did he find a Jump shot?  Nobody redshirts (almost nobody) unless they transfer and what you do during that year off can pay off big time if a player develops a weakness into a skill.

 

 

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, hal9000 said:

Hmmm...maybe point guard?  

 

19 minutes ago, Blindcheck said:

it will also be interesting what Ed did with his year without playing...Did he find a Jump shot?  Nobody redshirts (almost nobody) unless they transfer and what you do during that year off can pay off big time if a player develops a weakness into a skill.

 

He'd need a 2nd redshirt year.

[1sdpad2]

I thought this was someone leaving THIS off-season recently.  Thankfully this is last years news.

[Huskerpapa]

On the other hand, Ed is basketball savvy and may surprise us with his improvement.   I will not be shocked to see him playing major minutes.

[Art Vandalay]

He has something when he is healthy that they just do not have and that is strength / toughness. I bet he finds minutes and if he adds that they should be a pretty good squad.

[Swan88]

Marquette folks seem to see Ed as starting at the 4 position next year: one even calls him a “prototype Big East 4.”

My perception is that Ed has, throughout his career, always played the 5–and he is often a dominating force there.

The problem for Ed, that I’ve observed, is a lack of hand quickness and agility—something that’s hard to remedy and is a problem at the 4.  Ball-handling deficiencies are hard to overcome outside the 5.

But . . . he’ll probably prove me wrong.

Edited May 18, 2018 by Swan88

[Fullbacksympathy]

He should've been a 4 the entire time he was here, and he would've been a great one.  I thought he was justified in leaving and I still wish we had him.  MJ?  Meh.  

[HF_]

Yes, can't even imagine how much better we'd be with Morrow...assuming he stayed healthy which is a BIG "if".

 

A big time piece we missed last year and most likely will miss again baring some unforeseen addition.  Some of those games his sophomore year before his foot went bad again were incredible.  I recall him just willing us to victory in @Indiana and looking like an absolute stud in November/December.  He really looked like a potential all-conference type player at his best, and at his worst was still a solid starter.

 

He had his holes for sure, but was trending up.  Both he and MJ will assuredly be much improved after a year off to develop their games.  

 

I don't have any regrets with MJ leaving...not a high ceiling player who really didn't do much of anything all that well.  Seemed to just be a starter by default.  And no matter what Boyd's testing system said, he was a sub-par game athlete who literally was what, 25% on converting dunks in his career? 

 

Ed on the other hand - man what could have been...IF healthy.

[Swan88]

51 minutes ago, LK1 said:

He should've been a 4 the entire time he was here, and he would've been a great one.

If this were accurate, he’d have played the 4 here.

But he didn’t.  And he wasn’t going to.  And the coaches weren’t just being stubborn.  

But time and a new opportunity will tell.

[bleujay]

why should he have been a four? i may not know what im talking about, but I never saw ed flash any legit offensive skills. He had an average face up game, to me that was it. Obviously his contributions on defense were a lot more evident. But when someone is so raw offensively, it only makes sense you want to hide them under the basket. Ed's problem is that he's closer to a small forward than a center in terms of size - even for the modern college game. He reminds me of Cliff Alexander of KU from a few years ago. Very strong, athletic big man who is giving up 2-3+ inches at the position that most matches their skillset.

 

I will be interested to see his game at Marquette.

[aphilso1]

We were literally the worst rebounding team in the league the second MJ and Ed transferred.  I will never understand how so many fans continue to say they weren't missed. 

 

Rebounding Margin		G	Team	Avg.	Opponent	Avg.	Margin
1.	Michigan State	35	1439	41.1	1063	30.4	+10.7
2.	Iowa	33	1258	38.1	1092	33.1	+5.0
3.	Ohio State	34	1244	36.6	1079	31.7	+4.9
4.	Maryland	32	1149	35.9	994	31.1	+4.8
5.	Rutgers	34	1316	38.7	1221	35.9	+2.8
6.	Purdue	37	1295	35.0	1200	32.4	+2.6
7.	Penn State	39	1386	35.5	1286	33.0	+2.6
8.	Indiana	31	1099	35.5	1054	34.0	+1.5
9.	Northwestern	32	1059	33.1	1042	32.6	+0.5
10.	Michigan	41	1365	33.3	1354	33.0	+0.3
11.	Minnesota	32	1221	38.2	1222	38.2	-0.0
12.	Illinois	32	1053	32.9	1063	33.2	-0.3
13.	Wisconsin	33	1008	30.5	1023	31.0	-0.5
14.	Nebraska	33	1191	36.1	1257	38.1	-2.0

[aphilso1]

1 hour ago, bleujay said:

why should he have been a four? i may not know what im talking about, but I never saw ed flash any legit offensive skills. He had an average face up game, to me that was it. Obviously his contributions on defense were a lot more evident. But when someone is so raw offensively, it only makes sense you want to hide them under the basket. Ed's problem is that he's closer to a small forward than a center in terms of size - even for the modern college game. He reminds me of Cliff Alexander of KU from a few years ago. Very strong, athletic big man who is giving up 2-3+ inches at the position that most matches their skillset.

 

I will be interested to see his game at Marquette.

Well it depends on match-ups since you are who you guard.  Against a big bruising lineup he's a 4, and can create mismatches with his athleticism and strong pick-and-roll game.  Against a small ball lineup he's clearly a rim-protecting/rebounding 5.