Did Bishop score a bunch to help us close the gap at the end? Absolutely. Did the team only start to make a real comeback until he was firmly planted on the bench? Yes again! So what can we make of this? Maybe Bishop needs to be a SG who doesn't come down the court and control the ball for the full shot clock or who just rams it to the hoop. Or maybe coach has to instill him that making at least one pass before he shoots is necessary. I'm not really sure here. 

As for his defense, it was once again ghastly. I don't know how many times I saw him not close out on an open three shooter when it was clearly his guy to guard. He also seemed completely lost playing zone. When he was forcing full court pressure I'll admit he was much better. Needs to keep his hands up more (JNJ was responsible for so many redirects because he did so), but otherwise the pressure he was implementing was much better than in previous games.

And yet, we are 2-6, with the second win coming after 7 games.

One additional advanced stat:Led by James Bishop, #1

Players creating the most points in all of NCAA by total passing and shooting

All Passes tracked + All Shots = Total SQ Points Created
 

Well, he's leading the league in scoring, so I guess the question is, 1st team all A10?
2nd team, given our record??
 

Probably Third team at best.  Someone has to score points, even on a bad team.  I think more credit is going to go to the more established players on better teams.  My guess is that Hyland (VCU), Crutcher (Dayton), Grady (Davidson), Russell (URI) and Gilyard (Rich) all are above him. 

Good find, Transfer of the year as well for Bishop, pretty cool.

I'm guessing Battle if not for the concussion would have cracked a team as well

 

29 points today, to cap a brilliant first Colonial season for James Bishop, the league's leading scorer

Also remains among the leader's in the nation in Assists % and points produced

 

The Dude wrote:

29 points today, to cap a brilliant first Colonial season for James Bishop, the league's leading scorer

Also remains among the leader's in the nation in Assists % and points produced

 

Hey Dude, don't get too excited over his assists leadership. His 43rd in the country. And only two players in the top 65 in assists per game have a worse assists to turnovers ratio than Bishop. He is going to need to reduce turnovers and improve his shooting percentage before we can call next season "brillant." 
 

His decision making isn’t perfect, but it’s way too easy for fans to blame the guy who takes the most shots.

Bishop had 29 points on 24 shots today. 
Rest of team 30 points on 33 shots. 

Bishop shot a lot because who else was going to get a shot? 

Chase Paar, who hit a three to start the game and then had 2 misses and 1 rebound the rest of the game?

Hunter Dean, who was left wide open all game and did nothing but stop the ball?

Lincoln ball, who attempted zero shots in 7 minutes?

Brown, who attempted 2 shots in 25 minutes during the A10 tourney?

Brelsford, who went 3 for 10 in the A10 tourney?

Ricky Lindo, who was just 2-7 today’s and clearly didn’t have the legs for offense (but gave it his all on the boards and D)?

And he did give up lots of shots to Battle who took lots of forced,
Contested shots because (like Bishop) he had to, and only made 5-17 today. 


Maybe it’s a lack of creativity in offensive design, or maybe he’s chucking some bad shots because there’s really no other better option.  Certainly he needs to improve his decision making next year,  but give the guy a break.  He’s a warrior who carried this team for long stretches when he was often out there with almost no one else who could put the ball in the basket.

There may be a reason his teammates don 't shoot more.