Overall was really impressed with the win. Think Underwood hit the nail on the head in his presser that the team is figuring out how to play with pace without being sped up/forcing things. Biggest takeaway for me was in the jump from D2 to D1 competition, our length and athleticism was still quite overwhelming. And I don’t think EIU is a bad or unathletic team. Think they will win some games this year. We will of course face better athletes but the fact we could overwhelm EIU at this stage bodes well.
I thought Mayer looked better offensively. Was in the right position but just smoked a few layups. Those will start to go down. Unfortunately I think he needs to pick it up quite a bit defensively. That’s supposed to be a strength of his but I think he’s been one of our weaker defenders so far, particularly on ball.
Lots of bright spots but to me the biggest one was Sencire. He looks like a solid rotation player at a minimum and that would be a huge bonus for our depth. He may even slide past Epps in the rotation as I think he’s better defensively, at least right now.
A lot of missed shots and other execution errors on offense and a few missed switches on D, but nothing too alarming for the first game. Think we will continue to fine tune things and will really be a handful come conference play and March.
I thought Mayer looked better offensively. Was in the right position but just smoked a few layups. Those will start to go down. Unfortunately I think he needs to pick it up quite a bit defensively. That’s supposed to be a strength of his but I think he’s been one of our weaker defenders so far, particularly on ball.
Lots of bright spots but to me the biggest one was Sencire. He looks like a solid rotation player at a minimum and that would be a huge bonus for our depth. He may even slide past Epps in the rotation as I think he’s better defensively, at least right now.
A lot of missed shots and other execution errors on offense and a few missed switches on D, but nothing too alarming for the first game. Think we will continue to fine tune things and will really be a handful come conference play and March.