WichitaSooner
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This is the biggest mystery of the season for me. A couple of the new guys have been better than I expected, and a couple have been about what I anticipated. I expected Oweh to make a leap, and he has, although he is leveling off a bit in conference play. But I also though Los would take a big jump. His numbers last year were solid, but I thought his play was much better than the numbers. He was poised, confident, always seemed to make the right play, and even though he didn't shoot a lot, he seemed confident when he did.
It's hard to understand what is happening. He looks like a shell of himself, and seems to have no confidence. I don't think we need him to score 20 a night, but 8.7 on inefficient shooting on all levels is just not going to get it done. We don't have two guys combining for 40 per game like KU does, which lets Harris get away with being a passer who rarely looks to score. Los has only cracked double digits 8 times, and a couple of those games were right at 10 points. We are seeing how much tougher it is for JM to control games in the Big 12. He needs some help, and Los needs to be that guy. I don't think anyone else on the roster is capable of drastically upping their production. If Los could get to 12-13 per game on improved shooting, it would make a big difference.
In the first month of the season, I was very concerned with his play, but saw a lot of people saying he was fine, it was early, his game would come along. We are now nearly two-thirds of the way into the season, and I am worried that it just might not happen for him this year. I have been trying to think of any recent OU comps for him, and nothing comes to mind as far as a guy who was so good as a freshman, but took a noticeable step back in year two.
I recognize that he still does some good things, and that stats don't always reflect that. But I think we all agree that we had higher expectations for him than being a steady role player. I mentioned in the thread Saturday that even though Oweh sometimes makes some overly aggressive, silly mistakes, I would rather have that than Uzan being invisible for long stretches and never even looking to attack or create. We need him to somehow find his confidence and start playing to the level we all expected.
It's hard to understand what is happening. He looks like a shell of himself, and seems to have no confidence. I don't think we need him to score 20 a night, but 8.7 on inefficient shooting on all levels is just not going to get it done. We don't have two guys combining for 40 per game like KU does, which lets Harris get away with being a passer who rarely looks to score. Los has only cracked double digits 8 times, and a couple of those games were right at 10 points. We are seeing how much tougher it is for JM to control games in the Big 12. He needs some help, and Los needs to be that guy. I don't think anyone else on the roster is capable of drastically upping their production. If Los could get to 12-13 per game on improved shooting, it would make a big difference.
In the first month of the season, I was very concerned with his play, but saw a lot of people saying he was fine, it was early, his game would come along. We are now nearly two-thirds of the way into the season, and I am worried that it just might not happen for him this year. I have been trying to think of any recent OU comps for him, and nothing comes to mind as far as a guy who was so good as a freshman, but took a noticeable step back in year two.
I recognize that he still does some good things, and that stats don't always reflect that. But I think we all agree that we had higher expectations for him than being a steady role player. I mentioned in the thread Saturday that even though Oweh sometimes makes some overly aggressive, silly mistakes, I would rather have that than Uzan being invisible for long stretches and never even looking to attack or create. We need him to somehow find his confidence and start playing to the level we all expected.