Marquette Basketball: Player reviews for the 2017-18 season

C Harry Froling (So.)

Stats: 2.8 pts – 3.0 reb – 1.0 ast – 44.6% FG – 40% FT – 21.1% 3PT

What went well: Rebounding

Froling entered the rotation in mid-December, and immediately became one of the best rebounders on the team. Froling led the team with a 20.6 percent defensive rebounding rate, and also hauled in nearly 10 percent of Marquette’s misses when he was on the floor. He didn’t get a ton of run down the stretch, but he has soft hands and a knack for finding the ball.

Cleaning the glass will always be a valuable skill in college basketball, so if Froling can improve other areas of his game, he will see enough playing time for his rebounding abilities to truly shine through.

What to improve on: Defensive agility

Froling is not the most fleet of foot, and after sitting for a year following his transfer from SMU, he was thrust into game action without the benefit of a full non-conference slate. Froling became a liability on pick and rolls and closeouts, and didn’t provide nearly enough offense to make up for his defensive miscues. Froling averaged 14.3 minutes per contest over his first 16 eligible games, but played just 19 total minutes in the last 9 games, including 5 games where he did not get off the bench.

Froling has the offensive chops to be a legitimate rotation player in the Big East. However, he needs to clean up his defensive issues this summer, or he could slip even further down the depth chart next season. In 2018-19, Marquette will have seven players battling for minutes at the four and five positions, and that’s before Wojo shifts either Hauser down to the four in smaller lineups.