Aubrey Dawkins is Balling vs Duke
I'm watching the Duke vs UCF game and Aubrey Dawkins, who used to play for us before transferring to UCF, is just ballin against Duke with 20+ pts. Great to see him excelling there.
I’m so torn here. Would LOVE to see Duke lose, but at the same time, Duke losing would swing the door wide open for MSU to make the Final Four.
LSU is going to give Sparty all they can handle
LSU was on life support against Yale and Maryland. I hate MSU as much as the next guy, but LSU is going to get mauled
Sparty is also 0-3 against IU and UI.
March 25th, 2019 at 12:06 AM ^
They apparently struggle with beating palindromes.
Imagine the embarrassment that could have occurred had they scheduled IUPUI.
I agree but if they can beat Duke and Williamson, they can beat State. Good God that center is taller than my house...
I think this is the year MSU is finally going to knock off Dook. Dook's lack of 3pt shooting will likely be a huge problem against MSU, as their interior defense is good. Ultimately you never know because you are playing Dook and the refs when you face them. Ridiculous that Zion got an and-1 on that final drive.
Would be awful to lose to MSU 4 times in the same season, but damn it would be satisfying to knock them off in the FF.
I agree. I usually always root against Duke, but I want MSU to have as much trouble as possible getting to the Final Four.
So a small thing I've noticed. Matthews is known as Charles Matthews the Kentucky transfer, but there has been no mention of Dawkins being a UM transfer.
He tied the freshman record for points in a game at UM (31 points) with future NPOY Trey Burke and was considered the athletic replacement for GR3 who went on to win the NBA dunk contest. That's the kind of stuff that announcers normally love to eat up.
March 25th, 2019 at 12:02 AM ^
Hah, I should have read this before I said basically the same thing, below!
I remember him as having a lot of potential. Good to see him fulfilling that promise.
Beilein is KING at finding those guys who get better year by year and really come into their own in year 3 and 4.
Imagine him starting with Poole off the bench in the Microwave Johnson 6th man role.
That team would sleepwalk to the final four
Really? How old is he??
23, turns 24 in may.
Even more interesting is that Dawkins is playing as a redshirt Junior. It's funny to remember, he came onto campus in a recruiting class with guys like MAAR, and got minutes as a freshman after Caris LeVert went down with injury.
He sat out the 16-17 season due to NCAA transfer rules. Then sat out the entire 17-18 season earning a medical redshirt with an injury.
So, 18-19 season is actually his redshirt Junior year. The more you know!
I don't understand. Normally the transfer year counts as your redshirt. How did he get a medical redshirt on top of that?
I'm not sure he has. There were no obvious Google results for "Aubrey Dawkins sixth year," which suggest that there hasn't been a ruling made -- nor can I think of any precedent outside of East Lansing. Maybe they'll dream up some paperwork that says that he was also injured during his transfer season...
March 25th, 2019 at 10:23 AM ^
He did get a medical redshirt for 2017-2018 after missing the whole year with a shoulder injury. The UCF site lists Dawkins as a RS Jr, not senior.
As we have seen during the last couple years, the NCAA has been getting a lot more flexible on these kind of waivers. MSU Football has had some more questionable 6-year medical redshirt players.
March 24th, 2019 at 11:37 PM ^
Here's how old he is: Dawkins was the sharpshooting hero of the Illinois game where Harbaugh made his first public appearance as HC.
holy... that Taco Falls kid is a giant!
UCF making a game out of this 57-57
Duke has better coaching, they will win.
Coach K is Paterno. He's a novelty, not an actual coach anymore. If they lose this game, it will be one of the biggest choke jobs in history. 4 top 6 players and can't get out of the first weekend. Horrendous
Coach K, Bill Self, John Calipari, and Tom Izzo
I give you the Mt. Rushmore of doing less with more.
Coach K is Paterno
Minus supporting and enabling a child predator!
Zion should have 8 fouls
Didn’t hit the rim.
Good for him, he is absolutely on fire!
He’s about to gift wrap the final four to MSU.
Zion commits two charges on one play and the refs bail him out.
No foul
Duke is gonna duke.
Nice effort
Fuuuuuuuckkkkkk!!!!!
That blown dunk by UCF cost them.
Fuck anything and everything about Duke. Missing a free throw saved their stupid lucky asses.
Yeah because Barrett got away with a clear two handed shove into the back of Dawkins to get the offensive rebound. Can't call that against Duke though, of course.
NCAA is a joke. Hands game to duke
dawkins misses easy dunk then misses the easy tip that would have won it. where have i seen that before. he also biffed on the rebound on the FT. he had a helluva game tho except the last minute.
To be fair, Aubrey didn't biff on the FT rebound, he was pushed in the back and under the basket. Either way though, he was probably the reason they lost. Also the reason they didn't lose by 15 and were in the game until the end.
Devastating
The refs blew this game. Offense foul should have been called on Zion on his last drive, then Reddish shoves a guy in the back on the free throw rebound with no call. despicable!
Totally agree. Central Florida got screwed. No doubt Coach K saw the same thing and perhaps it was part of his "disappointment" in winning the way it happened. Duke did everything to lose.
Hard to imagine an M team this year if Dawkins had stayed. Or last year, for that matter. Might have made a difference!
Good Lord, the end of that game was brutal.
Williamson clearly pushed off on the final drive to the basket, only to get rewarded with a blocking foul called against Fall. And then everything bounced Duke's way. To hell with the Blue Devils.
I actually didn't think the first one was a foul. Felt that was a bit of trying to draw a call. But I also didn't see the foul on Taco, thought he went straight up.
I hate Duke but also okay with MSU not having a soft path to the Final Four.
I wasn't sure of the rule. Fall went straight up, but his foot was clearly inside the restricted area. Does that make a difference, or is he entitled to his airspace (which is considerable) no matter what?
You can't take a charge within the restricted area, but you should still be entitled to verticality. It should be block / no-call, basically.
Yay, more Zion headlines and shit. :/