Recruiting Marcus Evans - Game Changer

[Mistachill]

8 years ago we lost two games in the Charleston Classic. A middle of the BE Seton Hall won by 15. Then a tied for last in the ACC Georgia Tech beat us by 13.

Yup, no improvement.

You know, I was thinking about that tournament earlier today. People are acting like this is rock bottom, that outing was rough! Yet, we managed to do OK that season. These tournaments aren't the end of the world.

 

[BaNgMyPrOgRaM]

Not at all! All the games were close!!

 

[RAM_IT]

I'm sure Marcus is being really hard on himself after this weekend. It happens. My only concern as a novice basketball viewer is the assists. 1 assist in 2 days as a PG is just really low. I see some dudes getting 6,7,8,9 of these per game instead of 2/3.

I know people have said we move the ball around a lot so they would expect a lower average than some play styles but still hes a primary ball handler, senior leader, and play-maker. I suspect the staff needs to draw some stuff up to help him find ways to hit open guys.

100% support this guy and hope his mind, body, coaches and teammates all help him have the season he wants to have!

 

[VCU Heel]

I'm sure Marcus is being really hard on himself after this weekend. It happens. My only concern as a novice basketball viewer is the assists. 1 assist in 2 days as a PG is just really low. I see some dudes getting 6,7,8,9 of these per game instead of 2/3.

I know people have said we move the ball around a lot so they would expect a lower average than some play styles but still hes a primary ball handler, senior leader, and play-maker. I suspect the staff needs to draw some stuff up to help him find ways to hit open guys.

100% support this guy and hope his mind, body, coaches and teammates all help him have the season he wants to have!

Marcus is more of a scoring guard than a point guard. He’s a volume shooter and an aggressive offensive player. IMO, the ideal situation would be for him to play off the ball and let another player (Bones) run the point. Our problem is that we don’t currently have a third PG, so we could really only do this for about 10 minutes a game.

 

[TampaKAP]

I will only take about the numbers. Jacob Gilyard and Fats Russell need our attention. I didn't include OBI T in the top two as he hasn't shown he can get his teammates involved but he also needs our attention. Also being Top 10 in turnovers and not being top 10 in assist is not a good thing

A10 top 10

Assists

1.	Yuri Collins Saint Louis	47
2.	Sean East UMass	42
3.	Jacob Gilyard Richmond	40
	Jalen Crutcher Dayton	40
5.	Fatts Russell Rhode Island	39
6.	Ryan Daly St. Joseph's	38
7.	Kyle Lofton St. Bonaventure	36
8.	Armel Potter George Washington	30
9.	Antwon Portley Fordham	26
	Sincere Carry Duquesne	26

Turnovers

1.	Jameer Nelson Jr. George Washington	31
2.	Yuri Collins Saint Louis	29
3.	Cyril Langevine Rhode Island	28
4.	Ryan Daly St. Joseph's	26
	Tre Mitchell UMass	26
6.	Javon Greene George Mason	24
	Kellan Grady Davidson	24
8.	Marcus Evans VCU	23
	Myles Douglas St. Joseph's	23
10.	Jordan Goodwin Saint Louis	21

Player Efficiency Rating

1.	Obi Toppin Dayton	37.6
2.	Marcus Santos-Silva VCU	31.2
3.	Jacob Gilyard Richmond	30.7
4.	Fatts Russell Rhode Island	29.1
5.	T.J. Weeks UMass	27.7
6.	Baylee Steele Duquesne	27.4
7.	A.J. Wilson George Mason	26.3
8.	Jordan Goodwin Saint Louis	25.6
9.	Chuba Ohams Fordham	25.4
10.	Hasahn French Saint Louis	25.2

Win Shares Per 40 Minutes

1.	Obi Toppin Dayton	.324
2.	Baylee Steele Duquesne	.287
3.	Jacob Gilyard Richmond	.285
4.	Marcus Santos-Silva VCU	.275
5.	Fatts Russell Rhode Island	.258
6.	T.J. Weeks UMass	.241
7.	Marcus Weathers Duquesne	.227
8.	De'Riante Jenkins VCU	.225
9.	Jordan Goodwin Saint Louis	.222
10.	Ryan Mikesell Dayton	.21

Box Plus/Minus

1.	Obi Toppin Dayton	14.4
2.	Jacob Gilyard Richmond	13.8
3.	Fatts Russell Rhode Island	12.6
4.	Marcus Weathers Duquesne	10.5
5.	Baylee Steele Duquesne	10.4
6.	Trey Landers Dayton	10.2
7.	Ryan Mikesell Dayton	10.1
8.	Marcus Santos-Silva VCU	9.8
9.	De'Riante Jenkins VCU	8.6
10.	Jordan Goodwin Saint Louis	8.5

 

[VCU_Redskins]

He was sick for our two most important games of the season.

We should have won without him, but that's what happens sometimes when your leader, PG, and best scorer can't play.

 

[JDI]

Who says he was sick?

 

[RESRam]

Who says he was sick?

I think I read Purdue fans mentioned seeing him do it behind the bench close to where they were sitting several times during the game. The fact he didn’t use this as an excuse says a lot about him. Particularly when faced with criticism from some of our own fans on social media!

 

[JDI]

Don't believe he was sick.

 

[HAVOC still lives here]

Don't believe he was sick.

Do you think he just vomitted in front of the Purdue bench just for the heck of it? Who cares what you believe.

 

[JDI]

He did not vomit in front of the Purdue bench.

 

[HAVOC still lives here]

He did not vomit in front of the Purdue bench.

I will have to confess that my information came from someone that posted the information that attended the game. Did you attend the game and find this information to be contrary to your findings?

 

[VCU_Redskins]

Don't believe he was sick.

Well you're wrong

 

[JDI]

Do you have confirmation from the AD that he was sick for the games?

 

[VCU85]

Those insiders with the their insider information........ special people I tells ya.