While my input on the blog has considerably declined since work started, I figured I’d chime in cause its the Holy War.
1. Just an absolute fun game to watch. St. Joe’s kept it close but I never really felt threatened as our Offense is just UNBELIEVABLE. We have so many weapons and options, the only person on the court that can’t go for 20 at any point is Sutton. Like I said in our season preview, I think we have the talent and unselfishness to have 5 or 6 players averaging 10+. And man can Taylor King shoot.
2. Our D…I don’t know whether its due to the pace of the game (cause our offense scores so easily) or if its a sign of things to come, but 89 pts is too many. When we got a lead, the D started to sag a little. If St Joes ran a pick and pop play, or a backside screen to the top for a 3, there was no one in the shooters face. 97 pts on offense is amazing, but against a subpar team, I’d rather see a dominating D performance.
3. Good job applying pressure from the ballhandlers, attacking and drawing fouls. We had 40 FTs and we got to the double bonus early in the 2nd half. This is huge because we lack the size to compete with some of the big teams (UConn, Syracuse, Kansas when we meet them for the NCAA championship, etc…). Getting in the lane should do 1 of 2 things, create foul problems for the backcourt giving us room to shoot or create foul trouble with the helpside big men negating their size and giving us more room to finish.
4. Are Dom and Wayns World going to be special or what! They aren’t the focal point of the offense, but they take what they’re giving and don’t force things, and they play great D. Watching them you just get that feeling that they’re going to do big things. By the end of the season their contributions will be invaluable.
5. Probably the most important thing: I’m undeafeated in the picks. At least according to me, I could be wrong….
Check in later tonight, I’ll have a BigEast Roundup posted around 8 or so.
And somebody tell that damn bird to stop flapping its wings. GO NOVA!
