Score pls... BTN+ isn't working for me
Greenlee is solid. Always in control. Plays great defense and knocks down the open 3.
Thanks to everyone who was able to see the game and provided there thoughts. One of my initial reactions to most posters thoughts here is that this certainly doesn't seem like a year where Pitino should only have 12 scholarship players. If you just take Hurt, Curry, and Freeman and don't expect a big role from any of them, you are down to 9 players who might be reasonable options for major minutes on a good team. Obviously, Curry is only listed there because there's no way you could/should have counted on him coming in to this year with his injury history. That's not even getting in to the rest of the roster where I am sure most posters can point to at least one or two guys that they wouldn't be comfortable with playing 20 minutes a game.
We haven't gone 9 deep in awhile. Let's pump the brakes a bit. It was an exhibition game and Pitino explicitly said after that he purposely didn't run any plays or sets as he didn't want to show anything. Let's wait til we play Oklahoma.
One of my initial reactions to most posters thoughts here is that this certainly doesn't seem like a year where Pitino should only have 12 scholarship players. If you just take Hurt, Curry, and Freeman and don't expect a big role from any of them, you are down to 9 players who might be reasonable options for major minutes on a good team.
I'd be VERY hesitant in reading much into what happened last night. These exhibition games are always played at a super slow pace in front of a weird atmosphere.
We'll know a little bit after Cleveland State. Then things will get real in a hurry with Oklahoma, Butler, and Utah.
I really liked the play at the 1, 2, and 3 last night. They didn't show much offensively, but you can definitely see the improved shooting and better options.
The power forward looks to be a disaster this year. Albeit a very small sample size.
Oturu needs to stay healthy and on the floor or this team won't win many games in conference. Freeman hardly saw the floor even in a meaningless exhibition game. He has a long ways to go.
A good PF would totally change the look of this team. Demir and Hurt were invisible. Guard play looks good except Carr needs to play smarter. He has the talent. They will need to get the ball into Oturu every possession in my view- work it inside and then get open looks on the perimeter.
Only exhibition but some thoughts - MAKE some damn free throws!!!! Left 14 points on misses. We never seem to make a one on one! Demir is not division one talent. Oturu was short on most of his bunnies. When he was out rebounding was a problem... Liked Willis alot... We have 4 Big Ten players - oturu, Kelsh, Willis and Carr.... Hopefully Ihnen and get some playing time.... also liked Greenlee - best freshman so far.... Beat PSU!!!
You know Demir played D1 basketball before he came to the U right?
Only exhibition but some thoughts - MAKE some damn free throws!!!! Left 14 points on misses. We never seem to make a one on one! Demir is not division one talent. Oturu was short on most of his bunnies. When he was out rebounding was a problem... Liked Willis alot... We have 4 Big Ten players - oturu, Kelsh, Willis and Carr.... Hopefully Ihnen and get some playing time.... also liked Greenlee - best freshman so far.... Beat PSU!!!
Demir was an All-Colonial Athletic Association Third Team selection last year. Was second on the team in both scoring (14.8) and rebounding (6.4). In the conference he ranked in the top-16 in five different categories: eighth in field goal percentage (51.2), 10th in rebounding, 13th in blocks (0.6) 14th in assists (2.9), and 16th in scoring.