Some takes on the game:
Man Ayo was great, played within himself, didn't seem to force things (like he was against Baylor) and it seems like every time we were getting a bit flat, he snagged a nice rebound, made a tough shot or had a great assist. Exactly what you need from your upperclassman All American.
I still don't know if we are recognizing what we have with Curbelo here. This is a true freshman point guard who has now played great, showing absolutely no fear, against two top 10 teams in a row. In his first 4 games ever. People are drooling about what he can turn into with a couple years under his belt, I'm just waiting on what he looks like by mid B1G play. Even with some of the out of control TOs, he has the ball on an absolute string and some of the dribble moves he made to get out of traps and doubles, along with his passes had my eyes popping out of my head. If I were a betting man, I'd put money on him for B1G FOY. Yeah, he's that good.
Damonte being able to hit threes consistently since the last quarter of B1G play last year is arguably
the biggest reason our offense has become so potent. It wasn't long ago that teams were sagging off and daring him to shoot, clogging the lane for our driving guards. Sample size is big enough now that it's not a fluke.
Giorgi has his confidence back, if he keeps it up we are haaaaaaard to beat. We aren't dead in the water inside if Kofi gets in foul trouble.
Adam Miller is a sniper. Tighten up his handles a bit and the sky's the limit. Again, I don't think we appreciate enough how unafraid of the moment our freshmen have been. Against top ten teams. IN THEIR FIRST 4 GAMES.
Scary thing is that Kofi hasn't been playing at the level we know he can and we've still been playing awesome ball (aside from a 90 second stretch against Baylor).
It could just be the long awaited elation from being nationally relevant again and actually backing it up, but damn I really feel like the sky is the limit for this team. We're maybe only playing at 75% the level we know we can and we are still really freakin' good. Kudos to the staff for putting this team together from literally the basement, lets just keep getting better every day so we can win this chip.