Season is finally here, let’s goooooo!
Couple of notes here before we get started:
1) never judge too much from 1 basketball game
2) never judge too much against pretty significantly inferior opponents
Great news: we didn’t lose. South Carolina and Texas A&M would love to switch places right now. Other great news: Asa Newell plays for us!!! What a night. So smooth around the rim. Most of the time we have “hoped” our big men would finish around the rim. With Asa it feels absolutely automatic. Beautiful to watch.
What did we find out tonight:
1) White stayed with a shorter bench. Only 6 guys played over 10 minutes. He seemed to find his better players and let them cook. I feel this is a good sign.
2) Leffew can get hot. He was absolutely cooking from deep. Felt like he was easy money from out there. Extremely confident. Looked very comfortable with the ball on the drive as well. When the kitchen gets hotter and the athletes get bigger and quicker, can he keep it going? If so, BIG addition.
3) Showed some press. We’ve got some athletes, the press is the way to use them to the fullest. We could get some easy buckets this way.
4) Godfrey. He showed some good hustle, heart, and touch around the rim. Not sure his handle is completely smooth, but we are gonna like this one.
Areas that were just meh if not worse than meh:
1) permimeter D. Felt like they were back dooring us to death. Blue is not going to like watching himself on D tomorrow in film. But he wasn’t the only one.
2) the handle felt a little wobbly with Lawrence and Demary. Didn’t always lead to a turnover but it didn’t lead to comfort and buckets either. If Leffew can consistently replicate what he did tonight, we might need to refocus who is getting the offense rolling.
3) Leffew was 4 for 6 from deep. Really good. Rest of the team was 0 for 12. Not good. Blue is going to cook as well. That’s coming. Can Lawrence and Demary give us enough from deep? We shall see?
Others:
1) Cyril - looked like a freshmen tonight. Showed some flash. Got lost some. Had some uh oh moments as well. This is normal. Asa is just crazy what he is doing.
2) James - got lost in the numbers game a bit tonight in rotations. It happens. He did some positives.
3) Abson - reminds me a bit of big Franks role last year.
Game never really felt like it was in doubt. We got to practice some great game situations. We got to respond to a team shooting it really well from deep.
All W’s are good W’s!!!
Go Dawgs!!!
Couple of notes here before we get started:
1) never judge too much from 1 basketball game
2) never judge too much against pretty significantly inferior opponents
Great news: we didn’t lose. South Carolina and Texas A&M would love to switch places right now. Other great news: Asa Newell plays for us!!! What a night. So smooth around the rim. Most of the time we have “hoped” our big men would finish around the rim. With Asa it feels absolutely automatic. Beautiful to watch.
What did we find out tonight:
1) White stayed with a shorter bench. Only 6 guys played over 10 minutes. He seemed to find his better players and let them cook. I feel this is a good sign.
2) Leffew can get hot. He was absolutely cooking from deep. Felt like he was easy money from out there. Extremely confident. Looked very comfortable with the ball on the drive as well. When the kitchen gets hotter and the athletes get bigger and quicker, can he keep it going? If so, BIG addition.
3) Showed some press. We’ve got some athletes, the press is the way to use them to the fullest. We could get some easy buckets this way.
4) Godfrey. He showed some good hustle, heart, and touch around the rim. Not sure his handle is completely smooth, but we are gonna like this one.
Areas that were just meh if not worse than meh:
1) permimeter D. Felt like they were back dooring us to death. Blue is not going to like watching himself on D tomorrow in film. But he wasn’t the only one.
2) the handle felt a little wobbly with Lawrence and Demary. Didn’t always lead to a turnover but it didn’t lead to comfort and buckets either. If Leffew can consistently replicate what he did tonight, we might need to refocus who is getting the offense rolling.
3) Leffew was 4 for 6 from deep. Really good. Rest of the team was 0 for 12. Not good. Blue is going to cook as well. That’s coming. Can Lawrence and Demary give us enough from deep? We shall see?
Others:
1) Cyril - looked like a freshmen tonight. Showed some flash. Got lost some. Had some uh oh moments as well. This is normal. Asa is just crazy what he is doing.
2) James - got lost in the numbers game a bit tonight in rotations. It happens. He did some positives.
3) Abson - reminds me a bit of big Franks role last year.
Game never really felt like it was in doubt. We got to practice some great game situations. We got to respond to a team shooting it really well from deep.
All W’s are good W’s!!!
Go Dawgs!!!
