SomeGuy
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05-13-20 10:00 PM - Post#307328
In response to LocalTiger
The Blakeney thing is interesting.
Different kids want different things from the experience, and that is okay. One thing that is surprising to me, though, is that Tape spent very little time as the big fish in a small pond. At Duke, he certainly has an opportunity, but there is also a lot of risk, at least in terms of playing time. The opportunity to experience big time college basketball is a bigger draw for him than starring at Columbia.
As for starring at Columbia, it is probably worth noting that the switch flipped on for Tape EXACTLY when Smith got hurt. Tape was averaging 6 points per game and had just one double digit scoring game (11) in those 7 games with Smith. He averaged 13 per game without Smith. And he had more single digit scoring games (6) in the 7 games with Smith than he did in the 20 without him. So it is not inconceivable that he looked at that and figured he wasn’t going to be a star at Columbia this year anyway with Smith back.
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