Some interesting comments from Boynton. Am I reading too much into this? Seems like Jones might not be handling the no minutes very well. And this was BEFORE the last game when he also did not play. But Boynton does a great job of explaining things:
https://pistolsfiringblog.com/hoops...h-noncon-schedule-continues-against-nebraska/
Kentrevious Jones’ Growing Pains
Kentrevious Jones hasn’t played since OSU’s loss to Minnesota on Nov. 30.
Jones has played only 50 minutes this season where he has scored eight points and brought in 11 rebounds, but he also has four turnovers and 13 personal fouls. Thomas Dziagwa has played 262 minutes this season and has only seven personal fouls.
Jones became a fan favorite in the offseason after dropping more than 50 pounds since he got to campus, but on the court, his season has started a little slowly.
On Thursday, Boynton said the adjustment to college hoops isn’t something unique to the Cowboys. He said there are plenty of freshmen around the country who haven’t quite figured it all out yet.
Here was Boynton’s response when asked how Jones has handled not getting many minutes.
“Not easy, and I don’t expect him to,” Boynton said. “I do expect him to have a good attitude when he shows up to practice to do something about it. I want him to play, too. I want them all to play 35 minutes. It’s just not possible. There’s only 200 of them. His time will come if he continues to work the way he has and continues to believe in himself.
“One of the hardest things for young kids is for me to tell him he’s doing good things in practice, and then I don’t put him in the game because he’s like, ‘Those two things don’t make sense, coach.’ I’m like, ‘Well, you’re doing things better than you were. You’re not doing things to the level which I think you can help us win games, yet.’ There’s a big difference between that, and we have to shorten that gap between the number of things he’s got to improve on and the number of opportunities that he’ll have to be on the court to help us win.”
https://pistolsfiringblog.com/hoops...h-noncon-schedule-continues-against-nebraska/
Kentrevious Jones’ Growing Pains
Kentrevious Jones hasn’t played since OSU’s loss to Minnesota on Nov. 30.
Jones has played only 50 minutes this season where he has scored eight points and brought in 11 rebounds, but he also has four turnovers and 13 personal fouls. Thomas Dziagwa has played 262 minutes this season and has only seven personal fouls.
Jones became a fan favorite in the offseason after dropping more than 50 pounds since he got to campus, but on the court, his season has started a little slowly.
On Thursday, Boynton said the adjustment to college hoops isn’t something unique to the Cowboys. He said there are plenty of freshmen around the country who haven’t quite figured it all out yet.
Here was Boynton’s response when asked how Jones has handled not getting many minutes.
“Not easy, and I don’t expect him to,” Boynton said. “I do expect him to have a good attitude when he shows up to practice to do something about it. I want him to play, too. I want them all to play 35 minutes. It’s just not possible. There’s only 200 of them. His time will come if he continues to work the way he has and continues to believe in himself.
“One of the hardest things for young kids is for me to tell him he’s doing good things in practice, and then I don’t put him in the game because he’s like, ‘Those two things don’t make sense, coach.’ I’m like, ‘Well, you’re doing things better than you were. You’re not doing things to the level which I think you can help us win games, yet.’ There’s a big difference between that, and we have to shorten that gap between the number of things he’s got to improve on and the number of opportunities that he’ll have to be on the court to help us win.”
