Marquette's Tyler Kolek Wins Big East Tournament MVP Award, Cov txiaj ntsig ntawm Preseason Comment

Marquette taw tes tus neeg saib xyuas Tyler Kolek taug kev ncig Madison Square Garden pem teb rau hnub Saturday tsaus ntuj, ua kev zoo siab rau Golden Eagles 'Big East kev sib tw lub npe thiab nws qhov khoom plig muaj txiaj ntsig tshaj plaws.

Nws tau thaij duab, khawm cov phooj ywg thiab sib tham nrog nws txiv, niam, kwv tij, tus kws qhia ntaus pob AAU yav dhau los thiab cov phooj ywg ntev los ntawm Cumberland, RI, nws lub nroog me me uas nyob li 25 feeb sab qaum teb ntawm Providence. Kolek tau zoo siab thiab tso siab rau ob peb feeb tom qab tau qhab nia pab pawg siab 20 cov ntsiab lus nrog yim rebounds thiab peb pab hauv Marquette's 65-51 yeej Xavier.

Nyob rau ntawm ib kis, Kolek sawv ze ntawm lub tsev hais plaub tuav ob lub trophies, ib qho muab rau txhua tus tswv cuab ntawm pab pawg thiab ib qho loj dua nthuav tawm rau kev sib tw MVP. Nws tau muab tso rau tom kawg, thiab nws sib cais.

Nws hais tias, "Ntau cov khoom plig ntau dhau ntawm kuv txhais tes," nws luag.

Nws yog ib qho ntawm ob peb qhov yuam kev Kolek tau muaj txhua lub caij. Kolek tau raug hu ua Pab Koomtes Player ntawm Lub Xyoo rau hnub Wednesday tom qab qhov nruab nrab 12.7 cov ntsiab lus thiab 7.9 pab thiab coj Marquette mus rau nws thawj lub caij nyoog loj East ib txwm muaj txij li nkag mus hauv pab koomtes hauv 2005-06 lub caij. Nws kuj tau pab Golden Eagles yeej lawv thawj qhov kev sib tw ncaws pob txij li xyoo 1997 thaum lawv yog cov tswv cuab ntawm Lub Rooj Sab Laj Tebchaws USA.

Tsis muaj coob tus neeg xav tias Kolek lossis Marquette tuaj yeem yog qhov zoo. Tsis muaj kev sib tham loj East lossis Power Tsib lub rooj sib tham recruited Kolek tawm ntawm tsev kawm ntawv npaj, yog li nws tau mus rau George Mason, qhov chaw nws yeej Atlantic 10's rookie ntawm lub xyoo khoom plig. Tom qab George Mason raug rho tawm haujlwm tus thawj coj Dave Paulsen thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2021, Kolek hloov mus rau Marquette, tau txais txoj haujlwm pib tab sis muaj qhov tsis sib haum xeeb thawj lub caij nrog txoj haujlwm.

Ua ntej lub caij no, nws tsis yog nyob rau hauv 14 tus neeg ua si raug xaiv rau Pab Pawg Loj East. Lub caij no, cov pab koomtes cov kws qhia tau xaiv Golden Eagles kom tiav cuaj hauv 11-pab pawg sib tham. Nug txog qhov kev kwv yees ntawd thaum lub sij hawm Big East hnub tshaj tawm hauv lub Kaum Hlis, Kolek teb tias, “F – – – 'em,” ib nqe lus uas tau los ua ib lub suab quaj rau Golden Eagles thoob plaws lub caij.

Kolek, rau nws ib feem, yog embracing cov lus. Lub hli tas los, nws tau sib cog lus nrog Jim Ganzer, tus kiv cua Marquette ntev thiab tus tswv ntawm IWBIWB
Kev Lag Luam, ib lub tuam txhab nyob hauv Milwaukee. Kolek tab tom nrhiav kom tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm NCAA tso cai rau cov neeg ncaws pob tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm lawv lub npe, duab thiab kev nyiam (NIL), thiab nws paub tias Ganzer tau ua haujlwm hauv kev lag luam khaub ncaws.

Ganzer tsim ib lub vev xaib, tylerkolek.com, qhov twg cov kiv cua tuaj yeem yuav t-shirts, hoodies thiab crewneck sweatshirts. Nyob rau pem hauv ntej, muaj ib daim duab ntawm Kolek tuav ib tug basketball thiab F*&# 'em! lus hais. Nyob rau sab nraum qab, nws hais tias 2023 Loj East Champions.

Kolek tau hais tias "Kuv tsuas yog sim ua kom NIL qhov chaw siab tshaj plaws thiab ua qhov kuv tuaj yeem ua kom tau nyiaj me ntsis ntawm qhov kuv tau hais thiab tsis pom qhov nws tau txais," Kolek hais. "Peb tsis tau txais qhov ntawd yog tias peb pab neeg tsis ua raws li peb ua si."

Qhov no yog Kolek thawj qhov kev tawm tsam rau hauv NIL, thaj chaw uas tau tswj hwm nruj thiab qhov twg cov cai sib txawv nyob ntawm lub xeev, tsev kawm qib siab thiab cov rooj sib tham.

Kolek tau hais tias "Qhov NIL no yog qhov nyuaj," "Tsis yog txhua tus paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim nrog nws, nws ua haujlwm li cas tseem tsis tau. Kuv vam tias yuav dhia mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb kev lag luam tom qab lub caij no. "

Txog tam sim no, kev lag luam khaub ncaws tau them tawm. Ganzer tau hais tias nws tau txais txog 500 qhov kev thov txij li hnub Saturday tav su, "tab sis lawv tseem tuaj hauv."

Ganzer feem ntau ua haujlwm nrog cov tsev kawm ntawv hauv zos thiab cov lag luam, pab lawv tsim cov vev xaib lossis muag khaub ncaws. Cov koom haum no tau txiav txim ntau lub tsho thiab lwm yam khoom ua ntej ua ntej. Tab sis cov kiv cua tau xaj Kolek iav ntawm ib qho kev tawm tsam, ua rau nws nyuaj rau Ganzer luam, ntim thiab xa cov xaj kom raws sijhawm, txawm hais tias nws hais tias tib neeg tab tom pib tau txais lawv cov iav.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tsis paub tias nws yuav tsis khoom ntau npaum li nws tau ua," nws hais. "Nws tau mus zoo heev."

Ua ntej siv Kolek cov duab thiab ua haujlwm nrog nws, Ganzer yuav tsum tau ua daim ntawv thov online ntawm lub portal uas Marquette tau teeb tsa rau NIL deals. Nws tau pom zoo rau lub hli tas los, thiab lub vev xaib tau nyob rau Lub Ob Hlis 28, tsawg dua ob lub lis piam dhau los, tom qab Golden Eagles tau txais lub caij nyoog tsis tu ncua Big East title. Ganzer tau hais tias Kolek yuav tau txais feem ntau ntawm cov nyiaj tau los ntawm kev muag cov khaub ncaws.

"Peb xav kom paub tseeb tias nws yuav tsim nyog rau nws lub sijhawm," said Ganzer, uas kuj yog tus tuav lub koom haum Milwaukee Summer Pro-Am. "Kuv tau piav qhia rau nws tias kuv tsis paub tseeb tias tus lej yog dab tsi vim tias thaum nws los tsim cov khoom no, muaj cov nqi sib txawv nyob ntawm seb koj ua pes tsawg. Peb tsis paub qhov kawg (cov nyiaj tau los faib), tab sis nws yuav tsim nyog nws lub sijhawm. "

Kolek thiab Ganzer cia siab tias qhov kev muag khoom yuav tawg tom qab Marquette's Big East kev sib tw npe, uas Golden Eagles yeej hauv kev ua yeeb yam.

Marquette coj, 21-4, tsuas yog dhau xya feeb rau hnub Saturday qhov kev ua si thiab 39-24 ntawm ib nrab sijhawm. Lub Golden Eagles pib tawm ntawm ib nrab thib ob kub, zoo li, thiab mus tom ntej 54-27 ua ntej Xavier tau qhab nia 10 cov ntsiab lus tom ntej. Tab sis cov Musketeers tsis tuaj yeem txhawb nqa kev khiav thiab taug qab yam tsawg kawg 13 ntsiab lus ntawm txoj kev.

Tom qab ntawd, Marquette cov neeg ua si thiab cov kws qhia tau hloov pauv nce ntaiv thiab txiav lub vas. Raws li Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" blared hla lub suab nrov, Marquette tus kws qhia Shaka Smart snipped tawm ntawm lub vas. Tom ntej no, Michael Lovell, Marquette's Thawj Tswj Hwm, snipped daim kawg thiab yoj lub vas saum huab cua.

Sawv ntawm lub tsev hais plaub, Lovell nco qab thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2021 tias nws tau ya mus rau Texas ntsib thiab xam phaj Smart, uas yog Texas tus kws qhia. Ntse tsis tau ua raws li Longhorns qhov kev cia siab siab, tab sis nws tau ua tiav raws li tus thawj coj hluas ntawm VCU, suav nrog kev coj lub tsev kawm ntawv mus rau qhov tsis zoo li zaum kawg Four khiav hauv 2011 raws li No. 11 noob.

"Kuv hais tias, 'Koj tau kawm dab tsi ntawm VCU thiab Texas uas yuav ua rau koj ua tus kws qhia zoo ntawm Marquette?,'" Lovell hais. "Nws hais tias nws yog txhua yam hais txog kev sib raug zoo thiab txhawb nqa ib tus neeg hauv qhov tob tshaj plaws, koj yuav tsum paub thiab nkag siab lawv tiag tiag. Qhov ntawd yog qhov nws hais txog. Kuv saib nws txhua hnub, qhov tob npaum li cas ntawm kev sib raug zoo nws muaj nrog nws cov players. Nws nrhiav txoj hauv kev los ua kom lawv cov neeg ntaus pob ncaws pob zoo dua thiab cov neeg zoo dua. "

Thaum lub sij hawm nws lub rooj sib tham tom qab kev ua si, Smart tau sib npaug ntawm Lovell, uas yog ib tus neeg nyiam ua kis las thiab triathlete.

"Kuv tau ua haujlwm rau XNUMX tus thawj tswj hwm hauv tsev kawm qib siab, thiab nws tau sib nrug ntawm ntau txoj hauv kev - nws txoj kev khuv leej, nws qib tus cwj pwm, nws kev ncaj ncees," Smart hais. “Ntau tus txiv neej ntawd yog cyborgs, txiv neej. Lawv tsis yog neeg tiag. Nws yog ib tug neeg tiag tiag. Nws muaj kev saib xyuas tiag tiag thiab kev txhawj xeeb rau txhua tus tub ntxhais kawm hauv University, tab sis nws tau txais qhov chaw tshwj xeeb hauv nws lub siab rau cov tub ntxhais kawm-cov kis las vim nws yog ib tus neeg ncaws pob nws tus kheej. "

Ntse ntxiv tias Lovell tsis ntshai koob nws cov players, ib yam nkaus.

"Kuv xav tias nws ntaus Tyler tom qab cov qhab nia tawm thiab hais tias nws cov qhab nia yuav tsum zoo dua," Smart hais, luag.

Raws li ntse hais, Kolek zaum ntawm dais luag nyav, coj tus tav hauv stride. Kolek thiab Marquette yuav paub txog hnub Sunday uas lawv yuav mus rau NCAA kev sib tw.

Golden Eagles (28-6) tau yeej cuaj qhov kev sib tw, 14 ntawm lawv qhov kawg 15 thiab 19 ntawm lawv 21 yav dhau los. Lawv yuav tsum yog No. 2 lossis No. 3 thiab xaiv qhov zoo tshaj plaws los mus rau lub tsev kawm ntawv thib plaub zaum kawg. txij li xyoo 2003 thaum Dwyane Wade yog ib tug menyuam yaus All-American. Qee tus yuav txawm twv Marquette kom yeej nws lub tebchaws thib ob, koom nrog 1977 pab pawg uas yeej North Carolina hauv kev sib tw ncaws pob.

Pab pawg ntawd tau nyob rau qib thib ob hauv qhov kev xaiv tsa ua ntej Associated Press, thaum lub xyoo no pab pawg tsis nyob ze rau qhov qeb duas preseason. Tsawg tus neeg tsis ntseeg Marquette ntxiv lawm, tab sis tsis txhob qhia qhov ntawd rau Kolek lossis nws cov phooj ywg.

Marquette tau hais tias "Peb tsuas muaj qhov qis qis ntawm peb lub xub pwg nyom txawm hais tias peb tab tom ua si tawm tsam, tsis hais peb qhov qeb duas lossis qhov peb yeej," Marquette pib rau pem hauv ntej Oso Ighodaro, Kolek tus phooj ywg. "Peb xav khaws tib lub nti rau hauv kev sib tw."