Johnny Wolf

[bluegrass]

27 points and 5 for 8 on threes in his first game against Appalachian St

[Biff Tannen]

I was waiting for someone to post that. I guess the great Johnny debate lives on!

[muskieman]

Glad to see former Xavier players having success. Good for you, Johnny.

[dbrownthrowsdown]

Looks like he's back to the real Johnny that dunked over OJ Mayo and dropped 25 a game for the Bombers.

[muskieman]

Not great defense for the UNC Wilmington Seahawks. St Andrew their exhibition game scored 91 points and while ASU was overtime they scored 96 in regulation and 101 for the game.

[Mr. Neutral]

Another big scoring night for JW as he scored 20 on 7-11 shooting (3-6 on 3's) in NC-W's 105-97 win over Troy. He was only his team's 3rd leading scorer as one guy had 33 and another had 21.
http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasket ... ROY@NCWILM

Either (1) he's a LOT better player than he showed at X, (2) the system at North Carolina-Wilmington is MUCH more suited for his game than that at X, or (3) the talent level just isn't the same at his new school.

It's probably a combination of the 3. I wish he had shown these offensive skills at X, but for the most part, he looked overmatched at a high-major Div. I level of play.

[CarlosTheJackal]

He's a perfect fit for a team that is going to score 100 and give up 95 and wear Teal unis. Yes, the team site promotes the team with the slogan "Teal Time." .

Er, that's not Xavier or Sean Miller's style. He was overmatched defending against almost any point or 2 he defended at this level. If he doesn't have to play defense, an entirely different player. Some one did his homework finding a place to play.

[muskieman]

Like Carlos said, I believe Johnny is on a team that plays matador defense, and at X, that would not do. If X played that type of D against the caliber of talent X playw, we would need to score in the 140s to win. Johnny is a good shooter but unless he has changed his shot, which he was trying to do at X, he would have increasing difficulty in the A-10 and some of our non-conf. foes.

One thing about Johnny-he was a good study on his mistakes and I never saw him repeat a mistake.

Like I said, glad to see him succeed; he is a good guy.

[Mr. Neutral]

JW led UNC-Wilmington with 24 points in their 32-point loss to Wake Forest (120-88) tonight.

Obviously, UNC-W is playing a run-and-gun style, but I have to admit, I'm stunned to see him scoring this much, and against an ACC team like he did tonight.

Did X's system stifle him that much? Or is he just in a situation that suits his talents much, much better than X did?

[muskieman]

JW led UNC-Wilmington with 24 points in their 32-point loss to Wake Forest (120-88) tonight.

Obviously, UNC-W is playing a run-and-gun style, but I have to admit, I'm stunned to see him scoring this much, and against an ACC team like he did tonight.

Did X's system stifle him that much? Or is he just in a situation that suits his talents much, much better than X did?

G, You have to look to last year for your answer....players with much more talent were asked to scored less points per game as team ball than JW is averaging so far. We would not have been that much better if he was playing and trying to score that many points. He would have helped but that would not be his role.