Deserves a post of its own because I can’t remember the last time we’ve had a player get that many.
Jimmy Bell Jr with 18 rebounds
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Rutgers’ center was supposed to be all that and a bag of chips. Bell ate his lunch tonight. He has some great post moves and a killer baby hook.
Their center averagedblike 9 RBs a game. Today he got 0. ZERO. Hell even bad luck can't explain that. 3 pts and he fouled out too with over 3 min to play.
He’s a skinny dude and Bell just overpowered him all day.
Wasn’t just Bell though, Matthews had a double double too. We were +21 in rebounds. Total domination in the post.
Pretty good for someone who this spring was considering giving up basketball to play Football. He was a 350lb OL in High School and actually practiced with WV Football Spring 2023.
They tried to lift him. Do we have an injury report?
Jimmy Bell is the biggest pickup from the portal that Jans made in his career. I can’t imagine where we would be without Bell. We have not missed Tolu nearly as much as I thought we would, and when we get Tolu back, the double punch of Tolu and Bell is going to be tough on opponents.
Yeah. Bell and Matthews combined for 35 points and 29 boards. They dominated…
It's pretty damn rare that an MSU team can simply dominate another solid team with size and strength in the post.
A time that we definitely could was 1996 with Dampier and Walters.
Imagine if this team had a Daryl Wilson...
A time that we definitely could was 1996 with Dampier and Walters.
Imagine if this team had a Daryl Wilson...
I think Bailey Howell holds the all time record with something like 29 RB in a game.
Hell he averaged almost 19 a game his senior year. Different times, but the dude was a monster.
Dude, Daryl Wilson has to be almost 50 now, he wouldn't be much help. ***
You're probably right, but he woulda easily been the best long range shooter on last year's team.
He had 18 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists! Jimmy is going to be similar to Oscar With Tolu now! Best rebounding team in the country when mook moves to the 3
Jans has done a phenomenal job finding place on this team for Matthews to use his physical abilities, he looks like a linebacker for our football team and plays that way.
Yep. Tolu starts and think about Bell coming off the bench as another scoring and rebounding option and production doesn’t fall off. Really nice to have.
I really want to see some minutes with them both on the court at the same time.
It'll be an interesting scheme to have them both on the court. Maybe against some of the bigger teams we'll face down the line. Bell would probably be the best non-starting big in the league
2 legit bigs that dont shoot outside of 6'?
Thatll either open up the perimeter and MSU will thrive, or it will clog the paint and be a shitshow.
Feast or famine for sure.
Related note- neither Smith or Bell Jr have attempted a 3pt shot in college. 7.5 seasons of D1 college basketball between both of them up to this point and they are 0 for 0 from deep. Not even a prayer heave at the buzzer.
That will probably never happen unless it’s some defensive situation. You’ve got two 5s that play close to the basket so I’m not sure that would turn out ok.
Can you picture the screens that can be set (Flashbacks of Russell Walters) while still keeping a big man available down low and the blocking out / Rebounding advantage? There's only one way to find out and I hope to see it on occasion.
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