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RE: Two of the meanest sonofa*****es in cbb on one team
Posted on: September 21, 2016 at 15:53:52 CT
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Missouri's most fierce competitor has a headlock thrown on him, then somehow gets called for the foul. Sounds like a pretty volatile situation.
Instead, the incident showed how much senior guard Jason Sutherland has calmed down. After he got free from Oklahoma State's Alex Webber, there were no punches thrown, and no problems at all.
"That could have been a disaster," Missouri coach Norm Stewart said, recalling the scene in Saturday's game. "A player doesn't respond right to being choked or hammerlocked, you've got a hell of a problem.
"I'm really pleased he's controlling himself and proving he can do that."
In control? Yes. Reformed? Not exactly.
"I don't think I'm a dirty player," Sutherland said. "I work hard, and I may run into a few people. But I think that's part of basketball.
"Almost any sport is a contact sport, except maybe volleyball."
In the past, Sutherland has been accused of crossing the line from time to time with a leg whip or other not-so-subtle tactics. Whether or not it's fair, he's become a favorite whipping boy of crowds on the road in the Big 12 Conference. At Oklahoma State, he was booed every time he touched the ball.
Even Stewart has said the 6-1, 183-pound Sutherland plays with a football mentality.
Growing up in South Dakota, Sutherland learned the game from his dad. Jim Sutherland has coached at the college and high school level and is in his first season as head coach at Columbia Hickman High School.
Jim Sutherland said his young son jumped right in with the big kids during practices at Black Hills State College in Spearfish, S.D. Last season, Jason was named second-team all-Big Eight by conference coaches.
"At least they know he's there, huh?" Jim Sutherland said. "They know he can shoot the basketball, they know he's aggressive and he'll do whatever it takes to win."
This season, Sutherland is second on the team in scoring with an 11.9-point average and first in assists. He's also one of the top 3-point shooters in the nation at 45.3 percent, having made 19 of his last 34 attempts.
Jim Sutherland said he wouldn't have wanted Jason to play for him at Black Hills because it wouldn't have been fair to his son. But if he had, he said, Jason would be putting up some huge numbers. At Missouri, Jason is doing his best to fit into Stewart's system.
"It seems like he really has to restrain himself from what comes natural to him, but that's what coach Stewart wants him to do," said Jason's mother, Connie Sutherland. "And he's matured a lot, he's grown up a lot.
"When you get to be a senior in college, you have to."
Jim Sutherland also has noticed a change, but said it's mostly just improvement as a player.
"I'm not sure whether or not he's any calmer," he said. "The fire is still there."
Sutherland was 4-for-6 from 3-point range and had 19 points to help Missouri (9-7) win its first Big 12 game in four tries with an 82-66 victory over Baylor on Tuesday night. He did it in economical style, taking only eight shots, and he made five of six free throws when fouled behind the 3-point line.
"He's really letting the game come to him a lot more," Stewart said. "He's working hard, but he's working hard to do other things other than just shoot the ball.
"He's just doing better things."
Missouri's most fierce competitor has a headlock thrown on him, then somehow gets called for the foul. Sounds like a pretty volatile situation.
Instead, the incident showed how much senior guard Jason Sutherland has calmed down. After he got free from Oklahoma State's Alex Webber, there were no punches thrown, and no problems at all.
"That could have been a disaster," Missouri coach Norm Stewart said, recalling the scene in Saturday's game. "A player doesn't respond right to being choked or hammerlocked, you've got a hell of a problem.
"I'm really pleased he's controlling himself and proving he can do that."
In control? Yes. Reformed? Not exactly.
"I don't think I'm a dirty player," Sutherland said. "I work hard, and I may run into a few people. But I think that's part of basketball.
"Almost any sport is a contact sport, except maybe volleyball."
In the past, Sutherland has been accused of crossing the line from time to time with a leg whip or other not-so-subtle tactics. Whether or not it's fair, he's become a favorite whipping boy of crowds on the road in the Big 12 Conference. At Oklahoma State, he was booed every time he touched the ball.
Even Stewart has said the 6-1, 183-pound Sutherland plays with a football mentality.
Growing up in South Dakota, Sutherland learned the game from his dad. Jim Sutherland has coached at the college and high school level and is in his first season as head coach at Columbia Hickman High School.
Jim Sutherland said his young son jumped right in with the big kids during practices at Black Hills State College in Spearfish, S.D. Last season, Jason was named second-team all-Big Eight by conference coaches.
"At least they know he's there, huh?" Jim Sutherland said. "They know he can shoot the basketball, they know he's aggressive and he'll do whatever it takes to win."
This season, Sutherland is second on the team in scoring with an 11.9-point average and first in assists. He's also one of the top 3-point shooters in the nation at 45.3 percent, having made 19 of his last 34 attempts.
Jim Sutherland said he wouldn't have wanted Jason to play for him at Black Hills because it wouldn't have been fair to his son. But if he had, he said, Jason would be putting up some huge numbers. At Missouri, Jason is doing his best to fit into Stewart's system.
"It seems like he really has to restrain himself from what comes natural to him, but that's what coach Stewart wants him to do," said Jason's mother, Connie Sutherland. "And he's matured a lot, he's grown up a lot.
"When you get to be a senior in college, you have to."
Jim Sutherland also has noticed a change, but said it's mostly just improvement as a player.
"I'm not sure whether or not he's any calmer," he said. "The fire is still there."
Sutherland was 4-for-6 from 3-point range and had 19 points to help Missouri (9-7) win its first Big 12 game in four tries with an 82-66 victory over Baylor on Tuesday night. He did it in economical style, taking only eight shots, and he made five of six free throws when fouled behind the 3-point line.
"He's really letting the game come to him a lot more," Stewart said. "He's working hard, but he's working hard to do other things other than just shoot the ball.
"He's just doing better things."
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