Marcus Garrett
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Moving on. Standing ovation, kid gave it his all.
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He needed to go make money. He gave us his all. I hope he has great success!
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Marcus Garrett:
He needed to go make money. He gave us his all. I hope he has great success!
He will go and make money
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Good luck to him. One of my favorite Jayhawks of all time.
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Not sure Marcus left town owning any stats in the KU ledger. But I know one where he did. We never had a Jayhawk give 100% in every game like Marcus gave. He was humble and he came to fight, every night. Marcus was true grit and he leaves Lawrence being totally loved and admired from the Jayhawk Nation… and deserved to be. Thank you, Marcus!
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Congrats Marcus.
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@BShark Could you please screenshot or describe the link? I do not have Instagram or FB!
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@mayjay said in Marcus Garrett:
@BShark Could you please screenshot or describe the link? I do not have Instagram or FB!
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@BShark Thank you!
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Marcus is the epitomy of what I love about KU hoops. We got four years out of him, he played hard, and he is most definitely a Jayhawk for life. He didn’t have parents who were pissed about his role and urging him to transfer (get ready for transfer insanity going forward due to new rule). Wouldn’t be shocked if at some point when his pro days are over he ends up on the KU staff.
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You really have to celebrate the four-year contributors!!! Who knows how many more there will be.
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@BigBad Yep…just going to be much rarer now. Imagine how many players are not on the o8 team because they transfer out if it was like now. Probably at least Mario and Russ…
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Love this kid. A true warrior. May he shine wherever he goes.
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Not a fan of the new rule.
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I can remember bigs changing the game because of their defense, but Marcus is the only guard who changed games with defense that I can remember. (I know there have been others so don’t get into what about…?)
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His defense was outstanding may not have another guard that defends at the level he was at. Hope that D makes him so money
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Opposing coaches literally just hid the player that Marc was on sometimes. THE ELIMINATOR.
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@BShark Great article by CJ Moore. Here is a highlight that is amazing:
https://theathletic.com/2537301/2021/04/23/marcus-garrett-kansas-defensive-specialist-bill-self/ An appreciation of Marcus Garrett, Kansas defender extraordinaire – The Athletic
**Self’s way of making sure everyone appreciated how special Garrett was this year was to point out the man he defended never scored double-digit points against him, a claim that seemed maybe to have a hint of hyperbole.
Out of curiosity, I started keeping track, rewatching all of the defensive possessions that got tagged to Garrett on Synergy and charting them to see if Self’s claim was true. It was. The most points he legitimately gave up in the 29 games he played as a senior was six on two contested 3s against North Dakota State. If you really wanted to challenge Self’s claim, you could contend that Garrett allowed 11 points in a Feb. 8 win over Oklahoma State. That night his man made three 3s when he was helping in the post or tagging a roller, which made him late to closeouts, but he was simply carrying out assignments. Avery Anderson driving past him on a closeout was really the only bucket surrendered that day. In total, opponents scored 58 points on Garrett where he was the primary defender. That’s 58 points in the 956 minutes he was on the floor.
When revealed to Self, that number, not surprisingly, got him excited. He started doing the math in his head, figuring there are about 40 points in every game where you can say X-player on his team allowed that basket, and because Garrett played 29 games, that means he gave up on average one bucket a game.
“Unbelievable,” Self said.**
