SoonerfanTU
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TU, I understand what you're saying. But let's put things into perspective. Except for Tony, TMG got very little help from anyone on the offensive end. When you compare his 9 of 21 shooting (43%) from the field and 4 of 9 from three (44%) with the rest of the team's 12 of 37 (32%) shooting from the field and a miserable 1 of 13 (8%) OUCH! from three, Tommy's numbers don't look that bad. By the way, Tony is included in the team stats.
My point is (and you have already touched on it), TMG didn't have much choice but to do what he could to fill a void left by Willie. With Cade, Steven and Ray shooting a collective 2 of 16 from the field (0 of 9 from three) and Tiny in foul trouble most of the game (he only played 16 minutes), much of the load offensively fell on Tommy and Tony's shoulders.
I think fans were simply recognizing the performance of a freshman point guard under very difficult circumstances, while ignoring or overlooking his final stats to some extent. TMG also did a great job defensively on Roberson.
My only point about the above, and I'm not saying it's a huge deal at this point, is that TMG didn't get his teammates "easy" shots. We got the same jumpers that we get every game. Sometimes we hit them. Sometimes we don't. The thing I haven't seen with TMG.....and I'm not entirely blaming him.....is him penetrating and getting easy buckets inside for Tiny and cutting guards. How many times did a TT guard take a few dribbles, or maybe beat his man, then dish off to somebody around the hoop? More often then OU. TMG needs some help to be able to do that, but pointing to shooting percentages that are mostly outside jumpers, doesn't really answer the question.