Harper may be the best player and Geo is the team leader, but this team's heart is Jacob Young. Clearly hurting, he played hard, stayed in control and hit some key free throws at the end. Total beast mode.
Jacob Young is a beast
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Totally agree - the kid has guts and has improved so much under the nations best coach! Hope he gets to 100% asap.
Totally agree !!! He brings the energy and an X factor !
and wow those free throws down the stretch were C L U T C H !!!
and wow those free throws down the stretch were C L U T C H !!!
Yep, he’s a warrior. I’m guessing that there’s no possibility of his injury getting worse by playing, but there’s still pain. He said f the pain.
He brings the swag to us no matter what . So confident know matter what the circumstances . The other guys really feed off his attitude and energy
He could really use some rest before Iowa and lets hope that Cliff and Ron are also back Saturday
The guess here is that JY will be very sore later tonight and tomorrow, but will suit up and Play Saturday.
His desire will just have him keep playing
Despite the pain
He was terrific tonight. You can tell he's not 100%, but he toughed it out and we really needed him tonight. And btw, he was money at the FT line.
Bardo said JY at 75% is still faster than most of the Big Ten
Bardo is definitely on board with us being a premier team in the B1G.
I’m going to pat myself on the back as I predicted this at this time last year! Can’t teach speed!
Said much the same in the game thread - kid's a warrior, but you could tell he was hurting and avoiding going inside much. When he's on he is our MVP IMO, as he does more to make other players better than anyone else on the team, on both offense and defense.
I think most underestimated is how incredibly difficult it is to be locked in on his free throws the way he was with pain from game long contact, fatigue and no doubt a tightening of the bruised area with adrenaline running out.
Unsung hero of tonight's game. He played a lot of minutes....performed excellently and played within himself ensuring a lot of discomfort and pain I'm sure.
his back was hurting him on several occasions...
Hope he heals completely by next game.
MO
I think the best way I could put it is that this kid is fearless.
And as a complete compliment, if I am a fan of another team playing us, he would be the guy I can’t stand...
And as a complete compliment, if I am a fan of another team playing us, he would be the guy I can’t stand...
Terrific performance. Hope he came out of it OK. Still prone to some head scratching moments but the good now far outweigh the bad decisions.
I knew from the beginning that he was going to be great here..it was no fluke that he comes in and scores 28 against a future national runner up Texas Tech when he played for Texas..
Jacob's dad Michael, whom as most know was a member of Houston's "Phi Slamma Jamma," was known as "The Silent Assassin." The apple doesn't fall far from the tree my friends!