Well, Young probably had his worse game of the year overall, but still laid 27 pts and 10 assists on Oklahoma St. It became obvious from the start of the game that State was going to do everything they could to get the ball out of Young's hands. They tried to double and trap him in the back court every time he had the ball, and it did work to some extent for a while. But after a while, Young just started blasting up the court before they could get the trap in place, drive into the lane throwing up alley oop after alley oop, dishing to a big under the basket, or trying to finish and either scoring, or going to the line, or both. Young is a nightmare to defend when he has a head of steam in the open court. You never know what the hell he's going to do. He draws so much attention, that the Oklahoma big men are constantly left unguarded under or near the basket, and he finds them time after time.
At one point, when they were getting ready to trap him, just across the half court line on the right side of the court, he threw a one handed bullet pass past three defenders to one of his big's standing right under the basket. He has incredible court vision. He didn't shoot the ball well, mostly because of the pressure on him, but made up for it by getting to the line, and he's an excellent free throw shooter. I'm also not sure how he got this un-athletic rap. I've seen him blow right past defenders. He has excellent end to end speed. I think he's one of those deceptive athletes, that only uses his athleticism when he needs to. Harden was that way at Arizona St., and to some extent, Blake Griffin was like that at Oklahoma. But if you watched enough games, you'd see a glimpse here and there.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the other freshman on the Oklahoma team and that's Brady Manek, a 6'9" PF/SF?. Not sure exactly what he is just yet, but I suspect that eventually, with added muscle, he'll fall into that combo forward grouping. Manek ended up with 28 pt's on 9 of 11 shooting overall and 6 for 8 from the three. For the season he's shooting 53.6% overall and 43.3% from the three. The kid can really shoot the ball. Give him another year in college, about ten pounds of muscle, and you might have a lottery pick next year. He's a really smart kid who knows how to find the open spot. He's not your prototypical non-athletic stand in the corner and wait for the ball type. He's a good athlete, who moves well without the ball, and who defends well. His rebounding needs to improve as does his ball handling. It doesn't hurt playing with Young, who constantly finds him for wide open shots. Anyway, he's someone to keep your eye on going forward.