Where have Gary's and Bandoumel's minutes gone?

[Norm Peterson]

Emmanuel Bandoumel went out in the first PSU game. Juwan Gary went out against Illinois on January 10. It's been four games since we lost Bandoumel to a season-ending knee injury. I was curious how their minutes have been distributed. Before they were hurt, Bandoumel and Gary were both averaging about 30 minutes per game.

 

Before Bandoumel was hurt, CJ Wilcher was averaging 29.55 min/game; in the 4 games since then, he's been averaging 20.75 min/game. So, he's actually lost minutes.

 

Before Bandoumel was injured, Jamarques Lawrence was averaging 10.5 min/game; in the 4 games since then, he's been inserted into the starting lineup and is averaging 27.25 min/game.

 

Before Bandoumel was hurt, Keisei was averaging 20.4 min/game; in the 4 games since then, he's averaging 28.75 min/game.

 

Before Gary was hurt, Wilhelm was averaging 13 min/game; in the 6 games since a 23-minute season high at Purdue, Wilhelm's minutes have steadily declined, and, in the last five games, he's averaging 10 min/game while only checking in for 6 minutes in the win against PSU.

 

Before Gary was hurt, Denim Dawson was averaging 11.57 min/game; in the 7 games since Gary was hurt, Denim has averaged a whopping 28.29 min/game.

 

When Juwan Gary went down, I didn't think we'd win another game this season. After watching this team continue to fight against Purdue, I thought we had a chance to maybe steal a couple. We've now done that with home wins over tOSU and PSU. We still have 4 more *home* games remaining, including a couple against two teams currently in the bottom 4 of the current conference standings. For real. When does that ever happen to us? We have 2 of our remaining 4 home games against teams currently in the bottom 4. And a third game against the current 9th place team.

 

The freshmen have really taken advantage of the opportunity. Jamarques Lawrence, for instance, is averaging 47.4% from 3-point range since he joined the starting lineup after Bandoumel went down. Can't complain about that at all. And those two frosh are showing they can "D" up with the best on our team. Bandoumel was better than Lawrence on D, but Lawrence is clearly the more potent offensive weapon.

 

And I just don't know what you do with Denim. He's offensively very raw, but he gives so much energy when he's on the floor. I would hasten to add Denim scored only 19 total points in the first 14 games combined, but he's scored 25 points in the 7 games since Gary got hurt. Similarly, he had 15 rebounds in the first 19 games, and he's grabbed 31 in the 7 games since. So, his averages since Gary went down are 3.57 pts and 4.43 rebounds. But that's in the same number of minutes, roughly, as Gary who was giving us 9.5 and 6.5 pts and bds respectively. Gary's better, clearly, but Denim is contributing significantly and we've won just as much.

 

So, we've had a few underclassmen really step up their games when opportunity knocked. And a couple of underclassmen who've maybe disappeared a bit. We'll see how the season finishes but this gives us a bit of a window into the future perhaps.

[hugh42]

Don't forget Sam H.

[AuroranHusker]

7 minutes ago, hugh42 said:

Don't forget Sam H.

 

 

[Norm Peterson]

11 minutes ago, hugh42 said:

Don't forget Sam H.

 

Good point. And I did forget him.

[hal9000]

You know, with JL, Sam H, and Keisei now getting a large portion of the Bandoumel/Gary minutes, it stands to reason our three point percentage could/should improve.  And gosh if CJ gets it figured out, we might have something here.

Edited February 8, 2023 by hal9000

[millerhusker]

13 minutes ago, hal9000 said:

You know, with JL, Sam, and Keisei now getting a large portion of the Bandoumel/Gary minutes, it stands to reason our three point percentage could/should improve.  And gosh if CJ gets it figured out, we might have something here.

3P% over the last three games is 41%

[cipsucks]

 

[uneblinstu]

I like what I’m seeing from Lawrence. I think we have something there. 
 

Dawson is a dogged rebounder. He’s going to be a PITA for a while. I think Wilhelm has some of that in him, too. If either of them ever find any offense…

[Handy Johnson]

Wilhelm looks like he’s REALLY “pressing” cuz he knows he’s on a short leash. This was especially evident when just let the Ball fly away from him without a defender nearby. I’m hoping he can get himself squared away mentally, but I’m not optimistic. 

[hhcmatt]

Very roughly, Denim is taking Gary's minutes and Lawrence and Hoiberg are taking Bando's minutes