All true but let’s review what we do know:Great first game. History and reality says not to expect results like tonight every time out. Great in that it gives opponents another problem and player to scout and worry about. Tonight's play would be worthy of ROY. Not expecting that going forward, although I am looking forward to positive contributions to the TEAM effort.
The actions of a TEAM player. Loved hearing that from the announcers.All true but let’s review what we do know:
When DP asked him what he thought about activating him, Jordan immediately said yes with zero hesitation.
Jordan Miller has progressed significantly from a year ago. GMUTom and I caught a Loudoun Valley game last year and quickly came to the conclusion a red shirt would be wise.
Being a kid from my back yard, I’ve spoken to a couple people in his corner. Red shirting seemed so intuitive...
That wasn’t the same kid - not by a mile. As Patriot81 mentioned, tempering our expectations seems wise, but holy hell what an unexpected debut!
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All true but let’s review what we do know:
6-6
Athletic
Confident
Hustle
Good feel of the game (2 blocks 2 steals)
Moved well without the ball
Played good defense
He is one of those guys who has a nose for the ball. He seems to always be in the right place at the right time. If he keeps getting better he's going to be an absolute stud.Bump.
Jordan Miller appears to be the real deal. Another double-double tonight. And we shouldn't overlook the Duquesne game where he got 10! offensive rebounds. It was the first time a Mason player did that since Shevon Thompson got 10, most of which, I would bet, were rebounds of his own misses!
Jordan now leads the A10 (conference games only) in 2 pt % (71.9%), is 4th in offensive rebounding % (13.5%) and 3rd in Offensive Rating (124.9) according to Kenpom.
What is his wingspan? His arms seem especially long for his height. May be the secret to his rebounding prowess.
Bump.
Jordan Miller appears to be the real deal. Another double-double tonight. And we shouldn't overlook the Duquesne game where he got 10! offensive rebounds. It was the first time a Mason player did that since Shevon Thompson got 10, most of which, I would bet, were rebounds of his own misses!
Jordan now leads the A10 (conference games only) in 2 pt % (71.9%), is 4th in offensive rebounding % (13.5%) and 3rd in Offensive Rating (124.9) according to Kenpom.
What is his wingspan? His arms seem especially long for his height. May be the secret to his rebounding prowess.
Don't forget he got a block last night as well (I think on Golden).
Just by the style of play and athleticism, I expect Miller to be much more consistent than Mar.I don’t want to be Debbie Downer, but...
In all these posts you can replace “Miller” with “Mar” and you would have the exact same situation we had with Mar during/after last year. How did that work out?
I guess my point is someone always seems to play well - have a good streak or a good month and we all start talking about future all A10, I’ve been as guilty as anyone, but if you look at the track record, we haven’t had an all A10 guy... well, ever!
More likely is Miller comes back down to earth a bit, maybe averages 8 to 10 a game... has a few games where he scores 18 with 10 boards, but also a few 4 point games with 3 rebounds.
It probably deserves another thread and maybe it will be something to look at during the off-season, but to me Miller is someone who playing pretty close to his maximum ability right now. Not saying he can’t get better, but he is producing pretty close to his ceiling right now. I think for us to be successful next year, he just needs to continue playing at his current level. If he can do that, he’s doing his part. He has been playing fantastic. I don’t want to take anything away from him, just not sure you can realistically ask for much more.
Guys like Reuter and AJ are players to me that are not playing anywhere close to their ceiling. They are the guys that need to step up. Like I said, probably a good off-season post... they aren’t the only ones.