I took my 6 year old son to his first basketvols game tonight and he loved it. Really glad we pulled it out in the end.
My thoughts:
Well, we didn't run the tempo anywhere close to where I thought we would but still landed in the 80's. Our movement seemed poor at times and there didn't seem to be many sets we ran.
Punter killed it tonight. I don't know where he went for a portion of the 2nd half, but we lost momentum when he was out. UNC-A went to a half court trap and we had no sufficient ball handlers and squandered our lead. That was a little disappointing.
Reese was surprising on offense, but got iso'd on D with Weeks multiple times and got embarrassed. Our defense overall was just embarrassing too. Poor communication on switches early on and a lack of help D. Not having a true big hurt us and we relied on outside shots or driving to the basket.
Really liked what I saw from Hubbs. He reminds me a little of Scotty with his demeanor but was flat out explosive at times. His key block saved the game or us. I hope all is well with the leg. It'll be fun to watch his development.
Seeing Turner and Kasongo in street clothes was frustrating because they are exactly what this team needs. We had no rim protection and gave so many easy buckets either from the post or off the drive. We needed a good ball handler to spell Punter at times too.
In the end, Our freshmen looked like freshman. McGhee shook off a lot of rust. Mostella still looked timid and passed up several open looks. Hope his confidence isn't shaken. I think we will surprise several good teams and will be exposed by some bad teams. UNC-A's half court sets made us look a little silly sometimes. I do hope this was all first game jitters.
My thoughts:
Well, we didn't run the tempo anywhere close to where I thought we would but still landed in the 80's. Our movement seemed poor at times and there didn't seem to be many sets we ran.
Punter killed it tonight. I don't know where he went for a portion of the 2nd half, but we lost momentum when he was out. UNC-A went to a half court trap and we had no sufficient ball handlers and squandered our lead. That was a little disappointing.
Reese was surprising on offense, but got iso'd on D with Weeks multiple times and got embarrassed. Our defense overall was just embarrassing too. Poor communication on switches early on and a lack of help D. Not having a true big hurt us and we relied on outside shots or driving to the basket.
Really liked what I saw from Hubbs. He reminds me a little of Scotty with his demeanor but was flat out explosive at times. His key block saved the game or us. I hope all is well with the leg. It'll be fun to watch his development.
Seeing Turner and Kasongo in street clothes was frustrating because they are exactly what this team needs. We had no rim protection and gave so many easy buckets either from the post or off the drive. We needed a good ball handler to spell Punter at times too.
In the end, Our freshmen looked like freshman. McGhee shook off a lot of rust. Mostella still looked timid and passed up several open looks. Hope his confidence isn't shaken. I think we will surprise several good teams and will be exposed by some bad teams. UNC-A's half court sets made us look a little silly sometimes. I do hope this was all first game jitters.
