![]() ![]() ![]() That's what's so disappointing for the Red Storm to lose one of their key players when finally getting to the big dance. Further down the line, Florida is not a legitimate two seed and St. John's wins this game, can they still go deep without Kennedy? You could make a case that with him, they could've made the elite eight.īYU had a tremendous season and Fredette is an outstanding player, but the Brandon Davies suspension is going to hurt like Kennedy's injury. But he's still not Kennedy and that's what might hurt St. Both players are around the same height and Evans has been a spark plug this season, having his best games in the Big East tournament where he averaged 12 points per game. He would've been guarded by Kennedy and now, look for Sean Evans to start in Kennedy's place at forward and guard Harris. The issue will be how the Red Storm are going to defend a player like Elias Harris. John's as he'll go up against Hardy who's the better player. The leading scorer on Gonzaga is Steven Gray, averaging 13.8 points per game. When Kennedy went down against Syracuse, the defense wasn't the same and the Red Storm weren't getting many stops. Their defense is really why they were able to pull out wins against teams like Pittsburgh, Duke and Connecticut among others. Every player sticks to their man and makes sure to be in position to grab the rebound. John's likes to play a real aggressive defense and likes to put the full-court pressure on. John's sticks around, how will they go about pulling wins out like they did in impressive fashion for most of the season? Now with him not being a factor for as long as St. He even increased his free throw percentage to a career-best 78 percent and his field goal percentage rose to a career-high as well. Kennedy didn't score as much, but was a huge defensive presence and made things happen. This season as a senior looking to get to this point, he sacrificed some of his scoring in favor of guys like Hardy and Justin Brownlee who saw his numbers increase as well. Last season in his junior season, Kennedy averaged over 15 points per game. He was the heart and soul of the team, even though Dwight Hardy is the main scorer and most-improved player in the Big East. It's that the loss of Kennedy could hurt. John's isn't better than Gonzaga, who's not the same team that's reached this tournament the previous 12 years. ![]()
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