Free Quebec wrote:

The Dude wrote:

Does Jamison Battle win Big 10 Player of the Year? 
Who are the other candidates?

You are joking right??

Sadly, the Dude never jokes.

Ranking the best GW recruits from 2013-2019, Battle has is with ease, in the top 2.

Battle, Yuta, top 2.

Brod, I had seen that too, amazing, he's 24 still playing, and at Quinnipiac.

Looks like Brayon Freeman is destined to be in this top 3 HS recruits since 2013, Battle, Yuta, and Freeman.

 

Beats Rutgers with a last-second 3 in Minneapolis, and then gives his mom (think that’s who it was) a big hug courtside. Good for him! Tough season for the Gophers.

I watched the game as well.  The last minute was crazy.  Felt so good for Battle making that shot.  I really seemed like the refs were searching for some way to take the win away from Minn.  I'm interested in seeing what this loss does to Rutgers NCAA hopes.

In case you didn't see this, Jameson hit 3 3's in the final minute, including the game winner, plus had a steal that led to an easy two point bucket for one of his teammates.  Played like a one man wrecking crew.

Meanwhile, Rutgers has won 2 of its last 7, obviously feeling the effects of losing Mawot Mag for the season.  They would do themselves a big favor by beating Northwestern on Sunday.  If not, they should definitely need a win in the B10 tournament to go dancing.

 

I am a big fan of Steve Pikell but this loss is on him.  He let or failed to instruct his players not to let Minnesota roll the ball down the court about 40 feet with about five seconds to play. Had Rutgers been more aggressive on defense simply forcing Minnesota to inbound the ball near the baseline instead of rolling it in to save time, Battle's last second shot would not have been nearly in time.

21 points and 5 made threes in Jamison's return to Minnesota. You could hear the boos from the crowd every time he touched the ball. In the two OSU-Minnesota games it looked like he didn't leave on good terms. Then again, that's just the way things go with the transfer portal nowadays. It's crazy to think now that he may have had a better chance making the tournament had he stayed home (although odds probably still long).

Battle has easily looked the best of the "connected to GW" guys in the summer league so far (although to be fair neither Ricky nor JB has seen the floor yet).

He had 12 points on 4/6 shooting (2/3 from three, 2/2 from the line) in 15 minutes Saturday against Oklahoma City and followed that up with 11 points on 4/6 shooting again (3/5 from three) in 16 minutes. His shot is falling, much like it was for BA in last year's summer league.

There's no question about his shooting, so he may get a shot on a team if he can be passable on defense/handling the ball. Definitely a better chance than JNJ who has tried to do too much, hasn't shown the playmaking to compensate, and has never been a consistent offensive threat dating back to his time in Foggy Bottom.
 

Congrats to Jamison! way to go
Such a pure stroke, what a Big10 career he had post GW days