He got other offers late but teams were waiting to see how he recovered from a serious injury or illness. Can't remember which it was. He stuck with NU because we stuck with him when there was some doubt about his well being. Roby just needs confidence IMO.
EVERY single team in the B1G would love to have Roby in their starting lineup. Every one of them. Every single commentator I listen to raves about his ability but then they almost always comment about the mental mistakes he makes at times that just drive you crazy. Those mental errors have nothing to do with his skills. You are off base with your assessment of his ball handling skills. The guy could play the 2 for us and has in the past been called on to bring the ball up the court against man pressure. I don't know what you expect from a 6-9 guy. He's not Magic but man he's darned good.
I don't think they're worried about Miles's job. I think there's just a whole lot of pressure on them personally to win and they in fact want to win badly. Between print and radio media and social media they know how critical people are of them. I honestly think they're busting their asses trying to win then they get grilled for their "lack of effort". The starters are playing too many minutes because our bench hasn't gotten it done when they've got in the game.
Yep. He committed to NU and when some upper tier schools came sniffing around late he told them he wasn't interested so they didn't offer. I think Purdue and Illinois gauged his interest late. I wish we had 5 of him on this team. 2-3 playing now and 2 redshirting.
Very frustrating no doubt. We want them to win. The players want to win. Just need to keep our heads up and try to finish strong. The rest will take care of itself.
The team looked tight and pressing in the final minutes. But where NU really lost this game was the stretch in which they pissed away a 13-point lead. That portion of the game was sloppy and lacked intensity.
The whole game was sloppy IMO. It's kind of way Rutgers makes you play (like Sadler used to do). Lots of whistles and lots of contact. We didn't match what their bench brought to the floor.
I still think he'll get drafted highly. The NBA loves potential and he's got it. I've said since the Okie State game that I like us better with Borchardt at the 5 and Roby at the 4. Roby does a reasonably good job against bigs but man you can't expect him to bang with 3 guys like Rutgers had for 30+ minutes.
He shouldn't have tried to dribble in to that situation. That was a mental error begging for a turnover. Watson would have turned the ball over there likely too. I don't know what the hell you guys expect for ball handling for a 6-9 guy. Magic Johnson? Good heavens. Listen to every single commentator who watches him play if you don't want to believe me. I've played ball with guys his size who played professionally. Roby is a great talent. He just needs to get better between the ears.
Being a good ball handler has little to do with that mistake IMO. He drives like that fairly often and I think that's the first time I've seen him actually turn the ball over doing it. My first reaction is almost always "oh no" but he usually gets to the rim or is able to dish. I think the double dribble was a case of him wanting to pick the ball up to pass it when the double came but he didn't get it picked up. It happens.
