Sean O'Mara

Listening to Mack's post game last Sat., he was asked about OMara's performance. His reply was , yeah, I'm definitely going to play him more from now on. Duh, ya think. I noticed during a shot of him during some free throws, the kids legs look like telephone poles. He's got the perfect back to the basket post up body. Plus, on D, having him in the lane, is like having a car parked there. I hope to see more of him. If he fouls, so what, he gets a feel for what he can and can't get away with. I, for one, am anxious to see what he can do.

I hoping there is a direct correlation to his playing time and Stain starting to perform how this team needs him to. Hopefully he can rest a few more minutes with Sean playing more minutes and be more productive while he's in.

I forget who it was, but one guy was trying to drive the lane, bounced into O'Mara, and pulled the ball back out. You generally see a guy in there keep trying to get the shot off. Stuck in my mind. I'm sure someone else remembers that.

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Originally Posted by xu82

I forget who it was, but one guy was trying to drive the lane, bounced into O'Mara, and pulled the ball back out. You generally see a guy in there keep trying to get the shot off. Stuck in my mind. I'm sure someone else remembers that.

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Yep, pretty sure that was Henton who tried to drive into the lane and ran squarely into O'Mara. Sean stopped him in his tracks and he had to kick it back out.

I expect 5-8 minutes out of him a game going forward. Like what he showed. Just need to stand tall and limit the fouls and use his body to clear space.

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Originally Posted by xu82

I forget who it was, but one guy was trying to drive the lane, bounced into O'Mara, and pulled the ball back out. You generally see a guy in there keep trying to get the shot off. Stuck in my mind. I'm sure someone else remembers that.

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Yup, it was Henton. That was one of my favorite plays of the game. His minutes might be limited though when we go to a four-out lineup.

Didn't O'Mara average about 2 fouls a minute earlier in the season? That could certainly limit his clock.

Looking back at the game log, it's not as bad as I remembered. You know what they say about first impressions: O'Mara fouled out in 6 minutes against NAU, and I guess that stuck in my memory.

To add on to what I was saying about the difficulty finding minutes for O'Mara:

Earlier in the season, Bluiett was playing about half his time (about 15 minutes) at the 4 essentially making him the fourth big in the rotation. Lately, since the emphasis on the 4-out lineup, his time there has gone up. In the last five games, he's played three-fourths of his minutes there, good for over 20 minutes a game, and that's including two games (Georgetown and Providence) where Xavier was able to play a more traditional two-big lineup. It's not as much that other bigs are preventing O'Mara from getting minutes (though that is true) as it is that fellow freshman Bluiett is.

The Quiet Man is a stone wall of defense and corned beef.

The foul calls against him were racism.

Remember how the Coaching staff can't develop players- especially Big Men?

Uh, right. Sean seems to be right on schedule.