Al Amadou made a name for himself last year as a 6-foot-9 big man who would come off the bench in the dying moments of a blowout and rile the crowd up with an explosive dunk.
So, when Marquette men’s basketball turned its season-opener against Stony Brook into blowout territory, there was a reason to expect Amadou would get some minutes.
But instead, the sophomore forward stayed in his warm-ups for the entire 40 minutes.
That’s because Amadou, a multi-year development project of head coach Shaka Smart, is redshirting this season.