Season in Review: Bobby Frasor

Oh Bobby. I secretly cheer for Bobby Frasor to make every shot he takes because I feel bad for him. Think about his career: Starts every game his freshman year, starts the first five or six games of his sophomore year and then is benched and injured off and on for the rest of the year. Junior year is playing great in his role and tears his ACL – out for the year. Senior year comes along and he can’t hit the broad side of a barn. Interesting career, but if you have read about him and watched him, you know he’s pretty optimistic about his situation and he has something that not a lot of others have: a national championship.

Things I didn’t like:
1. Shooting. Obviously, the shots did not go down for this young man, and sometimes you wonder why he kept shooting. This was the same guy who would sit on the bench his junior year and shoot 3’s from his chair. When he did get some shots to do go down, you couldn’t help but be happy for the guy.

2. Stupid fouls. How many times did Frasor foul a guy shooting a three pointer? Lots of times. He fouled so many jump shooters that it’s no wonder Coach Williams suffers from vertigo and has grey hair. Bobby Frasor, you are 6’3” and you will not block a lot of shots.

Things I like:
1. Defense. Frasor was the team’s best individual defender, winning the defense player of the game award numerous times as well as the team’s defensive player of the year award. Frasor did his best to keep up with people who were faster, stronger, quicker, and had a few picks set for them and he did a great job.

2. Hustle. The little gym rat did every little thing he could. Rebound, take charges, and just overall hustle. He’s a smart player for the most part and obviously unselfish because he knew what his role was and didn’t try and do more than he was able or capable of.

It would have been nice if Frasor had gotten a medical redshirt (another Final Four run would not be out of the question with him holding down the guard spots), but the NCAA must not like him. He would have provided good experience and leadership for next year’s team and I’ve heard that it takes over a full year to return to normal following ACL surgery, so it would have been nice if he could have gotten back to form. But, as I said earlier, Frasor is going out a National Champion, and I don’t think he would have it any other way. And he gets to throw out the first pitch at a Chi Sox game soon. The perks of being #1!