Jameel McKay was named the Big 12 defensive player of the year last season for a variety of reasons.
The 6-foot-9 center is as fast and athletic as big men come. He plays smart and with energy. He rebounds, but what McKay does better than almost anyone is block shots.
He hasn’t, though, been doing much of that through 11 games this season.
“Probably a sample size,” Iowa State coach Steve Prohm said last week of McKay’s lowered block numbers, “and maybe I need to tell him to be more aggressive, probably. That may be on me.