We All Love Ed.....but

[ammtd34]

After 2 surgeries, what are the chances he even comes back next year? Acl's don't heal up in 7-9 months, do they?

Yes.

[paulxu]

OK, the best win that this program has ever had was with Sumner starting at PG against the #1 team in the country and eventual national champions last year. Ed had 19 pts, 9 ast, and 6 reb.

Not to derail this thread, and the win over Nova was very, very good.
But I'm not sure that is necessarily the best win this program has "ever" had.

My vote goes for our win over #1UC, on their home court. Thank you Lenny Brown.

[GoMuskies]

Ever? Texas or WV in the respective Sweet 16s, duh. Would also accept Georgetown 1990.

[muskiefan82]

I'll take the win over Texas to get to the Elite Eight.

[BandAid]

My starting five if everyone was healthy and available: Q, Ed, Tre, Gates, Tyrique.

I love JP as the sixth man. Team's might think "Ah, their starting five is going out now we can let up a little bit. Crap, it's that pesky sonuva..."

The early effort we've seen from Gates starting at the UC game really seems to translate to him "locking in" in terms of effort and focus.

And I think Mack has been masterful at managing the bigs the past three games.

In general, I've liked the look of the offense the past couple of games. There's more movement, they're looking to the interior more often, etc.

Ed is undoubtedly better than Q, but I'm partial to seeing the entire team involved instead of waiting for Ed or Tre to make a play...or for JP to try to go get his.

[muskieindent]

Ed finishes better at the rim and is a better foul shooter.Q so far is showing himself to be a better 3 point shooter.I think we are fortunate to have 2 guys who can play the point.

[IM4X]

JP... I have been clamoring for JP the 6th man all year.

Agree... still give him the same minutes... but JP plays harder and smarter when he comes off the bench. He comes out with a little more oomph... more tenacity.

[X Factor]

Agree... still give him the same minutes... but JP plays harder and smarter when he comes off the bench. He comes out with a little more oomph... more tenacity.

I think JP plays hard no matter what. I haven't seen any difference with him starting this year as opposed to him coming off the bench last year. He still dives all over the floor, flies out of bounds going after loose balls, etc.

Why on earth would you NOT start JP??? That's almost as ridiculous as not starting Edmond.

Definitely bring Malcom off the bench as a sixth man. But, all of this is moot anyway since Ed is finished for the year.

[XMuskieFTW]

Ed finishes better at the rim and is a better foul shooter.Q so far is showing himself to be a better 3 point shooter.I think we are fortunate to have 2 guys who can play the point.

I wouldn't expect that good 3 point shooting to last. I'd be very happy with 32% from him going forward. Pretty sure he shot something like 24% his senior year.

[X-ceptional]

Not to derail this thread, and the win over Nova was very, very good.
But I'm not sure that is necessarily the best win this program has "ever" had.

My vote goes for our win over #1UC, on their home court. Thank you Lenny Brown.

I'm not too worried about derailing this thread, and I definitely see where you're coming from. I don't necessarily think that the win over Nova was the "biggest" win in X history. I think the S16 victories are bigger in that regard. It may be a matter of recency bias, but considering how good Nova was coming into it, and then also looking at it in retrospect (i.e., I am also taking into consideration Nova went on to win it all), I just feel as though it was the best win, even if it's not the biggest or most important... if that makes sense. But, certainly reasonable minds can and will differ on this.