Great performance, a full two halves and all! I don't think we learned anything about our new rotation defensively except Kipper seems to be able to play defense in man, but the offense looked significantly improved. I hope the rotation changes continue to have a major impact, and MD will be the start of figuring that out. It's definitely nice to beat up on a (much worse than I thought) bad/mediocre Michigan team.
Tracy may see himself move towards the bench, another meh showing from him, and TJL was great. TJL isn't an amazing athlete, but his feel for the game is quite possibly the best of anyone on the team. Some really good stuff there.
Kipper exceeded my expectations. I thought we had overhyped him, but he was excellent. Really gave us a lot on both ends, and I think he can play 4 with anyone at 5 and keep us afloat on the glass and defensively. Really offers us some great versatility.
One thing that may go unmentioned is that AJ may be working towards carving a niche as a defensive specialist, because he brings excellent energy and focus on that end. Very active and works hard.
Overall, excellent stuff. I had fun! Go
Lucas and Kipper make mistakes and don't defend anybody, but it's not like those aren't issues with the other guys. Those kids give us a spark. Especially Lucas. We threaten more of the floor with his vision and passing. Makes others better.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, but that was a really good performance. Let's stop beating our heads against the wall trying to stop people with bad defenders and just outscore everyone with our talent.
Really good offensive execution. Hopefully a lot was learned, even against the porous Michigan defense, but I'm excited to see what happens against MD. Hopefully Groce keeps the same rotations (although I wouldn't mind seeing Thorne get some tick just to give the other bigs a breather).
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Have to give Groce a lot of credit, new rotation re-energized the team. Also thought he managed the game well, took smart timeouts before Michigan could make runs.
Kipper doesn't defend anyone ?
Great Legion posts, but wasn't Dominique Keller the dreamkilla guy?
Great Legion posts, but wasn't Dominique Keller the dreamkilla guy?
Agreed. The team responded with a quick run out of every timeout. Great to see.:thumb:
Kipper doesn't defend anyone ?
He just did
I was very impressed by Kipper. I want to see much more of him. Love his energy and aggressiveness.