I got to go to the game this evening as i had a meeting in Columbus on Friday and flew down from Nyc this am. Had up close seats courtesy of folks we used to do a lot of work for at P&G. We we're real close to the Uconn bench which was interesting. Observations, i knew Cincy was much better than their record and my guess is if the coach had to do it again, they would have just sat Cumberland down the first month and let him get healthy in retrospect. He was probably hurting them more than helping them as i think with him healthy they'll compete for the league title again. If Cumberland is dropping 20 a game which he does healthy, they would have very few to any losses if you look at the box scores. That said, they look more talented to me this year than last as the big kid is legit. He can probably pack another 15 to 20 lbs of muscle on, and next year he'll likely be all conference. He may be the best true 5 in the conference right now on the offensive end. He's got a lot more offensive skill than most guys over 7 ft you see. He's a load. Carlton is not going to compete against him on his best day. Just to big and strong. It was not close from the get go, and it was kind of puzzling why Gilbert sat the last 5 or 6 minutes as he did give the pg for Cincy some issues. Hurley looked puzzled as to how to get any offense going. They're a better team in my eyes offensively because of the big kid, but not as good defensively as they've got quite a few new pieces. However, when you got a kid over 7 ft inside, it does change the makeup of how you can attack them. I didn't really get the idea that Uconn was real prepared for having the big kid inside. He took up an inordinate amount of their resources trying to work around him. It's only one game, but it was a mismatch. On to the next one.
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