What Went Down In The First Round Of The NCAA Tournament

Interesting way of framing it, Josh. I know that there have been some studies showing that high turnover rates in young lead guards can actually be a good sign for their development, so issues with trying to create too much in transition wouldn’t be my biggest worry. The half-court, within-the-flow questions are more interesting. I’d like to see him against a non-Ivy League defense to get a better idea of how he handles it.

Boeheim and Krzyzewski get all the attention, but Yale’s James Jones is only somewhat behind them on the list of longest-tenured active men’s head coaches. Jones has been coaching the Bulldogs since the 1999-2000 season, which is tied with Gonzaga’s Mark Few for the sixth-longest active tenure (and as you may have heard, that Coach K guy will be leaving the list soon).

I think so, Jared, but I also think there’s a lot of further development required. It’ll be an adjustment playing more within the flow of an offense. Like Jake mentioned, he’s asked to do so much on a team with missing pieces and a plodding big. Sometimes it manifests like a J.K. Simmons “not quite my tempo” kind of situation. He turns the ball over quite a bit, but it seems like most don’t come in the half court. He’s clearly comfortable handling the ball, and has taken on more floor general duties this season. I just think there’s a long way to go still.