Dustin Thomas

[Piglet Dispersion Syndrome]

Easy player to bash on this team, but went 6-9 FG's, 13pts, with 5 RB's. Logged 31 minutes, even more than Macon. Kudos!

[Jackrabbit Hog]

Easy player to bash on this team, but went 6-9 FG's, 13pts, with 5 RB's. Logged 31 minutes, even more than Macon. Kudos!

6-9 field goals is pretty good, but at what distances?  And he is 5 running backs?  I don't get it...

[hoggusamoungus]

6-9 field goals is pretty good, but at what distances?  And he is 5 running backs?  I don't get it...

6-9 fg sounds a lot like Alex Tejeda.

[lumphog]

DUSTIN SHOWED OUT TODAY!!!! we don't win without him

[SpaCityHawg]

DUSTIN SHOWED OUT TODAY!!!! we don't win without him

Agree wholeheartedly

[Stewhog 11]

Thomas balled today and there's no denying it. Easily his best game of the season.

[The Boar War]

Solid game for Thomas.  There was a 7-8 minute stretch in the second half when SH dared him to shoot.

[Bigmac2]

The remarkable thing was 31 minutes without fouling out. I cringed every time he had the ball but those 6-8 foot jumpers looked pretty.

[Razorpigg]

That was the best game of DT's career to date, especially given the circumstances.  He stepped up big today and deserves all the kudos he can muster.  He sure gets slammed plenty on here...

[BigSexyHog]

If he could only average 10-12 per game.

[ShadowHawg]

He was huge in the second half. Couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Thomas and Moses both had career days.

[Kevin McPherson]

Easy player to bash on this team, but went 6-9 FG's, 13pts, with 5 RB's. Logged 31 minutes, even more than Macon. Kudos!

He also led the Hogs with 3 assists and had a steal and a blocked shot. He and Moses carried Hogs today. I thought UA guards were ALL off, which I can't remember any games when all 5 have struggled like that in the same game.

[Kevin McPherson]

The remarkable thing was 31 minutes without fouling out. I cringed every time he had the ball but those 6-8 foot jumpers looked pretty.

He knocked down several 15-footers today. Got a tough, off-balance lay-up to go, too.

[Biggus Piggus]

Now Thomas needs to teach all this to Beard.

[Razorpigg]

Now Thomas needs to teach all this to Beard.

I know thats right!  What do yall think is up with Beard? He has been on a different planet than the rest of us for a few weeks now.

[Rawker]

I know thats right!  What do yall think is up with Beard? He has been on a different planet than the rest of us for a few weeks now.

Uh....he's the same, it's just that Hannahs is revealing more of what he brings to the table through hard work, and Macon and Barford are upper level college BBall talents, so whatever made Beard look valuable in the past has been made moot by players in front of him who are genuinely valuable.  I wish he would do better, because MA keeps running him out there for minutes well beyond what he deserves, but as the talent on the team increases, it's going to further expose what he is.   

[PonderinHog]

Dusty would probably foul out if Beard didn't get the minutes he gets. 

[VivanLosCaniches!]

Props to Thomas, cause he had some of his habitual mistakes early too.  Fought through that and gave us some real quality minutes when we needed them in the second half.

We will ABSOLUTELY need every bit of THIS Thomas, and more to beat UNC.  They are very tough inside.  He has to play big and at least grab boards and be give stellar defensive activity. 

[AlmaHog2011]

Easy player to bash on this team, but went 6-9 FG's, 13pts, with 5 RB's. Logged 31 minutes, even more than Macon. Kudos!

He was the difference in the game he gave us some big baskets. He always plays hard and seems to try and rebound. Hope he continues to knock down the open shot.

We need him at that position becuase I just don't think we have another option.

[ronmahony]

I was impressed with him today, towards the start of the game he shot about a five foot air ball and I was thinking here we go again, but after that he caught on fire. I wish he would work on getting both hands on the ball when trying to rebound. I have noticed he gets a hand on a lot of rebounds but loses the ball. A little more work and I believe he will be a good rebounder, because he does get a lot of touches. If him and Moses play like that Sunday and the rest get hot, we have a good chance.

[BrooklynRoss]

My hat is off to Dustin Thomas. He came to play, and play big, in the biggest game of the year (so far). He played fantastic defense and made SH regret giving him open shots. Kingsley was the man-of-the-match, but Dustin proved he belongs on the court.

[upperdeck_hawg]

You could tell SH scouted him well and dared him to shoot. Great time to have his best game as a hog.

[TomasPistola]

Thomas has a nice mid-range jumper that is hard to defend. If you come out on him, he can pass it inside on a cut. If you leave him open, he can make that shot. Good kid to have on our team.

[elksnort]

I must chime in with praise to Dustin Thomas. He played a darn good game. Glad for him. We needed him today.

[PonderinHog]

I must chime in with praise to Dustin Thomas. He played a darn good game. Glad for him. We needed him today.

We've needed him all damn year!

[lightsout]

If people would just realize that Dustin Thomas is going to have around 5-6 turnovers per 40 minutes played, and just accept it, he'd get slammed a lot less and recognized for the small, but important, role he plays. 

[Hootiethehog]

I take full credit for his performance. About 4-5 minutes before he started going off, I made a Facebook post about my frustrations with he and Beard.  It just goes to show you that they read random people's Facebook pages during games and use them as motivation.

At least that's the story I'm sticking to.

[rude1]

Thomas played big, finally stopped hesitating on that wide open elbow jumper, instead of pump faking and turning it over after trying to put it on the floor, he rose with confidence and knocked the shots down. Need to see him continue this trend.

[PonderinHog]

Thomas played big, finally stopped hesitating on that wide open elbow jumper, instead of pump faking and turning it over after trying to put it on the floor, he rose with confidence and knocked the shots down. Need to see him continue this trend.

[threeNout]

You could tell SH scouted him well and dared him to shoot. Great time to have his best game as a hog.

yep, looks like a strategy that backfired.

DT took advantage, it gave him confidence and then he looked like a different play for a good stretch today.

hopefully that confidence will carry over to Sunday.

[bphi11ips]

Best game of his career. Kudos to Erie for spotting his late season improvement.

[Scott7703]

Thomas played well. Just wish we had one big who was a dominant rebounder.

[hogpc]

DT had a good game, gotta give him credit - he earned it.  I've bashed him plenty on and off this board, won't do it today.

[Dominicanhog]

Looked like a Coty Clarke type game... that's a big missing piece of this team and has been since CC... an inside game from the 4 makes us dangerous.. I don't think we'll lose a game if DT scores in double digits and 5+ rbs....

In addition, it open's Moses up to operate and rebound..

[ICEman]

He must have grown an inch during the tournament. I thought he measured 6-8.

If he could only average 10-12 per game.

I think his ideal shot is the baseline jumper 10-12 feet from the basket.

[Hooch]

Thomas had a great game no doubt about it. However if we have to rely on him to play like this repeatedly to win we are in serious trouble, his overall body of work shows that.

[Hooch]

Thomas has a nice mid-range jumper that is hard to defend. If you come out on him, he can pass it inside on a cut. If you leave him open, he can make that shot. Good kid to have on our team.

Is this the first game you have watched?

He rarely makes that shot and has 38 assists and 35 turnovers.

[Boss Hog in the Arkansas]

He did play very well. Seton hall thought he was a non factor and left him wide open over and over. He has definitely shown improvement and i think he will be a big factor into how far this team can go next season

[moses_007]

Great performance from Thomas.  Now if only Cook could play as well..........

[TomasPistola]

Is this the first game you have watched?

He rarely makes that shot and has 38 assists and 35 turnovers.

No. It's not. I never said he was perfect and that he couldn't improve more.