Posted By: Gilly
Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2002, at 7:47 a.m.
Marc jackson has accepted a scholarship to play for the U of Utah next season (according to the SL Trib).
Re: HOOPS: Now, just a couple more point guards and the team will be all set
Posted By: LC
UTE
Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2002, at 8:13 a.m.
In Response To: HOOPS: Now, just a couple more point guards and the team will be all set (Gilly)
I liked the quote, "I know that I will be starting." I never saw him play his freshman year, but it sounds like he knows where he wants to be. I guess the lesson learned by us fans is that first and foremost you want a good player who actually WANTS to be coached by Majerus, and that means taking the winning with the "6 inch" defense...if you know what I mean.
So if you're counting at home...
PG
Marc Jackson
Martin Osimani Tim Drisdom
Tim Drisdom
SG
Nicky Jake
Trace Caton
"The VP" Dick Chaney
Eric Osmundson
SF
Britton Johnson
Bryant Markson
PF
Tim Frost
C
Cam Koford
Chris Jackson
"I know that I will be starting"?????
Posted By: New
York
Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2002, at 8:44 a.m.
In Response To: Re: HOOPS: Now, just a couple more point guards and the team will be all set (LC UTE)
I mean, I remember this guy and did he say that? Who does he think he is? He never performed at anywhere near the kind of level that would make him a starter, let alone to have the balls to say this. Has he just absorbed basketball talent since he left?
His highlight seems to have been scoring 38 points at Olympus.
I think we are reaching here.
Go Utes!!!!!!!
HOOPS: Osimani and Marc Jackson deserve a break
Posted By: Seattleute
Date: Thursday, 11 April 2002, at 10:46 a.m.
How ironic, after all of the hand wringing about high player turnover rate. We find out Marc Jackson is staying and most posters dwell on his audacity in saying he would start and how unimpressive he was as a freshman. The consensus appears to be to relegate Osimani and Jackson to Drisdom's shadow if they remain with the program.
Andre Miller taught us that in DI college basketball the point guard is the most important position. It's also the most difficult to master. Great point guards more often than not are manufactured, more than any other position. As a freshman Miller (even after absorbing Majerus' system for a year as a prop 48) was nothing to write home about. He came on like a freight train in the middle of his junior year. Before then, he was certainly a servicable point guard but we had no reason to know he would be really special.
The next best point guard in Ute history was Jeff Jonas. As a freshman he languished on the bench behind (future) Judge Tyrone Medley (a playmaking/scoring machine). In the '74 NIT title game Jonas played very little. He would go on to lead the Utes to their first WAC title in ten years and the Sweet 16 in his senior year, and be voted the best player under 6 feet in the country (I forgot the name of the award).
I say give these kids a break. Life's a lot harder than it looks learning to run a Majerus offense. Osimani is a natural playmaker and did show flashes of brilliance last year, playing behind an exprienced senior PG. As for Jackson, New York, it takes some special talent to score 50 points in a high school game even at Olympus High. Utah has had some local players who excelled in high school but were sleepers on the national recruiting scene and became stars at the DI level. Jeff Judkins, Josh Grant, Alex Jensen, and Jeff Johnson come to mind. John Stockton is in the same category at Gonzaga.
The person in the best position to know if Jackson has this potential is Rick Majerus, who just offered him a scholarship. (There sure are a lot of people out there who profess to know better than Majerus; Utah should have no shortage of capable replacements when he decides to hang it up. It needs look no further than this board!)
As for Jackson's audacious quote, New York, do you remember what it was like to be 20? Who cares what he said. He's excited about his future. Good for him. I'd rather he said what he said than that he expected to be a reserve. He will never be a star unless he can evision it first. A cliche but true enough.
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