Overall it was a great start. Plenty to nitpick over but the vibe and how the guys played hard was fantastic. For those that thought we were going to be getting Lickliter ball 2.0 I hope that game may have put those thoughts to rest. Did Lickliter ever hit 100 in a game? And don't get me wrong we shouldn't expect this every night either the refs turned this into a ref show and a ton of FTs. But we won't be having 50-60 pt games all the time either.
Stirtz is the real deal what a stud. He makes it look easy.
Koch played the most mins besides Stirtz and looked really solid out there. If anything I'd like to see him be more aggressive going after his shot. He plays like this and he'll make himself tough to take out of the lineup
Banks brings energy and is always around the ball. I like guys who go up to dunk it and he clearly has a dunk first mentality. Brings it defensively and I see why Ben was hesitant to punish him with a suspension. He is a better version of what I think we hoped Trayore woulda been for us last yr.
Folgueras not starting surprised me but he did well when he was in there. He showed he can shoot outside off that pick and pop action we'd been told about and he and Stirtz showed it for us. I think he'll end up starting and playing more as the yr goes on. He's too good of an offensive player not to.
Manyawu looked ok got himself in foul trouble and didn't play that much. Gonna need him to stay on the floor more and rebound..(that looks to be the big thing that needs worked on for the whole team)
Jirak held his own ok. Didn't look out of place or slow out there. I thought he did great. That and 1 was awesome was 5-5 on FTs. Would like to see him be more assertive on the glass (reoccurring theme) but overall he plays like that he'll play a lot this yr.
One of the other things that surprised me was Hausen not starting and only playing about 15 mins. I hope that changes as yr goes on. This team doesn't have a ton of outside shooting with the other guards and he can clearly provide that.
I wish Trey Thompson coulda got in for at least garbage time those last 3-4 mins woulda been nice to see him get some run. I wasn't exactly impressed with Tate Sage when he was out there and I'd just be curious to see if Thompson couldn't have produced more with those same minutes.
Stirtz is the real deal what a stud. He makes it look easy.
Koch played the most mins besides Stirtz and looked really solid out there. If anything I'd like to see him be more aggressive going after his shot. He plays like this and he'll make himself tough to take out of the lineup
Banks brings energy and is always around the ball. I like guys who go up to dunk it and he clearly has a dunk first mentality. Brings it defensively and I see why Ben was hesitant to punish him with a suspension. He is a better version of what I think we hoped Trayore woulda been for us last yr.
Folgueras not starting surprised me but he did well when he was in there. He showed he can shoot outside off that pick and pop action we'd been told about and he and Stirtz showed it for us. I think he'll end up starting and playing more as the yr goes on. He's too good of an offensive player not to.
Manyawu looked ok got himself in foul trouble and didn't play that much. Gonna need him to stay on the floor more and rebound..(that looks to be the big thing that needs worked on for the whole team)
Jirak held his own ok. Didn't look out of place or slow out there. I thought he did great. That and 1 was awesome was 5-5 on FTs. Would like to see him be more assertive on the glass (reoccurring theme) but overall he plays like that he'll play a lot this yr.
One of the other things that surprised me was Hausen not starting and only playing about 15 mins. I hope that changes as yr goes on. This team doesn't have a ton of outside shooting with the other guards and he can clearly provide that.
I wish Trey Thompson coulda got in for at least garbage time those last 3-4 mins woulda been nice to see him get some run. I wasn't exactly impressed with Tate Sage when he was out there and I'd just be curious to see if Thompson couldn't have produced more with those same minutes.
