March 15, 2011

[...] Setting them up is junior point guard, Oscar Bellfield, who does most of the ball handling duties. There is nothing exception about Bellfield, merely a lot of decency. He is a decent ball handler, a decent shooter, a decent defender, a decent athlete and decently sized for his position, with decent points numbers, decent assist numbers, a decent turnover ratio, and a decent pick-and roll game, despite the lack of ideal big man options on the team for that offense. Alongside him is yet another transfer, former Kentucky guard Derrick Jasper, who doesn't do nearly as much point guard stuff as a Rebel as he did as a Wildcat. Jasper's role here, as the biggest guard on the team, is to specialise in defense and rebounding, while moving the ball along offensively and finishing alleyoops (of which he seems to get a disproportionate amount). Jasper's jumpshot and individual scoring capabilities never developed, but he plays a key role here.

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