Landry Times Two

Marcus and Carl Landry meet tonight for the first and probably only time as opponents as Bucky tries to improve to 4-0 in th BT for the 2nd straight season. Carl is competing with Tucker for conference player of the year, while Marcus is preparing to be #42's successor.

Both are products of Milwaukee Vincent, perhaps the top program in the state led by Tom Diener. I coached against him and also watched his teams from afar. They ran Bennett's motion offense and played his press/ pack man-to-man on the other end, but were able to adjust their tempo to each opponent. They made slower teams compete in a track meet and dragged more athletic teams through Bennett-ball's blocker-mover marathons.

Marcus has displayed this versatility in recent weeks as he's become the most valuable player off the bench and instrumental down the stretch of close games. His continued development is key to a deep run for Bucky, as the guard play has solidified, #42 continues to be his stellar self, and our bigs provide 35 fouls for the offing. A second scorer in the post completes the package.