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And since the kids in Lawrence were already toasting to Remy Martin on Friday night, they might as well have it in their cups. The reason Martin’s play was so vital is because their best player — Ochai Agbaji — has been struggling. Beyond what he did in the score column, Martin grabbed seven rebounds, dished out three assists, and drew eight fouls against the Providence defense. We love him playing like that, and we need him playing like that.” “This is amazing,” Martin said in October. “I’m just super-grateful for the opportunity. Being in college for the amount of time that I (have), I never would’ve thought I would see the day where I’d be able to make some money off this opportunity and get a vehicle, which is unreal to me.”
Closing his college career at Kansas, guard Remy Martin changes national championship hopes for Jayhawks after leaving Arizona State.
“I know how fans are and I know how people are,” Sam said of the ASU fanbase’s reaction to Martin’s departure. “That would be amazing,” Sam said of a potential Final Four trip and national title hopes. He was having fun the whole year it was just the knee injury, his back was bothering him a little bit and his ankle – so he got banged up a little bit through the process. Always a showman on the court, Martin’s final shot at Desert Financial Arena was a stepback buzzer-beating 3-pointer to beat Washington State. Closing his time in Tempe in bittersweet fashion, the normally boisterous guard was unable to be embraced by the fans who so often had cheered him. Needing an offensive spark, Martin came off the bench to score 16 first half points, one shy of his season high in a KU uniform. I came here to win and whatever the team needs me to do, I’m willing to do.” “This time of year when the teams are naturally better the further you go it’s hard to get good shots off the stuff you run,” Self said. “He competes so hard and he wants to win so bad. Without it, Kansas fans and coach Bill Self struggled to see the version of Martin that twice gave them fits. “I’ve always kind of viewed him as an opponent, because I was always competing against him, whether that be in high school or in college. PHOENIX – Given an extra year to play college basketball because of the NCAA’s COVID-19 waiver, ASU guard Remy Martin had made up his mind. I’d be much happier if he led the team in assists.”
Remy Martin has become a pivotal part of the Kansas Jayhawks' game plan as they prepare for Providence in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16.
It’s hard to change the complexion of a team this late in a season, especially one like Kansas, where the rotation is basically set. It’s not lost on his teammates that, in the last four games, Martin has averaged 14.3 points per game. Some of that was the injury. Some of that was integrating into a new team with four returning starters. He came to take a shot at a national title. The inconsistent playing time and the unknown of what impact he could make on a team where the rotation appeared to be set. He gathered the ball, set up for a three and drained it. All they needed to do was grab the rebound and then Mitch Lightfoot tapped the ball out to … Remy Martin. Then, the injury happened. That cold-blooded 3-pointer. That 3-pointer. The Lumberjacks pulled it off.
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In recent weeks that dynamic has changed dramatically, as he plays like the talent many expected him to when he arrived in Lawrence. Martin’s father said back in January, a couple days before the start of Big 12 play, that Martin wanted to win a Big 12 title and national championship by any means necessary. But the first half is really high on the court in large part because of ball pressure. I mean, he’s been able to save us out of situations when we need a shot late in the clock. Either way, the Jayhawks probably don’t have an opportunity to reach the Final Four on Sunday without him. Martin has now led Kansas in scoring each of its three games so far in the NCAA tournament, and is averaging 19.3 points per game. He did again against the Friars, going 2-for-8 from the field, 0-for-4 from behind the arc and 1-for-2 from the free-throw line, to finish with five points and no assists. Considering the ways he struggled defensively earlier in the season, it accentuates that moment all the more. “And he’s trying to do what we want him to do and pressuring the ball. But check Martin out in the second half, too. They were five of the 13 points he’d score in a first half that’d only see the Jayhawks score 26, and lead by nine at the end of. Check him out less than a minute later, nailing an open 3-pointer off a great in-bounds play that took advantage of a defensive lapse, to put Kansas up 9-4.
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I remember thinking, 'Oh yeah, he'll have trouble.' I am Stephen F. Allen was at the fieldhouse in December for a Kansas game with Austin.
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So the 6-foot-4 Durham backing Martin down with 2:10 left and KU up four was a reasonable decision. “I wish he would try a little harder defensively,” Self said after that game on Nov. 3. The first was with 3 1/2 minutes left and the Jayhawks leading by five. Except for this time, Martin held his ground and forced Durham to retreat. Since then, Martin has bought in more. Synergy’s numbers give another glimpse, as opponents had posted 1.33 points per possession against Martin in those settings. They were switching and trying to make it hard on us to run our stuff. “I actually thought that Remy’s defense has really improved as much as anybody’s over the last three or four weeks,” KU coach Bill Self said. It took us a little minute, a little bit to get adjusted to how they were defending.” After a pass — and a KU defensive switch — Martin was now on guard Jared Bynum. Martin crowded him outside the three-point line, then trailed a ball screen, prevented a three, then jitterbugged back to Bynum as Bynum drove back left, challenging a jumper to the point where the box score gave him a block. And when the Friars did finally get things loosened up after halftime to make it a game, Martin was there again. “He was trying to do what we want him to do and pressure the ball.”
Super-senior guard Remy Martin and redshirt sophomore Jalen Wilson made the difference for Kansas as the Jayhawks advance to the Elite Eight for the first ...
PHOENIX – Given an extra year to play college basketball because of the NCAA's covid-19 waiver, ASU guard Remy Martin had made up his mind.