When unranked Marquette stunned then-No. 6 Baylor Nov. 29 at Fiserv Forum, the Golden Eagles put the country on notice.
Sophomore guard Kam Jones also sent a notice to the coaching staff.
“That game (against Baylor) showed us that Kam can be an alpha for us on both ends of the floor,” assistant coach DeAndre Haynes said. “He took that and he ran with it and we knew right then and there that we had a different Kam in here, he’s a different breed.”
For the next five games, starting with Wisconsin Dec. 3, Jones averaged 20 points per game with a career high 26 against the Badgers.